Camila Giorgi is an Italian professional tennis player.
98 Facts About Camila Giorgi
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Camila Giorgi has a career-high singles ranking of world No 26, achieved on 22 October 2018.
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Camila Giorgi is the current Italian No 2, after Martina Trevisan.
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Camila Giorgi reached the fourth round of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships in just her second appearance at the tournament.
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Camila Giorgi reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, six years after her Wimbledon breakout.
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Camila Giorgi reached her first WTA Tour final in 2014 at the Katowice Open, and then won her first title at the Rosmalen Open.
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Camila Giorgi won the biggest title of her career at the 2021 National Bank Open in Montreal, defeating former world No 1, Karolina Pliskova, in the final.
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Camila 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.
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Camila Giorgi was born in Macerata, Italy, to Jewish parents Claudia Gabriella Fullone and Sergio Camila Giorgi, an Argentine of Italian descent who emigrated to Italy from La Plata.
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Camila Giorgi's father was drafted in Argentina in 1982 and fought in the Falklands War against the British, while her mother is a fashion designer.
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Camila Giorgi is Jewish and considered emigrating to Israel in 2012, after her father opened negotiations with the Israel Tennis Association over the financial terms for her immigration to Israel.
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Camila Giorgi had a sister named Antonela who died in a car accident in Paris.
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Camila Giorgi was subjected to hard training by her father, Sergio.
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Camila Giorgi reached the final at the Sey Development Cup in the Czech Republic, and the round of 16 at the Astrid Bowl in Belgium.
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Camila Giorgi started with $10k tournaments, and obtained her first significant results reaching two semifinals in Baku and Jakarta.
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Camila Giorgi closed 2006 with ten wins and seven losses, and as the 944th in the WTA rankings.
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Camila Giorgi 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.
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Camila Giorgi started 2008 playing several tournaments in France, where she lived with her family.
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Camila Giorgi lost to Jill Craybas, No 66 in the world, in a third set tie-breaker.
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Camila Giorgi played in the first round of the main draw in Rome-Tevere Remo, Contrexeville, and Rimini.
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At the beginning of the 2009 season, Camila Giorgi played few tournaments, failing to qualify for the main draw.
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Camila Giorgi began season by playing at the $25k tournament in Innisbrook, Florida.
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Camila Giorgi made it from qualifying all the way to the quarterfinals where she was stopped by Stefanie Vogele.
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Camila Giorgi played in her first WTA Tour clay-court tournament of the year at Charleston.
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Camila Giorgi fell in the final round of qualifying at the French Open to Heidi El Tabakh, in three sets.
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Camila Giorgi began US Open Series by playing at the Carlsbad Open.
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Camila Giorgi then received a wildcard to compete at the Washington Open.
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Camila Giorgi was defeated in the first round by Irina Falconi, in three sets.
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Two weeks later, Camila Giorgi stunned world No 13, Marion Bartoli, in the first round in Strasbourg, but lost in the second round to Eugenie Bouchard.
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At the French Open, Camila Giorgi lost again in the first round.
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At Wimbledon, Camila Giorgi got to the third round, beating British wildcard Samantha Murray, in straight sets, and then-Romanian No 1, Sorana Cirstea.
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At the US Open, Camila Giorgi had one of the biggest upsets of her career, defeating former world No 1, Caroline Wozniacki, in three sets.
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Camila Giorgi subsequently lost to compatriot Roberta Vinci in the fourth round.
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Camila Giorgi competed at the Australian Open, where she reached for the first time the second round beating Australian wildcard Storm Sanders, in three sets.
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Camila Giorgi lost in the fourth round to eventual champion Flavia Pennetta.
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In Rome, Camila Giorgi defeated top-10 player Dominika Cibulkova in the first round but lost to Christina McHale, after winning the first set.
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Camila Giorgi finally beat Alize Cornet who was the second seed in Strasbourg, after losing two significant matches to her.
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At the French Open, Camila Giorgi defeated Bojana Jovanovski in the first round but lost to 2009 champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova, in the second.
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Camila Giorgi competed in Eastbourne, beating Victoria Azarenka in the first round before going down to Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals.
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Camila Giorgi reached the quarterfinals in Bad Gastein and then lost in the first round at the following three tournaments.
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Camila Giorgi was upset early in the US Open losing to a ranked 221 in the world, Anastasia Rodionova, after serving for the match in the second set.
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Camila Giorgi lost in the opening rounds in Wuhan and Beijing to Elina Svitolina and Lucie Safarova, respectively.
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Camila Giorgi broke her series of losses in Linz defeating Andrea Petkovic for the third time in the season.
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Camila Giorgi ended up getting defeated in the third round by 18th seed Venus Williams, despite serving for the match in the second set.
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Camila Giorgi lost in the second round at the French Open to 21st seed Garbine Muguruza.
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Camila Giorgi returned to form at the start of the grass-court season, claiming her first WTA Tour title at the Topshelf Open in Rosmalen, defeating Irina Falconi, Dutch wildcard Michaella Krajicek, Yaroslava Shvedova in the quarterfinals where Camila Giorgi saved three match points in the final set tie-break, home favorite Kiki Bertens in the semifinals and Belinda Bencic in the final.
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At the Wimbledon Championships, Camila Giorgi was the No 31 seed and defeated Teliana Pereira and Lara Arruabarrena in the first and second rounds, respectively, then lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the third round.
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Camila Giorgi kicked off season at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to fourth seed and eventual finalist, Angelique Kerber.
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Camila Giorgi made it to the semifinals where she lost to eighth seed, last year finalist, and eventual finalist, Alison Riske.
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Camila Giorgi retired during her final round of qualifying match at the Qatar Open to Lauren Davis.
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Camila Giorgi lost in the opening round to Johanna Larsson.
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Camila Giorgi ended up losing in the quarterfinals to qualifier and eventual champion Mona Barthel.
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Camila Giorgi lost in the first round of the French Open to Oceane Dodin.
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Camila Giorgi retired in her quarterfinals match against Ashleigh Barty due to a right thigh injury.
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At the Wimbledon, Camila Giorgi reached the third round where she lost to 13th seed and French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko.
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In Washington DC, Camila Giorgi was defeated in the first round by Canadian wildcard Bianca Andreescu.
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Camila Giorgi missed the rest of the season due to injury.
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At the Australian Open, Camila Giorgi lost in the second round to 18th seed Ashleigh Barty.
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Camila Giorgi was defeated in the first round by Donna Vekic.
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Camila Giorgi began clay-court season at the Charleston Open where she lost in the third round to seventh seed Madison Keys.
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In Prague, Camila Giorgi made it to the semifinals where she lost to eventual finalist Mihaela Buzarnescu.
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At the French Open, Camila Giorgi reached the third round where she lost to tenth seed and eventual finalist, Sloane Stephens.
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Camila Giorgi reached the second round where she was defeated by 13th seed Madison Keys.
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Camila Giorgi stunned top seed and two-time defending champion Caroline Wozniacki in her second-round match.
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Camila Giorgi ended up losing in the semifinals to third seed and eventual finalist, Naomi Osaka.
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In Wuhan, Camila Giorgi was defeated in the first round by Aleksandra Krunic.
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Camila Giorgi was supposed to start her season in Brisbane, but she pulled out of the tournament.
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Camila Giorgi missed the Dubai Championships and the Indian Wells Open due to injury.
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Camila Giorgi missed the clay-court season including the French Open due to unknown circumstances.
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Two weeks after Wimbledon, Camila Giorgi played at the Washington Open where she reached the final and was defeated by Jessica Pegula.
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Camila Giorgi competed in her final tournament of the year at the Open de Limoges where she lost in the first round to Liudmila Samsonova.
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Camila Giorgi reached the semifinals where she was defeated by Fiona Ferro.
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Camila Giorgi was defeated in the second round of the US Open by fourth seed, 2018 champion, and eventual champion, Naomi Osaka.
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Camila Giorgi lost in the first round to Dayana Yastremska.
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Camila Giorgi started her year off at the first edition of the Yarra Valley Classic.
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Camila Giorgi reached the quarterfinals where she was defeated by qualifier and eventual champion, Clara Tauson.
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Camila Giorgi withdrew from the Charleston Open, and the Fed Cup tie against Romania due to testing positive for Covid-19.
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Camila Giorgi was defeated in a 3-hour and 51-minute first-round match by Sara Sorribes Tormo.
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Camila Giorgi was defeated in the second round by Varvara Gracheva.
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Camila Giorgi then stunned top seed and 2018 finalist, Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals.
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Camila Giorgi retired during her semifinal match against Anett Kontaveit due to a left thigh injury.
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Camila Giorgi was defeated in the quarterfinals by fourth seed and eventual bronze medalist, Elina Svitolina.
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Camila Giorgi eliminated three top-25 players en route, No 9 seed Elise Mertens in the first round, No 7 seed Petra Kvitova in the round of 16, No 15 seed Coco Gauff in the quarterfinals, and Jessica Pegula in the semifinals.
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Camila Giorgi returned to the top 30 in the rankings on 31 January 2022, following a third round showing for the fourth time in her career at the Australian Open, where she lost to top seed and eventual champion, Ash Barty.
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Camila Giorgi had won five of her last seven matches against top-10 players.
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Camila Giorgi started the new year by reaching the third round at the Australian Open where she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, both in straight sets.
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Camila Giorgi won her fourth WTA career title at the 2023 Merida Open defeating second seed Sloane Stephens by a double bagel fourth seed Katerina Siniakova in straight sets, and qualifier Rebecca Peterson in the final.
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Camila Giorgi lost in the second round of the Indian Wells Open to third seed Jessica Pegula.
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Camila Giorgi reached the second round in the next WTA 1000, Miami Open, defeating Kaia Kanepi in a match with three tiebreaks, lasting three hours and 32 minutes, tied for the longest match of the season so far.
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Camila Giorgi is a baseline player, who has a highly aggressive playing style.
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Camila Giorgi frequently utilizes aggressive serve-forehand combinations to finish points quickly.
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Camila Giorgi aims to generate extreme angles with both her forehand and backhand, to surprise baseline opponents and hit winners with ease.
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Camila Giorgi is known for her tendency to aim for the lines, which means that she accumulates significant numbers of both winners and unforced errors in any match.
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In 2015, Camila Giorgi served the most double faults recorded in WTA history, at 458.
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Camila Giorgi wears custom-made clothes, designed by her mother.
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Up to 2021, Camila Giorgi used Babolat racquets, specifically using the Pure Storm model, and later the Pure Strike model.
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In 2021, Camila Giorgi switched companies and began to use the Yonex VCORE 100.
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The tournaments won by Camila Giorgi are in boldface, and advanced into finals by Camila Giorgi are in italics.