María Emilia Salerni known as Pitu Salerni, was an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 professional tennis player from the city of Rafaela

Rafaela

Rafaela is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, about 96 km from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the Castellanos Department. It has a population of 99,150 per the ....

, province

Provinces of Argentina

Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city...

 of Santa Fe

Santa Fe Province

The Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...

.

Salerni is a two-time former junior

Junior tennis

Junior Tennis refers to tennis games where the participants are aged 18 and under. Eligibility to compete is not based on age, but year of birth: as a result, some players must move out of juniors soon after their 18th birthday, while others can play juniors until they are nearly 19...

 Grand Slam champion, winning Wimbledon

2000 Wimbledon Championships

List of the 2000 Wimbledon Champions:-Men's Singles:* Men's Singles-Men's singles: Pete Sampras def. Patrick Rafter, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4, 6–2...

 and U.S. Open in 2000, as well as finishing runner-up at Roland Garros

2000 French Open

List of the 2000 French Open champions:-Men's Singles:* Men's Singles-Men's singles: Gustavo Kuerten def. Magnus Norman, 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6...

. She was named the 2000 ITF Junior World Champion

International Tennis Federation

The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...

. Salerni dated Argentine tennis player Guillermo Cañas

Guillermo Cañas

Guillermo Ignacio Cañas , often referred to as Willy Cañas, is a retired Argentine professional tennis player. He was born in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. His highest singles ranking was 8th . After retirement Cañas took on coaching, he...

 until 2007.

Salerni retired from professional tennis in 2009 after a string of injuries.

Singles

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV & V (0)

ITF Titles (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	26 September 1999	Asunción Asunción Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San... , Paraguay	Clay	Mariana Mesa	3–6, 7–6, 7–5
2.	3 October 1999	Montevideo Montevideo Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento... , Uruguay	Clay	Eugenia Chialvo	6–3, 6–0
3.	10 October 1999	Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...	Clay	Eugenia Chialvo	6–1, 6–3
4.	23 April 2000	San Severo San Severo San Severo is a city and comune of 55,486 inhabitants of the province of Foggia in the southern Italian region of Apulia.... , Italy	Clay	Vanesa Krauth	6–4, 6–1
5.	14 May 2000	Caserta Caserta Caserta is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial and industrial comune and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Campanian Subapennine mountain range... , Italy	Clay	Lamia Esaadi	6–4, 6–1
6.	30 July 2000	Horb, Germany	Clay	Adriana Jerabek	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
7.	6 August 2000	Ettenheim Ettenheim Ettenheim is a town in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.In the Middle Ages, Ettenheim belonged to the Archbishop of Strasbourg. It gained its Charter in 1302.In 1973 it was incorporated into the Ortenaukreis.-Districts:... , Germany	Clay	Martina Suchá Martina Suchá Martina Suchá is a retired female tennis player from Slovakia.With a height of 1.70 m and a weight of 57 kg , she is right-handed, and plays with a two-handed backhand....	6–4, 6–2
8.	19 September 2004	Ashland, Kentucky Ashland, Kentucky Ashland, formerly known as Poage Settlement, is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, nestled along the banks of the Ohio River. The population was 21,981 at the 2000 census. Ashland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the... , USA	Hard	Kelly McCain	6–4, 6–4
9.	12 February 2006	Midland, Michigan Midland, Michigan Midland is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan in the Tri-Cities region of the state. It is the county seat of Midland County. The city's population was 41,863 as of the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Midland Micropolitan Statistical Area.... , USA	Hard (i)	Vasilisa Bardina Vasilisa Bardina Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina is a Russian professional tennis player.As of August 10, 2007, her highest ranking was World Number 48, achieved in early 2007...	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
10.	1 April 2007	La Palma La Palma La Palma is the most north-westerly of the Canary Islands. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands... , Canary Islands	Hard	Georgie Stoop Georgie Stoop Georgina "Georgie" Gent is an English, AEGON Award winning professional tennis player coached by Damien Roberts. She is currently the British no. 10 and ranked at no. 299 in the world . She has won two ITF singles titles, two ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world no...	6–3, 6–3
11.	8 July 2007	Cuneo Cuneo Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area... , Italy	Clay	Sara Errani Sara Errani Sara Errani , nicknamed "Poco Gigante", is a professional female tennis player from Italy. On February 23, 2009, she reached a new career high of No. 31 on the Tour rankings...	3–6, 6–1, 7–6

Doubles (2)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (1)

Tier IV & V (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	5 April 2003	Casablanca Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem is a women's professional tennis tournament held in Fes, Morocco.  This WTA Tour event is classified as an International tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts. It is the only WTA tournament held in Africa.... , Morocco	Clay	Gisela Dulko Gisela Dulko Gisela Dulko is an Argentine female tennis player, who will, as of 4 July 2011, be ranked World No. 51 in singles and No. 4 in doubles. Although she enjoyed a modest success in singles, reaching No. 26 on November 21, 2005, and winning four WTA Tour titles, her speciality has been doubles, where...	Henrieta Nagyová Henrieta Nagyová Henrieta Nagyová is a Slovak female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as the 21st in the world . In recent years her ranking has fallen due to constant injury. In late 2005, she brought her ranking up to a year ending 145, after it fell below 200...   Elena Tatarkova Elena Tatarkova Elena Tatarkova is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine. Now retired, she won four ITF singles titles, four WTA doubles titles, and 25 ITF doubles titles...	6–3, 6–4
2.	17 November 2004	Quebec City Bell Challenge The Bell Challenge is a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada since 1993. The tournament is played on indoor hardcourts.... , Canada	Hard (i)	Carly Gullickson Carly Gullickson Carly Gullickson is an American professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 123, which she reached on July 20, 2009. Her career high doubles ranking is No. 52, set at April 3, 2006. She is the daughter of former major league baseball player Bill Gullickson, and the...	Els Callens Els Callens Els Callens was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. She became a pro in January 1990.Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Dominique Van Roost-Monami.She retired on Wednesday 26 October 2005...   Samantha Stosur Samantha Stosur Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...	7–5, 7–5

Sources

• María Emilia Salerni at CBS SportsLine. Official website. RedArgentina, Deportes.