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Virginia Ruano

Virginia Ruano Pascual
Virginia Ruano Pascual-2009-Sep-06.jpg
At the 2009 US Open
Country (sports)  Spain
Residence Madrid
Born (1973-09-21) 21 September 1973 (age 44)
Madrid
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro January 1992
Retired 2010
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money US$ 6,076,081
Singles
Career record 395–353
Career titles 3 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 28 (12 April 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 (8 September 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.svg 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)

Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spanish pronunciation: [biɾˈxinja ˈrwano pasˈkwal]; born 21 September 1973) is a Spanish former tennis player.

She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 titles, including 11 Grand Slam titles: ten women's doubles (eight partnering Paola Suárez of Argentina and two partnering Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain) and one mixed doubles (partnering Tomás Carbonell of Spain).

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

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.


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