Maria Paola Zavagli
# Maria Paola Zavagli

Maria Paola Zavagli (born 4 June 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

## Biography

Zavagli, a right-handed player, was born in the Tuscan town of Bibbiena. One of two sisters, her father is a doctor and her mother a teacher. She began playing tennis at the age of 10, under the tuition of her uncle.

As a junior, she twice won the doubles event at the Orange Bowl competition, with Alice Canepa in 1994, then partnering Giulia Casoni in 1995.

In 1997, she won three ITF singles titles and won two medals at the 1997 Mediterranean Games.

Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarterfinal appearance at the 1998 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, with wins over Flora Perfetti and Sandra Cecchini.

She featured in the doubles main draws at both the 2000 French Open and 2000 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Slovak player Janette Husárová in each tournament.

## ITF Circuit finals

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

### Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Win | 1. | Jan 1995 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | Hard | Jindra Gabrisova | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 2. | Feb 1997 | ITF Mallorca, Spain | Clay | Paula García | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3. | Jun 1997 | ITF Sezze, Italy | Clay | Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | 4–6, 6–0, 2–6 |
| Win | 4. | Aug 1997 | ITF Catania, Italy | Clay | Laura Dell'Angelo | 5–7, $7–6^{(1)},$ 6–3 |
| Win | 5. | Dec 1997 | ITF Espinho, Portugal | Clay | Giulia Casoni | 7–5, $7–6^{(8)}$ |
| Loss | 6. | May 1998 | ITF Midlothian, United States | Clay | Christína Papadáki | 5–7, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Winner | 1. | Aug 1994 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | Francesca Lubiani | Giulia Casoni Sara Ventura | $7–6^{(0)},$ 7–5 |
| Winner | 2. | Jul 1995 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | Hard | Emanuela Brusati | Yoriko Yamagishi Ludmila Varmužová | $7–6^{(5)},$ 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 3. | Apr 1997 | ITF San Severo, Italy | Clay | Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | Sabina da Ponte Laura Dell'Angelo | 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | Jun 1997 | Camucia, Italy | Hard | Antonella Serra Zanetti | Cristina Salvi Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 5. | Dec 1997 | Espinho, Portugal | Clay | Giulia Casoni | Tamara Aranda Julia Carballal | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 6. | Nov 1998 | Hull, United, Kingdom | Hard | Francesca Lubiani | Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | Apr 1999 | Espinho, Portugal | Clay | Francesca Lubiani | Katalin Marosi Alicia Ortuño | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | Jun 1999 | Galatina, İtaly | Clay | Giulia Casoni | Mariana Díaz Oliva Erica Krauth | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 9. | Apr 2000 | Maglie, Italy | Clay | Alice Canepa | Svetlana Krivencheva Tatiana Poutchek | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 10. | Jul 2000 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | Maja Matevžič | Adriana Barna Anna Zaporozhanova | $7–6^{(4)},$ $6–7^{(4)},$ 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 11. | Sep 2000 | Reggio di Calabria, Italy | Clay | Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | Tatiana Kovalchuk Syna Schmidle | w/o |
| Runner-up | 12. | Sep 2001 | ITF Lecce, Italy | Clay | Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | Mariam Ramón Climent Angelika Rösch | $6–7^{(6)},$ $6–7^{(6)}$ |
| Runner-up | 13. | Oct 2001 | Open de Touraine, France | Hard (i) | Flavia Pennetta | Dally Randriantefy Natacha Randriantefy | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
