Francesca Pace (born 5 August 2005) is an Italian tennis player. She made her debut at a WTA 250 tournament when she played in the women's doubles at the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Open.
Personal life The daughter of former tennis professional Irina Spîrlea, Pace was brought up in Rome. She has been coached from an early age by her father Massimiliano Pace. He also acted as coach for her mother during her tennis career. She has a brother named Tommaso.
Career 2021 In May 2021, Pace won an ITF junior tournament in Limassol. That year, she also claimed her first victories in women’s tennis, winning her debut match in a 15k event in Cairo, 6–1, 6–1 against Wan Chao-yi.
2022 Pace played in September the women's doubles at the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Open, a WTA 250 tournament in Parma. She played with Federica Urgesi, and they lost in the first round to compatriots Martina Trevisan and Jasmine Paolini.
2023 Pace came through qualifying to play in the girls’ singles competition at the 2023 Australian Open.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendW50 tournaments (0–1) W35 tournaments (3–0) W15 tournaments (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (1–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 May 2025ITF Orlando, United StatesW15 Clay Mayu Crossley 1–6, 6–2, 4–6Win 1–1 Oct 2025ITF Redding, USW35 Hard Lea Ma 1–6, 6–2, 6–4Win 2–1 Oct 2025ITF Norman, USW35 Hard Ekaterina Khayrutdinova 6–3, 7–6(5)Win 3–1 Nov 2025ITF Boca Raton, USW35 Clay Akasha Urhobo 4–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss 3–2 Aug 2026ITF Oldenzaal, NetherlandsW50 Clay Nastasja Schunk 5–7, 4–6
Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendW35 tournaments (4–5)W15 tournaments (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (5–6) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Nov 2023ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Aya El Aouni Mayuka Aikawa Haine Ogata 6–0, 6–4Loss 1–1 May 2024ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Aya El Aouni Dia Evtimova Verena Meliss 4–6, 6–7(2)Win 2–1 Jun 2024ITF Madrid, SpainW15 Clay María Herazo González Diletta Cherubini Carolina Kuhl 6–3, 7–5Loss 2–2 Jul 2024ITF Viserba, ItalyW15 Clay Inès Ibbou Anastasia Bertacchi Lilli Tagger 0–6, 6–2, [5–10]Loss 2–3 Oct 2024ITF Bol, CroatiaW15 Clay Laura Boehner Laura Svatíková Arina Gabriela Vasilescu 0–6, 6–7(3)Loss 2–4 May 2025ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW35 Clay Zuzanna Pawlikowska Miriana Tona Noelia Zeballos 0–6, 3–6Loss 2–5 May 2025ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW35 Clay Zuzanna Pawlikowska Miriana Tona Noelia Zeballos 4–6, 3–6Loss 2–6 Jun 2025Roma Cup, ItalyW35 Clay Sofia Rocchetti Noemi Basiletti Giorgia Pedone 3–6, 1–6Loss 2–7 Sep 2025Berkley Challenge, USW35 Hard Zuzanna Pawlikowska Rasheeda McAdoo Angella Okutoyi 6–7(2), 4–6Win 3–7 Sep 2025ITF San Rafael, USW35 Hard Zuzanna Pawlikowska Živa Falkner Marie Weckerle 4–6, 6–3, [10–5]Loss 3–8 Oct 2025ITF Bakersfield, USW35 Hard Zuzanna Pawlikowska Ema Burgić Anita Sahdiieva 7–5, 1–6, [7–10]Win 4–8 Nov 2025ITF Orlando, USW35 Clay Angella Okutoyi Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa 3–6, 6–4, [14–12]Win 5–8 Jan 2026ITF Antalya, TurkeyW35 Clay Lucija Ćirić Bagarić Daria Lodikova Alexandra Shubladze 4–6, 6–3, [12–10]Win 6–8 Aug 2026ITF Kraków, PolandW35 Clay Gaia Maduzzi Daria Górska Amelia Paszun 7–6(3), 6–4
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