# Susan Bandecchi

Susan Bandecchi (born 1 July 1998) is a Swiss tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 164 on 7 March 2022, and her best doubles ranking of No. 141 on 11 July 2022.

## Career
### 2013–2017: Professional debut

She started playing tennis at the age of five. Since 2013, she has played on the professional tour, mainly at ITF Circuit tournaments. In 2017, she won her first ITF doubles tournament in Caslano, Switzerland, partnering her compatriot Lisa Sabino.

### 2019–2020: WTA Tour debut

In November 2019, Bandecchi made her WTA Tour debut at the Taipei tournament, where she participated in both singles and doubles.
In 2020, Bandecchi won the ITF tournament in Lousada, Portugal, in singles, beating Dutch player Arianne Hartono in the final. Together with Lara Salden from Belgium, she also won the doubles title in Lousada.

### 2021: First WTA Tour title in doubles

She won her first doubles title at the Ladies Open Lausanne, partnered with Simona Waltert.

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles: 1 (title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam
* WTA 1000
* WTA 500
* WTA 250 (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Clay (1–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | Ladies Open Lausanne, Switzerland | WTA 250 | Clay | Simona Waltert | Ulrikke Eikeri Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 6–3, 6–7$^{(3)}$, [10–5] |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups)

* Legend
* W60/75 tournaments
* W50 tournaments
* W25/35 tournaments
* W15 tournaments
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2017 | ITF Sion, Switzerland | 15,000 | Clay | Kristina Milenkovic | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Dec 2017 | ITF Jablonec Nad Nisou, Czech Republic | 15,000 | Carpet (i) | Miriam Kolodziejová | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jun 2019 | ITF Akko, Israel | W25 | Hard | Julia Glushko | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2019 | ITF Trieste, Italy | W25 | Clay | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Nov 2020 | ITF Lousada, Portugal | W15 | Hard (i) | Arianne Hartono | 7–6$^{(6)}$, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Nov 2020 | ITF Lousada, Portugal | W15 | Hard (i) | Lara Salden | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Apr 2021 | ITF Calvi, France | W25+H | Hard | Valeria Savinykh | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | May 2021 | ITF Salinas, Ecuador | W25 | Hard | Lucrezia Stefanini | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | Nov 2021 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | W25 | Hard (i) | Karman Thandi | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Jun 2024 | ITF Troisdorf, Germany | W50 | Clay | Berfu Cengiz | 1–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–6 | Sep 2024 | ITF Baza, Spain | W35 | Hard | Ariana Geerlings | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–6 | Oct 2024 | ITF Loughborough, United Kingdom | W35 | Hard (i) | Ranah Akua Stoiber | 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 7–6 | Nov 2024 | Ismaning Open, Germany | W75 | Carpet (i) | Daria Snigur | 6–7$^{(8)}$, 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 7–7 | Nov 2024 | ITF Lousada, Portugal | W35 | Hard | Hanne Vandewinkel | 4–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)

* Legend
* W80 tournaments
* W60 tournaments
* W25 tournaments
* W15 tournaments
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2017 | ITF Caslano, Switzerland | W15 | Clay | Lisa Sabino | Chiara Giaquinta Maria Aurelia Scotti | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2019 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | W25 | Hard (i) | Katarzyna Piter | Richèl Hogenkamp Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove | 2–6, 6–2, [6–10] |
| Win | 2–1 | Oct 2020 | ITF Lousada, Portugal | W15 | Hard (i) | Lara Salden | Claudia Giovine Angelica Moratelli | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Oct 2021 | ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | W80+H | Hard | Eden Silva | Irina Khromacheva Arina Rodionova | 6–2, 3–6, [6–10] |
| Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2021 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | W25 | Hard (i) | Ylena In-Albon | Moyuka Uchijima Eudice Chong | 2–6, 6–1, [5–10] |
| Loss | 2–4 | Feb 2022 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | W60 | Carpet (i) | Simona Waltert | Mariam Bolkvadze Samantha Murray Sharan | 3–6, 5–7 |