Dally Randriantefy

Dally Randriantefy
Country (sports)	Madagascar
Residence	Antananarivo, Madagascar
Born	23 February 1977 (age 48); Antananarivo
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2006
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$663,958
Singles
Career record	319–206
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 44 (11 April 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1995)
French Open	3R (2003)
Wimbledon	1R (1996, 2003, 2004, 2005)
US Open	3R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	41–44
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 193 (6 May 2002)

Dally Randriantefy (born 23 February 1977) is a former professional Malagasy female tennis player and coached by Diego Licciardello a former Italian tennis player.

In her career, Randriantefy won seven singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 April 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 44. On 6 May 2002, she peaked at No. 193 in the doubles rankings. Her best results have been two semifinal appearances at the WTA Strasbourg tournament and the WTA Acapulco (both Tier III).

She retired from professional tennis after a first-round loss at the 2006 Australian Open against Akgul Amanmuradova.

Randriantefy took part in three Olympic Games, in Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996) and Athens (2004). She was the flag bearer of Malagasy Olympic team in Atlanta.

Randriantefy is the best ranked Austronesian, of the Indian Ocean Area player in the Open era.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (7–8)

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

Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (5–4)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	20 September 1993	10,000	Marseille, France	Clay	Maïder Laval	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	21 March 1994	25,000	Brest, France	Hard	Els Callens	4–6, 3–6
Loss	4 December 1995	25,000	Cergy-Pontoise, France	Hard (i)	Sarah Pitkowski	7–5, 1–6, 2–6
Win	5 July 1999	10,000	Le Touquet, France	Clay	Stéphanie Testard	6–3, 6–3
Loss	19 June 2000	25,000	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Mariam Ramon Climent	2–6, 1–6
Loss	3 July 2000	25,000	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz	2–6, 3–6
Loss	24 July 2000	25,000	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Bianka Lamade	2–6, 1–6
Win	16 October 2000	25,000	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Lydia Steinbach	4–0, 4–1, 4–1
Win	28 May 2001	25,000	Biella, Italy	Clay	Joana Cortez	6–1, 6–1
Win	2 September 2002	50,000	Denain, France	Clay	Maria Goloviznina	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win	9 September 2002	75,000	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	7–5, 6–2
Win	12 October 2003	25,000	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Kaia Kanepi	7–5, 6–4
Loss	7 September 2004	75,000	Denain, France	Clay	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	3–6, 2–6
Loss	10 October 2004	75,000	Girona, Spain	Clay	Marta Marrero	6–3, 6–7 ^(6–8), 0–6
Loss	10 October 2004	25,000	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Carpet (i)	Květa Peschke	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

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

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–1)

Result	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	20 September 1993	10,000	Marseille, France	Clay	Natacha Randriantefy	Andrea Noszály Daphne van de Zande	0–6, 4–6
Loss	4 December 1995	50,000	Cergy-Pontoise, France	Hard (i)	Natacha Randriantefy	Angela Lettiere Corina Morariu	3–6, 5–7
Win	4 June 2001	25,000	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Vanessa Menga	Bahia Mouhtassine Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	3–6, 6–0, 7–5
Win	15 October 2001	25,000	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Natacha Randriantefy	Flavia Pennetta Maria Paola Zavagli	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	28 April 2002	50,000	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	Iveta Benešová Caroline Dhenin	6–2, 6–4