Romina Ottoboni (born 19 June 1978) is an Argentinian former professional tennis player.

Romina Ottoboni
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1978-06-19) 19 June 1978 (age 46)
Prize money$43,750
Singles
Career record124–76
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 286 (17 August 1998)
Doubles
Career record119–63
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 157 (8 September 1997)

Ottoboni reached a best singles ranking of 286 and won five ITF Circuit titles.[1] As a doubles player she was more successful, with 14 titles on the ITF Circuit and the highest world ranking of 157.

On the WTA Tour, Ottoboni was a three-time doubles quarterfinalist and made her only singles main-draw appearance at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, as a qualifier. She defeated the second seed in qualifying, Jelena Dokic, before being eliminated in the first round of the main draw by Gisela Riera.[2]

Ottoboni most recently played in a professional match in March 2003, losing in the first round of an ITF doubles tournament in Rabat, Morocco. She played her final singles match a year prior, in April 2002, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil where she lost in the first round of the main draw as a qualifier.

ITF Circuit finals

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 7 September 1997 ITF Lima, Peru Clay   Miriam D'Agostini 3–6, 0–6
Loss 2. 19 April 1998 ITF Galatina,Italy Clay   Noelia Serra 2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 1. 26 April 1998 ITF Bari, Italy Clay   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 2–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 2. 9 August 1998 ITF Catania, Italy Clay   Bettina Fulco 6–4, 7–6(2)
Win 3. 5 September 1999 ITF San Juan, Argentina Clay   Celeste Contín 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win 4. 3 September 2000 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Mariana Mesa 7–6(3), 6–2
Loss 3. 10 September 2000 ITF Buenos Aires Clay   Natalia Gussoni 7–5, 1–6
Win 5. 17 September 2000 ITF Buenos Aires Clay   Natalia Gussoni 6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 17 (14 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 8 September 1996 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Celeste Contín   Renata Brito
  Luciana Masante
6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Win 2. 15 September 1996 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Celeste Contín   Renata Brito
  María Eugenia Rojas
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win 3. 22 September 1996 ITF Asunción, Paraguay Clay   Celeste Contín   Mariana Faustinelli
  Geraldine Aizenberg
6–2, 4–6, 6–0
Win 4. 6 October 1996 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Giana Gutiérrez   Joanne Moore
  Carmiña Giraldo
1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 5. 3 November 1996 ITF Minas Gerais, Brazil Clay   Celeste Contín   Martina Nejedly
  Lilian Silva
4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1. 31 August 1997 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay   Mariana Lopez Palacios   Paula Cabezas
  Miriam D'Agostini
1–6, 4–6
Win 6. 7 September 1997 ITF Lima, Peru Clay   Paula Racedo   María Eugenia Rojas
  Jacquelyn Rosen
6–0, 6–4
Loss 2. 5 October 1997 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Celeste Contín   Laura Montalvo
  Mercedes Paz
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Win 7. 3 May 1998 ITF San Severo, Italy Clay   Eugenia Maia   Giana Gutiérrez
  Veronica Stele
1–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win 8. 11 May 1998 ITF Le Touquet, France Clay   Vanina Casanova   Selima Sfar
  Élodie Le Bescond
7–6, 1–0 ret.
Loss 3. 4 July 1999 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay   Giana Gutiérrez   María Fernanda Landa
  Eva Bes
4–6, 4–6
Win 9. 30 August 1999 ITF San Juan, Argentina Clay   Eugenia Maia   Virginia Sadi
  Daniela Olivera
6–2, 6–2
Win 10. 23 April 2000 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay   María Fernanda Landa   Helen Crook
  Victoria Davies
6–4, 7–6(7)
Win 11. 4 September 2000 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Mariana Mesa   Sabrina Valenti
  Natalia Gussoni
1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 12. 7 January 2001 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Hard   Clarisa Fernández   Miriam D'Agostini
  Vanessa Menga
6–1, 7–6(6)
Win 13. 1 April 2001 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Celeste Contín   Marcela Evangelista
  Letícia Sobral
6–1, 6–3
Win 14. 14 April 2002 ITF Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard   Celeste Contín   Vanessa Menga
  Maria Fernanda Alves
6–4, 2–6, 7–5

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis Abstract: Romina Ottoboni ATP Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com.
  2. ^ "El Paso De Una Leyenda". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 16 February 1999.
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