Virginia Ruano Pascual

Virginia Ruano Pascual
2009 at the US Open
Nation:	Spain
Birthday:	September 21, 1973
Size:	169 cm
1st professional season:	1992
Resignation:	2010
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 6,076,081
singles
Career record:	395: 353
Career title:	3 WTA , 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	28 (April 12, 1999)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	596: 272
Career title:	43 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking:	1 (September 8, 2003)
Weeks as No. 1:	65
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Virginia Ruano Pascual (born September 21, 1973 in Madrid ) is a former Spanish tennis player .

Career

Ruano Pascual won three individual WTA tournaments in her career: 1997 in Cardiff , 1998 in Budapest and 2003 in Tashkent . In six other tournaments she was in the finals.

Ruano Pascual was much more successful in doubles, where she was able to win a total of 43 titles, most of them alongside Paola Suárez . She won the French Open six times, the US Open three times and the Australian Open once, and was a finalist in Grand Slam tournaments six times .

In singles, she reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament twice, in 1995 at the French Open and in 2003 at the Australian Open.

In 1993 and 1994 Ruano Pascual also won the Fed Cup with the Spanish team .

At the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 and in Beijing in 2008 she won the silver medal in women's doubles.

She caused a bang in 2001 in Wimbledon when she defeated top seed Martina Hingis 6: 4 and 6: 2 in round one .

In 2010 Ruano Pascual ended her professional career. Her last title, her 43rd tournament victory in a double competition on the WTA Tour , she won at the side of Meghann Shaughnessy in Warsaw .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 12, 1997	Cardiff	WTA Tier V	sand	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 2
2.	April 20, 1998	Budapest	WTA Tier V	sand	Silvia Farina Elia	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
3.	October 12, 2003	Tashkent	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Saori Obata	6: 2, 7: 6 2

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1	January 17, 1998	Hobart	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová	7: 6 6 , 6: 3
2	April 26, 1998	Budapest	WTA Tier IV	sand	Paola Suarez	Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1
3	May 10, 1998	Rome	WTA Tier I	sand	Paola Suarez	Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7: 6 1 , 6: 4
4th	May 22, 1999	Madrid	WTA Tier III	sand	Paola Suarez	Maria Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner	6: 2, 0: 6, 6: 0
5	April 23, 2000	Hilton Head	WTA Tier I	sand	Paola Suarez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	7: 5, 6: 3
6th	July 23, 2000	Sopot	WTA Tier III	sand	Paola Suarez	Åsa Carlsson Rita Grande	7: 5, 6: 1
7th	May 19, 2001	Antwerp	WTA Tier V	sand	Els Callens	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
8th	May 26, 2001	Madrid	WTA Tier III	sand	Paola Suarez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7: 5, 2: 6, 7: 6 4
9	June 10, 2001	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Paola Suarez	Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez	6: 2, 6: 1
10	July 21, 2001	Knokke-Heist	WTA Tier IV	sand	Magüi Serna	Ruxandra Dragomir Andreea Vanc	6: 4, 6: 3
11	February 24, 2002	Bogotá	WTA Tier III	sand	Paola Suarez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6: 2, 6: 1
12	March 3, 2002	Acapulco	WTA Tier III	sand	Paola Suarez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	7: 5, 6: 1
13	May 19, 2002	Rome	WTA Tier I	sand	Paola Suarez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6: 3, 6: 4
14th	June 9, 2002	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Paola Suarez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6: 4, 6: 2
15th	August 18, 2002	Montreal	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6: 4, 7: 6 4
16	September 8, 2002	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Jelena Dementjewa Janette Husárová	6: 2, 6: 1
17th	September 15, 2002	Costa do Sauípe	WTA Tier II	sand	Paola Suarez	Émilie Loit Rossana de los Ríos	6: 4, 6: 1
18th	September 28, 2002	Bali	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Cara Black	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 2, 6: 3
19th	April 13, 2003	Charleston	WTA Tier I	sand	Paola Suarez	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6: 0, 6: 3
20th	May 11, 2003	Berlin	WTA Tier I	sand	Paola Suarez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4
21st	August 23, 2003	New Haven	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Alicia Molik Magüi Serna	7: 6 6 , 6: 3
22nd	September 7, 2003	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navrátilová	6: 2, 6: 3
23	November 10, 2003	los Angeles	WTA Tour Championships	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
24	February 1, 2004	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Lichowzewa	6: 4, 6: 3
25th	March 21, 2004	Indian Wells	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Lichowzewa	6: 1, 6: 2
26th	April 18, 2004	Charleston	WTA Tier I	sand	Paola Suarez	Martina Navrátilová Lisa Raymond	6: 4, 6: 1
27	June 3, 2004	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Paola Suarez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Lichowzewa	6: 0, 6: 3
28	September 11, 2004	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Lichowzewa	6: 4, 7: 5
29	October 31, 2004	Luxembourg	WTA Tier III	Hard court (hall)	Paola Suarez	Jill Crayba's Marlene Weingärtner	6: 1, 6: 7 1 , 6: 3
30th	March 5, 2005	Dubai	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	6: 7 7 , 6: 2, 6: 1
31	March 19, 2005	Indian Wells	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Nadja Petrowa Meghann Shaughnessy	7: 6 3 , 6: 1
32	April 17, 2005	Charleston	WTA Tier I	sand	Conchita Martínez	Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke	6: 1, 6: 4
33	June 4, 2005	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Paola Suarez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
34	August 7, 2005	San Diego	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Conchita Martínez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6: 7 7 , 6: 1, 7: 5
35	August 13, 2006	los Angeles	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6: 3, 6: 4
36	September 24, 2006	Beijing	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Anna Tschakwetadze Jelena Wesnina	6: 2, 6: 4
37	October 1, 2006	Seoul	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Paola Suarez	Chuang Chia-jung Mariana Díaz-Oliva	6: 2, 6: 3
38	August 4, 2007	Stockholm	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chan Chin-wei Tetjana Luschanska	6: 1, 5: 7, [10: 6]
39	January 11, 2008	Hobart	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	6: 2, 6: 4
40	June 6, 2008	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
41	July 27, 2008	Portorož	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova	6: 4, 6: 1
42	June 5, 2009	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Wiktorija Asarenka Jelena Wesnina	6: 1, 6: 1
43	May 22, 2010	Warsaw	WTA Tier II	sand	Meghann Shaughnessy	Cara Black Yan Zi	6: 3, 6: 4

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	-	1	-	1	2	2	2	1	3	1	VF	2	1	AF	2	3	2	-	17:15	VF
French Open	-	-	-	VF	1	3	3	1	-	2	2	1	3	2	1	-	1	2	-	14:13	VF
Wimbledon	-	-	-	1	1	2	AF	1	-	2	2	1	3	1	2	3	2	-	-	12:13	AF
US Open	1	1	-	1	1	1	3	3	2	3	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	-	-	10:16	3

Double

competition	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	VF	2	2	2	VF	AF	F.	S.	1	VF	1	HF	AF	AF	33:13	S.
French Open	1	2	2	-	-	1	2	2	F.	S.	S.	F.	S.	S.	2	VF	S.	S.	1	54:11	S.
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	VF	HF	F.	F.	HF	-	F.	3	3	HF	2	38:14	F.
US Open	2	-	1	-	1	2	HF	2	1	AF	S.	S.	S.	HF	VF	3	HF	3	-	42:13	S.

Mixed

competition	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	VF	AF	1	-	-	-	1	3: 7	VF
French Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	S.	AF	-	AF	1	1	1	-	1	-	10: 8	S.
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	HF	-	7: 5	HF
US Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	VF	AF	AF	AF	1	-	AF	-	7: 8	VF

Web links

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• WTA profile of Virginia Ruano Pascual (English)
• ITF-profile Virginia Ruano Pascual (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Virginia Ruano Pascual (English)