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Competitor for Spain
Women's Tennis

Virginia Ruano Pascual
Country	Spain
Residence	Madrid, Spain
Date of birth	September 21, 1973 (age 36)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 61⁄2 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Turned pro	January, 1992
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$5,874,898
Singles
Career record	395–348
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	574–253
Career titles	42 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, 2009)
Wimbledon	F (2002, 2003, 2006)
US Open	W (2002, 2003, 2004)
Mixed Doubles
Career record
Career titles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	W (2000
	Last updated on: June 8, 2009.

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Ruano and the second is Pascual.

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 she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 42 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles (eight partnering Paola Suárez of Argentina and two 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 (16)
  - 2.1.1 Winner (10)
  - 2.1.2 Runner-up (6)
- 2.2 Mixed doubles (1)
  - 2.2.1 Winner (1)
3 Doubles Titles (42)
4 Grand Slam women's singles performance timeline
5 Grand Slam women's doubles performance timeline
6 Awards
7 Personal Life
8 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 final	Score in final
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 (16)

[edit] Winner (10)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in final	Score in 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 Husárová	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
2009	French Open (6)	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–1, 6–1

[edit] Runner-up (6)

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

[edit] Doubles Titles (42)

Legend
Grand Slam (10)
WTA Championships (1)
Tier I (11)
Tier II (5)
Tier III (7)
Tier IV & V (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in final	Score in final
1.	January 18, 1998	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová	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 Martínez Patricia Tarabini	7–5, 6–3
6.	July 23, 2000	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Paola Suárez	Asa 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 Martínez	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 Martínez 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 Husárová	6–2, 6–1
17.	September 14, 2002	Bahia, Brazil	Hard	Paola Suárez	Émilie Loit Rossana de los Ríos	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
41.	July 27, 2008	Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova	6–4, 6–1
42.	June 5, 2009	French Open	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–1, 6–1

[edit] Grand Slam women's singles performance timeline

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	-	-	1r	-	1r	2r	2r	2r	1r	3r	1r	QF	2r	1r	4r	2r	3r	2r	0 / 15	17-15
French Open	q	q	q	QF	1r	3r	3r	1r	-	2r	2r	1r	3r	2r	1r	1r	1r	2r	0 / 14	14-14
Wimbledon	-	-	-	1r	1r	2r	4r	1r	-	2r	2r	1r	3r	1r	2r	3r	2r		0 / 13	12-13
US Open	1r	1r	-	1r	1r	1r	3r	3r	2r	3r	1r	1r	2r	1r	2r	1r	2r		0 / 16	10-16
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0-1	0-1	0-1	4-3	0-4	4-4	8-4	3-4	1-2	6-4	2-4	4-4	6-4	1-4	5-4	3-4	4-4	2-2	N/A	53-58

[edit] Grand Slam women's doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	QF	2r	2r	2r	QF	3r	F	W	1r	QF	1r	SF	3r	1 / 13	29-12
French Open	1r	2r	2r	-	-	1r	2r	2r	F	W	W	F	W	W	2r	QF	W	W	6 / 16	54-10
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	1r	1r	2r	3r	QF	SF	F	F	SF	-	F	3r	3r	SF	0 / 13	32-13
US Open	2r	-	1r	-	1r	2r	SF	2r	1r	3r	W	W	W	SF	QF	3r	SF	3r	3 / 16	41-13
Grand Slam Win-Loss	1-2	1-1	1-2	0-0	0-2	4-4	7-4	5-4	9-4	15-3	19-2	20-3	21-1	10-2	11-4	6-4	16-3	8-1	N/A	154-46
WTA Tour Championships	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	QF	SF	QF	W	SF	SF	-	SF		1 / 7	3-6

Total Doubles Grand Slams played: 56
Total titles: 10
Total matches played: 200
Win/Loss record: 77%
Consecutive finals played: 9 (w/ Suarez)

[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] Personal Life

Her father, Juan Manuel, works for Iberia Airlines; her mother, Virginia, is a housewife. Her brother, Juan Ramon, is a tennis pro at a club and also serves as her coach and her sister, Marbella, works in administration. Initially, she hyphenated her family names, but she has omitted the hyphen since 1998.

Her hobbies include listening to music, watching sports (especially handball) and going to movies, especially those of Kevin Costner. She considers paella her favorite food and likes traveling to Hawaii.

[edit] External links

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

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