Virginia Ruano Pascual

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**Virginia Ruano Pascual**

Country	Spain
Residence	Madrid, Spain
Date of birth	September 21, 1973 (1973-09-21) (age 34)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb/9.4 st)
Turned pro	January, 1992
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$5,331,767
Singles
Career record:	385-333
Career titles:	3 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 28 (April 12, 1999)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (2003)
French Open	QF (1995)
Wimbledon	4th Round (1998)
US Open	3rd Round ('98, '99, '01)
Doubles
Career record:	538-235
Career titles:	40 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (September 8, 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2004)
French Open	W (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008)
Wimbledon	F (2002, 2003, 2006)
US Open	W (2002, 2003, 2004)
Infobox last updated on: June 9, 2008.

Medal record
Woman's Tennis
Silver	2004 Athens	Doubles

Virginia Ruano Pascual (born September 21, 1973) is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.

She has won three career singles titles but that's not the area where she has been most successful. In doubles, she has won 40 titles, including nine Grand Slam titles (eight partnering Paola Suárez of Argentina and one partnering Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain)

Between 2002 and 2004 Virginia and Paola reached nine consecutive Grand Slam finals (won five, lost four) and they reached at least the semi-finals of the last twelve Grand Slam tournaments they played in (winning run came to an end when they lost in the Wimbledon semi-finals).

1 WTA Titles
- 1.1 Singles
2 Grand Slam finals
- 2.1 Doubles (15)
  - 2.1.1 Winner (9)
  - 2.1.2 Runner-up (6)
- 2.2 Mixed doubles (1)
  - 2.2.1 Winner (1)
3 Doubles Titles
4 Grand Slam women's doubles performance timeline
5 Awards
6 Others Facts
7 External links

[edit] WTA Titles

[edit] Singles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
Tier II Event (0)
Tier III Event (0)
Tier IV Event (3)
ITF Circuit (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 26, 1992	Bilbao, Spain	Clay	Claire Wegink	7–5, 6–2
2.	March 19, 1995	Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Magüi Serna	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
3.	August 18, 1996	New York City	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–3
4.	May 18, 1997	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Clay	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
5.	April 26, 1998	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
6.	April 29, 2001	Sarasota, Florida, U.S.	Clay	Maria Elena Camerin	6–0, 6–3
7.	October 12, 2003	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Saori Obata	6–2, 7–6

[edit] Grand Slam finals

[edit] Doubles (15)

[edit] Winner (9)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
2001	French Open	Paola Suárez	Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez	6–2, 6–1
2002	French Open (2)	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–2
2002	U.S. Open	Paola Suárez	Elena Dementieva Janette Husarova	6–2, 6–1
2003	U.S. Open (2)	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–2
2004	Australian Open	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
2004	French Open (3)	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 6–3
2004	U.S. Open (3)	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 7–5
2005	French Open (4)	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
2008	French Open (5)	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone	2–6, 7–5, 6–4

[edit] Runner-up (6)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
2000	French Open	Paola Suárez	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	6–2, 6–4
2002	Wimbledon	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–2, 7–5
2003	Australian Open	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2003	French Open (2)	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–7, 6–2, 9–7
2003	Wimbledon (2)	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 6–4
2006	Wimbledon (3)	Paola Suárez	Zi Yan Jie Zheng	6–3, 3–6, 6–2

[edit] Mixed doubles (1)

[edit] Winner (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
2000	French Open	Tomas Carbonell	Jaime Oncins Paola Suárez	7–5, 6–3

[edit] Doubles Titles

Legend
Grand Slam (9)
WTA Championships (1)
Tier I (11)
Tier II (5)
Tier III (7)
Tier IV & V (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	January 18, 1998	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husarova	7–6, 6–3
2.	April 26, 1998	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
3.	May 10, 1998	Rome, Italy	Clay	Paola Suárez	Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6, 6–4
4.	May 23, 1999	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Paola Suárez	Maria Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingartner	6–2, 0–6, 6–0
5.	April 23, 2000	Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martinez Patricia Tarabini	7–5, 6–3
6.	July 23, 2000	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Paola Suárez	Åsa Carlsson Rita Grande	7–5, 6–1
7.	May 20, 2001	Antwerp, Belgium	Clay	Els Callens	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
8.	May 26, 2001	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 2–6, 7–6
9.	June 10, 2001	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Jelena Dokić Conchita Martinez	6–2, 6–1
10.	July 22, 2001	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Magüi Serna	Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie Andreea Vanc	6–4, 6–3
11.	February 24, 2002	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Paola Suárez	Tina Krizan Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 6–1
12.	March 3, 2002	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Paola Suárez	Tina Krizan Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 6–1
13.	May 19, 2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martinez Patricia Tarabini	6–3, 6–4
14.	June 9, 2002	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–2
15.	August 18, 2002	Montreal	Hard	Paola Suárez	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 7–6
16.	September 8, 2002	US Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Elena Dementieva Janette Husarova	6–2, 6–1
17.	September 14, 2002	Bahia, Brazil	Hard	Paola Suárez	Emilie Loit Rossana de los Rios	6–4, 6–1
18.	September 29, 2002	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Cara Black	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–3
19.	April 13, 2003	Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Paola Suárez	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6–0, 6–3
20.	May 11, 2003	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
21.	August 23, 2003	New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.	Hard	Paola Suárez	Alicia Molik Magüi Serna	7–6, 6–3
22.	September 7, 2003	US Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–3
23.	November 10, 2003	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
24.	February 1, 2004	Australian Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
25.	March 21, 2004	Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–1, 6–2
26.	April 18, 2004	Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–1
27.	June 3, 2004	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 6–3
28.	September 11, 2004	US Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–4, 7–5
29.	October 31, 2004	Luxembourg	Hard (I)	Paola Suárez	Jill Craybas Marlene Weingartner	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
30.	March 5, 2005	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	6–7, 6–2, 6–1
31.	March 19, 2005	Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Paola Suárez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6, 6–1
32.	April 17, 2005	Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
33.	June 4, 2005	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
34.	August 7, 2005	San Diego, U.S.	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–7, 6–1, 7–5
35.	August 13, 2006	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Paola Suárez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–4
36.	September 24, 2006	Beijing, China	Hard	Paola Suárez	Anna Chakvetadze Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–4
37.	October 1, 2006	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Paola Suárez	Chia-jung Chuang Mariana Díaz-Oliva	6–2, 6–3
38.	August 5, 2007	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chin-Wei Chan Tetiana Luzhanska	6–1, 5–7, 10-6
39.	January 11, 2008	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Woehr	6–2, 6–4
40.	June 6, 2008	French Open	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone	2–6, 7–5, 6–4

[edit] Grand Slam women's doubles performance timeline

Note: if not otherwise noted, tournament played with Suárez

Tournament	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	Career
Australian Open	SF²	1r	QF	1r¹	W	F	3r	QF	2r	2r	2r	QF	-	1
French Open	W²	QF²	2r	W	W	F	W	W	F	2r	2r			5
Wimbledon		3r²	F	-	SF	F	F	SF	QF	3r	2r	1r	-	0
US Open		3r²	QF	SF¹	W	W	W	3r	1r	2r	SF	2r		3
WTA Tour Championships		-	-	SF¹	SF	W	QF	SF	QF	-	-	-	-	1

¹: Conchita Martinez
²: Anabel Medina Garrigues

[edit] Awards

Named WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year for third straight year for 2004 with partner Paola Suárez.
With partner Paola Suárez, received Premio Consagración Clarín al Mérito Deportivo 2003, an award presented to Argentine athletes for their achievements
With partner Paola Suárez, named 2002 WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year and 2002 ITF Women’s Doubles World Champions
In 1993 helped Spain recapture the Fed Cup title and defend it in 1994

[edit] Others Facts

Coached by her brother, Juan Ramon Ruano. Omitted the hyphen between her family names in 1998. Father, Juan Manuel, works for Iberia Airlines; mother, Virginia, is a housewife; brother, Juan Ramon, is a tennis pro at a club; sister, Marbella, works in administration. Hobbies include listening to music, watching sports (especially handball) and going to movies. Favorites include the actor Kevin Costner, Hawaii and paella.

[edit] External links

Virginia Ruano Pascual profile on the WTA Tour's official website