38 Facts About Virginie Razzano

Virginie Razzano was born on 12 May 1983 and is a French former professional tennis player.

Virginie Razzano won two WTA Tour singles titles, both of them in 2007.

Virginie Razzano was chosen by Georges Goven to play in the Fed Cup first round when Tatiana Golovin had an injury and when Marion Bartoli and Emilie Loit were suspended.

On 30 September 2007, Virginie Razzano won her first singles title in Guangzhou.

At the Hobart International, Virginie Razzano reached the semifinal where she lost to Petra Kvitova.

Virginie Razzano fell in the first round of the Open GdF Suez to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Virginie Razzano was defeated in the final by sixth seed Venus Williams.

Virginie Razzano fell in the first round of the Miami Open to qualifier Julia Gorges.

At Ponte Vedra Beach, Virginie Razzano defeated Akgul Amanmuradova in the first round, but lost in the second round to second seed and eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki.

Virginie Razzano reached the quarterfinals of Charleston as the 13th seed, but lost again to Wozniacki, again in straight sets.

Virginie Razzano was defeated in the second round of the Internazionali d'Italia by world No 1 and eventual champion, Dinara Safina.

Virginie Razzano lost to Elena Vesnina in the second round of Madrid.

At the French Open, Virginie Razzano was unseeded and defeated former world No 5 Daniela Hantuchova in the first round.

Virginie Razzano then thrashed 18th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues in two sets, in the second round and beat Tathiana Garbin in the third round in two tight sets.

Virginie Razzano lost in the fourth round to 30th seed Samantha Stosur.

Virginie Razzano defeated fellow Frenchwoman Alize Cornet in the first round.

Virginie Razzano then beat the top seed and world No 4, Elena Dementieva, winning the decisive third-set tiebreak.

Virginie Razzano followed this win up with a win over eighth seed and defending champion, Agnieszka Radwanska, in the quarterfinals.

Virginie Razzano lost in the final to sixth seed Caroline Wozniacki.

Virginie Razzano started her US Open Series campaign in Los Angeles, where she was seeded 11th.

Virginie Razzano lost in the first round to Anna Chakvetadze.

Virginie Razzano was seeded 16th at Cincinnati, but lost in the first round to Anna-Lena Gronefeld.

Virginie Razzano played her last tournament before the US Open in New Haven.

Virginie Razzano continued her disappointing end to the season in Tokyo as the 16th seed, losing to Iveta Benesova, in the first round.

Virginie Razzano was forced to pull out of the China Open due to a left calf strain.

Virginie Razzano finished her best season on tour ranked world No 19.

Virginie Razzano started her 2010 campaign at the Auckland Open, where she was seeded fifth.

Virginie Razzano defeated Monica Niculescu in the first round, but she lost in the second round to Kimiko Date-Krumm.

Virginie Razzano was seeded 18th at the Australian Open, but suffered another surprise defeat in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova.

Virginie Razzano continued her season in Dubai where, as an unseeded player, she defeated Selima Sfar in the first round, before losing to world No 22 and in-form Shahar Pe'er, in the second round.

Virginie Razzano next competed at Indian Wells where she defeated Kristina Barrois in the second round, before losing to 32nd seed Maria Kirilenko in the third.

Virginie Razzano started off the year losing in the second qualifying round to Vania King at the Brisbane International.

Virginie Razzano elected to play despite her loss, knowing that Vidal encouraged her to participate at Roland Garros.

At the French Open, Virginie Razzano handed the No 5 seed Serena Williams her first-ever singles first-round defeat in a Grand Slam tournament.

At the time, Virginie Razzano was ranked 106 places lower than Williams, who was the favourite for the title entering the tournament.

Virginie Razzano lost to Arantxa Rus in the second round, in straight sets.

Virginie Razzano lost in the first round of qualifying to Kaia Kanepi.

Virginie Razzano lost her semifinal match narrowly to Caroline Garcia.