Romina Ottoboni
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1978-06-19) 19 June 1978
Prize money$43,750
Singles
Career record124–76 (62.0%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 286 (17 August 1998)
Doubles
Career record119–63 (65.4%)
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 157 (8 September 1997)

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

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 a highest ranking of 157 in the world.

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

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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

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

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

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

References

  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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