Raffaella Reggi (; born 27 November 1965) is an Italian TV pundit and former professional tennis player.

Career Reggis started playing tennis at age 5 and attended Nick Bollettieri's school in Florida. As a junior, Reggi won the Orange Bowl 16 and under in 1981. She was a member of the Continental Players Cup Team in 1982.

Reggi won the mixed doubles title at the US Open in 1986, partnering Sergio Casal. She was a singles quarter-finalist at the French Open in 1987, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 13 in 1988. One of the highlights of her career was winning the Italian Open in 1985, when she became the first Italian woman to win that tournament since Annelies Ullstein-Bossi claimed the title in 1950. Ullstein-Bossi, Reggi, the 2014 finalist Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in 2025 are the only Italian women to reach the singles final of Italy's top tennis tournament since World War II.

Reggi finished her career with five singles titles and four doubles titles. She was a member of the Italian Fed Cup team from 1982 through 1991 and the Italian Olympic Team in 1988 and 1992. She had career victories over Steffi Graf, Chris Evert, Evonne Goolagong, Jana Novotná, Hana Mandlíková, Manuela Maleeva, Nathalie Tauziat, Helena Suková, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Zina Garrison, and Jo Durie.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1986 US Open Hard Sergio Casal Martina Navratilova Peter Fleming 6–4, 6–4

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 11 (5–6) Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–1) Tier III (0–0) Tier IV (0–0) Tier V (1–3) Virginia Slims (4–2) Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Grass (0–1) Clay (3–3) Carpet (0–1) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Apr 1985 Taranto, Italy Clay Vicki Nelson-Dunbar 6–4, 6–4Loss 1–1 May 1985 Barcelona, Spain Clay Sandra Cecchini 3–6, 4–6Win 2–1 May 1986 Lugano, Switzerland Clay Manuela Maleeva 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)Win 3–1 Nov 1986 San Juan, U.S. Hard Sabrina Goleš 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3Loss 3–2 Mar 1987 Isle of Palms, U.S. Clay Manuela Maleeva 7–5, 2–6, 3–6Win 4–2 Aug 1987 San Diego, U.S. Hard Anne Minter 6–0, 6–4Loss 4–3 Jul 1988 Brussels, Belgium Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0–6, 5–7Loss 4–4 Jun 1989 Eastbourne, UK Grass Martina Navratilova 6–7(2–7), 2–6Loss 4–5 Oct 1989 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard (I) Katerina Maleeva 4–6, 4–6Win 5–5 Apr 1990 Taranto, Italy Clay Alexia Dechaume 3–6, 6–0, 6–2Loss 5–6 Feb 1991 Oslo, Norway Carpet (I) Catarina Lindqvist 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 14 (4–10) Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–1) Tier II (0–1) Tier III (0–2) Tier IV (1–0) Tier V (2–6) Virginia Slims (1–0) Finals by surface Hard (1–4) Grass (0–0) Clay (2–1) Carpet (1–5) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Apr 1985 Taranto, Italy Clay Sandra Cecchini Patrizia Murgo Barbara Romanò 1–6, 6–4, 6–3Win 2–0 Mar 1988 Tampa, US Clay Terry Phelps Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor 6–2, 6–4Loss 2–1 Jul 1988 Brussels, Belgium Clay Katerina Maleeva Mercedes Paz Tine Scheuer-Larsen 6–7(3–7), 1–6Loss 2–2 Oct 1988 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet (I) Elna Reinach Iwona Kuczyńska Martina Navratilova 1–6, 1–6Loss 2–3 Aug 1989 Albuquerque, US Hard Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Nicole Provis Elna Reinach 6–4, 4–6, 2–6Loss 2–4 Oct 1989 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet (I) Elna Reinach Gigi Fernández Robin White 4–6, 6–7(2–7)Loss 2–5 Oct 1989 Bayonne, France Hard (I) Elna Reinach Manon Bollegraf Catherine Tanvier 6–7(3–7), 5–7Loss 2–6 Jul 1990 Montreal, Canada Hard Helen Kelesi Betsy Nagelsen Gabriela Sabatini 6–3, 2–6, 2–6Loss 2–7 Feb 1991 Oslo, Norway Carpet (I) Sabine Appelmans Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Silke Meier 6–3, 3–6, 4–6Win 3–7 Feb 1991 Linz, Austria Carpet (I) Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková 6–4, 1–6, 6–3Loss 3–8 Sep 1991 Milan, Italy Carpet (I) Sabine Appelmans Sandy Collins Lori McNeil 6–7(0–7), 3–6Win 4–8 Jan 1992 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi 1–6, 6–1, 7–5Loss 4–9 Feb 1992 Linz, Austria Hard (I) Claudia Porwik Monique Kiene Miriam Oremans 4–6, 2–6Loss 4–10 Feb 1992 Cesena, Italy Carpet (I) Sabine Appelmans Catherine Suire Catherine Tanvier w/o

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Career SR Australian Open A1R A A NH A A4R4R1R A 0 / 4 French Open Q21R3R4R2RQF2R2R2R A1R 0 / 9 Wimbledon A2R1R A4R4R A3R1R A A 0 / 6 US Open A2R2R2R4R3R2R1R3R A A 0 / 8 SR0 / 00 / 40 / 30 / 20 / 30 / 30 / 20 / 40 / 40 / 10 / 10 / 27 Year End Ranking 127 45 62 42 22 17 23 21 23 75 56

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