Fiorella Bonicelli (born 21 December 1951) is a retired professional

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player from

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. She was born in Lima, Peru but grew up in Montevideo, Uruguay where she started playing tennis when at age 11. During her career, she won the 1975 French Open mixed doubles title with

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. She also won the 1976 French Open women's doubles title with

Gail Lovera Gail Chanfreau (née Sherriff; born 3 April 1945), also known as Gail Lovera and Gail Benedetti, is a French former amateur and professional tennis player. Tennis career Chanfreau was born in Australia, but moved to France in 1968. Chanfreau ...

, defeating Kathleen Harter and

Helga Niessen Masthoff Helga Niessen Masthoff (née Niessen; born 11 November 1941) is a retired tennis player from West Germany. Her best Grand Slam singles tournament was when she reached the 1970 French Open final, losing to Margaret Court in straight sets. She w ...

6–4, 1–6, 6–3. At the

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, her singles record is 11–4, and doubles record 6–8. During her career, she reached one Grand Slam singles quarterfinal, at the

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, where she lost to

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in three sets.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: (1 title)

Mixed doubles: (1 title)

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* * * Uruguayan female tennis players 1951 births Living people Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles French Open champions 20th-century Uruguayan women 21st-century Uruguayan women {{Uruguay-tennis-bio-stub