Veronica Stele

Veronica Stele
Country (sports)	Argentina
Born	19 November 1977 (age 46)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	1999
Prize money	$47,266
Singles
Career record	118–91 (56.5%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 237 (19 May 1997)
Doubles
Career record	127–69 (64.8%)
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 117 (7 July 1997)

Veronica Stele (born 19 November 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.^[1]

Career highlights edit

On 19 May 1997, Stele reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 237.^[1] Her career-high doubles ranking came on 7 July 1997, when she became world No. 117.^[1] In her career, she won two singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

ITF doubles titles edit

In 1997, Stele and her partner Katalin Marosi won the doubles title at the $50k tournament at Budapest, Hungary,^[2] and the $50k event at Marseille, France.^[3]

ITF Circuit finals edit

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 6 (2–4) edit

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	21 May 1995	ITF Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Lenka Němečková	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	1.	15 September 1996	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Celeste Contín	5–7, 6–7
Loss	2.	22 September 1996	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Larissa Schaerer	5–7, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	3.	11 May 1997	ITF Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Nuria Montero	3–6, 1–6
Win	2.	27 April 1998	ITF San Severo, Italy	Clay	Katia Piccolini	6–4, 6–3
Loss	4.	24 May 1998	ITF Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Sylvie Sallaberry	5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 23 (11–12) edit

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	20 September 1993	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	Clay	Cintia Tortorella	Paula Cabezas Nuria Niemes	6–2, 6–1
Loss	1.	24 October 1993	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Valeria Strappa	Mariana Díaz Oliva Laura Montalvo	2–6, 7–5, 1–6
Loss	2.	22 November 1993	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Cintia Tortorella	Laura Montalvo Vanessa Matthys	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	3.	29 August 1994	ITF Massa, Italy	Clay	Cintia Tortorella	Cristina Salvi Emanuela Brusati	5–7, 3–6
Win	2.	19 September 1994	ITF Poreč, Croatia	Clay	Cintia Tortorella	Zuzana Lešenarová Karolina Petříková	6–3, 6–2
Win	3.	17 April 1995	ITF Murcia, Spain	Clay	Mariana Eberle	Federica Bonsignori Gloria Pizzichini	7–5, 6–2
Loss	4.	22 May 1995	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Florencia Cianfagna	Estefanía Bottini Gala León García	5–7, 5–7
Loss	5.	17 December 1995	ITF Tucumán, Argentina	Clay	Larissa Schaerer	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	2–6, 6–7
Win	4.	16 June 1996	ITF Salzburg, Austria	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Sofia Prazeres	6–0, 6–4
Loss	6.	7 July 1996	ITF Sezze, Italy	Clay	Gabriella Boschiero	Francesca Guardigli Andreea Vanc	6–0, 2–6, 3–6
Win	5.	14 July 1996	ITF Vigo, Spain	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Nataly Cahana Hila Rosen	6–2, 6–4
Win	6.	21 July 1996	ITF Bilbao, Spain	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Marta Cano Nuria Montero	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7.	6 October 1996	ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Hard	Paula Cabezas	María Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner	6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Win	7.	7 April 1997	ITF Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Celeste Contín Luciana Masante	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	8.	11 May 1997	ITF Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Marta Cano Nuria Montero	3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss	9.	18 May 1997	ITF Le Touquet, France	Clay	Luciana Masante	Nicole Arendt Magalie Lamarre	2–6, 3–6
Loss	10.	26 May 1997	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Kim de Weille Amanda Hopmans	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	8.	9 June 1997	ITF Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Elena Tatarkova Fabiola Zuluaga	6–3, 6–3
Win	9.	16 June 1997	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Caroline Dhenin Nino Louarsabishvili	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win	10.	30 June 1997	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	Hard	Katalin Marosi	Saori Obata Nami Urabe	6–4, 6–3
Win	11.	26 April 1998	ITF Bari, Italy	Clay	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	Sabina da Ponte Silvia Uríčková	6–1, 6–1
Loss	11.	3 May 1998	ITF San Severo, Italy	Clay	Giana Gutiérrez	Romina Ottoboni Eugenia Maia	6–1, 5–7, 5–7
Loss	12.	18 May 1998	ITF Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Gisela Riera Aliénor Tricerri	4–6, 1–6

Basque pelota edit

At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Stele partnered with María Lis García to win the gold medal in Basque pelota.^[4]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "WTA Players: Veronica Stele". wtatennis.com. Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - $50,000 Budapest - 09 June - 15 June 1997". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - $50,000 Marseille - 16 June - 22 June 1997". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ Associated Press (27 October 2011). "Sanchez goes for another gold at Pan Am Games". Guadalajara, Mexico: Deseret News. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.