# Maria Elena Camerin

Maria Elena Camerin (born 21 March 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
In her career, Camerin won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 October 2004, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 41. On 31 July 2006, she peaked at No. 33 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for Italy Fed Cup team, Camerin has a win–loss record of 1–5.

## Career

In July 2001, Camerin had her first WTA Tour singles runner-up in Casablanca where she lost the final against Zsófia Gubacsi.
In July 2006, she won her biggest doubles title at the Cincinnati Open, partnering Gisela Dulko. In September, in Portorož at the Slovenia Open, she lost the final against Tamira Paszek in straight sets.
Camerin withdrew from the 2006 Tashkent Open doubles final due to injury.
In 2012, she defeated Garbiñe Muguruza in the second qualifying round of the Wimbledon Championships.

## Significant finals
### Premier Mandatory/Premier-5 tournaments
#### Doubles: 1 (title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 2006 | Cincinnati Open | Hard | Gisela Dulko | Marta Domachowska Sania Mirza | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |

## WTA Tour finals
### Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Premier M & Premier 5
* Premier
* International (0–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–1)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | Jul 2001 | Morocco Open | Clay | Zsófia Gubacsi | 6–1, 3–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 2. | Sep 2006 | Slovenia Open | Hard | Tamira Paszek | 5–7, 1–6 |

### Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Premier M & Premier 5 (1–0)
* Premier (1–1)
* International (1–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–3)
* Clay (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | Jan 2005 | Gold Coast Hardcourts, Australia | Hard | Silvia Farina Elia | Elena Likhovtseva Magdalena Maleeva | 6–3, 5–7, 6–1 |
| Win | 1. | Sep 2005 | Guangzhou International Open, China | Hard | Emmanuelle Gagliardi | Neha Uberoi Shikha Uberoi | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 2. | Oct 2005 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | Hard | Émilie Loit | Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 3. | Jul 2006 | Cincinnati Open, United States | Hard | Gisela Dulko | Marta Domachowska Sania Mirza | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2. | Jul 2006 | Stanford Classic, United States | Hard | Gisela Dulko | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Shahar Pe'er | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3. | Oct 2006 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | Hard | Emmanuelle Gagliardi | Tatiana Poutchek Victoria Azarenka | w/o |

## ITF Circuit finals

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles: 18 (10–8)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | 28 August 2000 | ITF Spoleto, Italy | Clay | Maret Ani | 6–2, 7–6 |
| Loss | 1. | 17 September 2000 | ITF Reggio Emilia, Italy | Clay | Antonella Serra Zanetti | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2. | 9 April 2001 | ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Clay | Martina Müller | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 3. | 16 April 2001 | ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Hard | Gabriela Voleková | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2. | 29 April 2001 | ITF Sarasota, United States | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 0–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 10 June 2001 | ITF Galatina, Italy | Clay | Jana Hlaváčková | 6–1, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4. | 15 October 2002 | ITF Sedona, United States | Hard | Brie Rippner | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 5. | 5 November 2002 | ITF Pittsburgh, United States | Hard | Maria Sharapova | 7–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4. | 7 April 2003 | ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Clay | Vanessa Webb | 3–6, 7–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 6. | 14 April 2003 | ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Clay | Vanina García Sokol | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5. | 11 May 2003 | Fukuoka International, Japan | Grass | Saori Obata | 6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 5 October 2003 | Classic of Troy, United States | Hard | Kristina Brandi | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 7. | 27 April 2009 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Zuzana Ondrášková | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 8. | 1 June 2009 | Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom | Grass | Stefanie Vögele | 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 9. | 28 May 2012 | Grado Tennis Cup, Italy | Clay | Yvonne Meusburger | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 10. | 27 August 2012 | ITF Bagnatica, Italy | Clay | Karin Knapp | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7. | 23 September 2012 | Royal Cup, Montenegro | Clay | Renata Voráčová | 6–3, 2–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 8. | 11 November 2013 | Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE | Hard | Jana Čepelová | 1–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 17 (9–8)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 21 March 1999 | ITF Val Gardena, Italy | Hard (i) | Catherine Tanvier | Dawn Buth Rebecca Jensen | 2–6, 6–3, 6–7 |
| Win | 2. | 27 February 2000 | ITF Vilamoura, Portugal | Clay | Barbara Hellwig | Ana Catarina Nogueira Nicola Payne | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Loss | 3. | 30 April 2000 | ITF Cerignola, Italy | Clay | Mara Santangelo | Maria Boboedova Liudmila Nikoyan | w/o |
| Win | 4. | 20 August 2000 | ITF Aosta, Italy | Clay | Mara Santangelo | Oana-Elena Golimbioschi Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 5. | 27 August 2000 | ITF Cuneo, Italy | Clay | Mara Santangelo | Silvia Disderi Anna Floris | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 6. | 3 September 2000 | ITF Spoleto, Italy | Clay | Mara Santangelo | Oana-Elena Golimbioschi Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | w/o |
| Win | 7. | 1 October 2000 | ITF Verona, Italy | Clay | Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | Eugenia Chialvo Lourdes Dominguez Lino | 7–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 8. | 7 October 2001 | ITF Girona, Spain | Clay | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Eva Bes Lourdes Dominguez Lino | 2–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
| Loss | 9. | 1 March 2009 | ITF Clearwater, United States | Hard | Yanina Wickmayer | Lucie Hradecká Michaela Paštiková | w/o |
| Win | 10. | 23 March 2009 | ITF Jersey, United Kingdom | Carpet | Stéphanie Foretz | Youlia Fedossova Violette Huck | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 11. | 24 July 2011 | Open Romania Ladies | Hard | İpek Şenoğlu | Irina-Camelia Begu Elena Bogdan | 7–6, 6–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 12. | 5 March 2012 | ITF Irapuato, Mexico | Hard | Mariya Koryttseva | Katalin Marosi Janette Husárová | 2–6, 7–6, [7–10] |
| Loss | 13. | 12 March 2012 | ITF Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Mariya Koryttseva | Jana Čepelová Lenka Wienerová | 5–7, 6–2, [3–10] |
| Win | 14. | 26 November 2012 | Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE | Hard | Vera Dushevina | Karolína Plíšková Eva Hrdinová | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 15. | 23 September 2013 | Telavi Open, Georgia | Clay | Anja Prislan | Anna Zaja Maša Zec Peškirič | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 16. | 9 November 2013 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | Nigina Abduraimova | Tadeja Majerič Andreea Mitu | 6–3, 2–6, [10–8] |
| Loss | 17. | 13 October 2014 | Open de Touraine, France | Hard (i) | Alberta Brianti | Stéphanie Foretz Amandine Hesse | def. |

## Grand Slam performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L |
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | LQ | 2R | LQ | 2R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | LQ | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | 7–8 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | LQ | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | A | 1–8 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | 2–10 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | LQ | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | A | 6–9 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 16–35 |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | W–L |
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | 3–4 |
| French Open | 2R | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 5–6 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 4–6 |
| US Open | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 5–6 |
| Win–loss | 2–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 17–22 |

## Head-to-head record

Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.
* Dinara Safina 1–4
* Sorana Cîrstea 0–2
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 0–1
* Jelena Kostanić 0–4
* Flavia Pennetta 0–4
* Daniela Hantuchová 0–2
* Elena Dementieva 0–4
* Patty Schnyder 0–1
* Victoria Azarenka 0–1
* Francesca Schiavone 0–3
* Samantha Stosur 2–1
* Maria Sharapova 1–1
* Ai Sugiyama 0–1
* Jelena Janković 0–4
* Amélie Mauresmo 0–2
* Jelena Dokić 1–0
* Conchita Martínez 0–2
* Li Na 1–2
* Kim Clijsters 0–2
* Caroline Wozniacki 0–2
* Lindsay Davenport 0–2
* Anastasia Myskina 1–1
* Justine Henin 0–2
* Serena Williams 0–1
* Nadia Petrova 0–2
* Petra Kvitová 0–2
* Paola Suárez 0–2
* Alicia Molik 0–1
* Marion Bartoli 1–4