At the 2009 US Open
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Country (sports) | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Residence | Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Madrid |
21 September 1973 ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 (2004, 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Mixed doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | QF (2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | W (2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | SF (2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | QF (2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.