Francesca Schiavone
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Francesca Schiavone

at the Brisbane International in 2009
Personal information
Player nameFrancesca Schiavone
CountryItaly
ResidenceMilan, Italy
Date of birth23 June 1980(age 30)
Place of birthMilan, Italy
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5.4 in)
Turned pro1996
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize moneyUS$ 6,395,986
Singles
Career record436 � 296
Career titles4 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 4 (31 January 2011)
Current rankingNo. 4 (31 January 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian OpenQF (2011)
French OpenW (2010)
WimbledonQF (2009)
US OpenQF (2003, 2010)
Major tournaments
WTA ChampionshipsRR (2010)
Doubles
Career record183 � 151
Career titles7 WTA & 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 8 (12 February 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2009)
French OpenF (2008)
WimbledonQF (2006)
US OpenSF (2006)

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Francesca Schiavone (-itfranˈtʃeska skjaˈvoːne; born 23 June 1980 in Milan) is an Italian tennis player who turned professional in 1998. She won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. Her current and career high ranking is World No. 4, achieved on January 31, 2010.

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Schiavone wins longest slam match - ABC Online Tweet this news
ABC Online--(Getty Images: Mark Kolbe) Italy's -Francesca Schiavone- beat Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 1-6, 16-14 over four hours and 44 minutes in the Australian ... - Date : Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:36:15 GMT+00:00
Schiavone named for Fed Cup battle - The Age Tweet this news
The Age--SAM Stosur will face her French Open final conqueror -Francesca Schiavone- on Australian soil after Italy announced a full-strength team for their Fed Cup tie ... - Date : Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:02:33 GMT+00:00
Schiavone wins marathon match at Australian Open - San Francisco Chronicle Tweet this news
San Francisco Chronicle--(01-24) 04:00 PST MELBOURNE -- , Australia - It was not the summit of -Francesca Schiavone's- career. That came in June when she kissed the red clay after ... - Date : Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:19:06 GMT+00:00
Marino, Raonic rocket up tennis rankings - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news
Montreal Gazette--Rebecca Marino of Canada plays a backhand in her second round match against -Francesca Schiavone- of Italy during day three of the 2011 Australian Open at ... - Date : Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:32:58 GMT+00:00
Marino's stock is on the rise - Vancouver Sun Tweet this news
Vancouver Sun--Rebecca Marino of Canada hits a return during her match against -Francesca Schiavone- of Italy at the ... - Date : Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:31:30 GMT+00:00
Kim Clijsters Up, Francesca Schiavone Up - WTA Rankings - Crunchsports.com Tweet this news
Crunchsports.com--Article looks at who made some strides in the world of women's tennis as the WTA updates their rankings. The 2011 Australian Open and the rankings are ... - Date : Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:26:26 GMT+00:00
Why the age eligibility rule has been good for the WTA Tour - Bleacher Report Tweet this news
Bleacher Report--This is Na Li's first Grand Slam final and follows an intriguing pattern which we saw in 2010 when the likes of Sam Stosur, -Francesca Schiavone- and Vera ... - Date : Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:01:26 GMT+00:00
Aggressiveness pays off at the end of competitions - Abilene Reporter-News Tweet this news
Abilene Reporter-News---Francesca Schiavone- was playing Svetlana Kuznetsova and after they split the first two sets the match went deep into the third. They each had various match ... - Date : Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:15:32 GMT+00:00
Wozniacki lets wins do the talking - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news
Montreal Gazette--6 seed -Francesca Schiavone-. Down a set and a break of serve at 3-2, being thoroughly schooled by the 30-year-old from Italy with the all-court game and ... - Date : Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:17:00 GMT+00:00
Australian Open 2011 Results, Day 7: Andy Roddick Falls; Francesca Schiavone ... - SB Nation Tweet this news
SB Nation---Francesca Schiavone- defeats Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-4, 1-6, 16-14. And this is why it's awesome to not have final set tiebreakers in majors. ... - Date : Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:57:37 GMT+00:00

Grand Slam finals: : Singles: 1 (1 title)
Winner 2010 French Open Clay AU Samantha Stosur 6 � 4, 7 � 6(2)

: Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Runner-up 2008 French Open Clay AU Casey Dellacqua ES Anabel Medina Garrigues
ES Virginia Ruano Pascual		 2 � 6, 7 � 5, 6 � 4

Singles finals: 14 (4 � 10) :
Winner - Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (1 � 0)
WTA Tour Championships (0 � 0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0 � 1)
Tier II / Premier (1 � 3)
Tier III, IV & V / International (2 � 6)

Singles finals: 14 (4 � 10) :

Singles finals: 14 (4 � 10) :
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
Runner-up 1. 12 June 2000 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard UZ Iroda Tulyaganova 6 � 3, 2 � 6, 6 � 3
Runner-up 2. 6 January 2003 Canberra, Australia Hard US Meghann Shaughnessy 6 � 1, 6 � 1
Runner-up 3. 12 September 2005 Bali, Indonesia Hard US Lindsay Davenport 6 � 2, 6 � 4
Runner-up 4. 10 October 2005 Moscow, Russia Carpet FR Mary Pierce 6 � 4, 6 � 3
Runner-up 5. 24 October 2005 Hasselt, Belgium Carpet BE Kim Clijsters 6 � 2, 6 � 2
Runner-up 6. 9 January 2006 Sydney, Australia Hard BE Justine Henin 4 � 6, 7 � 5, 7 � 5
Runner-up 7. 3 April 2006 Amelia Island, United States Clay RU Nadia Petrova 6 � 4, 6 � 4
Runner-up 8. 25 September 2006 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Hard UA Alona Bondarenko 6 � 3, 6 � 2
Winner 1. 29 July 2007 Bad Gastein, Austria Clay AT Yvonne Meusburger 6 � 1, 6 � 4
Runner-up 9. 13 July 2009 Prague, Czech Republic Clay AT Sybille Bammer 7 � 6, 6 � 2
Runner-up 10. 12 October 2009 Osaka, Japan Hard AU Samantha Stosur 7 � 5, 6 � 1
Winner 2. 25 October 2009 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) BY Olga Govortsova 6 � 3, 6 � 0
Winner 3. 17 April 2010 Barcelona, Spain Clay IT Roberta Vinci 6 � 1, 6 � 1
Winner 4. 5 June 2010 French Open, Paris, France Clay AU Samantha Stosur 6 � 4, 7 � 6(2)

Doubles wins (8) :
Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (1) Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (4) Premier 5 (1)
Tier III (1) Premier (0)
Tier IV (0) International (0)
ITF Circuit (1)

Doubles wins (8) :
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
1. 13 September 1998 Edinburgh Clay IT Antonella Serra Zanetti GB Louise Latimer
GB Helen Reesby		 6 � 3 6 � 3
2. 29 July 2001 Sopot Clay ZA Joannette Kruger UA Yulia Beygelzimer
AU Anastasia Rodionova		 6 � 4 6 � 0
3. 2 May 2004 Warsaw Clay IT Silvia Farina Elia AR Gisela Dulko
AR Patricia Tarabini		 3 � 6 6 � 2 6 � 1
4. 26 February 2005 Doha Hard AU Alicia Molik ZW Cara Black
ZA Liezel Huber		 6 � 3 6 � 4
5. 25 February 2006 Dubai Hard CZ Květa Peschke RU Svetlana Kuznetsova
RU Nadia Petrova		 3 � 6 7 � 6 6 � 3
6. 1 October 2006 Luxembourg City Hard Indoors CZ Květa Peschke DE Anna-Lena Grönefeld
ZA Liezel Huber		 2 � 6 6 � 4 6 � 1
7. 15 October 2006 Moscow Carpet CZ Květa Peschke CZ Iveta Benešová
RU Galina Voskoboeva		 6 � 4 6 � 7 6 � 1
8. October 3, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Hard (i) RU Alisa Kleybanova SK Daniela Hantuchová
JP Ai Sugiyama		 6 � 4, 6 � 2

Doubles wins (8) :
NM5 means an event that is neither a Premier Mandatory nor a Premier 5 tournament

Doubles wins (8) :
Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Career SR Career Win � Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 1R 3R 1R 2R 3R 4R 2R 3R 1R 4R QF 0 / 11 18 � 11
French Open A A A A LQ QF 3R 2R 4R 4R 4R 3R 3R 1R W 1 / 11 22 � 10
Wimbledon A A A A LQ 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R QF 1R 0 / 11 11 � 11
US Open A A A LQ 3R 1R 4R QF 4R 3R 3R 2R 2R 4R QF 0 / 11 24 � 11
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics A Not Held A Not Held QF Not Held 3R Not Held 0 / 2 5 � 2
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A A A A A A A A A A A A RR 0 / 1 1 � 2
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A A A A A 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R A 3R 4R 1R 3R 0 / 9 7 � 9
Key Biscayne A A A A LQ 1R 2R 2R 4R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R 0 / 11 8 � 11
Madrid Not Held 3R 3R 0 / 2 4 � 2
Beijing Not Held Not Tier I 2R QF 0 / 2 3 � 2
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai Not Held Not Tier I 2R 2R 0 / 2 2 � 2
Rome A A LQ 1R 1R QF 2R 1R QF QF 3R 1R 2R 2R 2R 0 / 13 17 � 13
Cincinnati Not Held Not Tier I 1R 2R 0 / 2 0 � 2
Montreal / Toronto A A A A A A 3R 2R 3R A 2R 3R 1R 2R QF 0 / 9 11 � 9
Tokyo A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 1R SF 0 / 4 5 � 4
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Doha Not Held Not Tier I 2R Not Held NM5 0 / 1 0 � 1
Charleston A A A A A A 1R A A A A 2R A NM5 0 / 2 1 � 2
Moscow NM5 A A A LQ QF A QF QF F 2R A 1R NM5 0 / 7 14 � 7
Berlin A A A A A 1R 1R 2R A A A 1R 2R Not Held 0 / 5 4 � 5
Zurich A A A A A A A A 1R QF 2R SF NM5 0 / 4 6 � 4
San Diego Not Tier I 1R 3R A A Not Held NM5 0 / 1 2 � 0
Career Statistics
Finals Reached 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 3 2 0 N/A 17
Tournaments Won 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 N/A 4
Overall Win � Loss 2 � 3 14 � 10 26 � 13 27 � 17 39 � 21 33 � 24 22 � 24 32 � 25 38 � 26 41 � 23 38 � 25 29 � 24 29 � 24 39 � 26 39 � 20 4 � 2 N/A 454 � 311
Year End Ranking 945 496 295 184 80 30 41 20 19 13 15 25 30 17 7 N/A N/A

Doubles wins (8) :
Year Grand Slam
singles titles		 WTA
singles titles		 Total
singles titles		 Earnings ($) Money list rank
1998 0 0 0 7,404 371
1999-00 0 0 0 94,673 n/a
2001 0 0 0 216,873 45
2002 0 0 0 245,088 48
2003 0 0 0 392,746 29
2004 0 0 0 459,580 26
2005 0 0 0 528,587 23
2006 0 0 0 730,634 16
2007 0 1 1 549,706 27
2008 0 0 0 531,915 30
2009 0 1 1 831,419 18
2010* 1 1 2 2,456,634 6
Career 1 3 4 7,045,259 32

French Open women's singles champions

(1968) Nancy Richey * (1969) Margaret Court * (1970) Margaret Court * (1971) Evonne Goolagong * (1972) Billie Jean King * (1973) Margaret Court * (1974) Chris Evert * (1975) Chris Evert * (1976) Sue Barker * (1977) Mima Jaušovec * (1978) Virginia Ruzici * (1979) Chris Evert * (1980) Chris Evert * (1981) Hana Mandlíková * (1982) Martina Navrátilová * (1983) Chris Evert * (1984) Martina Navrátilová * (1985) Chris Evert * (1986) Chris Evert * (1987) Steffi Graf * (1988) Steffi Graf * (1989) Arantxa Sánchez * (1990) Monica Seles * (1991) Monica Seles * (1992) Monica Seles * (1993) Steffi Graf * (1994) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario * (1995) Steffi Graf * (1996) Steffi Graf * (1997) Iva Majoli * (1998) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario * (1999) Steffi Graf * (2000) Mary Pierce * (2001) Jennifer Capriati * (2002) Serena Williams * (2003) Justine Henin * (2004) Anastasia Myskina * (2005) Justine Henin * (2006) Justine Henin * (2007) Justine Henin * (2008) Ana Ivanović * (2009) Svetlana Kuznetsova * (2010) Francesca Schiavone |

World rankings * Top ten tennis players as of 12 July 2010

ATP singles
# ES Rafael Nadal # RS Novak Djokovic # CH Roger Federer # GB Andy Murray # SE Robin Söderling # RU Nikolay Davydenko # AR Juan Martín del Potro # CZ Tomáš Berdych # US Andy Roddick # ES Fernando Verdasco
ATP doubles
WTA singles
WTA doubles

WTA: Top ten Italian female singles tennis players as of July 5, 2010

1. Lombardy Francesca Schiavone (8 (-)) * 2. Apulia Flavia Pennetta (12 (-)) * 3. Emilia-Romagna Sara Errani (34 ) * 4. Apulia Roberta Vinci (55 (-)) * 5. Veneto Tathiana Garbin (61 (-))
6. Emilia-Romagna Alberta Brianti (77 (-)) * 7. Bern Romina Oprandi (92 (+)) * 8. Veneto Maria Elena Camerin (127 (-)) * 9. Anna Floris (145 (+)) * 10. Tuscany Corinna Dentoni (176 (+))



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