Bettina Fulco is a retired Argentine professional women's tennis player. She reached her highest ranking of No. 23 on October 10, 1988. Fulco began playing tennis at age 10 at the University Club in her hometown of Mar Del Plata, having been inspired to start because of the increased interest in the sport in Argentina due to Guillermo Vilas

Guillermo Vilas

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' success. As a junior, she was among the best in the world, reaching the finals of the Orange Bowl 18-and-under championships in 1986, and finishing second in the rankings in 1986. She turned professional in 1987. Like many South American players, Fulco was considered a clay court specialist, and reached the quarterfinals of the French Open

1988 French Open

List of the 1988 French Open champions:-Men's singles: Mats Wilander def. Henri Leconte, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1*It was Wilander's 6th career Grand Slam title, and his 3rd French Open title.-Women's singles: Steffi Graf def...

 in 1988. She beat Martina Navratilova in Houston 1994 for her biggest career victory. She also achieved victories over Conchita Martínez

Conchita Martínez

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, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

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, Hana Mandlíková

Hana Mandlíková

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, Katerina Maleeva

Katerina Maleeva

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, Manuela Maleeva

Manuela Maleeva

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, Magdalena Maleeva

Magdalena Maleeva

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, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch

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, Lori McNeil

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 and Nathalie Tauziat

Nathalie Tauziat

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. She retired from professional tennis in 1998.

Since retiring from tennis, she has taken on the position of director of the School of Tennis at the Club Atletico Kimberley, based in Mar del Plata. She is also a coach, having worked with notable players such as Victoria Azarenka

Victoria Azarenka

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, Kateryna Bondarenko

Kateryna Bondarenko

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, Angelique Widjaja

Angelique Widjaja

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 and Emma Laine

Emma Laine

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.

Doubles (3)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championship (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (1)
Tier V (1)
VS (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	November 7, 1988	Guaruja Brasil Open The Brasil Open is a tennis tournament held annually in Costa do Sauípe, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. A part of the ATP World Tour 250 series, it is currently the main event in the Brazilian tennis calendar. Since 2004, it has been a part of the South American clay court circuit but was held on hard... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	Hard	Mercedes Paz Mercedes Paz Mercedes María Paz is a former professional tennis player from Argentina, who won three singles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. The right-hander reached her highest career ranking on April 29, 1991, when she became the number 28 of the world...	Carin Bakkum   Simone Schilder	6–3, 6–4
2.	November 26, 1990	São Paulo Brasil Open The Brasil Open is a tennis tournament held annually in Costa do Sauípe, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. A part of the ATP World Tour 250 series, it is currently the main event in the Brazilian tennis calendar. Since 2004, it has been a part of the South American clay court circuit but was held on hard... , Brazil	Clay	Eva Švíglerová	Mary Pierce Mary Pierce Mary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles...     Luanne Spadea	7–5, 6–4
3.	July 15, 1991	Kitzbühel, Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	Clay	Nicole Muns	Sandra Cecchini Sandra Cecchini Anna-Maria Cecchini is a former Italian professional tennis player.Cecchini or Sandra as she was known on the WTA tour, played from 1981 to 1998 and won 11 singles titles. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came in her first appearance at Roland Garros in 1984, when she reached the quarter...     Patricia Tarabini Patricia Tarabini Patricia Tarabini was an Argentine tennis player. Tarabini represented her country and won the Bronze Olympic medal at the 2004 Athens games, with Paola Suárez, where they lost 7–9 in the third set to eventual gold medalists from China, Sun Tiantian and Li Ting. On May 9, 1988, Tarabini reached...	7–5, 6–4

Singles (2)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championship (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (0)
Tier V (1)
VS (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	October 13, 1986	Tokyo Japan Open Tennis Championships The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. The championship includes both men's and women's, as well as singles and doubles competitions... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	Hard	Helen Kelesi Helen Kelesi Helen Kelesi is a former tour professional tennis player. She has been coached by her father, Milan Kelesi, throughout her tennis career....	6–2, 6–2
2.	April 25, 1988	Barcelona Spanish Open (tennis) The Spanish Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1995. It was held at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona in Spain and played on outdoor clay courts... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Clay	Neige Dias	6–3, 6–3

Grand Slam singles performance timetable

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	2R	A	1R	1–4
French Open	2R	QF	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	8–8
Wimbledon	3R	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	3–4
US Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	1–7

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