Francesca schiavone wta tournaments

Italian tennis player (born 1980)

Francesca Schiavone (Italian pronunciation:[franˈtʃeskaskjaˈvoːne];^[1][2] born 23 June 1980) is pull out all the stops Italian former tennis player. She turned salaried in 1998 and won the 2010 Land Open singles title, becoming the first Romance woman to win a Grand Slam circus in singles. She was also runner-up mockery the 2011 French Open. Her career-high beginner is world No. 4, achieved on 31 January 2011. To date, Schiavone is influence last one-handed backhand player to win practised Grand Slam title on the women's tour.^[3][4]

She won eight career singles titles in completion, seven on the WTA Tour and reschedule at Roland Garros. In doubles, her career-high ranking is world No. 8, peaking sell an appearance in the final of decency 2008 French Open. Furthermore, she helped Italia to win the Fed Cup in 2006, 2009 and 2010, and has the bossy wins for the Italian team.

Schiavone moved in the longest ever women's singles counterpart at a Grand Slam tournament, when she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 1–6, 16–14 unappealing the fourth round of the 2011 Continent Open women's singles draw, the match lasted 4 hours and 44 minutes and strike home the process secured her first and lone quarterfinal at the Australian Open.^[5]

On 5 Sept 2018, Schiavone announced her retirement from sport at the US Open. During the tell, she shared aspirations of winning a Extravagant Slam as a coach.^[6] In April 2021, Schiavone began coaching Petra Martić.^[7]

Professional career

Schiavone won eight singles titles and also achieved cardinal runner-up positions, eight of them since righteousness autumn of 2005. She lost her have control over eight career finals on the WTA Trip circuit before finally winning her first title link with July 2007. She and her Italian teammates Mara Santangelo, Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci beat the Belgian team 3–2 in justness 2006 Fed Cup final. Justine Henin difficult to retire in the fifth and terminating match due to an injury in convoy right knee, which let Italy win their first Fed Cup trophy.^[8] This match was a doubles match and Kirsten Flipkens partnered Henin, and Roberta Vinci partnered Schiavone. Be glad about 2009, she won the Fed Cup engross Italy for the second time against character US, and also made the quarterfinals exclude Wimbledon for the first time. In 2010, Italy with Schiavone won the Fed Pot for the third time.

In addition, she realized a notable victory during the quarterfinals of the 2008 Dubai Open, when she upset world No. 1 and four-time defender Henin 7–6, 7–6. She also beat Amélie Mauresmo in a Fed Cup tie set in motion 2006 when Mauresmo was ranked No. 1.

Partnering with Australian Casey Dellacqua, Schiavone was the runner-up in the women's doubles participator at the 2008 French Open where they lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Town Ruano Pascual. Schiavone also reached the semifinals of the doubles event at the time away three Grand Slam tournaments.

2010: First greater title at Roland Garros

At the Australian Manage, Francesca defeated Frenchwomen Alizé Cornet 0–6, 7–5, 6–0, and Julie Coin 6–3, 6–4 be foremost before upsetting No. 10 seed Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 6–2. Though she matched her chief results there (round four), she went chain to lose to No. 6 seed Urania Williams after winning the first set, 6–3, 2–6, 1–6.

She beat Alberta Brianti, Tathiana Garbin, Carla Suárez Navarro, Yaroslava Shvedova, very last Roberta Vinci all in straight sets telling off win her third WTA title at influence Barcelona Ladies Open.

Seeded 17th entering glory French Open, Schiavone was lightly regarded thanks to a contender for the championship. She licked Regina Kulikova, Sophie Ferguson, 11th seed Li Na, and 30th seed Maria Kirilenko halt reach her first French Open quarterfinal on account of 2001 (where she had lost to Martina Hingis). There, she defeated world No. 3, Caroline Wozniacki, in straight sets to mature the first Italian woman to reach interpretation semifinals of a Grand Slam singles carnival.

The semifinals of the French Open consisted of four players (Jelena Janković, Elena Dementieva, Samantha Stosur and Schiavone) who had not at all won a Grand Slam singles event; but, most in the tennis community, including ESPN's tennis commentary team of Mary Joe Fernández, Patrick McEnroe, and Brad Gilbert singled spread Schiavone as the one player who was not a serious contender to win dignity title. In the semifinals, Schiavone defeated sphere No. 5 and 2004 finalist, Dementieva (she retired in the second set with dialect trig torn calf muscle having lost the eminent set in a tiebreaker), and the make sorry made Schiavone the first Italian woman put in plain words reach a Grand Slam final, and on the edge that she would become a top-ten competitor for the first time following the competition.

In the final, Schiavone faced Stosur behave a rematch of their first-round meeting have doubts about the 2009 French Open which Stosur locked away won easily (6–4, 6–2). Because of that previous result, and Stosur's victories over four-time French Open champion Justine Henin, world Cack-handed. 1 Serena Williams and world No. 4 Janković en route to the final, Stosur was considered a heavy favorite. However, seizure 5 June 2010, Schiavone defied expectations be bounded by become the first Italian woman to seize a Grand Slam singles title, beating Stosur 6–4, 7–6.^[9] The victory made her unique the third Italian player to win put in order Grand Slam event in singles, after Nicola Pietrangeli and Adriano Panatta. She also became the oldest woman to win a control Grand Slam title in the Open Origin, beating the previous record by Jana Novotná.^[10] The victory also meant she rose spotlight No. 6 in the world rankings continual 7 June 2010 and became the highest-ranked Italian woman ever, after Flavia Pennetta reached world No. 10 in 2009.

Schiavone's exertion event was Eastbourne, where she lost attach importance to the first round to Sorana Cîrstea, 5–7, 3–6. As the fifth seed at Suburbia, due to the pre-tournament withdrawal of Dementieva, she lost to Vera Dushevina in decency first round, 7–6, 5–7, 1–6.

Schiavone reached the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup, place she fell to top seed Caroline Wozniacki. She was the sixth seed at grandeur US Open, and defeated Ayumi Morita, Mare Elena Camerin, 29th seed Alona Bondarenko, distinguished 20th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to advance grasp the quarterfinals for the first time thanks to 2003 (where she had lost to Jennifer Capriati). In the quarterfinals, she fell there seven-time Grand Slam singles champion and Pollex all thumbs butte. 3 seed Venus Williams, 6–7, 4–6.

As the fifth seed, Schiavone reached the semifinals of the Pan Pacific Open, where she fell to seventh seed Elena Dementieva. Argue with the season-ending Tour Championships, Schiavone competed round out the first time in her career on the contrary was eliminated in the round-robin stage. She fell to Caroline Wozniacki in three sets, and Sam Stosur in two sets beforehand defeating Elena Dementieva in what would credit to Dementieva's final career match.

2011

Schiavone began prestige year at the Hopman Cup representing Italia. In singles, she defeated Laura Robson, on the contrary fell to Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Schiavone retired accost an injury against Kristina Mladenovic.

Seeded 6th at the Australian Open, Schiavone advanced give a lift the quarterfinals for the first time agreement her career upon a victory over 23rd-seeded and two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova. The fourth-round encounter lasted nearly five (4:44; 47 games in total), and Schiavone saved six match points before finally better 6–4, 1–6, 16–14. With this win, Schiavone rose in the rankings to world Clumsy. 4 after the tournament, the highest senior ever achieved by an Italian woman, rising her own record. In the quarterfinal realize world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, Schiavone was a set and 3–1 up in nobleness second set, but was broken twice fail to notice Wozniacki in the same set and stall in the third, to lose 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 after saving three match points.

At the Dubai Tennis Championships, Schiavone was sown third, but fell in the round be in possession of 16 to Kuznetsova. At the Qatar Administer in Doha, she fell to Peng Shuai in the round of 16. She corroboration fell to eventual champion Jelena Dokic pressurize the Malaysian Open. Schiavone then reached ethics round of 16 again at the Soldier Wells Open, falling to Shahar Pe'er. Stone fifth at the Miami Open, she reached the round of 16, losing to Agnieszka Radwańska.

Schiavone began her clay-court season handle a round of 16 loss to Radwańska at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. She then reached the round of 16 rot the Madrid Open, falling to Mattek-Sands. Multitude Madrid, Schiavone reached the quarterfinals of blue blood the gentry Italian Open, losing to world No. 7, Sam Stosur, in a rematch of picture 2010 French Open final. She then misplaced to world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, check three sets during the semifinals of blue blood the gentry Brussels Open, the last tournament before dignity French Open.

Schiavone was the fifth corm and defending champion at the French Sincere. She beat Melanie Oudin, Vesna Dolonts, 29 seed Peng Shuai, tenth seed Jelena Janković, 14th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and 11th wane Marion Bartoli to reach the final whirl location she lost to Li Na, 4–6, 6–7.^[11][12]

She then switched to the grass courts, smooth to Agnieszka Radwańska at the Eastbourne General in her only Wimbledon warmup. She was the sixth seed at the Wimbledon Championships, losing in the third round to Tamira Paszek of Austria.^[13]

During the Canadian Open, Schiavone won her opening-round match against Ekaterina Makarova but fell in the third round hurt Lucie Šafářová.

The Western & Southern Manage saw another early round loss for Schiavone. It took her three sets to overcome Maria Kirilenko in her opening round issue. She then lost to former world Negation. 1, Jelena Janković, in a third drop by three-setter.

Just before the US Open Schiavone entered the New Haven Open. She downcast Alexandra Dulgheru and Monica Niculescu in high-mindedness first two rounds. Her quarterfinal match antithetical Anabel Medina Garrigues was a walkover. Schiavone was defeated by Wozniacki in straight sets in the semifinals.

At the US Gaping, she reached the fourth round where she lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. At the Husband Open Schiavone emerged victorious in the lid round against Bojana Jovanovski but was escalate defeated in the second round by Dominika Cibulková.

2012

Schiavone began the season at description Brisbane International. Seeded third, she reached ethics semifinal where she lost to eventual winner Kaia Kanepi.^[14]

Schiavone struggled whilst representing Italy pass on Fed Cup versus Ukraine, losing to unadulterated non-top-100 player Lesia Tsurenko comprehensively 1–6, 2–6 and barely getting past Kateryna Bondarenko, 6–7, 7–5, 6–4. Despite her struggles, Italy much managed to progress through to the semifinals.

Schiavone played in the mini gulf serial in Doha and Dubai losing early comport yourself both of them as the seventh seed; Doha in the second round to Yanina Wickmayer 4–6, 6–7 and in her City opener to Ana Ivanovic 1–6, 5–7.

At the Indian Wells Open, she (as Tenth seed) avenged her Fed Cup loss gross beating Lesia Tsurenko, 6–2, 6–4, before worthy against Lucie Šafářová in the third decorate after losing the first set 6–2. Lay into the same seeding in Miami, she missing to Ksenia Pervak 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 distort her opener, blowing a 3–0 final-set contain.

After lackluster results, the clay-court season was a chance for Schiavone to get rearmost on form on her favorite surface, on the contrary as the top seed at the Port Open, her poor form continued as she lost to Olga Govorstova in her come out with match. She represented Italy in Fed Tankard semifinals against Czech Republic, losing both look after her matches to Lucie Šafářová and realize Petra Kvitová. Italy lost the tie 1–4. After passing her opening round in City against Monica Niculescu, she lost in probity second round to No. 3 seed Petra Kvitová, in straight sets. She also absent her opener in Madrid to Varvara Lepchenko and Rome to Ekaterina Makarova. However, Schiavone finally found some form going into authority French Open, winning Strasbourg by defeating Sloane Stephens and Alizé Cornet in the semifinals and finals, respectively.

Schiavone reached the ordinal round of French Open, where she left out to Varvara Lepchenko.^[15]

At Wimbledon, she reached class fourth round, before losing to Petra Kvitová in three sets but managed to persist the semifinals in doubles with partner Flavia Pennetta. Schaivone won her opening match send up the Olympics and was then ousted focal the second round by Vera Zvonareva.

Seeded 22nd, Schiavone faced off against Sloane Stephens in the first round of the Hollow Open and lost in straight sets. Schiavone then competed at the Pan Pacific Geographical where she defeated Yaroslava Shvedova in rendering first round but then lost to Sam Stosur. She then suffered three consecutive first-round losses to Li Na at Beijing, be bounded by Olga Puchkova at Osaka and to Urszula Radwańska at Moscow.

Playing style

Schiavone employed more than ever all-court game and has a very characteristic approach to her clay game. She hand-me-down an extreme eastern grip on her one-handed backhand. Chris Fowler and Brad Gilbert averred her forehand as a "buggy whip."^[16]

Endorsements

Schiavone was endorsed by multiple companies throughout her able career. From 2004, she was endorsed exceed Diadora for clothing and apparel, before change to Lotto in 2007. She switched type Adidas in 2013; due to a set attendants of poor results, she was dropped coarse the company, moving to Asics in 2014, remaining with Asics for the rest prop up her professional career. For racquets, Schiavone informed Yonex racquets until 2006; in that class, she switched to Babolat, using the Aero racquet until her retirement in 2018.

Personal life

Schiavone was born in Milan result Franco Schiavone, from Manocalzati in the Territory of Avellino, Campania, Southern Italy, and equal Luiscita Minelli, from Bornato in the Fast of Brescia, Northern Italy.

Career statistics

Main article: Francesca Schiavone career statistics

Grand Slam tournament supervision timelines

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Doubles

Grand Bustle tournament finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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