Patty Schnyder
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| Country (sports) |
 Switzerland
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| Residence | Basel, Switzerland |
| Born |
14 December 1978 Basel, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | 1994 |
| Retired | 2011–2015 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$8,432,332 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 597–387 (60.67%) |
| Career titles | 11 WTA, 5 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 7 (14 November 2005) |
| Current ranking | No. 299 (5 December 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2004) |
| French Open | QF (1998, 2008) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2007) |
| US Open | QF (1998, 2008) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | RR (2005) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 230–242 |
| Career titles | 5 WTA |
| Highest ranking | No. 15 (6 June 2005) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2009) |
| French Open | SF (2005) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2004) |
| US Open | SF (2004) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career record | 3–6 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2009) |
| French Open | 1R (2010) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (1998) |
| US Open | 1R (2004, 2009) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | F (1998) |
| Last updated on: 6 August 2016. | |
Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She reached number 7 in the world rankings. She twice defeated a reigning world no. 1 player in her career: Martina Hingis at the 1998 Grand Slam Cup and Jennifer Capriati at the 2002 Family Circle Cup. In addition, she defeated former number 1s Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki.
During her career she reached six Grand Slam singles quarterfinals and one Grand Slam singles semifinal. She won 11 WTA singles titles and 5 WTA doubles titles and earned over US$8.4 million in prize money.
In 1996, Schnyder made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the French Open. In 1997, she quickly rose up through the rankings, and by August 1998 she had entered the WTA top 10. However, Schnyder fell out of the top 10 in April 1999, and spent the next six years ranked in the 15–30 range before re-entering the top 10 in May 2005.
In December 2003, Schnyder married Rainer Hofmann, who had accompanied her on the WTA tour since 1999 and became her full-time tennis coach in early 2003.
Schnyder won 11 singles titles, including a victory in Zürich (Tier I Event) over American former no.1 Lindsay Davenport, and 5 doubles titles. Her first title on U.S. soil came in August 2005, when she won at Cincinnati's Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open. Schnyder is perhaps best known for defeating 4 top-10 players consecutively, including Serena Williams and then-world no.1 Jennifer Capriati, in 2002 at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, which is the largest women-only tennis event held in the United States.
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