Luciana Masante (born 4 December 1978) is an Argentine former professional tennis player.

Luciana Masante
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1978-12-04) 4 December 1978 (age 46)
Prize money$60,928
Singles
Career record155–122
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 197 (2 August 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ1 (1999)
Doubles
Career record117–86
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 167 (12 July 1999)

Masante began competing on tour in 1995 and featured mostly on the ITF Circuit, during her career. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a second round appearance at the 1999 Croatian Bol Ladies Open, where she was eliminated by eventual champion Corina Morariu, retiring hurt with a leg injury while behind a set and 0–3.[1]

Ranked as high as 197 in singles, Masante appeared in the qualifying draw for the 1999 US Open.[2]

On the ITF Circuit, she won six singles titles and eight doubles titles, before retiring from professional tennis in 2001.

ITF Circuit finals

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$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 9 (6–3)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 25 August 1996 ITF Lima, Peru Hard   Mariana Lopez Palacios 6–4, 6–2
Win 2. 8 September 1996 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Celeste Contín 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Loss 1. 31 August 1997 ITF Kyiv, Ukraine Clay   Olga Ivanova 0–6, 2–6
Win 3. 7 September 1997 ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay   Isabell Quast 6–4, 6–3
Win 4. 30 August 1998 ITF Middelkerke, Belgium Clay   Patty Van Acker 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2. 23 May 1999 ITF Zaragoza, Spain Clay   Mariana Mesa 6–1, 4–6, 1–6
Win 5. 27 August 2000 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Larissa Schaerer 6–3, 6–0
Loss 3. 8 October 2000 ITF Girona, Spain Clay   Lourdes Domínguez Lino 4–0, 5–4, 0–4
Win 6. 2 September 2001 ITF Spoleto, Italy Clay   Sonia Delgado 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 20 (8–12)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 8 September 1996 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Renata Brito   Celeste Contín
  Romina Ottoboni
2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 2. 7 April 1997 ITF Viña del Mar, Chile Clay   Celeste Contín   Katalin Marosi
  Veronica Stele
1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss 3. 18 May 1997 ITF Le Touquet, France Clay   Veronica Stele   Nicole Arendt
  Magalie Lamarre
2–6, 3–6
Loss 4. 25 May 1997 ITF Brixen, Italy Clay   Miroslava Vavrinec   Caroline Schneider
  Patricia Wartusch
3–6, 0–6
Win 1. 7 September 1997 ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay   Annica Lindstedt   Debby Haak
  Maaike Koutstaal
6–2, 6–2
Win 2. 9 August 1998 ITF Rebecq , Belgium Clay   Daphne Van De Zande   Sofie Borgions
  Cindy Schuurmans
6–1, 6–4
Win 3. 16 August 1998 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay   Monika Maštalířová   Lotty Seelen
  Katarina Valkyová
6–3, 7–5
Loss 5. 23 August 1998 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay   Lourdes Domínguez Lino   Kim Clijsters
  Cindy Schuurmans
6–7, 5–7
Win 4. 30 August 1998 ITF Middelkerke, Belgium Clay   Patrícia Marková   Bretchtje Bruls
  Cindy Schuurmans
2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 6. 27 September 1998 ITF Tucuman, Argentina Clay   Laura Montalvo   Mercedes Paz
  Patricia Tarabini
7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Loss 7. 2 November 1998 ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil Clay   Alicia Ortuño   Eva Bes
  María Fernanda Landa
6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 8. 30 August 1999 ITF Denain, France Clay   Mariam Ramón Climent   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
  Conchita Martínez Granados
1–6, 4–6
Win 5. 27 August 2000 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Geraldine Aizenberg   Melisa Arévalo
  Paula Racedo
6–2, 6–2
Win 6. 19 March 2001 ITF Matamoros, Mexico Hard   Daniela Olivera   Bianca Kamper
  Nadine Schlotterer
6–2, 6–2
Win 7. 26 March 2001 ITF Victoria, Mexico Hard   Daniela Olivera   Melisa Arévalo
  Conchita Martínez Granados
6–4, 7–5
Loss 9. 7 May 2001 ITF Maglie, Italy Clay   Natalia Gussoni   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
  Eugenia Chialvo
4–6, 4–6
Loss 10. 14 May 2001 ITF Turin, Italy Clay   Daniela Olivera   Melisa Arévalo
  Vanessa Menga
5–7, 2–6
Win 8. 8 July 2001 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay   Daniela Olivera   Anna Font
  Raissa Gourevitch
6–2, 6–3
Loss 11. 13 August 2001 ITF Aosta, Italy Clay   Stefanie Haidner   Kildine Chevalier
  Natacha Randriantefy
6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 12. 27 September 2001 ITF Spoleto, Italy Clay   Stefanie Haidner   Silvia Disderi
  Anna Floris
4–6, 5–7

References

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  1. ^ "Cañas detuvo su marcha". Clarín (in Spanish). 29 April 1999.
  2. ^ "El US Open se palpita en Flushing Meadows". La Nación (in Spanish). 26 August 1999.
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