Virginie Razzano
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Virginie Razzano is a French
professional tennis
player and the current French No. 4. Razzano, who was born in Dijon
, has won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007 in Guangzhou
and Tokyo. Razzano reached her career high ranking of World No. 16 on September 14, 2009. As of May 2011, she is ranked World No. 93.
to play in the Fed Cup
first round when Tatiana Golovin
had an injury and when Marion Bartoli
and Émilie Loit
were suspended. However, she was replaced by Séverine Brémond Beltrame for injury in quarter final of this tournament.
6–2, 6–4 in the second round of the U.S. Open. On January 2, 2007, she upset former world number 5 Daniela Hantuchová
6–1, 7–5 in the second round at the ASB Classic
tournament in Auckland, New Zealand. Later on, on June 27, 2007, she was upset by unseeded Yvonne Meusburger
4–6, 5–7 in the first round at Wimbledon
. On August 25, 2007, she lost in her second WTA Tour Final to Gisela Dulko
at Forest Hills.
On September 30, 2007, Razzano won her first career singles title in Guangzhou
, China. Razzano, the number 2 seed, defeated first-time finalist, 34-year-old Israeli Tzipora Obziler 6–0, 6–3 to claim the title and become the 2007 Guangzhou International Women's Open
Champion. The defending champion was Anna Chakvetadze
, who was ranked No.5 in the world. A week later, she claimed her second career title, also in Asia, shocking former No.1 Venus Williams
, 4–6, 7–6(7), 6–4 at the Japan Open Tennis Championships
in Tokyo.
in the first round of the Sydney Medibank International 6–1, 2–6, 7–5. In the third set, Razzano was ahead 5–2, only to see Ivanović win the next 5 games, and proceed to the quarter finals.
In August she was a member of the French team that competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
.
. In her next tournament, Razzano was lost to eventual champion Petra Kvitová
in the semifinals in Hobart
.
At the 2009 Australian Open
, she beat Jarmila Gajdošová
and 14th seeded Patty Schnyder
en route to the third round, where she lost to Dominika Cibulková
, 7–5, 7–5.
Razzano fell in the first round of the 2009 Open GDF Suez
to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
6–4, 6–1. However she rebounded at the 2009 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships
she upset World No. 2 Dinara Safina
6–4, 6–2 to progress to the third round. This was her first win over a current member of the world's top 5. She followed this up by defeating Daniela Hantuchová
6–2, 1–6, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, she defeated World No. 5 Vera Zvonareva
7–6(7), 7–5, achieving two wins over Top 5 opponents in three days. In the semifinals she defeated Estonia
's Kaia Kanepi
with a scoreline of 6–1, 6–2 now leading their head to head encounters 4–2 after having lost their two previous matches. However she lost to reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams
6–4, 6–2 in the final.
Razzano defeated Yevgeniya Rodina 6–3, 6–4 in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. She had to retire in her second round match against 18th seed Kaia Kanepi
with a back injury while trailing 6–7(2), 0–1. She fell in the first round of Miami to Julia Görges
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(4).
At Ponte Vedra Beach, Razzano defeated Akgul Amanmuradova
6–2, 6–4 in the first round but lost in the second round to second seed and eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki
6–3, 7–5. Razzano reached the quarterfinals of Charleston as the number 13 seed but lost again to Wozniacki 6–2, 6–0. She was defeated in the second round of the 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
by the World No. 1 and eventual champion Dinara Safina
7–6(1), 6–1. She lost to Elena Vesnina
7–5, 6–3 in the second round of Madrid.
At the French Open, Razzano was unseeded and defeated former World No. 5 Daniela Hantuchová
6–3, 6–3 in the first round. She then thrashed 18th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–2, 6–2 in the second round and beat Tathiana Garbin
in the third round 7–5, 7–5. She lost in the fourth round to 30th seed Samantha Stosur
6–1, 6–2. As a result of these wins, Razzano's ranking improved to World No. 26.
After withdrawing from a tournament in Birmingham
with a lower back injury, Razzano entered the tournament in Eastbourne
where she was unseeded. She defeated fellow Frenchwoman Alizé Cornet
7–6, 6–2 in the first round. She then beat the top seed and World No. 4 Elena Dementieva
6–0, 3–6, 7–6(4). She followed this win up with a 7–6(5), 7–5 win over 8th seed and defending champion Agnieszka Radwańska
in the quarterfinals and in the semi-final was 6–4 1–0 up when Marion Bartoli
was forced to retire with a right quat strain. She lost in the final to sixth seed Caroline Wozniacki
7–6(5), 7–5. However, Razzano's ranking improved to World No. 23, the highest ranking of her career.
At Wimbledon, Razzano was seeded 26th. In the first round, her opponent Tamira Paszek
retired after falling behind 6–0, 3–1. After a defeat over Jill Craybas
in the second round, her third round opponent Vera Zvonareva
withdrew to allow Razzano to her first Wimbledon fourth round. Razzano then fell, 6–2, 7–6, to Francesca Schiavone
in the fourth round. Despite this loss, Razzano reached a new career high ranking of World No. 17.
Razzano started her US Open Series campaign in Los Angeles where she was seeded 11th. She lost in the first round to Anna Chakvetadze
7–6(5), 6–3. She was seeded 16th at Cincinnati but also lost in the first round to Anna-Lena Grönefeld
6–3, 3–6, 6–4. Razzano played her last tournament before the US Open in New Haven. Unseeded in singles, she defeated World No. 20 Patty Schnyder
in three sets 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 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 6–4, 6–3 by Caroline Wozniacki
in the quarterfinals. Razzano was seeded 16th at the 2009 US Open
but suffered a surprise defeat in the first round to Yanina Wickmayer
6–4, 6–3.
Razzano continued her disappointing end to the season in Tokyo as the sixteenth seed, losing to Iveta Benešová
3–6, 7–6(5), 6–0 in the first round. She was forced to pull out of the 2009 China 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.
where she was seeded 5th. She defeated Monica Niculescu
7–5, 6–4 in the first round but she lost in the second round to Kimiko Date Krumm 3–6, 6–3, 6–2. She also fell 6–3, 6–0 to Daniela Hantuchová
in the first round of Sydney.
Razzano was seeded 18th at the 2010 Australian Open
but suffered another surprise defeat in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova
6–2, 6–3. This caused her to fall out of the top twenty on the world rankings. Another first-round defeat followed in Paris, where Razzano was defeated 6–3, 7–6(3) by Patty Schnyder
Razzano continued her season in Dubai where, as an unseeded player, defeated Selima Sfar
6–2, 6–2 in the first round before losing to World No. 22 and in-form Shahar Pe'er
6–2, 6–2 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 at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open
in Indian Wells where she defeated Kristina Barrois
6–3, 6–4 in the second round before losing to 32nd seed Maria Kirilenko
7–5, 6–3 in the third round.
At the 2010 US Open
she beat Klara Zakopalova and upset 13th seed Marion Bartoli
before losing to former No.1 Ana Ivanović
in the third round 7–5, 6–0.
at the Brisbane International
.
Prior to the 2011 French 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 the 24th-seeded Jarmila Gajdošová
in the first round but lost with a tally of 6–3, 6–1.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player and the current French No. 4. Razzano, who was born in Dijon
Dijon
Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....
, has won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007 in Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
and Tokyo. Razzano reached her career high ranking of World No. 16 on September 14, 2009. As of May 2011, she is ranked World No. 93.
2005
She was chosen by Georges GovenGeorges Goven
Georges Goven is a retired tennis player from France.Goven won the French Championships junior title in 1964, 1965, and 1966, and the Australian Championships juniors in 1964....
to play in the Fed Cup
Fed Cup
Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...
first round when Tatiana Golovin
Tatiana Golovin
Tatiana Golovin is an inactive French professional tennis player. She is best known for her explosive forehand, which was said to be one of the best at the time. She notably won the 2004 French Open mixed doubles event with Richard Gasquet, and reached the singles quarterfinal at the 2006 U.S....
had an injury and when Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
and Émilie Loit
Emilie Loit
Émilie Loit is a retired French professional female tennis player. She was born in Cherbourg, France.She rose to fame when she played against American superstar Serena Williams before losing 6–3, 6–7, 5–7 in a tough first round 2003 Australian Open match.In her career Loit has won three career...
were suspended. However, she was replaced by Séverine Brémond Beltrame for injury in quarter final of this tournament.
2006–2007
On August 31, 2006, Razzano upset the number eight seed Martina HingisMartina Hingis
Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
6–2, 6–4 in the second round of the U.S. Open. On January 2, 2007, she upset former world number 5 Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
6–1, 7–5 in the second round at the ASB Classic
ASB Classic
The ASB Classic is a tennis tournament held in Auckland, New Zealand. Held since 1986, this WTA Tour event is an International series tournament and is played on outdoor hardcourts during the first week of the year....
tournament in Auckland, New Zealand. Later on, on June 27, 2007, she was upset by unseeded Yvonne Meusburger
Yvonne Meusburger
Yvonne Meusburger is a tennis player from Austria. She is currently the country's third highest ranked female player. Her career high ranking is No. 60, a ranking she achieved on 19 November 2007.-Tennis career:...
4–6, 5–7 in the first round at Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
. On August 25, 2007, she lost in her second WTA Tour Final to Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko is an Argentine female tennis player, who will, as of 4 July 2011, be ranked World No. 51 in singles and No. 4 in doubles. Although she enjoyed a modest success in singles, reaching No. 26 on November 21, 2005, and winning four WTA Tour titles, her speciality has been doubles, where...
at Forest Hills.
On September 30, 2007, Razzano won her first career singles title in Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
, China. Razzano, the number 2 seed, defeated first-time finalist, 34-year-old Israeli Tzipora Obziler 6–0, 6–3 to claim the title and become the 2007 Guangzhou International Women's Open
Guangzhou International Women's Open
The Guangzhou International Women's Open is a tennis tournament held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Held since 2004, the inaugural tournament had Li Na as the first ever Chinese singles title winner. -Singles:-Doubles:-External links:* *...
Champion. The defending champion was Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Djambulilovna Chakvetadze is a Russian professional tennis player . On September 10, 2007, she reached her career-high professional singles ranking of World No. 5. She has won eight WTA Singles Titles and appeared in the 2007 US Open semifinals. As of July 4, 2011, Chakvetadze is ranked World...
, who was ranked No.5 in the world. A week later, she claimed her second career title, also in Asia, shocking former No.1 Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
, 4–6, 7–6(7), 6–4 at the Japan Open Tennis Championships
Japan Open Tennis Championships
The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. The championship includes both men's and women's, as well as singles and doubles competitions...
in Tokyo.
2008
On January 8, 2008, Razzano lost to Ana IvanovićAna Ivanovic
Ana Ivanović is a former world no. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of November 7, 2011, she is ranked 22th on the WTA rankings. She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open...
in the first round of the Sydney Medibank International 6–1, 2–6, 7–5. In the third set, Razzano was ahead 5–2, only to see Ivanović win the next 5 games, and proceed to the quarter finals.
In August she was a member of the French team that competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament....
.
2009
In her first match of 2009, Razzano was defeated by Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the first round in Auckland2009 ASB Classic - Singles
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year due to her pregnancy.Elena Dementieva won in the final 6–4, 6–1, against Elena Vesnina.-Seeds:# Elena Dementieva # Caroline Wozniacki ...
. In her next tournament, Razzano was lost to eventual champion Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová is a Czech professional tennis player. She has won seven WTA singles titles. As of 31 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 2. Kvitová won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 WTA Tour Championships singles titles...
in the semifinals in Hobart
2009 Moorilla Hobart International - Singles
Eleni Daniilidou was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.Petra Kvitová defeated Iveta Benešová in the final, 7-5, 6-1 to become the 2009 champion.-Seeds:# Flavia Pennetta # Patty Schnyder ...
.
At the 2009 Australian Open
2009 Australian Open - Women's Singles
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, due to a shoulder injury.Serena Williams won in the final 6–0, 6–3, against Dinara Safina.-Seeds:# Jelena Janković ...
, she beat Jarmila Gajdošová
Jarmila Gajdošová
Jarmila Gajdošová , known as Jarmila Groth from 2009 to 2011, is an Australian tennis player...
and 14th seeded Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...
en route to the third round, where she lost to Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009...
, 7–5, 7–5.
Razzano fell in the first round of the 2009 Open GDF Suez
2009 Open GDF Suez
The 2009 Open GDF Suez was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hardcourts. It was the 17th edition of the Open GDF Suez and was a Premier tournament on the 2009 WTA Tour...
to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Pavlyuchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player and a multiple junior Grand Slam champion. Her career-high rank of World No. 13 was achieved on 4 July 2011. From July 2007 to September 2009 she was coached at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France...
6–4, 6–1. However she rebounded at the 2009 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships
2009 Dubai Tennis Championships - Women's Singles
Elena Dementieva was the defending champion, but lost in the quartefinals to Venus Williams.Venus Williams won in the final, 6–4, 6–2, over Virginie Razzano.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round....
she upset World No. 2 Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....
6–4, 6–2 to progress to the third round. This was her first win over a current member of the world's top 5. She followed this up by defeating Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
6–2, 1–6, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, she defeated World No. 5 Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...
7–6(7), 7–5, achieving two wins over Top 5 opponents in three days. In the semifinals she defeated Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
's Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....
with a scoreline of 6–1, 6–2 now leading their head to head encounters 4–2 after having lost their two previous matches. However she lost to reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
6–4, 6–2 in the final.
Razzano defeated Yevgeniya Rodina 6–3, 6–4 in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. She had to retire in her second round match against 18th seed Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....
with a back injury while trailing 6–7(2), 0–1. She fell in the first round of Miami to Julia Görges
Julia Görges
Julia Görges is a professional tennis player from Germany. Görges reached career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 16 on 6 June 2011 and a doubles ranking of 31 on 6 June 2011...
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(4).
At Ponte Vedra Beach, Razzano defeated Akgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Amanmuradova is a professional female tennis player from Uzbekistan.In 2005, she reached her first ever WTA singles final in Tashkent, the capital of her home country. In the final she lost to 16-year old Michaëlla Krajicek of the Netherlands...
6–2, 6–4 in the first round but lost in the second round to second seed and eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
6–3, 7–5. Razzano reached the quarterfinals of Charleston as the number 13 seed but lost again to Wozniacki 6–2, 6–0. She was defeated in the second round of the 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
The 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 66th edition of the event known that year as the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier-level tournaments of...
by the World No. 1 and eventual champion Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....
7–6(1), 6–1. She lost to Elena Vesnina
Elena Vesnina
Elena Sergeevna Vesnina is a professional female tennis player from Russia. Her career high rank was #22, achieved on 12 October 2009...
7–5, 6–3 in the second round of Madrid.
At the French Open, Razzano was unseeded and defeated former World No. 5 Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
6–3, 6–3 in the first round. She then thrashed 18th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual...
6–2, 6–2 in the second round and beat Tathiana Garbin
Tathiana Garbin
Tathiana Garbin is an Italian tennis player. As of 17 May 2010, she is ranked World No. 56 in singles and No. 38 in doubles. Garbin is probably best known for her shocking defeat of the defending champion and the reigning World No. 1 Justine Henin in the second round of the 2004 French Open...
in the third round 7–5, 7–5. She lost in the fourth round to 30th seed Samantha Stosur
Samantha Stosur
Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...
6–1, 6–2. As a result of these wins, Razzano's ranking improved to World No. 26.
After withdrawing from a tournament in Birmingham
2009 AEGON Classic - Singles
Kateryna Bondarenko was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Zheng Jie # Kaia Kanepi # Aleksandra Wozniak ...
with a lower back injury, Razzano entered the tournament in Eastbourne
Eastbourne
Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...
where she was unseeded. She defeated fellow Frenchwoman Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet is a French professional tennis player and the current French number three . She was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, and has a career-high ranking of No. 11, achieved on 16 February 2009; as of 4 July 2011 she is ranked World No. 69...
7–6, 6–2 in the first round. She then beat the top seed and World No. 4 Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...
6–0, 3–6, 7–6(4). She followed this win up with a 7–6(5), 7–5 win over 8th seed and defending champion Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Radwanska
Agnieszka Radwańska is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.Her career high singles ranking is World No. 8, which she achieved on 22 February 2010. As of 24 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 8. In 2007, Radwańska became the first Polish player in history to claim a WTA Tour singles title when she...
in the quarterfinals and in the semi-final was 6–4 1–0 up when Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
was forced to retire with a right quat strain. She lost in the final to sixth seed Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
7–6(5), 7–5. However, Razzano's ranking improved to World No. 23, the highest ranking of her career.
At Wimbledon, Razzano was seeded 26th. In the first round, her opponent Tamira Paszek
Tamira Paszek
Tamira Shelah Paszek is a professional tennis player from Austria. As of July 4, 2011, she is the no.1 ranked tennis player from Austria in the WTA ranking, at No. 41....
retired after falling behind 6–0, 3–1. After a defeat over Jill Craybas
Jill Craybas
- Early years :Craybas was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team in National Collegiate Athletics Association competition from 1993 to...
in the second round, her third round opponent Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...
withdrew to allow Razzano to her first Wimbledon fourth round. Razzano then fell, 6–2, 7–6, to Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone is an Italian tennis player who turned professional in 1998. She won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She was also runner-up at the 2011 French Open. As of 24 October 2011, Schiavone's ranking is World...
in the fourth round. Despite this loss, Razzano reached a new career high ranking of World No. 17.
Razzano started her US Open Series campaign in Los Angeles where she was seeded 11th. She lost in the first round to Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Djambulilovna Chakvetadze is a Russian professional tennis player . On September 10, 2007, she reached her career-high professional singles ranking of World No. 5. She has won eight WTA Singles Titles and appeared in the 2007 US Open semifinals. As of July 4, 2011, Chakvetadze is ranked World...
7–6(5), 6–3. She was seeded 16th at Cincinnati but also lost in the first round to Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in April 2003.As of September 2011, Grönefeld is the No. 12 tennis player from Germany. She was coached and trained by Rafael Font de Mora in Scottsdale, Arizona until 2006...
6–3, 3–6, 6–4. Razzano played her last tournament before the US Open in New Haven. Unseeded in singles, she defeated World No. 20 Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...
in three sets 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 in the first round. Fifth seed Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Radwanska
Agnieszka Radwańska is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.Her career high singles ranking is World No. 8, which she achieved on 22 February 2010. As of 24 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 8. In 2007, Radwańska became the first Polish player in history to claim a WTA Tour singles title when she...
had to retire due to injury in the second round with the score at one set all. Razzano was defeated 6–4, 6–3 by Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
in the quarterfinals. Razzano was seeded 16th at the 2009 US Open
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...
but suffered a surprise defeat in the first round to Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world no. 22 and is the second-highest ranked female Belgian tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of world no. 12 on 19 April 2010...
6–4, 6–3.
Razzano continued her disappointing end to the season in Tokyo as the sixteenth seed, losing to Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová is a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of 7 and turned professional in 1998 in Prague. She has won two WTA Tour events and one Grand Slam in mixed doubles partnering with Jürgen Melzer at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.-2006–2008:In the 2006 Australian...
3–6, 7–6(5), 6–0 in the first round. She was forced to pull out of the 2009 China Open
2009 China Open (tennis)
The 2009 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the China Open, and was part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2009 ATP Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour...
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.
2010
Razzano started her 2010 campaign at the 2010 ASB Classic2010 ASB Classic
The 2010 ASB Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the ASB Classic, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...
where she was seeded 5th. She defeated Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu is a Romanian tennis player. As of October 24, 2011 she is ranked No. 29 at the WTA Tour Singles Ranking. Her highest WTA ranking is currently her present ranking in singles, reached on 24 Oct 2011, and No. 24 in doubles, reached on June 7, 2010.Niculescu was born in Slatina,...
7–5, 6–4 in the first round but she lost in the second round to Kimiko Date Krumm 3–6, 6–3, 6–2. She also fell 6–3, 6–0 to Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
in the first round of Sydney.
Razzano was seeded 18th at the 2010 Australian Open
2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....
but suffered another surprise defeat in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a professional Russian tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.-Career:...
6–2, 6–3. This caused her to fall out of the top twenty on the world rankings. Another first-round defeat followed in Paris, where Razzano was defeated 6–3, 7–6(3) by Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...
Razzano continued her season in Dubai where, as an unseeded player, defeated Selima Sfar
Selima Sfar
Selima Sfar is a Tunisian female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and has been ranked as high as 75th in the world . She has experienced most of her success in ITF tournaments, winning eleven singles tournaments and twenty doubles tournaments...
6–2, 6–2 in the first round before losing to World No. 22 and in-form Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is World No. 11, which she achieved on January 31, 2011 ....
6–2, 6–2 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 at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open
2010 BNP Paribas Open
The 2010 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2010. It was the 36th edition of the event, known this year as the BNP Paribas Open, and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on...
in Indian Wells where she defeated Kristina Barrois
Kristina Barrois
Kristina Barrois is a professional German tennis player who has won two German Tennis Championships and reached the second round of all four Grand Slam events, as well as the final of two WTA tournaments. She lives in Urexweiler, Marpingen. Her career high rank is World No...
6–3, 6–4 in the second round before losing to 32nd seed Maria Kirilenko
Maria Kirilenko
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko is a Russian professional tennis player. Kirilenko won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. Kirilenko reached no. 18, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in July 2008. She won the junior event at the 2002 Canadian...
7–5, 6–3 in the third round.
At the 2010 US Open
2010 US Open (tennis)
The 2010 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 30 to September 13, 2010 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States....
she beat Klara Zakopalova and upset 13th seed Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
before losing to former No.1 Ana Ivanović
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanović is a former world no. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of November 7, 2011, she is ranked 22th on the WTA rankings. She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open...
in the third round 7–5, 6–0.
2011
Virginie Razzano started off the year losing in the qualifying rounds to Vania KingVania King
Vania King is a Taiwanese American female tennis player. King won both the 2010 Wimbledon Women's Doubles and 2010 US Open Women's Doubles titles with Kazakh partner Yaroslava Shvedova....
at the Brisbane International
Brisbane International
The Brisbane International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association Tour...
.
Prior to the 2011 French Open
2011 French Open
The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 110th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
'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 the 24th-seeded Jarmila Gajdošová
Jarmila Gajdošová
Jarmila Gajdošová , known as Jarmila Groth from 2009 to 2011, is an Australian tennis player...
in the first round but lost with a tally of 6–3, 6–1.
Singles: 6 (2–4)
| Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
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| Grand Slam Grand Slam (tennis) The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and... tournaments (0) |
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| WTA Championships (0) | |
| Tier I (0) | Premier Mandatory (0) |
| Tier II (0) | Premier 5 (0/1) |
| Tier III (2/0) | Premier (0/1) |
| Tier IV & V (0/2) | International (0) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| Runner-up | 1. | October 17, 2004 | Tashkent Tashkent Open The Tashkent Open by Zeromax is a tennis tournament held in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. Held since 1999, this WTA Tour event is an International tournament and is played on outdoor hard courts.-Women's Singles:-Women's Doubles:... , Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
Hard |  Nicole VaidišováNicole Vaidišová Nicole Vaidišová is a retired Czech tennis player.Vaidišová was an Australian Open and French Open semifinalist and also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Vaidišová started playing tennis when she was six years old, enrolling to train at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Bradenton,... |
5–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | August 25, 2007 | Forest Hills, U.S. | Hard |  Gisela DulkoGisela Dulko Gisela Dulko is an Argentine female tennis player, who will, as of 4 July 2011, be ranked World No. 51 in singles and No. 4 in doubles. Although she enjoyed a modest success in singles, reaching No. 26 on November 21, 2005, and winning four WTA Tour titles, her speciality has been doubles, where... |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 1. | September 30, 2007 | Guangzhou Guangzhou International Women's Open The Guangzhou International Women's Open is a tennis tournament held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Held since 2004, the inaugural tournament had Li Na as the first ever Chinese singles title winner. -Singles:-Doubles:-External links:* *... , China |
Hard |  Tzipora ObzilerTzipora Obziler Tzipora Obziler is a former professional right-handed tennis player.She reached her career-high singles world ranking of #75 in on July 8, 2007, and doubles ranking of #149 on April 10, 2000.... |
6–0, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | October 6, 2007 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard |  Venus WilliamsVenus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate... |
4–6, 7–6(7), 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | February 21, 2009 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a... |
Hard | Venus Williams Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate... |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 4. | June 20, 2009 | Eastbourne, Great Britain | Grass |  Caroline WozniackiCaroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks... |
7–6(5), 7–5 |
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
| Winner | 1. | February 11, 2001 | Paris Open Gaz de France Open GDF Suez, formerly Open Gaz de France, is a Premier level tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Paris, France. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on indoor hardcourts.... , France |
Carpet |  Iva MajoliIva Majoli Iva Majoli Marić is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997. Majoli also won eight singles titles and one women's doubles title during her career.-Career:Majoli turned professional in 1991 at the age... |
Kimberly Po Kimberly Po Kimberly Po-Messerli is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During her career, Po won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000...  Nathalie TauziatNathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000.... |
6–3, 7–5 |
Grand Slam singles performance timetable
| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | W–L |
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 11–11 |
| French Open | LQ | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 10–14 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | A | 2R | 11–10 |
| US Open | A | A | LQ | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 12–12 |