# Bettina Fulco

Bettina Fulco (born 23 October 1968) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She reached her highest ranking of world, No. 23 on 10 October 1988.
She began playing tennis at age ten, at the university club in her hometown of Mar del Plata, having been inspired to start because of the increased interest in the sport in Argentina due to Guillermo Vilas' success. As a junior, Bettina was among the best in the world, reaching the finals of the Orange Bowl 18-and-under championships in 1986, and finishing second in the junior rankings in 1986. She turned professional in 1987. Like many South American players, Bettina Fulco was considered a clay-court specialist, and reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1988. Bettina beat Martina Navratilova in Houston 1994 for her biggest career victory. She also achieved victories over Conchita Martínez, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Hana Mandlíková, Katerina Maleeva, Manuela Maleeva, Magdalena Maleeva, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Lori McNeil and Nathalie Tauziat. She retired from professional tennis in 1998.
Since retiring from tennis, Bettina has been the director of the School of Tennis at the Club Atlético Kimberley, based in Mar del Plata. She is also a coach, having worked with notable players such as Victoria Azarenka, Kateryna Bondarenko, Angelique Widjaja and Emma Laine. In addition, Bettina was the captain of the Argentina Fed Cup team from 2011 to 2013.

## WTA career finals

| Tournament ( W–R ) | Singles | Doubles |
| Grand Slam tournaments | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Tier I | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Tier II | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Tier III | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Tier IV | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Tier V | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| VS | 0–1 | 1–0 |

### Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 1986 | Japan Open, Tokyo | VS | Hard | Helen Kelesi | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 1988 | Spanish Open, Barcelona | Tier V | Clay | Neige Dias | 6–3, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 1988 | Brasil Open, Guarujá | VS | Hard | Mercedes Paz | Carin Bakkum Simone Schilder | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 1990 | Brasil Open, São Paulo | Tier V | Clay | Eva Švíglerová | Mary Pierce Luanne Spadea | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | Jul 1991 | Austrian Open, Kitzbühel | Tier IV | Clay | Nicole Muns | Sandra Cecchini Patricia Tarabini | 7–5, 6–4 |

## ITF Circuit finals

* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles: 6 (2–4)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 9 June 1986 | ITF Lyon, France | Clay | Mariana Pérez Roldán | 4–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Win | 2. | 21 July 1986 | ITF Philadelphia, United States | Hard | Susan Leo | 3–6, 6–2, 6–0 |
| Win | 3. | 20 September 1993 | ITF Capua, Italy | Clay | Maja Palaveršić | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4. | 11 July 1994 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | Svetlana Komleva | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 29 September 1997 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | María Fernanda Landa | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 3 August 1998 | ITF Catania, Italy | Clay | Romina Ottoboni | 4–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |

### Doubles: 3 (1–2)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | 7 April 1986 | ITF Caserta, Italy | Clay | Gisele Miró | Wiltrud Probst Marianne van der Torre | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2. | 11 July 1994 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | Patricia Tarabini | Park Sung-hee Choi Ju-yeon | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 9 August 1998 | ITF Catania, Italy | Clay | Jorgelina Torti | Chiara Dalbon Alberta Brianti | 5–7, 4–6 |

## Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | Career W-L |
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1–4 |
| French Open | 2R | QF | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | Q2 | 8–8 |
| Wimbledon | 3R | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | Q1 | 3–4 |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1–7 |
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