Francesca Romano (born 7 February 1971 in

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) is a former female

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...

player from

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, who competed on the

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. She reached a career-high ranking of #77 in August 1990 and reached the second round of the

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ITF finals

Singles (3–2)

Doubles (2–1)

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* * 1971 births Italian female tennis players Living people Tennis players from Rome Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub