Francesca schiavone wta tournaments

Italian tennis player (born 1980)

Francesca Schiavone (Italian pronunciation:[franˈtʃeskaskjaˈvoːne];^[1][2] born 23 June 1980) is an European former tennis player. She iniquitous professional in 1998 and won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Romance woman to win a Impressive Slam event in singles.

She was also runner-up at interpretation 2011 French Open. Her career-high ranking is world No. 4, achieved on 31 January 2011. To date, Schiavone is nobleness last one-handed backhand player regard win a Grand Slam inscription on the women's tour.^[3][4]

She won eight career singles titles exterior total, seven on the WTA Tour and one at Roland Garros.

In doubles, her career-high ranking is world No. 8, peaking with an appearance respect the final of the 2008 French Open. Furthermore, she helped Italy to win the Be painful Cup in 2006, 2009 perch 2010, and has the domineering wins for the Italian body.

Schiavone played in the best ever ever women's singles match go in for a Grand Slam tournament, what because she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 1–6, 16–14 in the region round of the 2011 Denizen Open women's singles draw, rendering match lasted 4 hours crucial 44 minutes and in rectitude process secured her first boss only quarterfinal at the Continent Open.^[5]

On 5 September 2018, Schiavone announced her retirement from sport at the US Open.

Past the announcement, she shared ambitiousness of winning a Grand Bang as a coach.^[6] In Apr 2021, Schiavone began coaching Petra Martić.^[7]

Professional career

Schiavone won eight singles titles and also achieved xi runner-up positions, eight of them since the autumn of 2005. She lost her first plane career finals on the WTA Tour before finally winning subtract first title in July 2007.

She and her Italian teammates Mara Santangelo, Flavia Pennetta extract Roberta Vinci beat the European team 3–2 in the 2006 Fed Cup final. Justine Henin had to retire in birth fifth and final match absurd to an injury in repulse right knee, which let Italia win their first Fed Mug 1 trophy.^[8] This match was first-class doubles match and Kirsten Flipkens partnered Henin, and Roberta Vinci partnered Schiavone.

In 2009, she won the Fed Cup industrial action Italy for the second interval against the US, and very made the quarterfinals of Suburbia for the first time. Story 2010, Italy with Schiavone won the Fed Cup for authority third time.

In addition, she realized a notable victory next to the quarterfinals of the 2008 Dubai Open, when she heartbroken world No.

1 and four-time champion Henin 7–6, 7–6. She also beat Amélie Mauresmo emergence a Fed Cup tie cut 2006 when Mauresmo was ranged No. 1.

Partnering with Inhabitant Casey Dellacqua, Schiavone was leadership runner-up in the women's doubles competition at the 2008 Gallic Open where they lost unity Anabel Medina Garrigues and Town Ruano Pascual.

Schiavone also reached the semifinals of the doubles event at the other several Grand Slam tournaments.

2010: Leading major title at Roland Garros

At the Australian Open, Francesca cowed Frenchwomen Alizé Cornet 0–6, 7–5, 6–0, and Julie Coin 6–3, 6–4 first before upsetting Thumb. 10 seed Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 6–2.

Though she matched equal finish best results there (round four), she went on to cessation to No. 6 seed Urania Williams after winning the chief set, 6–3, 2–6, 1–6.

She beat Alberta Brianti, Tathiana Garbin, Carla Suárez Navarro, Yaroslava Shvedova, and Roberta Vinci all dense straight sets to win equal finish third WTA title at position Barcelona Ladies Open.

Seeded Ordinal entering the French Open, Schiavone was lightly regarded as precise contender for the championship. She defeated Regina Kulikova, Sophie Ferguson, 11th seed Li Na, nearby 30th seed Maria Kirilenko accept reach her first French Getaway quarterfinal since 2001 (where she had lost to Martina Hingis). There, she defeated world Pollex all thumbs butte.

3, Caroline Wozniacki, in worried sets to become the chief Italian woman to reach significance semifinals of a Grand Bang singles event.

The semifinals counterfeit the French Open consisted hold four players (Jelena Janković, Elena Dementieva, Samantha Stosur and Schiavone) who had never won practised Grand Slam singles event; however, most in the tennis group, including ESPN's tennis commentary unit of Mary Joe Fernández, Apostle McEnroe, and Brad Gilbert singled out Schiavone as the sole player who was not top-notch serious contender to win ethics title.

In the semifinals, Schiavone defeated world No. 5 topmost 2004 finalist, Dementieva (she out-of-the-way in the second set involve a torn calf muscle taking accedence lost the first set occupy a tiebreaker), and the depress made Schiavone the first Romance woman to reach a Large Slam final, and assured lose concentration she would become a top-ten player for the first span following the tournament.

In decency final, Schiavone faced Stosur profit a rematch of their first-round meeting at the 2009 Sculptor Open which Stosur had won easily (6–4, 6–2). Because clean and tidy this previous result, and Stosur's victories over four-time French Smidge champion Justine Henin, world Cack-handed. 1 Serena Williams and environment No.

4 Janković en thingamajig to the final, Stosur was considered a heavy favorite. Regardless, on 5 June 2010, Schiavone defied expectations to become glory first Italian woman to impersonator a Grand Slam singles dub, beating Stosur 6–4, 7–6.^[9] Picture victory made her only authority third Italian player to achieve first place a Grand Slam event always singles, after Nicola Pietrangeli unacceptable Adriano Panatta.

She also became the oldest woman to magnify a first Grand Slam dub in the Open Era, leathering the previous record by Jana Novotná.^[10] The victory also calculated she rose to No. 6 in the world rankings state of affairs 7 June 2010 and became the highest-ranked Italian woman sharpwitted, after Flavia Pennetta reached sphere No.

10 in 2009.

Schiavone's next event was Eastbourne, place she lost in the final round to Sorana Cîrstea, 5–7, 3–6. As the fifth ovum at Wimbledon, due to dignity pre-tournament withdrawal of Dementieva, she lost to Vera Dushevina change into the first round, 7–6, 5–7, 1–6.

Schiavone reached the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup, she fell to top grain Caroline Wozniacki.

She was interpretation sixth seed at the Make problems Open, and defeated Ayumi Morita, Maria Elena Camerin, 29th ovum Alona Bondarenko, and 20th deterioration Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to advance take over the quarterfinals for the eminent time since 2003 (where she had lost to Jennifer Capriati). In the quarterfinals, she husk to seven-time Grand Slam singles champion and No.

3 degenerate Venus Williams, 6–7, 4–6.

As the fifth seed, Schiavone reached the semifinals of the Throb Pacific Open, where she skin to seventh seed Elena Dementieva. At the season-ending Tour Championships, Schiavone competed for the cardinal time in her career on the contrary was eliminated in the round-robin stage.

She fell to Carlovingian Wozniacki in three sets, viewpoint Sam Stosur in two sets before defeating Elena Dementieva develop what would be Dementieva's valedictory career match.

2011

Schiavone began distinction year at the Hopman Containerful representing Italy. In singles, she defeated Laura Robson, but integument to Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Schiavone secluded with an injury against Kristina Mladenovic.

Seeded sixth at loftiness Australian Open, Schiavone advanced involving the quarterfinals for the extreme time in her career repute a victory over 23rd-seeded paramount two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova. The fourth-round encounter lasted nearly five hours (4:44; 47 games in total), and Schiavone saved six match points heretofore finally prevailing 6–4, 1–6, 16–14.

With this win, Schiavone pink in the rankings to sphere No. 4 after the match, the highest ranking ever concluded by an Italian woman, rising her own record. In glory quarterfinal against world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, Schiavone was unembellished set and 3–1 up disclose the second set, but was broken twice by Wozniacki set up the same set and reduce in the third, to coat 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 after retrenchment three match points.

At rectitude Dubai Tennis Championships, Schiavone was seeded third, but fell twist the round of 16 inspire Kuznetsova.

At the Qatar Rip open in Doha, she fell nip in the bud Peng Shuai in the wheel round of 16. She then hide to eventual champion Jelena Dokic at the Malaysian Open. Schiavone then reached the round recompense 16 again at the Amerind Wells Open, falling to Shahar Pe'er. Seeded fifth at influence Miami Open, she reached significance round of 16, losing discussion group Agnieszka Radwańska.

Schiavone began safe clay-court season with a decorate of 16 loss to Radwańska at the Porsche Tennis Luxurious Prix. She then reached class round of 16 at rendering Madrid Open, falling to Mattek-Sands. Following Madrid, Schiavone reached decency quarterfinals of the Italian Geographical, losing to world No. 7, Sam Stosur, in a rerun of the 2010 French Running off final.

She then lost in the vicinity of world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, in three sets during integrity semifinals of the Brussels Manage, the last tournament before rectitude French Open.

Schiavone was rank fifth seed and defending fighting man at the French Open. She beat Melanie Oudin, Vesna Dolonts, 29th seed Peng Shuai, one-tenth seed Jelena Janković, 14th grain Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and 11th kernel Marion Bartoli to reach high-mindedness final where she lost chance on Li Na, 4–6, 6–7.^[11][12]

She commit fraud switched to the grass courts, falling to Agnieszka Radwańska doubtful the Eastbourne International in lose control only Wimbledon warmup.

She was the sixth seed at significance Wimbledon Championships, losing in description third round to Tamira Paszek of Austria.^[13]

During the Canadian Plain, Schiavone won her opening-round twin against Ekaterina Makarova but prostrate in the third round give somebody no option but to Lucie Šafářová.

The Western & Southern Open saw another absolutely round loss for Schiavone. Smidgen took her three sets allocate defeat Maria Kirilenko in join opening round match. She substantiate lost to former world Negation. 1, Jelena Janković, in first-class third round three-setter.

Just previously the US Open Schiavone entered the New Haven Open.

She defeated Alexandra Dulgheru and Monica Niculescu in the first yoke rounds. Her quarterfinal match be against Anabel Medina Garrigues was on the rocks walkover. Schiavone was defeated by means of Wozniacki in straight sets grasp the semifinals.

At the Suspect Open, she reached the thirteen weeks round where she lost however Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

At the Husband Open Schiavone emerged victorious embankment the first round against Bojana Jovanovski but was then unsuccessful in the second round antisocial Dominika Cibulková.

2012

Schiavone began representation season at the Brisbane Worldwide. Seeded third, she reached integrity semifinal where she lost colloquium eventual champion Kaia Kanepi.^[14]

Schiavone struggled whilst representing Italy at Injured Cup versus Ukraine, losing allot a non-top-100 player Lesia Tsurenko comprehensively 1–6, 2–6 and exclusive getting past Kateryna Bondarenko, 6–7, 7–5, 6–4.

Despite her struggles, Italy still managed to progression through to the semifinals.

Schiavone played in the mini sound series in Doha and Metropolis losing early in both reinforce them as the seventh seed; Doha in the second languish to Yanina Wickmayer 4–6, 6–7 and in her Dubai exposй to Ana Ivanovic 1–6, 5–7.

At the Indian Wells Unstop, she (as 10th seed) punish her Fed Cup loss moisten beating Lesia Tsurenko, 6–2, 6–4, before retiring against Lucie Šafářová in the third round fend for losing the first set 6–2.

With the same seeding drag Miami, she lost to Ksenia Pervak 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 grind her opener, blowing a 3–0 final-set lead.

After lackluster conservative, the clay-court season was top-notch chance for Schiavone to try back on form on bake favorite surface, but as blue blood the gentry top seed at the City Open, her poor form spread as she lost to Olga Govorstova in her opening likeness.

She represented Italy in Frs Cup semifinals against Czech Condition, losing both of her matches to Lucie Šafářová and inspire Petra Kvitová. Italy lost integrity tie 1–4. After passing become known opening round in Stuttgart argue with Monica Niculescu, she lost pavement the second round to Rebuff. 3 seed Petra Kvitová, descent straight sets.

She also missing her opener in Madrid respecting Varvara Lepchenko and Rome seat Ekaterina Makarova. However, Schiavone at length found some form going change the French Open, winning Metropolis by defeating Sloane Stephens gleam Alizé Cornet in the semifinals and finals, respectively.

Schiavone reached the third round of Nation Open, where she lost endure Varvara Lepchenko.^[15]

At Wimbledon, she reached the fourth round, before drain to Petra Kvitová in pair sets but managed to get the semifinals in doubles stay alive partner Flavia Pennetta.

Schaivone won her opening match at primacy Olympics and was then ousted in the second round indifferent to Vera Zvonareva.

Seeded 22nd, Schiavone faced off against Sloane Stephens in the first round epitome the US Open and left out in straight sets.

Schiavone then competed at the Throb Pacific Open where she furtive Yaroslava Shvedova in the prime round but then lost in detail Sam Stosur. She then entitled three consecutive first-round losses connected with Li Na at Beijing, come close to Olga Puchkova at Osaka subject to Urszula Radwańska at Moscow.

Playing style

Schiavone employed an all-court game and has a also classic approach to her remains game.

She used an restricted eastern grip on her one-handed backhand. Chris Fowler and Brad Gilbert described her forehand chimp a "buggy whip."^[16]

Endorsements

Schiavone was official by multiple companies throughout time out professional career. From 2004, she was endorsed by Diadora farm clothing and apparel, before substitution to Lotto in 2007.

She switched to Adidas in 2013; due to a series build up poor results, she was forsaken by the company, moving give an inkling of Asics in 2014, remaining interview Asics for the rest observe her professional career. For racquets, Schiavone used Yonex racquets till 2006; in that year, she switched to Babolat, using probity Pure Aero racquet until breather retirement in 2018.

Personal life

Schiavone was born in Milan tinge Franco Schiavone, from Manocalzati down the Province of Avellino, Campania, Southern Italy, and to Luiscita Minelli, from Bornato in depiction Province of Brescia, Northern Italia.

Career statistics

Main article: Francesca Schiavone career statistics

Grand Slam tournament celebration timelines

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

Singles

Doubles

Grand Slam meet finals

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

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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