Luciana Masante

Luciana Masante
Country (sports)	Argentina
Born	4 December 1978
Prize money	$60,928
Singles
Career record	155–122 (56.0%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 197 (2 August 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	Q1 (1999)
Doubles
Career record	117–86 (57.6%)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 167 (12 July 1999)

Luciana Masante (born 4 December 1978) is an Argentine former professional tennis player.

Masante began competing on tour in 1995 and featured mostly on the ITF Circuit, during her career. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a second round appearance at the 1999 Croatian Bol Ladies Open, where she was eliminated by eventual champion Corina Morariu, retiring hurt with a leg injury while behind a set and 0–3.[1]

Ranked as high as 197 in singles, Masante appeared in the qualifying draw for the 1999 US Open.[2]

On the ITF Circuit, she won six singles titles and eight doubles titles, before retiring from professional tennis in 2001.

ITF Circuit finals

$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 9 (6–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	25 August 1996	ITF Lima, Peru	Hard	Mariana Lopez Palacios	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	8 September 1996	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Celeste Contín	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	31 August 1997	ITF Kiev, Ukraine	Clay	Olga Ivanova	0–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	7 September 1997	ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany	Clay	Isabell Quast	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	30 August 1998	ITF Middelkerke, Belgium	Clay	Patty Van Acker	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	23 May 1999	ITF Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Mariana Mesa	6–1, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	27 August 2000	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Larissa Schaerer	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	8 October 2000	ITF Girona, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	4–0, 5–4, 0–4
Winner	6.	2 September 2001	ITF Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Sonia Delgado	6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 20 (8–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	8 September 1996	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Renata Brito	Celeste Contín Romina Ottoboni	2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	7 April 1997	ITF Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Celeste Contín	Katalin Marosi Veronica Stele	1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	18 May 1997	ITF Le Touquet, France	Clay	Veronica Stele	Nicole Arendt Magalie Lamarre	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	25 May 1997	ITF Brixen, Italy	Clay	Miroslava Vavrinec	Caroline Schneider Patricia Wartusch	3–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	7 September 1997	ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany	Clay	Annica Lindstedt	Debby Haak Maaike Koutstaal	6–2, 6–2
Winner	2.	9 August 1998	ITF Rebecq , Belgium	Clay	Daphne Van De Zande	Sofie Borgions Cindy Schuurmans	6–1, 6–4
Winner	3.	16 August 1998	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Monika Maštalířová	Lotty Seelen Katarina Valkyová	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	23 August 1998	ITF Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Kim Clijsters Cindy Schuurmans	6–7, 5–7
Winner	4.	30 August 1998	ITF Middelkerke, Belgium	Clay	Patrícia Marková	Bretchtje Bruls Cindy Schuurmans	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	27 September 1998	ITF Tucuman, Argentina	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Mercedes Paz Patricia Tarabini	7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	7.	2 November 1998	ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Eva Bes María Fernanda Landa	6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	30 August 1999	ITF Denain, France	Clay	Mariam Ramón Climent	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados	1–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	27 August 2000	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Geraldine Aizenberg	Melisa Arévalo Paula Racedo	6–2, 6–2
Winner	6.	19 March 2001	ITF Matamoros, Mexico	Hard	Daniela Olivera	Bianca Kamper Nadine Schlotterer	6–2, 6–2
Winner	7.	26 March 2001	ITF Victoria, Mexico	Hard	Daniela Olivera	Melisa Arévalo Conchita Martínez Granados	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	7 May 2001	ITF Maglie, Italy	Clay	Natalia Gussoni	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Eugenia Chialvo	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	14 May 2001	ITF Turin, Italy	Clay	Daniela Olivera	Melisa Arévalo Vanessa Menga	5–7, 2–6
Winner	8.	8 July 2001	ITF Getxo, Spain	Clay	Daniela Olivera	Anna Font Raissa Gourevitch	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	13 August 2001	ITF Aosta, Italy	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Kildine Chevalier Natacha Randriantefy	6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	27 September 2001	ITF Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Silvia Disderi Anna Floris	4–6, 5–7

References

"Cañas detuvo su marcha". Clarín (in Spanish). 29 April 1999.
"El US Open se palpita en Flushing Meadows". La Nación (in Spanish). 26 August 1999.

External links

Luciana Masante at the Women's Tennis Association
Luciana Masante at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] "Cañas detuvo su marcha". Clarín (in Spanish). 29 April 1999.

[2] "El US Open se palpita en Flushing Meadows". La Nación (in Spanish). 26 August 1999.