Francesca Schiavone

Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone 2015
Nation:	Italy
Birthday:	June 23, 1980
Size:	166 cm
1st professional season:	1998
Resignation:	5th September 2018
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 11,324,245
singles
Career record:	614: 479
Career title:	8 WTA , 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	4 (January 31, 2011)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	224: 205
Career title:	7 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	8 (February 12, 2007)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Francesca Schiavone [ fɾanˈt͡ʃɛska skjaˈvɔne ] (born June 23, 1980 in Milan ) is a former Italian tennis player . She celebrated her greatest success in 2010 when she won the title at the French Open .

Career

In the singles Schiavone was in 19 finals (three of them in autumn 2005), of which she won eight: 2007 in Bad Gastein , 2009 in Moscow , 2010 in Barcelona and in Paris (Roland Garros), 2012 in Strasbourg , 2013 in Marrakech , 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and in 2017 in Bogotá . In the three other Grand Slam tournaments , she reached at least the quarter-finals - in 2003 and 2010 at the US Open , in 2009 in Wimbledon and in 2011 at the Australian Open . She won seven WTA titles in doubles; In 2008 she and her then partner Casey Dellacqua also reached the final of the French Open , in which they were defeated by Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual 6: 2, 5: 7 and 4: 6. In the remaining three Grand Slam tournaments, she reached the semi-finals in doubles.

Schiavone was also involved in Italy's first Fed Cup victory . In 2006 she won the competition with her teammates Mara Santangelo , Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci with a 3-2 victory over Belgium . In 2009 and 2010 she was able to repeat the Fed Cup success, each with a final victory over the USA . Your Fed Cup record (debut 2002) shows 27 wins and 22 defeats.

At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , Schiavone also competed for Italy. In the individual she was eliminated in the third round against Vera Swonarjowa (6: 7, 4: 6); in doubles she lost the quarter-finals against Flavia Pennetta's side against the Bondarenko sisters from Ukraine, who were sixth, with 1: 6, 6: 3, 5: 7.

On June 1, 2010, Schiavone became the first Italian since the beginning of the Open Era (1968) to reach the semi-finals of the French Open. After her quarter-final victory against Caroline Wozniacki (6: 2, 6: 3), she benefited from the abandonment of her opponent Jelena Dementjewa after winning the first set . On June 5, 2010 Schiavone was able to win the title in her first Grand Slam final; she defeated Samantha Stosur 6: 4, 7: 6. Her greatest sporting success was also the first title win by an Italian in a Grand Slam tournament.

When she defended her title in Paris in 2011, she only had to admit defeat in the final; the Chinese Li Na was able to prevail in two close sentences.

On February 21, 2016, Schiavone surprisingly won the WTA tournament in Rio de Janeiro after a long dry spell ; they defeated Shelby Rogers 2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2 in the final and returned to the top 100. In 2017 she was able to win another clay court tournament, this time the WTA tournament in Bogotá. She was allowed to start there thanks to an invitation, as she was no longer classified in the top 150 of the world rankings. With the win she made a jump in the world rankings and qualified directly for the French Open.

On September 5, 2018, she announced the end of her career.

successes

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 29, 2007	Bad Gastein	WTA Tier III	sand	Yvonne Meusburger	6: 1, 6: 4
2.	October 25, 2009	Moscow	WTA Premier	Hard court (hall)	Wolha Hawarzowa	6: 3, 6: 0
3.	April 17, 2010	Barcelona	WTA International	sand	Roberta Vinci	6: 1, 6: 1
4th	June 5, 2010	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Samantha Stosur	6: 4, 7: 6 2
5.	May 26, 2012	Strasbourg	WTA International	sand	Alizé Cornet	6: 4, 6: 4
6th	April 28, 2013	Marrakech	WTA International	sand	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6: 1, 6: 3
7th	February 21, 2016	Rio de Janeiro	WTA International	sand	Shelby Rogers	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
8th.	April 15, 2017	Bogotá	WTA International	sand	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino	6: 4, 7: 5

Final participation

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Tournament winner	Result
1.	June 18, 2000	Tashkent	WTA Tier IVa	Hard court	Iroda Tulyaganova	3: 6, 6: 2, 3: 6
2.	January 11, 2003	Canberra	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Meghann Shaughnessy	1: 6, 1: 6
3.	September 18, 2005	Bali	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Lindsay Davenport	2: 6, 4: 6
4th	October 16, 2005	Moscow	WTA Tier I	Carpet (hall)	Mary Pierce	4: 6, 3: 6
5.	October 30, 2005	Hasselt	WTA Tier III	Hard court (hall)	Kim Clijsters	2: 6, 3: 6
6th	January 13, 2006	Sydney	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Justine Henin-Hardenne	6: 4, 5: 7, 5: 7
7th	April 9, 2006	Amelia Island	WTA Tier II	sand	Nadia Petrova	4: 6, 4: 6
8th.	October 1, 2006	Luxembourg	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Alyona Bondarenko	3: 6, 2: 6
9.	July 19, 2009	Prague	WTA International	sand	Sybille Bammer	6: 7 4 , 2: 6
10.	October 18, 2009	Osaka	WTA International	Hard court	Samantha Stosur	5: 7, 1: 6
11.	June 4, 2011	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Li Na	4: 6, 6: 7 0

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	July 28, 2001	Sopot	WTA Tier III	sand	Joannette Kruger	Julija Bejhelsymer Anastassija Rodionova	6: 4, 6: 0
2.	May 1, 2004	Warsaw	WTA Tier II	sand	Silvia Farina Elia	Gisela Dulko Patricia Tarabini	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
3.	February 25, 2005	Doha	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Alicia Molik	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6: 3, 6: 4
4th	February 25, 2006	Dubai	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Květa Peschke	Svetlana Kuznetsova Nadja Petrowa	3: 6, 7: 6 1 , 6: 3
5.	September 30, 2006	Luxembourg	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Květa Peschke	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Liezel Huber	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
6th	October 14, 2006	Moscow	WTA Tier I	Carpet (hall)	Květa Peschke	Iveta Benešová Galina Voskoboyeva	6: 4, 6: 7 4 , 6: 1
7th	October 3, 2009	Tokyo	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Alissa Kleibanova	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6: 4, 6: 2

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	1	3	1	2	3	AF	2	3	1	AF	VF	2	1	1	1	-	1	1	19:17	VF
French Open	-	VF	3	2	AF	AF	AF	3	3	1	S.	F.	3	AF	1	3	1	1	1	40:17	S.
Wimbledon	-	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	VF	1	3	AF	1	1	1	2	2	-	18:17	VF
US Open	3	1	1	VF	AF	3	3	2	2	AF	VF	AF	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	28:18	VF

Double

competition	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	1	-	1	1	AF	AF	1	HF	VF	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	11:12	HF
French Open	1	-	VF	-	VF	AF	F.	AF	2	-	AF	AF	1	2	VF	-	24:12	F.
Wimbledon	1	1	2	1	VF	AF	2	2	-	1	HF	1	1	2	1	-	11:14	HF
US Open	1	2	2	1	HF	1	2	2	1	2	-	2	1	-	1	-	10:13	HF

World ranking position at the end of the year

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
singles	945	496	295	184	80	31	41	20th	19th	13	15th	25th	30th	17th	7th	11	35	42	82	121	100	92
Double	701	827	383	334	427	121	143	77	40	34	9	48	32	19th	43	131	51	100	144	170	430	167

Awards

• 2010: Italy's Sportswoman of the Year ( La Gazzetta dello Sport )

Web links

Commons : Francesca Schiavone  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Francesca Schiavone (English)
• ITF profile Francesca Schiavone (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Francesca Schiavone (English)
• Francesca Schiavone in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Francesca Schiavone of Italy retires after outstanding career. In: wtatennis.com. September 5, 2018, accessed September 5, 2018 .