Kristina Brandi

Kristina Brandi

Country (sports)	Puerto Rico
Born	(1977-03-29) March 29, 1977 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$1,248,528
Singles
Career record	441–333
Career titles	1 WTA, 16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 27 (December 4, 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2000)
French Open	2R (2000, 2005)
Wimbledon	4R (2000)
US Open	2R (1996, 2000, 2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	48–86
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 246 (June 19, 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2006)
French Open	1R (2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2005)
US Open	1R (1999, 2005)
Medal record Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Doubles 2003 Santo Domingo Singles

Kristina Brandi (born March 29, 1977) is a former Puerto Rican tennis player. She was the first tennis player representing Puerto Rico to win a singles match in an Olympic tennis tournament.

Some of Brandi's career highlights: She achieved her best ranking in singles of 27 on 4 December 2000, and her high rank for doubles of 246 in June 1995. Brandi won one career singles title, in 1999 on grass at 's Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.

Career

Early years

Brandi was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she became interested in the sport of tennis at an early age. She made her professional debut in 1995 when she was 17 years old. Her father is Joe Brandi, who coached Pete Sampras.

USTA Circuit

In 2003, Brandi won the most titles of any woman on the "USTA Circuit". She took home trophies from six events. Brandi was a member of the 2003 Puerto Rican Fed Cup team where she captured the singles championship at the $75k event in Albuquerque, New Mexico plus, the $50k event in Troy, Alabama and $25k in Peachtree City, Georgia.

2004 Olympics

Brandi represented Puerto Rico in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She became the first tennis player representing Puerto Rico to win a singles match in an Olympic tournament when she beat Jelena Kostanić from Croatia (7–5, 6–1). She lost in the second round to Russian Anastasia Myskina.

Later years

Kristina Brandi resides in Tampa, Florida and continued to be active on the WTA Tour for many years after the 2004 Olympic Games.

Brandi defended her ITF-Surbiton title defeating Laura Granville from the U.S. Brandi's grass-court season plans for 2006 at the WTA Tour-level included the main draw of the Birmingham tournament as well as the qualifying tournament at Eastbourne before heading to compete in the Wimbledon Championships main draw.

Brandi, who has since retired, is the niece of Andy Brandi who played for the Trinity Tigers men's tennis team in NCAA Division I competition.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	20 June 1999	Tier III	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	Grass	Silvija Talaja	6–0, 3–6, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 25 (16 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (13–8) Clay (0–0) Grass (3–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	4 July 1994	ITF Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Mashona Washington	6–1, 6–3
Loss	2.	25 July 1994	ITF Roanoke, United States	Hard	Keiko Nagatomi	6–7, 3–6
Loss	3.	9 October 1995	ITF Sedona, United States	Hard	Tami Whitlinger	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	6 April 1997	ITF Phoenix, United States	Hard	Li Fang	1–6, 2–6
Win	5.	26 January 1998	ITF Clearwater, United States	Hard	Mashona Washington	6–1, 6–2
Win	6.	5 April 1998	ITF Phoenix, United States	Hard	Lilia Osterloh	6–0, 6–4
Win	7.	20 July 1998	ITF Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Anne Kremer	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8.	2 August 1998	ITF Salt Lake City, United States	Hard	Mariaan de Swardt	2–6, 2–6
Win	9.	1 November 1998	ITF Austin, United States	Hard	Meilen Tu	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	10.	1 August 1999	ITF Salt Lake City, United States	Hard	Li Fang	6–4, 6–3
Loss	11.	30 April 2000	ITF Sarasota, United States	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	1–6, 3–6
Loss	12.	4 June 2001	ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Rika Fujiwara	3–6, 3–6
Win	13.	13 May 2003	ITF Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Christina Wheeler	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	14.	8 June 2003	ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Cho Yoon-jeong	6–1, 6–3
Win	15.	8 July 2003	ITF College Park, United States	Hard	Lioudmila Skavronskaia	6–1, 6–1
Win	16.	28 July 2003	ITF Louisville, United States	Hard	Shenay Perry	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	17.	14 September 2003	ITF Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Allison Bradshaw	6–0, 6–1
Win	18.	22 September 2003	ITF Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Milagros Sequera	6–2, 6–2
Win	19.	5 October 2003	ITF Troy, United States	Hard	Maria Elena Camerin	7–6(7), 6–3
Loss	20.	19 October 2003	ITF Sedona, United States	Hard	Samantha Reeves	5–7, 6–1, 4–6
Win	21.	4 June 2005	ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Laura Granville	6–3, 6–1
Loss	22.	2 October 2005	ITF Ashland, United States	Hard	Napaporn Tongsalee	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win	23.	16 October 2005	ITF San Francisco, United States	Hard	Lilia Osterloh	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	24.	10 June 2006	ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Laura Granville	7–5, 6–0
Loss	25.	19 September 2006	ITF Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Ahsha Rolle	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	20 June 1994	ITF Hilton Head, United States	Clay	Karin Miller	Angela Lettiere Stacy Sheppard	6–4, 2–6, 6–7
Win	2.	4 July 1994	ITF Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Karin Miller	Angela Lettiere Vera Vitels	6–2, 4–6, 7–6
Loss	3.	25 July 1994	ITF Roanoke, United States	Hard	Karin Miller	Gail Biggs Claudine Toleafoa	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	4.	1 February 1998	ITF Clearwater, United States	Hard	Karin Miller	Maureen Drake Renata Kolbovic	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	10 September 2002	ITF Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Allison Baker	Jennifer Russell Christina Wheeler	2–6, 6–7(3)
Loss	6.	8 July 2003	ITF College Park, United States	Hard	Kim Grant	Jennifer Russell Lisa McShea	2–6, 6–4, 5–7

See also

• List of Puerto Ricans
• Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico
• History of women in Puerto Rico
• Sports in Puerto Rico

External links

• Kristina Brandi at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kristina Brandi at the International Tennis Federation
• Kristina Brandi at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Kristina Brandi at Wimbledon
• Kristina Brandi at ESPN.com
• Kristina Brandi at Olympedia
• Kristina Brandi at Olympics.com