Giacomo Casanova Casanova soon abandoned his military career and returned to Venice. At the age of 21, he set out to become a professional gambler, but losing all the money remaining from the sale of his commission, he turned to his old benefactor Alvise Grimani for a job. Casanova thus began his third career, as a violinist in the San Samuele theater, "a menial journeyman of a sublime art in which, if he who excels is admired, the mediocrity is rightly despised. ... My profession was not a noble one, but I did not care. Calling everything prejudice, I soon acquired all
Daniela Casanova Daniela Casanova Daniela Casanova (born 14 May 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland. Casanova has a career high WTA singles ranking of 456, achieved on 8 July 2002. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 402, achieved on 17 June 2002. She has won two ITF singles titles and 24 ITF doubles titles. Playing for Switzerland in Fed Cup, Casanova has a W/L of 0–2. She retired from tennis in 2003. Casanova was born in Altstätten. She started playing tennis at age 5. She was coached by her father, Leo Casanova, and Zoltan Kuharszky,