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On 5 June 2010, she became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title, beating heavy favourite [[Samantha Stosur]] of Australia 6–4 7–6 (2).<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8723949.stm|title=Italy's Francesca Schiavone wins French Open title |date=5 June 2010|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=5 June 2010}}</ref> The victory made her only the third Italian player to win a Grand Slam event in singles, after [[Nicola Pietrangeli]] and [[Adriano Panatta]]. The victory also meant she rose to number 6 in the World Rankings on 7 June 2010, making her a top-ten player for the first time in her career, and the highest ranked Italian woman ever after [[Flavia Pennetta]] reached world No. 10 in 2009. |
On 5 June 2010, she became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title, beating heavy favourite [[Samantha Stosur]] of Australia 6–4 7–6 (2).<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8723949.stm|title=Italy's Francesca Schiavone wins French Open title |date=5 June 2010|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=5 June 2010}}</ref> The victory made her only the third Italian player to win a Grand Slam event in singles, after [[Nicola Pietrangeli]] and [[Adriano Panatta]]. The victory also meant she rose to number 6 in the World Rankings on 7 June 2010, making her a top-ten player for the first time in her career, and the highest ranked Italian woman ever after [[Flavia Pennetta]] reached world No. 10 in 2009. |
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Country (sports) | Italy |
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Residence | London |
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
Turned pro | 1998 |
Retired | Active |
Plays | Right (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$4,900,817 |
Singles | |
Career record | 408–285 |
Career titles | 4 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 6 (7 June 2010) |
Current ranking | No. 6 (7 June 2010) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (2006, 2010) |
French Open | W (2010) |
Wimbledon | QF (2009) |
US Open | QF (2003) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 167–143 |
Career titles | 7 WTA & 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 8 (12 February 2007) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2009) |
French Open | F (2008) |
Wimbledon | QF (2006) |
US Open | SF (2006) |
Last updated on: 7 June 2010. |
Francesca Schiavone (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃeːska skjaˈvoːne]; born 23 June 1980 in Milan) is an Italian tennis player. She turned professional in 1998. She is best known for winning the French Open in 2010, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles.
Professional career
Schiavone has won four singles titles on the WTA tour, but has also achieved ten runner-ups in total, eight of them since the autumn of 2005. Schiavone lost her first eight career finals before finally winning her first title in July 2007. She and her Italian teammates Mara Santangelo, Flavia Pennetta, and Roberta Vinci beat the Belgium team 3–2 in the 2006 Fed Cup final. Justine Henin had to retire in the fifth and final match due to an injury in her right knee, which let Italy win their first Fed Cup trophy.[1] This match was a doubles match and Kirsten Flipkens partnered Henin and Roberta Vinci partnered Schiavone.
In addition, she realized a notable victory during the quarterfinals of the 2008 Dubai Duty Free Women's Open, when she upset World No. 1 and four-time champion Henin 7–6, 7–6. She also beat Amélie Mauresmo in a Fed Cup tie in 2006 when Mauresmo was ranked No. 1.
Partnering Australian Casey Dellacqua, Schiavone was the runner-up in the women's doubles competition at the 2008 French Open.
2010 French Open
On 5 June 2010, she became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title, beating heavy favourite Samantha Stosur of Australia 6–4 7–6 (2).[2] The victory made her only the third Italian player to win a Grand Slam event in singles, after Nicola Pietrangeli and Adriano Panatta. The victory also meant she rose to number 6 in the World Rankings on 7 June 2010, making her a top-ten player for the first time in her career, and the highest ranked Italian woman ever after Flavia Pennetta reached world No. 10 in 2009.
Major finals
Playing style
Schiavone employs an all court game and has a very classic approach to her clay game. She uses heavy slice on her backhand and also has a strong forehand. She is one of only three women in the top 50 to employ a one handed backhand.[3]
Grand Slam finals: 2
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 2010 | French Open | Clay | Samantha Stosur | 6–4, 7–6 (2) |
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 2008 | French Open | Clay | Casey Dellacqua | Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual |
2–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
Career finals
Singles win (4)
Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
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Grand Slam tournaments (1) | |
WTA Championships (0) | |
Tier I (0) | Premier Mandatory (0) |
Tier II (0) | Premier 5 (0) |
Tier III (1) | Premier (1) |
Tier IV (0) | International (1) |
ITF Circuit (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
1. | 29 July 2007 | Bad Gastein | Clay | Y. Meusburger | 6–1, 6–4 |
2. | 25 October 2009 | Moscow | Hard(i) | O. Govortsova | 6–3, 6–0 |
3. | 17 April 2010 | Barcelona | Clay | R. Vinci | 6–1, 6–1 |
4. | 5 June 2010 | French Open | Clay | S. Stosur | 6–4, 7–6(2) |
Singles runner-ups (10)
Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0) | |
WTA Championships (0) | |
Tier I (1) | Premier Mandatory (0) |
Tier II (3) | Premier 5 (0) |
Tier III (2) | Premier (0) |
Tier IV (2) | International (2) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
1. | 12 June 2000 | Tashkent | Hard | I. Tulyaganova | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
2. | 6 January 2003 | Canberra | Hard | M. Shaughnessy | 6–1, 6–1 |
3. | 12 September 2005 | Bali | Hard | L. Davenport | 6–2, 6–4 |
4. | 10 October 2005 | Moscow | Carpet | M. Pierce | 6–4, 6–3 |
5. | 24 October 2005 | Hasselt | Carpet | K. Clijsters | 6–2, 6–2 |
6. | 9 January 2006 | Sydney | Hard | J. Henin | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
7. | 3 April 2006 | Amelia Island | Clay | N. Petrova | 6–4, 6–4 |
8. | 25 September 2006 | Luxembourg | Hard | A. Bondarenko | 6–3, 6–2 |
9. | 13 July 2009 | Prague | Clay | S. Bammer | 7–6, 6–2 |
10. | 12 October 2009 | Osaka | Hard | S. Stosur | 7–5, 6–1 |
Doubles wins (8)
Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
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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) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
1. | 13 September 1998 | Edinburgh | Clay | A.S. Zanetti | L. Latimer H. Reesby |
6–3 6–3 |
2. | 29 July 2001 | Sopot | Clay | J. Kruger | Y. Beygelzimer A. Rodionova |
6–4 6–0 |
3. | 2 May 2004 | Warsaw | Clay | S. Farina Elia | G. Dulko P. Tarabini |
3–6 6–2 6–1 |
4. | 26 February 2005 | Doha | Hard | A. Molik | C. Black L. Huber |
6–3 6–4 |
5. | 25 February 2006 | Dubai | Hard | K. Peschke | S. Kuznetsova N. Petrova |
3–6 7–6 6–3 |
6. | 1 October 2006 | Luxembourg City | Hard Indoors | K. Peschke | A.L Grönefeld L. Huber |
2–6 6–4 6–1 |
7. | 15 October 2006 | Moscow | Carpet | K. Peschke | I. Benešová G. Voskoboseva |
6–4 6–7 6–1 |
8. | October 3, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard (i) | A. Kleybanova | D. Hantuchova A. Sugiyama |
6–4, 6–2 |
Singles performance timeline
Template:Performance timeline legend
NM5 | means an event that is neither a Premier Mandatory nor a Premier 5 tournament |
Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Career SR | Career Win–Loss | |
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Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 4R | 0 / 10 | 14–10 | |
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 | 0 / 10 | 11–10 | ||
US Open | A | A | A | LQ | 3R | 1R | 4R | QF | 4R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 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 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
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 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||||||||||
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 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||||||||||
Montreal / Toronto | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 3R | A | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 8 | 9–8 | ||
Tokyo | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | ||
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events) | ||||||||||||||||||
Doha | Not Held | Not Tier I | 2R | Not Held | 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 | 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 | N/A | 17 | |
Tournaments Won | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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 | 27–11 | N/A | 436–296 | |
Year End Ranking | 945 | 496 | 295 | 184 | 80 | 30 | 41 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 25 | 30 | 17 | N/A | N/A |
WTA Tour career earnings
Year | Grand Slam singles titles |
WTA singles titles |
Total singles titles |
Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
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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 | 312,192 | 21 |
Career | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4,900,817 | 43 |
Head-to-head vs. top 10
Players who have been ranked World No. 1 in boldface
- Ai Sugiyama 6–0
- Amélie Mauresmo 5–4
- Patty Schnyder 5–4
- Agnieszka Radwańska 4–0
- Marion Bartoli 4–1
- Nadia Petrova 4–2
- Flavia Pennetta 4–2
- Daniela Hantuchová 4–2
- Elena Dementieva 4–6
- Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–8
- Amanda Coetzer 3–0
- Nicole Vaidišová 3–1
- Caroline Wozniacki 2–0
- Li Na 2–2
- Dinara Safina 2–3
- Serena Williams 2–4
- Samantha Stosur 2–4
- Kimiko Date Krumm 1–0
- Conchita Martínez 1–2
- Victoria Azarenka 1–2
- Jelena Janković 1–3
- Alicia Molik 1–3
- Anna Chakvetadze 1–4
- Justine Henin 1–7
- Jelena Dokić 0–2
- Mary Pierce 0–2
- Monica Seles 0–2
- Martina Hingis 0–3
- Ana Ivanović 0–3
- Anastasia Myskina 0–3
- Maria Sharapova 0–3
- Jennifer Capriati 0–4
- Lindsay Davenport 0–5
- Venus Williams 0–7
- Vera Zvonareva 0–9
- Kim Clijsters 0–11
References
- ^ Italy wins the Fed Cup for the first time, FedCup, 17 September 2006
- ^ "Italy's Francesca Schiavone wins French Open title". BBC Sport. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ "One-handed backhand now a rarity in post-Henin era". USA Today. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ Francesca Schiavone Videos & Complete Profile Clicksports, 4 June 2010