27 Facts About Aravane Rezai

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Aravane Rezai has defeated many top players on the WTA Tour, such as Justine Henin, Venus Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina, Francesca Schiavone, Caroline Wozniacki, Marion Bartoli, Flavia Pennetta, Jelena Jankovic and Ai Sugiyama.

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Aravane Rezai's career-high ranking was No 15, achieved on 11 October 2010.

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Aravane Rezai took up tennis after a childhood stint as her older brother's ball girl.

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Aravane Rezai struggled through to the third round of the tournament, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan along the way.

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Aravane Rezai fell to Nicole Vaidisova, in a hard-fought three-setter.

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Aravane Rezai competed on the ITF Circuit throughout the year, reaching the final of two tournaments, as well as winning one in the later part of the year on the hard courts of France.

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At the International clay tournament of Istanbul, Aravane Rezai reached the final by beating world No 29 Venus Williams in the second round and world No 2 Maria Sharapova in the semifinal.

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Aravane Rezai ended an appalling year with yet another ITF title in Deauville, France, losing only one set en route to her victory.

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Aravane Rezai reached the final of the ASB Classic in Auckland despite being unseeded.

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Aravane Rezai's year stagnated with early losses in the first and second rounds of tournaments and her only other grand success of the year came on the clay of Morocco in mid-spring, where she reached the semifinals before falling to Gisela Dulko.

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Aravane Rezai then lost at the US Open to Sabine Lisicki in the first round, her earliest loss ever at Flushing Meadows.

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12.

At the Swedish Open Aravane Rezai cruised through the finals with wins over Arantxa Parra Santonja and Lucie Safarova, finally facing Gisela Dulko.

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Aravane Rezai obtained an invite from the Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association to play in the Hong Kong Tennis Classic with Caroline Wozniacki and Stefan Edberg for Team Europe, but they lost to Team Russia in the final of Gold Group.

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14.

Aravane Rezai returned to form at Dallas WTA tournament, where she reached the final.

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Aravane Rezai started her year playing in Auckland, where she lost in the first round to Peng Shuai.

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Aravane Rezai would go on to falling in round one of the Australian Open.

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At the French Open, Aravane Rezai she lost in the first round to Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu three sets.

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18.

Aravane Rezai reached two ITF finals this year with a victory in final at the Open 88 tournament in Contrexeville.

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19.

Aravane Rezai announced her return to professional tennis after more than one-year absence, by taking a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the French Open, losing to compatriot Julie Coin in the first round.

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20.

Aravane Rezai did not play a tournament again until 2017, when she played a total of three ITF tournaments in France, but won only one match across the three, against Maria Novikova.

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21.

Aravane Rezai played one tournament each in November 2018 and in July 2019, again falling in the early rounds of each.

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22.

Aravane Rezai told the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting that she supported Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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23.

The footage of Aravane Rezai presenting her tennis rackets to Ahmadinejad was used in his official campaign advertisement video during his 2009 presidential election campaign.

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24.

Aravane Rezai's father, Arsalan Aravane Rezai, who was a member of her coaching team, has repeatedly been the focus of controversial allegations of violence and abuse.

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25.

Aravane Rezai was denied training funds that are typically available to all French players, and she was banned in 2007 from training with other players at Roland Garros because of her father's dispute with the French Fed Cup captain.

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26.

Aravane Rezai is well known for her hard hitting games and hits the ball with immense power; players often cite her as finishing the point a lot quicker.

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27.

Aravane Rezai is a player to watch out for in the future.

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