Virginia Ruano Pascual

Virginia Ruano Pascual
	At the 2009 US Open
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Madrid
Born	21 September 1973; Madrid
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 (12 April 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (2003)
French Open	QF (1995)
Wimbledon	4R (1998)
US Open	3R (1998, 1999, 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
Career titles	1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2004)
French Open	W (2001)
Wimbledon	SF (2009)
US Open	QF (2003)
Representing Spain
Olympic Games
Mediterranean Games

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

She had moderate success in singles, winning three career titles and reaching two Grand Slam quarterfinals and a top-30 ranking, but she had been far more successful in doubles where she 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).

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.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 10 titles, 6 runner-ups

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2000	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	2–6, 4–6
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	2–6, 5–7
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	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2003	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 2–6, 7–9
Runner-up	2003	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2003	US Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–3
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	US 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	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
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 title

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2001	French Open	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	Jaime Oncins Paola Suárez	7–5, 6–3

Summer Olympics

Doubles: 2 silver medals

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	2004	Athens	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Sun Tiantian Li Ting	3–6, 3–6
Silver	2008	Beijing	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Serena Williams Venus Williams	2–6, 0–6

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 titles

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV & V (3–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	18 May 1997	Welsh International Open, Cardiff	Clay	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	2.	26 April 1998	Budapest Grand Prix	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	3.	12 October 2003	Tashkent Open	Hard	Saori Obata	6–2, 7–6⁽²⁾

Doubles: 33 titles, 27 runner-ups

Legend before 2009	Legend starting in 2009
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	Score
Winner	1.	18 January 1998	Hobart International	Hard	Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–3
Winner	2.	26 April 1998	Budapest Grand Prix	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	3.	10 May 1998	Rome Masters	Clay	Paola Suárez	Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6⁽¹⁾, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	25 April 1999	Budapest Grand Prix	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Sandra Načuk	3–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	23 May 1999	Madrid Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	María Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner	6–2, 0–6, 6–0
Winner	5.	23 April 2000	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	10 July 2000	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	Silvia Farina Elia Rita Grande	4–6, 6–0, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Winner	6.	23 July 2000	Orange Prokom Open, Sopot	Clay	Paola Suárez	Åsa Carlsson Rita Grande	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	21 August 2000	Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven	Hard	Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	7 January 2001	Hobart International	Hard	Ruxandra Dragomir	Elena Likhovtseva Cara Black	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	4 March 2001	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco	Clay	Paola Suárez	Anabel Medina Garrigues María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	11 March 2001	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Paola Suárez	Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	22 April 2001	Family Circle Cup, Charleston	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Winner	7.	20 May 2001	Belgian Open, Antwerp	Clay	Els Callens	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	26 May 2001	Madrid Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 2–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Winner	9.	22 July 2001	French Community Championships, Knokke-Heist	Clay	Magüi Serna	Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie Andreea Vanc	6–4, 6–3
Winner	10.	24 February 2002	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá	Clay	Paola Suárez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 6–1
Winner	11.	3 March 2002	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco	Clay	Paola Suárez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	1 April 2002	Sony Ericcson Open, Miami	Hard	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 3–6
Winner	12.	19 May 2002	Rome Masters	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–3, 6–4
Winner	13.	18 August 2002	Canada Masters, Montreal	Hard	Paola Suárez	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Winner	14.	14 September 2002	Brasil Open, Bahia	Hard	Paola Suárez	Émilie Loit Rossana de los Ríos	6–4, 6–1
Winner	15.	29 September 2002	Wismilak International, Bali	Hard	Cara Black	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–3
Winner	16.	13 April 2003	Family Circle Cup, Charleston	Clay	Paola Suárez	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	20 April 2003	MPS Group Championships, Amelia Island	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	5–7, 2–6
Winner	17.	11 May 2003	German Open, Berlin	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	18.	23 August 2003	Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven	Hard	Paola Suárez	Alicia Molik Magüi Serna	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	19 October 2003	Zurich Open	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–7⁽³⁾, 2–6
Winner	19.	10 November 2003	WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	5 January 2004	Auckland Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–3, 1–6
Winner	20.	21 March 2004	Pacific Life Open, Indian Wells	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–1, 6–2
Winner	21.	18 April 2004	Family Circle Cup, Charleston	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	12.	10 May 2004	Rome Masters	Clay	Paola Suárez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	19 July 2004	JPMorgan Chase Open, Los Angeles	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6⁽²⁾, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	14.	26 July 2004	Acura Classic, San Diego	Hard	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	17 October 2004	Kremlin Cup, Moscow	Carpet	Paola Suárez	Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	16.	24 October 2004	Zurich Open	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 4–6
Winner	22.	31 October 2004	Fortis Championships Luxembourg, Luxembourg City	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Jill Craybas Marlene Weingärtner	6–1, 6–7⁽¹⁾, 6–3
Winner	23.	5 March 2005	Dubai Tennis Championships	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	24.	19 March 2005	Pacific Life Open, Indian Wells	Hard	Paola Suárez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–1
Winner	25.	17 April 2005	Family Circle Cup, Charleston	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
Winner	26.	7 August 2005	Acura Classic, San Diego	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	17.	15 August 2005	Canada Masters, Toronto	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Martina Navratilova	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	18.	9 October 2005	Bangkok Open	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Shinobu Asagoe Gisela Dulko	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	19.	30 October 2005	Generali Ladies Linz	Hard (i)	Conchita Martínez	Gisela Dulko Květa Peschke	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	20.	17 January 2006	Medibank International, Sydney	Hard	Paola Suárez	Corina Morariu Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up	21.	18 March 2006	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	22.	16 April 2006	Family Circle Cup, Charleston	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Winner	27.	13 August 2006	East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles	Hard	Paola Suárez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–4
Winner	28.	24 September 2006	China Open, Beijing	Hard	Paola Suárez	Anna Chakvetadze Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–4
Winner	29.	1 October 2006	Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships, Seoul	Hard	Paola Suárez	Chia-jung Chuang Mariana Díaz Oliva	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	23.	13 January 2007	Hobart International	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	24.	9 April 2007	Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia Island	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Mara Santangelo Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Runner-up	25.	18 June 2007	Ordina Open, ‘s-Hertogenbosch	Grass	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	5–7, 2–6
Winner	30.	5 August 2007	Nordea Nordic Light Open, Stockholm	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chan Chin-wei Tetiana Luzhanska	6–1, 5–7, [10–6]
Winner	31.	11 January 2008	Hobart International	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	26.	15 June 2008	DFS Classic, Birmingham	Grass	Séverine Brémond	Cara Black Liezel Huber	2–6, 1–6
Winner	32.	27 July 2008	Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	27.	6 April 2009	Andalucia Tennis Experience, Marbella	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 3–6
Winner	33.	22 May 2010	Polsat Warsaw Open	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Cara Black Yan Zi	6–3, 6–4

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
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

Doubles

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
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 defended it in 1994

External links

Virginia Ruano Pascual at the Women's Tennis Association
Virginia Ruano Pascual at the International Tennis Federation
Virginia Ruano Pascual at the Fed Cup

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