Virginia Ruano Pascual
Country | Spain |
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Residence | Madrid, Spain |
Born |
Madrid, Spain | September 21, 1973
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Turned pro | January 1992 |
Retired | 2010 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $6,076,081 |
Singles | |
Career record | 395–353 |
Career titles | 3 WTA, 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 28 (April 12, 1999) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2003) |
French Open | QF (1995) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1998) |
US Open | 3R (1998–99, 2001) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 596–272 |
Career titles | 43 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) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | Silver medal (2004, 2008) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2004) |
French Open | W (2001) |
Wimbledon | SF (2009) |
US Open | QF (2003) |
Last updated on: 20 December 2011. |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Women's tennis | ||
Competitor for Spain | ||
2004 Athens | Doubles | |
2008 Beijing | 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 she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 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).
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.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 16 (10–6)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 2000 | French Open | Clay | Paola Suárez | Martina Hingis Mary Pierce | 6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 2001 | French Open | Clay | Paola Suárez | Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez | 6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 2002 | French Open | Clay | Paola Suárez | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2002 | Wimbledon | Grass | Paola Suárez | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 2002 | US Open | Hard | Paola Suárez | Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová | 6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2003 | Australian Open | Hard | Paola Suárez | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2003 | French Open | Clay | Paola Suárez | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama | 6–7(5), 6–2, 9–7 |
Runner-up | 2003 | Wimbledon | Grass | Paola Suárez | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama | 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 2003 | U.S. Open | Hard | Paola Suárez | Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova | 6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | Paola Suárez | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva | 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 2004 | French Open | Clay | Paola Suárez | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva | 6–0, 6–3 |
Winner | 2004 | U.S. Open | Hard | Paola Suárez | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva | 6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 2005 | French Open | Clay | Paola Suárez | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2006 | Wimbledon | Grass | Paola Suárez | Yan Zi Zheng Jie | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 2008 | French Open | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone | 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 2009 | French Open | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina | 6–1, 6–1 |
Mixed doubles: 1 (1–0)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 2001 | French Open | Clay | Tomás Carbonell | Jaime Oncins Paola Suárez | 7–5, 6–3 |
WTA Tour Finals
Singles 3 (3–0)
Legend |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0/0) |
Olympic Gold (0/0) |
WTA Championships (0/0) |
Tier I (0/0) |
Tier II (0/0) |
Tier III (0/0) |
Tier IV & V (3/0) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 1. | 18 May 1997 | Cardiff | Clay | Alexia Dechaume-Balleret | 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 26 April 1998 | Budapest | Clay | Silvia Farina Elia | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 12 October 2003 | Tashkent | Hard | Saori Obata | 6–2, 7–6(2) |
Doubles 78 (43–35)
Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
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Grand Slam tournaments (10/6) | |
Olympic Gold (0/2) | |
WTA Championships (1/0) | |
Tier I (11/11) | Premier Mandatory (0/0) |
Tier II (5/6) | Premier 5 (0/0) |
Tier III (7/4) | Premier (1/0) |
Tier IV & V (8/5) | International (0/1) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 1. | 18 January 1998 | Hobart | Hard | Paola Suárez | Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová |
7–6(6), 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 26 April 1998 | Budapest | Clay | Paola Suárez | Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo |
4–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 3. | 10 May 1998 | Rome | Clay | Paola Suárez | Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
7–6(1), 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 25 April 1999 | Budapest | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Evgenia Kulikovskaya Sandra Načuk |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 23 May 1999 | Madrid | Clay | Paola Suárez | Maria Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner |
6–2, 0–6, 6–0 |
Winner | 5. | 23 April 2000 | Hilton Head | Clay | Paola Suárez | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini |
7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 11 June 2000 | French Open | Clay | Paola Suárez | Martina Hingis Mary Pierce |
6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | 10 July 2000 | Palermo | Clay | Ruxandra Dragomir | Silvia Farina Elia Rita Grande |
6–4, 0–6, 7–6(6) |
Winner | 6. | 23 July 2000 | Sopot | Clay | Paola Suárez | Åsa Carlsson Rita Grande |
7–5, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 4. | 21 August 2000 | New Haven | Hard | Paola Suárez | Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama |
6–4, 5–7, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 7 January 2001 | Hobart | Hard | Ruxandra Dragomir | Elena Likhovtseva Cara Black |
6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 6. | 4 March 2001 | Acapulco | Clay | Paola Suárez | Anabel Medina Garrigues María José Martínez Sánchez |
6–4, 6–7(5), 7–5 |
Runner-up | 7. | 11 March 2001 | Indian Wells | Hard | Paola Suárez | Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama |
6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 8. | 22 April 2001 | Charleston | Clay | Paola Suárez | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
5–7, 7–6(5), 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | 20 May 2001 | Antwerp | Clay | Els Callens | Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans |
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 26 May 2001 | Madrid | Clay | Paola Suárez | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
7–5, 2–6, 7–6(4) |
Winner | 9. | 10 June 2001 | French Open | Clay | Paola Suárez | Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 10. | 22 July 2001 | Knokke-Heist | Clay | Magüi Serna | Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie Andreea Vanc |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 11. | 24 February 2002 | Bogotá | Clay | Paola Suárez | Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 12. | 3 March 2002 | Acapulco | Clay | Paola Suárez | Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik |
7–5, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 9. | 1 April 2002 | Miami | Hard | Paola Suárez | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
7–6(4), 6–7(4), 6–3 |
Winner | 13. | 19 May 2002 | Rome | Clay | Paola Suárez | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 14. | 9 June 2002 | French Open | Clay | Paola Suárez | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 10. | 24 June 2002 | Wimbledon | Grass | Paola Suárez | Serena Williams Venus Williams |
6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 15. | 18 August 2002 | Montreal | Hard | Paola Suárez | Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama |
6–4, 7–6(4) |
Winner | 16. | 8 September 2002 | US Open | Hard | Paola Suárez | Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 17. | 14 September 2002 | Bahia | Hard | Paola Suárez | Émilie Loit Rossana de los Ríos |
6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 18. | 29 September 2002 | Bali | Hard | Cara Black | Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 11. | 13 January 2003 | Australian Open | Hard | Paola Suárez | Serena Williams Venus Williams |
4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 19. | 13 April 2003 | Charleston | Clay | Paola Suárez | Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez |
6–0, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 12. | 20 April 2003 | Amelia Island | Clay | Paola Suárez | Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond |
7–5, 6–2 |
Winner | 20. | 11 May 2003 | Berlin | Clay | Paola Suárez | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama |
6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 13. | 8 June 2003 | French Open | Clay | Paola Suárez | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama |
6–7(5), 6–2, 9–7 |
Runner-up | 14. | 6 July 2003 | Wimbledon | Grass | Paola Suárez | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 21. | 23 August 2003 | New Haven | Hard | Paola Suárez | Alicia Molik Magüi Serna |
7–6(6), 6–3 |
Winner | 22. | 7 September 2003 | US Open | Hard | Paola Suárez | Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova |
6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 15. | 19 October 2003 | Zürich | Hard (i) | Paola Suárez | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama |
7–6(3), 6–2 |
Winner | 23. | 10 November 2003 | Los Angeles | Hard (i) | Paola Suárez | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 16. | 5 January 2004 | Auckland | Hard | Paola Suárez | Mervana Jugić-Salkić Jelena Kostanić Tošić |
7–6(6), 3–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 24. | 1 February 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | Paola Suárez | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 25. | 21 March 2004 | Indian Wells | Hard | Paola Suárez | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva |
6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 26. | 18 April 2004 | Charleston | Clay | Paola Suárez | Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond |
6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 17. | 10 May 2004 | Rome | Clay | Paola Suárez | Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy |
2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 27. | 3 June 2004 | French Open | Clay | Paola Suárez | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva |
6–0, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 18. | 19 July 2004 | Los Angeles | Hard | Conchita Martínez | Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy |
6–7(2), 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 19. | 26 July 2004 | San Diego | Hard | Paola Suárez | Cara Black Rennae Stubbs |
4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 20. | 22 August 2004 | Olympic Games | Hard | Conchita Martínez | Sun Tiantian Li Ting |
6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 28. | 11 September 2004 | US Open | Hard | Paola Suárez | Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova |
6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 21. | 17 October 2004 | Moscow | Carpet | Paola Suárez | Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva |
6–3, 4–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 22. | 24 October 2004 | Zürich | Hard (i) | Paola Suárez | Cara Black Rennae Stubbs |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 29. | 31 October 2004 | Luxembourg City | Hard (i) | Paola Suárez | Jill Craybas Marlene Weingärtner |
6–1, 6–7(1), 6–3 |
Winner | 30. | 5 March 2005 | Dubai | Hard | Paola Suárez | Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik |
6–7(7), 6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 31. | 19 March 2005 | Indian Wells | Hard | Paola Suárez | Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy |
7–6(3), 6–1 |
Winner | 32. | 17 April 2005 | Charleston | Clay | Conchita Martínez | Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke |
6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 33. | 4 June 2005 | French Open | Clay | Paola Suárez | Cara Black Liezel Huber |
4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 34. | 7 August 2005 | San Diego | Hard | Conchita Martínez | Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama |
6–7(7), 6–1, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 23. | 15 August 2005 | Toronto | Hard | Conchita Martínez | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Martina Navrátilová |
5–7, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 24. | 9 October 2005 | Bangkok | Hard | Conchita Martínez | Shinobu Asagoe Gisela Dulko |
6–1, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 25. | 30 October 2005 | Linz | Hard (i) | Conchita Martínez | Gisela Dulko Květa Peschke |
6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 26. | 17 January 2006 | Sydney | Hard | Paola Suárez | Corina Morariu Rennae Stubbs |
6–3, 5–7, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 27. | 18 March 2006 | Indian Wells | Hard | Meghann Shaughnessy | Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur |
6–2, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 28. | 16 April 2006 | Charleston | Clay | Meghann Shaughnessy | Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur |
3–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 29. | 8 July 2006 | Wimbledon | Grass | Paola Suárez | Zheng Jie Yan Zi |
6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 35. | 13 August 2006 | Los Angeles | Hard | Paola Suárez | Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 36. | 24 September 2006 | Beijing | Hard | Paola Suárez | Anna Chakvetadze Elena Vesnina |
6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 37. | 1 October 2006 | Seoul | Hard | Paola Suárez | Chia-jung Chuang Mariana Díaz-Oliva |
6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 30. | 13 January 2007 | Hobart | Hard | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina |
6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 31. | 9 April 2007 | Amelia Island | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Mara Santangelo Katarina Srebotnik |
6–3, 7–6(4) |
Runner-up | 32. | 18 June 2007 | ‘s-Hertogenbosch | Grass | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Chan Yung-Jan Chuang Chia-Jung |
7–5, 6–2 |
Winner | 38. | 5 August 2007 | Stockholm | Hard | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Chin-Wei Chan Tetiana Luzhanska |
6–1, 5–7, [10–6] |
Winner | 39. | 11 January 2008 | Hobart | Hard | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr |
6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 40. | 6 June 2008 | French Open | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone |
2–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 33. | 15 June 2008 | Birmingham | Grass | Séverine Brémond | Cara Black Liezel Huber |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 41. | 27 July 2008 | Portorož | Hard | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova |
6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 34. | 17 August 2008 | Olympic Games | Hard | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Serena Williams Venus Williams |
6–2, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 35. | 6 April 2009 | Marbella | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska |
6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 42. | 5 June 2009 | French Open | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina |
6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 43. | 22 May 2010 | Warsaw | Clay | Meghann Shaughnessy | Cara Black Yan Zi |
6–3, 6–4 |
Singles performance timeline
Tournament | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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Australian Open | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 2R | A |
French Open | LQ | LQ | LQ | QF | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | LQ | 1R | 2R | LQ |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | LQ | A |
US Open | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A |
Women's Doubles performance timeline
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | SR | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | 3R | F | W | 1R | QF | 1R | SF | 3R | 3R | 1 / 14 | 32–13 |
French Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | F | W | W | F | W | W | 2R | QF | W | W | 1R | 6 / 17 | 55–11 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | SF | F | F | SF | A | F | 3R | 3R | SF | 2R | 0 / 14 | 38–14 |
US Open | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | SF | 2R | 1R | 3R | W | W | W | SF | QF | 3R | SF | 3R | A | 3 / 16 | 42–13 |
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
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