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| Country (sports) |  France |
|---|---|
| Residence | Nîmes, France |
| Born | (1983-05-12)12 May 1983 (age 42) Dijon, France |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Turned pro | 1999 |
| Retired | 6 December 2018 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $3,510,457 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 407–376 |
| Career titles | 2WTA, 5ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 16 (14 September 2009) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2001,2006,2008,2009) |
| French Open | 4R (2009) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2009) |
| US Open | 4R (2006) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 60–88 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 5 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 82 (12 February 2001) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2002) |
| French Open | 2R (2000) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2001, 2005) |
| US Open | QF (2008) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2008) |
| French Open | QF (2008) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2008) |
| US Open | 2R (2008) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | W (2003) |
Virginie Razzano (born 12 May 1983) is a French former professionaltennis player. She won twoWTA Tour singles titles, both in 2007. Razzano reached her career-highWTA singles ranking of No. 16 on 14 September 2009. She representedFrance in theFed Cup from 2001 to 2014; her overall Fed Cup win–loss record is 16–9 (singles 10–5, doubles 6–4).[1]
She was chosen byGeorges Goven to play in theFed Cup first round whenTatiana Golovin had an injury andMarion Bartoli andÉmilie Loit were suspended. However, she was replaced bySéverine Brémond Beltrame because of injury in the quarterfinals.
On 31 August 2006, Razzano upset eighth seedMartina Hingis in the second round of theUS Open. On 2 January 2007, she defeated former world No. 5,Daniela Hantuchová, in straight sets in the second round at theAuckland Open. In the first round atWimbledon, she was upset by unseededYvonne Meusburger. AtForest Hills, she lost in her second WTA Tour final toGisela Dulko.
On 30 September 2007, Razzano won her first singles title in Guangzhou. As the No. 2 seed, she defeated first-time finalist, 34-year-old IsraeliTzipora Obziler, to claim the title and become the 2007Guangzhou International Women's Open champion. A week later, she claimed her second career title, also in Asia, beating former No. 1Venus Williams in three sets at theJapan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo.
On 8 January, Razzano lost toAna Ivanovic in the first round of the Sydney International in three sets. In the third set, Razzano was ahead 5–2, only to see Ivanovic win the next five games, and eventually proceed to the semifinals.
In August, she was a member of the French team that competed at theBeijing Olympics.[2]
In her first match of the year, Razzano was defeated byBarbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the first round inAuckland. At theHobart International, Razzano reached the semifinal where she lost toPetra Kvitová.[3] Ranked 56 at theAustralian Open, Razzano beat Jarmila Gajdošová and 14th seeded Patty Schnyder en route to the third round, where she lost to 18th seed Dominika Cibulková.[4]
Razzano fell in the first round of theOpen GdF Suez toAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova.[5] However, she rebounded at theDubai Tennis Championships. She advanced to the final after victories over Kateryna Bondarenko, second seed Dinara Safina, Daniela Hantuchová, fifth seed Vera Zvonareva, and 16h seed Kaia Kanepi. She was defeated in the final by sixth seed Venus Williams.[6]
In March, Razzano competed at theIndian Wells Open. After beating Evgeniya Rodina, she was forced to retire during her second-round match against 18th seed Kaia Kanepi due to a back injury. Razzano fell in the first round of theMiami Open to qualifierJulia Görges.
AtPonte Vedra Beach, Razzano defeatedAkgul Amanmuradova in the first round, but lost in the second round to second seed and eventual championCaroline Wozniacki. Razzano reached the quarterfinals of Charleston as the 13th seed, but lost again to Wozniacki, again in straight sets. She was defeated in the second round of theInternazionali d'Italia by world No. 1 and eventual champion,Dinara Safina. She lost toElena Vesnina in the second round of Madrid.
At theFrench Open, Razzano was unseeded and defeated former world No. 5, Daniela Hantuchová, in the first round. She then thrashed 18th seedAnabel Medina Garrigues in two sets, in the second round and beatTathiana Garbin in the third round in two tight sets. She lost in the fourth round to 30th seedSamantha Stosur. As a result of these wins, Razzano's ranking improved to world No. 26.
After withdrawing from a tournament inBirmingham with a lower back injury, Razzano entered the tournament in Eastbourne, where she was unseeded. She defeated fellow FrenchwomanAlizé Cornet in the first round. She then beat the top seed and world No. 4,Elena Dementieva, winning the decisive third-set tiebreak. She followed this win up with a win over eighth seed and defending champion,Agnieszka Radwańska, in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, she was up 6–4, 1–0 when Marion Bartoli was forced to retire with a right quad strain. She lost in the final to sixth seed Caroline Wozniacki. However, Razzano's ranking improved to world No. 23.
AtWimbledon, Razzano was seeded 26th. In the first round, her opponentTamira Paszek retired after falling behind 6–0, 3–1. After a win overJill Craybas in the second round, her third-round opponentVera Zvonareva withdrew to allow Razzano to her first Wimbledon fourth round. Razzano then fell, 2–6, 6–7, toFrancesca Schiavone in the fourth round. Despite this loss, Razzano reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 17.
Razzano started herUS Open Series campaign in Los Angeles, where she was seeded 11th. She lost in the first round toAnna Chakvetadze. She was seeded 16th atCincinnati, but also lost in the first round toAnna-Lena Grönefeld. Razzano played her last tournament before the US Open inNew Haven. Unseeded in singles, she defeated world No. 20,Patty Schnyder in three sets, in the first round. Fifth seed Agnieszka Radwańska had to retire due to injury in the second round with the score at one set all. Razzano was defeated by Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. Razzano was seeded 16th at theUS Open, but suffered a surprise defeat in the first round to eventual semifinalistYanina Wickmayer.
Razzano continued her disappointing end to the season in Tokyo as the 16th seed, losing toIveta Benešová, in the first round. She was forced to pull out of theChina Open due to a left calf strain. This turned out to be the end of Razzano's season. She finished her best season on tour ranked world No. 19.
Razzano started her 2010 campaign at theAuckland Open, where she was seeded fifth. She defeated Monica Niculescu in the first round, but she lost in the second round toKimiko Date-Krumm. She also fell 3–6, 0–6 to Daniela Hantuchová in the first round in Sydney. Razzano was seeded 18th at theAustralian Open, but suffered another surprise defeat in the first round toEkaterina Makarova. This caused her to fall out of the top 20 in the world rankings. Another first-round defeat followed in Paris, where she lost to Patty Schnyder. Razzano continued her season in Dubai where, as an unseeded player, she defeatedSelima Sfar in the first round, before losing to world No. 22 and in-formShahar Pe'er, in the second round. Due to her not defending her points from reaching the final the previous year, Razzano saw a huge change in her ranking as it fell to world No. 39. Razzano next competed atIndian Wells where she defeatedKristina Barrois in the second round, before losing to 32nd seedMaria Kirilenko in the third. At theUS Open, she beatKlara Zakopalova and upset 13th seed Marion Bartoli, before losing to former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic in the third round.
Razzano started off the year losing in the second qualifying round toVania King at theBrisbane International.
Prior to theFrench Open's start, Razzano's fiancé and former coach, Stephane Vidal, died of a brain tumor. She elected to play despite her loss, knowing that Vidal encouraged her to participate at Roland Garros. She met 24th-seededJarmila Gajdošová in the first round, but lost with a score of 3–6, 1–6.[7]
At theFrench Open, Razzano handed the No. 5 seedSerena Williams her first-ever singles first-round defeat in a Grand Slam tournament. Razzano came back from a set and 1–5 down in the second-set tie-break to emerge victorious in three sets. At the time, Razzano was ranked 106 places lower than Williams, who was the favourite for the title entering the tournament.[8] She was up 5–0 in the final set at one point and needed eight match points to close out the match. She lost toArantxa Rus in the second round, in straight sets.
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Razzano began the season at theBrisbane International. She lost in the first round of qualifying to Kaia Kanepi.[9]
In May, Razzano reached the singles semifinals of theInternationaux de Strasbourg for the second consecutive year. She lost her semifinal match narrowly toCaroline Garcia. Three Frenchwomen - Razzano, Garcia andKristina Mladenovic - reached the semifinals of that tournament. The last time three Frenchwomen made it this far at a WTA tournament was in 2006, whenTatiana Golovin,Mary Pierce andAmélie Mauresmo advanced to the semifinals of theOpen Gaz de France, with Mauresmo eventually winning the singles title.[10]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | 2R | Q2 | Q3 | Q3 | A | 12–13 |
| French Open | Q1 | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | Q3 | A | 15–18 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | Q2 | A | A | 8–13 |
| US Open | A | A | Q3 | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | A | A | 10–15 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–4 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 45–59 |
| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3–7 |
| French Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1–19 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2–7 |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | QF | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 5–6 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 11–39 |
| Legend |
|---|
| Premier M & Premier 5 (0–1) |
| Premier (0–1) |
| International (2–2) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2004 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | Tier IV[a] | Hard |  Nicole Vaidišová | 7–5, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2007 | Forest Hills Classic, United States | Tier IV | Hard |  Gisela Dulko | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Sep 2007 | Guangzhou International, China | Tier III[a] | Hard |  Tzipora Obziler | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–2 | Oct 2007 | Japan Women's Open | Tier III | Hard |  Venus Williams | 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Feb 2009 | Dubai Championships, UAE | Premier 5 | Hard | Venus Williams | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jun 2009 | Eastbourne International, UK | Premier | Grass |  Caroline Wozniacki | 6–7(5–7), 5–7 |
| Legend |
|---|
| Premier M & Premier 5 |
| Premier (1–0) |
| International |
| Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Feb 2001 | Open GDF Suez, France | Tier II[a] | Carpet (i) |  Iva Majoli | Kimberly PoNathalie Tauziat | 6–3, 7–5 |
