Argentine tennis player (born 1968)
Bettina Mónica Fulco[1] (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,[2] having been inspired to start because of the increased interest in the sport in Argentina due toGuillermo Vilas' success.[3] As a junior, Bettina was among the best in the world, reaching the finals of the Orange Bowl 18-and-under championships in 1986,[4] and finishing second in the junior rankings in 1986.[3] She turned professional in 1987. Like many South American players, Bettina Fulco was considered a clay-court specialist,[5] and reached the quarterfinals of theFrench Open in 1988. Bettina beatMartina Navratilova in Houston 1994 for her biggest career victory.[2] She also achieved victories overConchita Martínez,Arantxa Sánchez Vicario,Hana Mandlíková,Katerina Maleeva,Manuela Maleeva,Magdalena Maleeva,Claudia Kohde-Kilsch,Lori McNeil andNathalie Tauziat.[3] She retired from professional tennis in 1998.[2]
Since retiring from tennis, Bettina has been the director of the School of Tennis at the Club Atlético Kimberley, based in Mar del Plata.[2] She is also a coach, having worked with notable players such asVictoria Azarenka,Kateryna Bondarenko,Angelique Widjaja andEmma Laine.[3] In addition, Bettina was the captain of theArgentina Fed Cup team from 2011 to 2013.[6]
| 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)
[edit]Doubles: 3 (3 titles)
[edit]| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| 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) |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
[edit](W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Source
Helen Kelesi
Neige Dias
Carin Bakkum
Eva Švíglerová
Mary Pierce
Luanne Spadea
Sandra Cecchini
Wiltrud Probst
Park Sung-hee