María Emilia Salerni
María Emilia Salerni, known as "Pitu Salerni", is a former Argentine tennis player.
On 25 February 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 65. On 23 September 2002, she peaked at No. 45 in the doubles rankings.
The two-time former junior Grand Slam champion, winning Wimbledon and US Open in 2000, as well as finishing runner-up at Roland Garros, was named the 2000 ITF Junior World Champion. Salerni dated Argentine tennis player Guillermo Cañas until 2007.
Salerni retired from professional tennis in 2009 after a string of injuries.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
| Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Runner-up | 24 February 2008 | Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia | Clay |  Nuria Llagostera Vives | 0–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 6 (2–4)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 29 July 2001 | Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Casablanca, Morocco | Clay |  Lubomira Bacheva  Åsa Svensson | 6–3, 6–7, 6–1 | |
| Runner-up | 2. | 14 April 2002 | Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia Island, United States | Clay | Åsa Svensson | 4–6, 2–6 | |
| Runner-up | 3. | 13 September 2002 | Quebec City, Canada | Carpet |  Fabiola Zuluaga |  Samantha Reeves  Jessica Steck | 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 1. | 5 April 2003 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay |  Gisela Dulko |  Henrieta Nagyová  Elena Tatarkova | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 17 November 2004 | Quebec City, Canada | Hard | Carly Gullickson |  Els Callens  Samantha Stosur | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 24 July 2005 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard |  Květa Peschke | Laura Granville Abigail Spears | 6–3, 2–6, 4–6 |
ITF finals
Singles: 16 (12–4)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 26 September 1999 | Asunción, Paraguay | Clay | Mariana Mesa | 3–6, 7–6, 7–5 |
| Winner | 2. | 3 October 1999 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay | Eugenia Chialvo | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Winner | 3. | 10 October 1999 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | Eugenia Chialvo | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 23 April 2000 | San Severo, Italy | Clay | Vanesa Krauth | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 14 May 2000 | Caserta, Italy | Clay |  Lamia Esaadi | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner | 6. | 30 July 2000 | Horb, Germany | Clay |  Adriana Jerabek | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Winner | 7. | 6 August 2000 | Ettenheim, Germany | Clay | Martina Suchá | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 1 February 2004 | Waikoloa, United States | Hard |  Melinda Czink | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 19 September 2004 | Ashland, United States | Hard | Kelly McCain | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 3 October 2004 | Troy, United States | Hard | Shenay Perry | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 9. | 12 February 2006 | Midland, United States | Hard |  Vasilisa Bardina | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 10. | 1 April 2007 | La Palma, Spain | Hard |  Georgie Gent | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 30 June 2007 | Getxo, Spain | Hard | Nuria Llagostera Vives | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 11. | 8 July 2007 | Cuneo, Italy | Clay |  Sara Errani | 3–6, 6–1, 7–6 |
| Winner | 12. | 21 March 2009 | Lima, Peru | Clay | Lucía Jara Lozano | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 15 June 2009 | Montpellier, France | Clay |  Anaïs Laurendon | 3–6, 2–6 |