Francesca Di Lorenzo (; born July 22, 1997) is an American former tennis player. She is currently assistant coach of the University of Central Florida women's tennis team.
She played collegiately for the Ohio State University. On May 29, 2017, Di Lorenzo and her partner Miho Kowase won the NCAA Women's Doubles Championship.
Personal life Di Lorenzo was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but raised in Columbus, Ohio, after her family moved there when she was around the age of seven. Her parents, Carlo and Daniela Di Lorenzo, are Italian immigrants from Salerno. Carlo is a physician at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus and Daniela teaches Italian at various colleges. Di Lorenzo attended New Albany High School in New Albany, Ohio.
She has three siblings, and Cristina, her oldest sister, also played tennis at the collegiate level at Xavier University and graduated in 2017. Mario, her oldest brother, also has an athletic background. He won an intramural championship in the inaugural season of wheelchair basketball at Ohio State University.
Di Lorenzo is fluent in Italian. As a child, she played both tennis and soccer.
Career Amateur years Coming out of high school, Di Lorenzo was ranked as the nation's top tennis recruit. She committed to playing collegiate tennis at Ohio State University. In her final tournament as a junior, she reached the semifinals in both the girls' singles and doubles tournaments at the 2015 US Open.
As a freshman, Di Lorenzo began her season by winning the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship, claiming the Buckeyes' first national title in its program's history. She defeated Joana Eidukonytė in the championship match, and concluded the season with a 37–5 record, setting the program record for most victories in a season, and was named singles all-American.
During her sophomore year with the Buckeyes, Di Lorenzo went 37–2 in singles, equaling her school record from the previous year. She also finished the year as the top-ranked women's NCAA singles player. Di Lorenzo repeated as the USTA/ITA National Indoor Champion, beating Hayley Carter in the final. She capped off her sophomore season by winning the NCAA Women's Doubles Championship with her partner, Miho Kowase. This championship was the program's first NCAA in its history. For her accomplishments during the season, Di Lorenzo was named both singles and doubles all-American.
Di Lorenzo earned a wildcard into the qualifiers of the singles tournament at the 2017 US Open. There, she also received a wildcard for the main draw of the doubles tournament and made her Grand Slam debut, partnering with Allie Kiick.
Professional On 18 December 2017, Di Lorenzo announced that she would be leaving Ohio State to become a professional tennis player.
She made her major singles debut at the 2018 US Open, winning her section of the qualifying tournament with victories over Antonia Lottner, Verónica Cepede Royg, and Mona Barthel. She defeated Christina McHale to reach the second round, where she lost to No. 13 seed, Kiki Bertens.
Performance timeline
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Tournaments2016201720182019202020212022SRW–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAAQ2Q1Q20 / 00–0 French OpenAQ2AQ2Q2Q2Q10 / 00–0 WimbledonAQ1AQ2NHQ1Q10 / 00–0 US OpenQ1Q12R2R1RQ2A0 / 32–3Win–loss0–00–01–11–10–10–00–00 / 32–3WTA 1000Indian Wells OpenAAAQ1NHQ1A0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAANHQ1A0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAA2RNHAA0 / 11–1Cincinnati OpenAAQ1AQ1AA0 / 00–0Career statisticsTournaments0025322Career total: 14Overall win–loss0–00–01–22–50–31–20–20 / 144–14Year-end ranking346302166121143197292$763,907
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) Legend$60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Aug 2015ITF Austin, United States10,000 Hard Lauren Herring 4–6, 7–6(2), 6–2Win 2–0 Jul 2016ITF Winnipeg, Canada25,000 Hard Erin Routliffe 6–4, 6–1Loss 2–1 Jun 2017ITF Sumter, United States25,000 Hard Ashley Lahey 3–6, 6–7(4)Loss 2–2 Jun 2017ITF Baton Rouge, United States25,000 Hard Nicole Gibbs 3–6, 3–6Win 3–2 Jan 2018ITF Wesley Chapel, United States25,000 Clay Whitney Osuigwe 6–2, 1–6, 6–4Win 4–2 Nov 2019Toronto Challenger, CanadaW60 Hard Kirsten Flipkens 7–6(3), 6–4
Doubles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups) Legend$80,000 tournaments$60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–6)Clay (2–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2016ITF Winnipeg, Canada 25,000 Hard Ronit Yurovsky Marie-Alexandre Leduc Charlotte Robillard-Millette 1–6, 7–5, [10–6]Loss 1–1 Jun 2017ITF Baton Rouge, US25,000 Hard Julia Elbaba Ellen Perez Luisa Stefani 3–6, 4–6Loss 1–2 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) Erin Routliffe Bianca Andreescu Carol Zhao w/oWin 2–2 Open Saint-Gaudens, France60,000 Clay Naiktha Bains Manon Arcangioli Shérazad Reix 6–4, 1–6, [11–9]Loss 2–3 Rancho Santa Fe Open, United StatesW25 Hard Caty McNally Hayley Carter Ena Shibahara 5–7, 2–6Loss 2–4Berkeley Tennis Challenge, USW60 Hard Katie Swan Madison Brengle Sachia Vickery 3–6, 5–7Loss 2–5Tennis Classic of Macon, USW80 Hard Jamie Loeb Magdalena Fręch Katarzyna Kawa 5–7, 1–6Win 3–5 Vero Beach Open, USW60 Clay Makenna Jones Quinn Gleason Elixane Lechemia 4–6, 6–3, [10–3]Win 4–5 Arcadia Pro Open, US W60 Hard Christina Rosca Rina Saigo Yukina Saigo 6–1, 6–1Loss 4–6 ITF Boca Raton, USW25 Hard Makenna Jones Hailey Baptiste Whitney Osuigwe 2–6, 2–6
References
External links
Ohio State Buckeyes bio