Francesca Schiavone

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Country	Italy
Residence	London, England
Date of birth	23 June 1980
Place of birth	Milan, Italy
Height	1.66m (5 ft 5 1/2 in)
Weight	65kg (141 lbs)
Turned Pro	1998
Plays	Right (one-handed backhand)
Career Prize Money	$2,062,560
Singles
Career record:	283-192
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	11 (January 30, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4r (2006)
French Open	QF (2001)
Wimbledon	3r (2003)
U.S. Open	QF (2003)
Doubles
Career record:	84-92
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 25 (March 21, 2005)

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She has finished the 2005 season on the WTA Tour ranked #13 in the world in singles. She has yet to win a singles title on the WTA tour but has reached eight finals, six of them since the Autumn of 2005. Schiavone has also been to two Grand Slam Quarter Finals in her career; once in her debut at the French Open in 2001 and again at the US Open in 2003. She is however yet to win a major title. She and her Italian team mates Mara Santangelo, Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci beat the Belgium team 3-2 in the 2006 Fed Cup final. Justine Henin-Hardenne 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] The Womens Tennis Association, is also known as the WTA Tour, and is to womens tennis what the ATP is to mens tennis. ... The Womens Tennis Association, is also known as the WTA Tour, and is to womens tennis what the ATP is to mens tennis. ... Mara Santangelo (born June 28, 1981 in Latina, Italy) is a professional female tennis player from Italy. ... Flavia Pennetta (February 25, 1982) is an Italian tennis player. ... Roberta Vinci is an Italian tennis player, who reached the semi-finals of the womens doubles competition with Sandrine Testud at the French Open in 2004. ... Schedule and results of the 2006 Fed Cup. ... Justine Henin-Hardenne ( ) (born June 1, 1982 in Liège) is a former World No. ...

Schiavone is widely reconginzed as the best player on the WTA Tour never to have won a singles title.

Titles (7)

Singles (0)

Singles Finalist (8)

• 2000: Tashkent (lost to Iroda Tulyaganova)
• 2003: Canberra (lost to Meghann Shaughnessy)
• 2005: Bali (lost to Lindsay Davenport)
• 2005: Moscow (lost to Mary Pierce)
• 2005: Hasselt (lost to Kim Clijsters)
• 2006: Sydney (lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
• 2006: Amelia Island (lost to Nadia Petrova)
• 2006: Luxembourg (lost to Alona Bondarenko)

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Doubles (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	September 13, 1998	Edinburgh, Great Britain	Clay	Antonella Serra Zanetti	Louise Latimer and Helen Reesby	6-3 6-3
2.	July 29, 2001	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Joanette Kruger	Yulia Beygelzimer and Anastassia Rodionova	6-4 6-0
3.	May 2, 2004	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	Gisela Dulko and Patricia Tarabini	3-6 6-2 6-1
4.	February 26, 2005	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Alicia Molik	Cara Black and Liezel Huber	6-3 6-4
5.	February 25, 2006	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Kveta Peschke	Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova	3-6 7-6 6-3
6.	October 1, 2006	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Hard Indoors	Kveta Peschke	Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Liezel Huber	2-6 6-4 6-1
7.	October 15, 2006	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Kveta Peschke	Iveta Benesova and Galina Voskoboeva	6-4 6-7 6-1

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References

1. ^ Italy wins the Fed Cup for the first time, fedcup.com, September 17

External links

• WTA Tour profile for Francesca Schiavone
• A forum dedicated to Francesa Schiavone