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Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone in 2006
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceLondon
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro1998
RetiredActive
PlaysRight (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$4,900,817
Singles
Career record408–285
Career titles4 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 6 (7 June 2010)
Current rankingNo. 6 (7 June 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2006, 2010)
French OpenW (2010)
WimbledonQF (2009)
US OpenQF (2003)
Doubles
Career record167–143
Career titles7 WTA & 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 8 (12 February 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2009)
French OpenF (2008)
WimbledonQF (2006)
US OpenSF (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

Main article: 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 Australia 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 Australia Casey Dellacqua Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual		 2–6, 7–5, 6–4

Career finals

Singles win (4)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
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 Austria Y. Meusburger 6–1, 6–4
2. 25 October 2009 Moscow Hard(i) Belarus O. Govortsova 6–3, 6–0
3. 17 April 2010 Barcelona Clay Italy R. Vinci 6–1, 6–1
4. 5 June 2010 French Open Clay Australia S. Stosur 6–4, 7–6(2)

Singles runner-ups (10)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
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 Uzbekistan I. Tulyaganova 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
2. 6 January 2003 Canberra Hard United States M. Shaughnessy 6–1, 6–1
3. 12 September 2005 Bali Hard United States L. Davenport 6–2, 6–4
4. 10 October 2005 Moscow Carpet France M. Pierce 6–4, 6–3
5. 24 October 2005 Hasselt Carpet Belgium K. Clijsters 6–2, 6–2
6. 9 January 2006 Sydney Hard Belgium J. Henin 4–6, 7–5, 7–5
7. 3 April 2006 Amelia Island Clay Russia N. Petrova 6–4, 6–4
8. 25 September 2006 Luxembourg Hard Ukraine A. Bondarenko 6–3, 6–2
9. 13 July 2009 Prague Clay Austria S. Bammer 7–6, 6–2
10. 12 October 2009 Osaka Hard Australia S. Stosur 7–5, 6–1

Doubles wins (8)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
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 Italy A.S. Zanetti United Kingdom L. Latimer
United Kingdom H. Reesby 		6–3 6–3
2. 29 July 2001 Sopot Clay South Africa J. Kruger Ukraine Y. Beygelzimer
Australia A. Rodionova 		6–4 6–0
3. 2 May 2004 Warsaw Clay Italy S. Farina Elia Argentina G. Dulko
Argentina P. Tarabini 		3–6 6–2 6–1
4. 26 February 2005 Doha Hard Australia A. Molik Zimbabwe C. Black
South Africa L. Huber 		6–3 6–4
5. 25 February 2006 Dubai Hard Czech Republic K. Peschke Russia S. Kuznetsova
Russia N. Petrova 		3–6 7–6 6–3
6. 1 October 2006 Luxembourg City Hard Indoors Czech Republic K. Peschke Germany A.L Grönefeld
South Africa L. Huber 		2–6 6–4 6–1
7. 15 October 2006 Moscow Carpet Czech Republic K. Peschke Czech Republic I. Benešová
Russia G. Voskoboseva 		6–4 6–7 6–1
8. October 3, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Hard (i) Russia A. Kleybanova Slovakia D. Hantuchova
Japan 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
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
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

References

  1. ^ Italy wins the Fed Cup for the first time, FedCup, 17 September 2006
  2. ^ "Italy's Francesca Schiavone wins French Open title". BBC Sport. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  3. ^ "One-handed backhand now a rarity in post-Henin era". USA Today. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  4. ^ Francesca Schiavone Videos & Complete Profile Clicksports, 4 June 2010
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