Francesca La'O

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

Francesca La'O
Full nameFrancesca Maria La'O
Country (sports) Philippines
Born (1976-05-07) 7 May 1976 (age 48)
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 place1993 SingaporeWomen's doubles
Silver medal – second place1991 ManilaWomen's team
Silver medal – second place1993 SingaporeWomen's team

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

Doubles (1–2)

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
WinNov 1992ITF Manila, PhilippinesHard Evangelina Olivarez Rocio Matute
Dorothy-Jane Suarez
6–2, 6–0
LossDec 1993ITF SingaporeHard Evangelina Olivarez Natalia Soetrisno
Romana Tedjakusuma
w/o
LossMay 1995ITF Beijing, ChinaHard Weng Tzu-ting Kim Ih-sook
Kim Eun-ha
2–6, 3–6

References