Astrid Besser (born 1 September 1989 in

Prato Prato ( ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') in Tuscany, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Prato. The city lies in the northeast of Tuscany, at an elevation of , at the foot of Monte Retaia (the last peak in the Calvana ch ...

) is an Italian

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player of German and Venezuelan descent. Besser won two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 9 March 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 356. On 16 June 2008, she peaked at world number 401 in the doubles rankings. On the

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, Besser played in the main doubles draws at both the

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and the

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ITF finals

Singles (2–0)

Doubles (2–1)

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* * 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Prato Italian female tennis players Italian people of German descent Italian people of Venezuelan descent 21st-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub