Rossana de los Rios hitting ball in Albuquerque in 2008
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Country (sports) | Paraguay |
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Residence | Miami, USA/Asunción, Paraguay |
Born |
Asunción, Paraguay |
September 16, 1975
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Turned pro | 1989 |
Retired | 2010 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,077,550 |
Singles | |
Career record | 447–314 |
Career titles | 11 ITF titles |
Highest ranking | No. 51 (November 12, 2001) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2001, 2002) |
French Open | 4R (2000) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2002, 2009) |
US Open | 2R (2002, 2008) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 119–140 |
Career titles | 6 ITF titles |
Highest ranking | No. 52 (May 12, 2003) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2002, 2003) |
French Open | 2R (2003, 2008) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2002, 2003) |
US Open | 2R (2002) |
Last updated on: June 14, 2010. |
Rossana de los Ríos (born 16 September 1975) is a retired professional tennis player from Paraguay. She was born in the Paraguayan capital, Asunción, and now lives in Miami, USA, with her daughter Ana Paula Neffa de los Ríos and her husband Gustavo Neffa, a retired Paraguayan Association football player who played for Boca Juniors. Rossana achieved a career high singles ranking of No. 51 on 12 September 2001, and No. 52 in doubles on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. De los Ríos played doubles with Grand Slam champions such as Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, as well as Jelena Janković and Dinara Safina. Rossana is also a former world number one Junior player, having won the 1992 Roland Garros Juniors event. De los Ríos participated in six editions (1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009 and 2010) of the Australian Open. She was the only female tennis representative for Paraguay in the 1992 and 2000 Olympic Games.