Germana Di Natale (born 2 April 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Biography A right-handed player, Di Natale started playing tennis at the age of ten and began touring in the early 1990s.
Di Natale was a singles bronze medalist at the 1997 Summer Universiade.
As a professional player, she is most noted for her quarterfinal appearance as a qualifier at the 2000 WTA Madrid Open, where she had a win over the top seed Mary Pierce en route. Starting the tournament with a ranking of 258, she upset the world's sixth-ranked player, Pierce, with a straight-sets second-round win. In the quarterfinals, she had to retire hurt while trailing Iva Majoli by a set due to an injury to her right arm.
During her career, she competed in the qualifying draws of all four Grand Slam tournaments.
ITF finals Singles (1–2) $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 24 January 1994 Pontevedra, Spain Carpet Paula Hermida 6–7, 6–3, 2–6Win 1. 12 May 1996 Le Touquet, France Clay Patty Van Acker 6–3, 7–6Loss 2. 20 April 1997 Angilli, Italy Clay Oana Elena Golimbioschi 5–7, 2–6
Doubles (4–5) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 3 August 1992 Nicolosi, Italy Clay Emanuela Brusati Rita Grande Laura Lapi 4–6, 2–6Loss 2. 2 August 1993 Dublin, Ireland Clay Vanina Casanova Mariana Díaz Oliva Valentina Solari 6–4, 3–6, 2–6Loss 3. 30 August 1993 Massa, Italy Clay Giulia Toschi Alice Canepa Giulia Casoni 6–7, 1–6Win 1. 17 January 1994 Orense, Spain Carpet Patrícia Marková Stephanie Gomperts Nathalie Thijssen 7–5, 6–3Win 2. 19 June 1995 Elvas, Portugal Hard Joana Pedroso Bonnie Bleecker Manuela Costa 5–7, 7–5, 6–3Loss 4. 22 April 1996 Bari, Italy Clay Andreea Vanc Jana Macurová Olga Vymetálková 4–6, 6–4, 5–7Win 3. 30 March 1997 Dinard, France Clay Federica Fortuni Magalie Lamarre Anna-Karin Svensson 6–4, 7–5Win 4. 4 February 2001 Mallorca, Spain Clay Andreea Vanc Raissa Gourevitch Dinara Safina 7–5, 3–6, 6–4Loss 5. Cholet, France Clay (i) Eleni Daniilidou Yuliya Beygelzimer Anastasia Rodionova 1–6, 6–7(7–5)
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