Camila Giorgi to return to professional tennis in 2027

Camila Giorgi (Tatiana Kulitat, Wikimedia Commons)

According to Dzevad Mesic of Tennis World USA, Italian tennis star Camila Giorgi has announced her intention to return to professional tennis at some point in 2027. Giorgi retired from tennis in May of 2024.

Over the last three years, Giorgi has pursued modelling, and recently announced she is pregnant according to Justin Tasch of the New York Post on Thursday. Giorgi’s husband is former Argentinian tennis player Andreas Pasutti, who was ranked 1562nd in singles and 1546th in doubles.

Giorgi, the 34-year-old native of Macerata last played a professional match on March 23, 2024. She lost to Iga Swiatek of Poland in the second round of the Miami Open rather easily, 6-1, 6-1.

Giorgi has won four WTA events in her career. The most notable title was the 2021 Canadian Open in Montreal, Quebec where she defeated Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in the final, 6-3, 7-5. Her three other WTA titles came at the 2015 Rosmalen Open in the Netherlands, the 2018 Ladies Linz in Austria and the 2023 Merida Open in Mexico. Giorgi also had a WTA record of 430 wins and 319 losses for a winning percentage of .574.

Ranked as high as 26th in the world, Giorgi was best remembered for hitting the tennis ball very hard when she was only 5’6″. There was regular surprise that Giorgi had great velocity when she was not one of the bigger players on the tour. According to Cale Hammond of tennis.com, she was also highly praised for her powerful groundstrokes.

In Giorgi’s fashion career, she was a lingerie model in the United States according to Ben Talintyre of news.com.au. Giorgi also worked as a television reporter in Argentina according to Andrew Holleran of The Spun.