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María Virginia Francesa (born 25 March 1974) is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player.

María Virginia Francesa

Country (sports)	Venezuela
Born	(1974-03-25) 25 March 1974 (age 48)
Prize money	$10,975
Singles
Career record	38–30
Highest ranking	No. 311 (30 Nov 1992)
Doubles
Career record	30–27
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 380 (14 Sep 1992)
Medal record Central American and Caribbean Games 1993 Ponce Women's doubles 1993 Ponce Women's singles 1990 Mexico City Women's team 1993 Ponce Women's team South American Games 1994 Valencia Mixed doubles 1994 Valencia Women's doubles 1994 Valencia Women's team

Raised in Caracas, Francesa represented the Venezuela Fed Cup team in 19 ties, debuting in 1991. She won a total of 18 rubbers, nine in singles and nine in doubles. Her last appearance in 2001 was a World Group play-off tie against Croatia.[1]

On the professional tour she reached a career high singles ranking of 311 and won two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She had a best doubles ranking of 380 in the world.

Francesa won a gold medal at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games in women's doubles (with Ninfa Marra) and a mixed doubles gold medal at the 1994 South American Games (with Jimy Szymanski). She also competed for Venezuela in two editions of the Pan American Games.[2]

ITF finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 August 1992	Querétaro, Mexico	Hard	Cláudia Chabalgoity	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	13 February 1994	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	María Dolores Campana	Giana Gutiérrez Cecilia Hincapié	4–6, 7–6(6), 6–4
Runner-up	1.	23 April 1995	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Ninfa Marra	Alix Creek Kristine Kurth	2–6, 6–2, 0–6
Winner	2.	30 July 2000	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	María Vento	Candice de la Torre Gabriela Voleková	6–1, 6–4

References

External links

• María Virginia Francesa at the Women's Tennis Association
• María Virginia Francesa at the Billie Jean King Cup
• María Virginia Francesa at the International Tennis Federation

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