Alexandra Fusai

Alexandra Fusai
Nation:	France
Birthday:	November 22, 1973
Size:	176 cm
1st professional season:	1991
Resignation:	2003
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 1,608,170
singles
Career record:	284: 269
Career title:	0 WTA , 6 ITF
Highest ranking:	37 (October 26 1998)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	300: 225
Career title:	12 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	6 (September 14, 1998)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Alexandra Fusai (born November 22, 1973 in Saint-Cloud ) is a former French tennis player .

Career

Fusai started playing tennis at the age of nine.

In her career she won twelve double titles on the WTA Tour , eight of them alongside Nathalie Tauziat . There were also six singles and two doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit .

However, she celebrated her greatest successes at the French Open , where she reached the semi-finals in doubles in 1997, 1999 and 2000. In the other Grand Slam tournaments she could also do well in the doubles competition; at the Australian Open and the US Open , she was once in the quarter-finals. In September 1998 she achieved her best position in the double world rankings with position 6 .

In 1997 Fusai won the Fed Cup team competition with the French team ; she was able to contribute six wins in her eight games for the team.

She married David Crochu on July 13, 2002, and their son Oscar was born on December 7, 2003. Fusai's last encounter on the women's tour was in April 2003 at the WTA tournament in Budapest .

Tournament victories

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	October 13, 1996	Surabaya	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Kerry-Anne Guse	Tina Križan Noëlle van Lottum	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	February 16, 1997	Linz	WTA Tier III	Carpet (hall)	Nathalie Tauziat	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
3.	April 26, 1997	Budapest	WTA Tier IV	sand	Amanda Coetzer	Eva Melicharová Elena Wagner	6: 3, 6: 1
4th	November 9, 1997	Chicago	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Nathalie Tauziat	Lindsay Davenport Monica Seles	6: 3, 6: 2
5.	March 1, 1998	Linz	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Nathalie Tauziat	Anna Kournikowa Larisa Neiland	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
6th	May 23, 1998	Strasbourg	WTA Tier III	sand	Nathalie Tauziat	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	6: 4, 6: 3
7th	August 29, 1998	New Haven	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Nathalie Tauziat	Jana Novotná Mariann de Swardt	6: 1, 6: 0
8th.	February 14, 1999	Prostějov	WTA Tier IVb	Carpet (hall)	Nathalie Tauziat	Květa Peschke Helena Vildová	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
9.	May 17, 1999	Berlin	WTA Tier I	sand	Nathalie Tauziat	Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini	6: 3, 7: 5
10.	January 8, 2000	Auckland	WTA Tier IVb	Hard court	Cara Black	Barbara Schwartz Patricia Wartusch	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
11.	October 1, 2000	Luxembourg	WTA Tier III	Carpet (hall)	Nathalie Tauziat	Ljubomira Batschewa Cristina Torrens Valero	6: 3, 7: 6 0
12.	January 6, 2001	Auckland	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Rita Grande	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Barbara Schett	7: 6 4 , 6: 3

Web links

• WTA profile Alexandra Fusai (English)
• ITF profile of Alexandra Fusai (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Alexandra Fusai (English)