Lucrezia Stefanini is an Italian professional tennis player born on May 15, 1998. She has achieved notable success on the ITF Circuit, winning ten singles titles and two doubles titles. Her highest career rankings include reaching No. 99 in singles and No. 393 in doubles.
Early life
Lucrezia Stefanini was born on May 15, 1998, in Florence, Italy. She lives in a family of tennis players, her father Marco Stefanini and her mother Roberta Ardinghi are also her coaches, and her brother Jacopo, 20, is beginning to achieve significant success in the future. Lucrezia began playing tennis at the age of eight under the tutelage of her father, who served as a mentor to her until she was eighteen.
She represented Italy in the U.14 Summer and U.16 Winter Cups. She also represented Italy at the 2015 Youth Olympic Games in Utrecht, Netherlands. Her goal is to compete in the first Grand Slam and rise to a position where she can compete regularly in WTA competitions.
Lucrezia Stefanini career
At ITF Brescia 2014 she took part in her first professional competition. In July 2016 she played her first ITF final in Schio but lost to the Ukrainian Valeriya Strakhova. Later in Hammamet in 2017, she defeated Eleni Kordolaimi of Greece to win her first trophy.
She competed in doubles with Tatiana Pieri and reached the first ITF final in Sassuolo in June 2016. In that game she lost to Alice Balducci and Deborah Chiesa, but won the championship in September with the same partner in Pula, defeating Balducci and Marcella Cucca again.
Lucrezia reached the final twice in Hammamet in 2017, losing to both Russian Maria Marfutina and American Elizabeth Halbauer. In doubles, she wins her second title in Bergamo, beating Martina Colmegna and Ylena In-Albon in the final. She later took part in two more doubles finals in Vienna and Porto.
Lucrezia Stefanini defeated Burundian tennis star Sada Nahimana in Monastir, still in Tunisia, to win her second singles title in 2019. She qualified for her WTA debut in Abu Dhabi in January 2021 by defeating Croatia’s Tena Lukas and Romania’s Irina Fetecău.
World No. 19 Elena Rybakina knocks her out in the first round with a double 6-3. She competed in the ITF event in Salinas in May and defeated top seed Susan Bandecchi in the championship match to secure the title. She won the $25,000 Radom event in August by beating Miriam Kolodziejová.
Rise to Fame
Throughout the year she competes in the main rounds of the WTA tournaments in Palermo and Tenerife, but her first victory on the grand circuit comes in Courmayeur, where she defeats Mandy Minella in three sets (6-3, 3-6, 7th). -5). She is beaten in the second round by her compatriot Jasmine Paolini, who wins in straight sets. On February 6, 2022, she won the ITF tournament in Sharm-el-Sheikh by defeating Romanian Alexandra Cadanţu-Ignatik 6-2, 3-0 in the final and resigning.
She competes in the first WTA competition of the year on clay in Bogota in April 2022, defeating Despina Papamichail in straight sets in the opening round. Lucrezia was eliminated in the second round after losing 6-2 in two sets to the Russian Elina Avanesjan. She takes part in qualifying draws for the first time at the French Open and Wimbledon but loses in the first and second rounds respectively.
After qualifying, she entered the Australian Open main draw for the first time in her career in 2023, reaching the second round. Despite winning an ITF $25,000 final in Sharm el-Sheikh and a $40,000 final in Calvi on French Hard the following week, she lost an ITF $40,000 final in February.
Lucrezia Stefanini Biography | |
|---|---|
| Real name | Lucretia Stefanini |
| birth date | May 15, 1998 |
| Age | 26 years |
| Place of birth | Florence, Italy |
| Profession | tennis player |
| University | – |
| qualification | – |
Physical Statistics | |
| Height | in feet inches – 5 feet 5 inches – in centimeters – 164 cm |
| Weight | in kilograms – 62kg – in pounds – 136 pounds |
| Hair color | Black |
| eye color | Black |
Lucrezia Stefanini Family | |
| Father | Marco Stefanini |
| Mother | Roberta Ardinghi |
| Sister | – |
| Brother | Jacopo Stefanini |
relationship status | |
| Marital status | In a relationship |
| affair | NO |
| who is Lucrezia Stefanini’s boyfriend? | Ferdinando Bonuccelli |
Personal life
Lucrezia is in a relationship with her boyfriend Ferdinando Bonuccelli. He is a tennis coach and most of the time he was on the podium cheering for Lucrezia. The couple isn’t shy about sharing their love publicly and often shares photos of themselves escorting each other on Instagram. Even her parents are happy that their daughter found the best partner to help her reach new milestones in her career.
Lucrezia Stefanini net worth
Lucrezia’s net worth is estimated to be around $2 million. She has also collaborated with various brands, which increases her net worth even more. She still has a long way to go in her career.