Meghann Shaughnessy

Meghann Shaughnessy
Meghann Shaughnessy 2005 in Berlin
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	April 13, 1979
Size:	180 cm
1st professional season:	1996
Playing hand:	Right, forehand and backhand with both hands
Prize money:	$ 3,975,223
singles
Career record:	378: 343
Career title:	6 WTA , 6 ITF
Highest ranking:	11 (September 10, 2001)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	315: 185
Career title:	17 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	4 (March 21, 2005)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Meghann Shaughnessy (born April 13, 1979 in Richmond , Virginia ) is a former American tennis player .

life and career

Meghann Shaughnessy has three siblings. Her uncle Dan Shaughnessy is a columnist for the Boston Globe and has written a book about the Boston Red Sox .

She started playing tennis at the age of seven. In April 1996 she joined the professional circus. In 1996 she was a finalist in the junior women’s tournament of the French Open . Serving was one of their strengths . In her prime, she was able to serve over 20 aces per match.

She had already won six ITF singles titles before celebrating her first win on the WTA Tour in Shanghai in 2000 . In 1998 she climbed into the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time . In 2001 it was already among the 20 best in the world, in September it reached its highest position (11th place).

She won six WTA titles in singles . In Grand Slam tournaments she reached the semi-finals twice, in Paris in 2005 and in Melbourne in 2006 .

She played doubles even more successfully . With various partners she won 17 titles on the WTA Tour - in 2004 she won seven alongside Nadja Petrowa , with whom she also became double world champion in 2004.

From the beginning, Shaughnessy was trained and managed by Rafael Font de Mora , who was himself a professional tennis player. At the age of 14, Shaughnessy moved into his apartment, broke up with their divorced parents and dropped out of school. When the parents found out that the 17-year-old daughter was in a relationship with her considerably older coach, they were far from pleased. However, they did not want to go to court because they feared their daughter would isolate herself even more from them.

The relationship between Font de Mora and Shaughnessy, which was so close that he said he would even sell his tennis school in Tampa , Florida , to enable his protégé to play tennis even in less successful times, was officially declared over in 2002 . But a short time later Shaughnessy returned to him - and Font de Mora would only be her trainer.

Always struggling with her weight, Shaughnessy spent up to five hours a day in the gym, adding 20 pounds to her muscle mass . According to her own statement, she had a lot of fun training in the studio.

She was also the training partner of the German young talent Anna-Lena Grönefeld , with whom she worked in de Mora's tennis academy and also competed in tournaments. The two won their first joint title in September 2005 at the WTA tournament in Bali . Grönefeld was also said to have a relationship with Font de Mora.

From 2006 Shaughnessy was trained by the Australian Andrew Florent . She continued to play doubles with Grönefeld, with whom she won the Acapulco tournament and reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open in 2006. In singles, things didn't go so well in 2006 until the Acapulco tournament (only two wins): Shaughnessy suffered eleven first-round defeats in 13 tournaments. With her two tournament victories in Rabat and Forest Hills, however, she fought her way back among the 40 best in the world.

In May 2007 it was reported that Shaughnessy had returned to Font de Mora and that the two had married.

In the second half of 2008 and the first half of 2009 she had to sit out for a long time due to a knee injury (problems had occurred since the end of 2007). She then played eight WTA tournaments with moderate success, apart from her 16th double title, which she won at the side of Virginia Ruano Pascual in Warsaw. From 2010 she only competed in doubles. In February 2011 in Paris she secured her 17th and last WTA title together with Bethanie Mattek-Sands against Wera Duschewina and Jekaterina Makarowa . Since the Wimbledon tournament in 2011 , she has not competed in doubles either.

successes

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 22, 2000	Shanghai	WTA Tier IVa	Hard court	Iroda Tulyaganova	7: 6 2 , 7: 5
2.	September 23, 2001	Quebec	WTA Tier III	Carpet (hall)	Iva Majoli	6: 1, 6: 3
3.	January 11, 2003	Canberra	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Francesca Schiavone	6: 1, 6: 1
4th	May 21, 2006	Rabat	WTA Tier IV	sand	Martina Suchá	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
5.	August 26, 2006	Forest Hills	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Anna Smaschnowa	1: 6, 6: 0, 6: 4
6th	June 17, 2007	Barcelona	WTA Tier IV	sand	Edina Gallovits	6: 3, 6: 2

Final participation

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Winner	Result
1.	May 6, 2001	Hamburg	WTA Tier II	sand	Venus Williams	3: 6, 0: 6
2.	March 4, 2001	Scottsdale	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Lindsay Davenport	2: 6, 3: 6
3.	January 12, 2002	Sydney	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Martina Hingis	2: 6, 3: 6
4th	February 19, 2005	Memphis	WTA Tier III	Hard court (hall)	Vera Swonaryova	6: 7 3 , 2: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	November 5, 2000	Quebec	Carpet (hall)	Nicole Pratt	Els Callens Kimberly Po	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	May 13, 2001	Berlin	sand	Els Callens	Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa	6: 4, 6: 3
3.	January 5, 2002	Gold coast	Hard court	Justine Henin	Åsa Carlsson Miriam Oremans	6: 1, 7: 6 6
4th	October 5, 2003	Moscow	Carpet (hall)	Nadia Petrova	Anastassija Myskina Vera Swonaryova	6: 3, 6: 4
5.	April 4, 2004	Miami	Hard court	Nadia Petrova	Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Lichowzewa	6: 2, 6: 3
6th	April 11, 2004	Amelia Island	sand	Nadia Petrova	Myriam Casanova Alicia Molik	3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5
7th	May 9, 2004	Berlin	sand	Nadia Petrova	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 1
8th.	May 16, 2004	Rome	sand	Nadia Petrova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
9.	July 25, 2004	los Angeles	Hard court	Nadia Petrova	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	6: 7 2 , 6: 4, 6: 3
10.	August 28, 2004	New Haven	Hard court	Nadia Petrova	Martina Navrátilová Lisa Raymond	6: 1, 1: 6, 7: 6 4
11.	November 15, 2004	WTA Tour Championships	Hard court (hall)	Nadia Petrova	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	7: 5, 6: 2
12.	September 18, 2005	Bali	Hard court	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Jie Zheng Yan Zi	6: 3, 6: 3
13.	January 7, 2006	Gold coast	Hard court	Dinara Safina	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6: 2, 6: 3
14th	March 5, 2006	Acapulco	sand	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Shinobu Asagoe Emilie Loit	6: 1, 6: 3
15th	January 12, 2007	Sydney	Hard court	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Marion Bartoli Miles Tu	6: 3, 3: 6, 7: 6 2
16.	May 22, 2010	Warsaw	sand	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Cara Black Yan Zi	6: 3, 6: 4
17th	February 13, 2011	Paris	Hard court (hall)	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova	6: 4, 6: 2

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career
Australian Open	-	-	1	1	2	2	3	VF	1	1	1	1	-	-	VF
French Open	-	-	-	1	2	AF	1	3	3	1	1	2	-	-	AF
Wimbledon	-	-	-	2	2	AF	2	1	3	2	2	1	-	-	AF
US Open	1	-	1	1	3	3	3	AF	1	1	2	2	-	1	AF

Web links

Commons : Meghann Shaughnessy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Meghann Shaughnessy (English)
• ITF profile of Meghann Shaughnessy (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Meghann Shaughnessy (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DailyProgress.com, May 3, 2007