Camila Giorgi

Giorgi finished the year 480th in the WTA rankings.

Two years later, 1976 French Open champion Adriano Panatta said of her: "It's the first time I play a girl who plays like Andre Agassi."

Her father was drafted in Argentina in 1982 and fought in the Falklands War against the British, while her mother is a fashion designer.

Now, her father coaches her full-time while her mother designs her dresses for tennis matches.

Camila Giorgi (born 30 December 1991) is an Italian professional tennis player.

In 2000, she was spotted by tennis coach Nick Bollettieri, who subsequently offered her seven months of training (previously offered only to Maria Sharapova).

In November 2005, she reached the final of the Nike Junior Tour, but was defeated by Zuzana Luknárová from Slovakia.

Giorgi reached the final at the Sey Development Cup in the Czech Republic, and the round of 16 at the Astrid Bowl in Belgium.

Giorgi started with $10k tournaments, and obtained her first significant results reaching two semifinals in Baku and Jakarta.

At the end of the season, she took part in her first $25k tournament.

She closed 2006 with ten wins and seven losses, and as the 944th in the WTA rankings.

She obtained her best results in 2007 in September at Limoges in France, reaching the quarterfinals in a $10k tournament; then in $25k tournaments that she played at the end of the season, in December, in Lagos, Nigeria, where she reached the quarterfinals.

Giorgi started 2008 playing several tournaments in France, where she lived with her family.

In May, she played for the first time qualifying for a major tournament circuit, thanks to a wildcard obtained at the Italian Open.

She lost to Jill Craybas, No. 66 in the world, in a third set tie-breaker.

She also played in the first round of the main draw in Rome-Tevere Remo ($25k), Contrexéville ($50k), and Rimini ($75k).

In Martina Franca ($25k), she qualified and reached the second round.

In November, in Saint Denis (La Réunion, $25k), she reached the quarterfinals.

After winning her first ITF title in 2009, Giorgi made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.

At the beginning of the 2009 season, Giorgi played few tournaments, failing to qualify for the main draw.

She achieved her first important results in April, when she qualified for and reached the quarterfinals of two $25k tournaments.

Giorgi reached the fourth round of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships in just her second appearance at the tournament.

After her successful run at the championships, she made her top-100 debut in the WTA rankings.

The following year, she followed it up with a third-round run at the Wimbledon Championships, and made her second Grand Slam fourth round at the US Open.

She is Jewish and considered emigrating to Israel in 2012, after her father opened negotiations with the Israel Tennis Association (ITA) over the financial terms for her immigration to Israel.

Her most notable professional wins have come at the 2013 US Open, Indian Wells Open, and Eastbourne International, defeating former world No. 1 players Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova, and Victoria Azarenka, respectively.

Giorgi was born in Macerata, Italy, to Jewish parents Claudia Gabriella Fullone and Sergio Giorgi, an Argentine of Italian descent who emigrated to Italy from La Plata.

As of September 2013, the Giorgi family was based in the Italian city of Pisa.

Giorgi is quadrilingual, speaking Spanish, Italian, French, and English.

There are four children in Giorgi's family.

In addition to her older brother Leandro, who is studying to become an actor, her younger brother Amadeus is a former professional footballer, who played as a forward for lower league clubs in Italy, Spain and Portugal.

She had a sister named Antonela who died in a car accident in Paris.

Following an initial interest in artistic gymnastics, Giorgi decided to devote herself to tennis after assisting in her brother's training, when she was five years old.

She was subjected to hard training by her father, Sergio.

Giorgi reached her first WTA Tour final in 2014 at the Katowice Open, and then won her first title at the Rosmalen Open.

She won the biggest title of her career at the 2021 National Bank Open in Montreal, defeating former world No. 1, Karolína Plíšková, in the final.

Giorgi is known for her aggressive style of game and her powerful flat groundstrokes, and is considered to be one of the hardest hitters of the ball on the tour.

She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 26, achieved on 22 October 2018.

She is the current Italian No. 3.

She reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, six years after her Wimbledon breakout.