Francesca La'O

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Francesca La'O
Full nameFrancesca Maria La'O
Country (sports) Philippines
Born (1976-05-07) 7 May 1976 (age 47)
Prize money$ 8,303
Singles
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 386 (7 November 1994)
Doubles
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 251 (24 July 1995)
Medal record
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Singapore Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1991 Manila Women's team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Singapore Women's team

Francesca Maria La'O (born 7 May 1976) is a Filipina former professional tennis player.[1]

La'o, who was highest ever ranked Filipino singles player on the WTA Tour for a time with a WTA rank of 386, was a Southeast Asian Games doubles gold medalist and featured in 19 Fed Cup ties for the Philippines, with her first stint in the team from 1991 to 1995.

Between 1996 and 1999, La'O played collegiate tennis with UC Berkeley and earned NCAA All-American honors.[2]

In 2003, she came back for one final Fed Cup season, before retiring with eight singles and nine doubles wins.[3]

ITF finals[edit]

Doubles (1–2)[edit]

Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Nov 1992 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard Philippines Evangelina Olivarez Philippines Rocio Matute
Philippines Dorothy-Jane Suarez 		6–2, 6–0
Loss Dec 1993 ITF Singapore Hard Philippines Evangelina Olivarez Indonesia Natalia Soetrisno
Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma 		w/o
Loss May 1995 ITF Beijing, China Hard Chinese Taipei Weng Tzu-ting South Korea Kim Ih-sook
South Korea Kim Eun-ha 		2–6, 3–6

References[edit]

  1. ^ Star, The Philippine (21 June 2015). "Ex-champ sees future for promising junior netters". ABS-CBN.
  2. ^ "California Golden Bears - Women's Tennis". University of California Golden Bears Athletics.
  3. ^ Villar, Joey (2 April 2003). "Arevalo looms as RP's hope in Mitsubishi tilt". The Philippine Star.

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