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

Virginia Ruano Pascual
At the 2009 US Open
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceMadrid
Born (1973-09-21) 21 September 1973 (age 48)
Madrid
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned proJanuary 1992
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$6,076,081
Singles
Career record395–353 (52.8%)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 28 (12 April 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (2003)
French OpenQF (1995)
Wimbledon4R (1998)
US Open3R (1998, 1999, 2001)
Doubles
Career record596–272 (68.7%)
Career titles43
Highest rankingNo. 1 (8 September 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2004)
French OpenW (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)
WimbledonF (2002, 2003, 2006)
US OpenW (2002, 2003, 2004)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (2003)
Olympic Games Silver medal (2004, 2008)
Mixed doubles
Career titles1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2004)
French OpenW (2001)
WimbledonSF (2009)
US OpenQF (2003)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Doubles
2008 Beijing Doubles
Mediterranean Games
1993 Languedoc-RoussillonSingles
1993 Languedoc-RoussillonDoubles

She had moderate success in singles, winning three career titles as well as reaching two Grand Slam quarterfinals and a top-30 ranking, but she had been far more successful in doubles. She won 43 career doubles titles, including eleven at Grand Slam tournaments: ten in women's doubles (eight partnering Paola Suárez, and two partnering Anabel Medina Garrigues) and one in mixed doubles (partnering Tomás Carbonell).

Between 2002 and 2004, Virginia and Paola reached nine consecutive Grand Slam tournament finals (won five) and they reached at least the semifinals of the last twelve Grand Slam tournaments they played in. Their 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


Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss2000French OpenClay Paola Suárez Martina Hingis
Mary Pierce
2–6, 4–6
Win2001French OpenClay Paola Suárez Jelena Dokić
Conchita Martínez
6–2, 6–1
Win2002French OpenClay Paola Suárez Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
6–4, 6–2
Loss2002WimbledonGrass Paola Suárez Serena Williams
Venus Williams
2–6, 5–7
Win2002US OpenHard Paola Suárez Elena Dementieva
Janette Husárová
6–2, 6–1
Loss2003Australian OpenHard Paola Suárez Serena Williams
Venus Williams
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss2003French OpenClay Paola Suárez Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama
7–6(5), 2–6, 7–9
Loss2003WimbledonGrass Paola Suárez Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama
4–6, 4–6
Win2003US OpenHard Paola Suárez Svetlana Kuznetsova
Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–3
Win2004Australian OpenHard Paola Suárez Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
6–4, 6–3
Win2004French OpenClay Paola Suárez Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
6–0, 6–3
Win2004US OpenHard Paola Suárez Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
6–4, 7–5
Win2005French OpenClay Paola Suárez Cara Black
Liezel Huber
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss2006WimbledonGrass Paola Suárez Yan Zi
Zheng Jie
3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win2008French OpenClay Anabel Medina Garrigues Casey Dellacqua
Francesca Schiavone
2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win2009French OpenClay Anabel Medina Garrigues Victoria Azarenka
Elena Vesnina
6–1, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 1 title


Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner2001French OpenClay Tomás Carbonell Jaime Oncins
Paola Suárez
7–5, 6–3

Summer Olympics



Doubles: 2 silver medals

Outcome Year Location 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, UK Clay Alexia Dechaume-Balleret 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Winner 2. 26 April 1998 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Silvia Farina Elia 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Winner 3. 12 October 2003 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard Saori Obata 6–2, 7–6(2)

Doubles: 33 titles, 27 runner-ups


Legend before 2009Legend 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, Australia Hard Paola Suárez Julie Halard-Decugis
Janette Husárová
7–6(6), 6–3
Winner 2. 26 April 1998 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Paola Suárez Cătălina Cristea
Laura Montalvo
4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner 3. 10 May 1998 Rome Masters, Italy Clay Paola Suárez Amanda Coetzer
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
7–6(1), 6–4
Runner-up 1. 25 April 1999 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Laura Montalvo Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Sandra Načuk
3–6, 4–6
Winner 4. 23 May 1999 Madrid Open, Spain Clay Paola Suárez María Fernanda Landa
Marlene Weingärtner
6–2, 0–6, 6–0
Winner 5. 23 April 2000 Family Circle Cup, United States Clay Paola Suárez Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 10 July 2000 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo,
Italy
Clay Ruxandra Dragomir Silvia Farina Elia
Rita Grande
4–6, 6–0, 6–7(6)
Winner 6. 23 July 2000 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Paola Suárez Åsa Carlsson
Rita Grande
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 21 August 2000 Connecticut Open, U.S. Hard Paola Suárez Julie Halard-Decugis
Ai Sugiyama
4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 7 January 2001 Hobart International, Australia Hard Ruxandra Dragomir Elena Likhovtseva
Cara Black
4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 5. 4 March 2001 Mexican Open 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, U.S. Hard Paola Suárez Nicole Arendt
Ai Sugiyama
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 22 April 2001 Charleston Open, U.S. Clay Paola Suárez Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
7–5, 6–7(5), 3–6
Winner 7. 20 May 2001 Belgian Open Clay Els Callens Kristie Boogert
Miriam Oremans
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Winner 8. 26 May 2001 Madrid Open, Spain Clay Paola Suárez Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
7–5, 2–6, 7–6(4)
Winner 9. 22 July 2001 French Community Championships, Belgium Clay Magüi Serna Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie
Andreea Vanc
6–4, 6–3
Winner 10. 24 February 2002 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Paola Suárez Tina Križan
Katarina Srebotnik
6–2, 6–1
Winner 11. 3 March 2002 Mexican Open Clay Paola Suárez Tina Križan
Katarina Srebotnik
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 8. 1 April 2002 Miami Open, U.S. Hard Paola Suárez Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
6–7(4), 7–6(4), 3–6
Winner 12. 19 May 2002 Rome Masters, Italy Clay Paola Suárez Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini
6–3, 6–4
Winner 13. 18 August 2002 Canada Masters Hard Paola Suárez Rika Fujiwara
Ai Sugiyama
6–4, 7–6(4)
Winner 14. 14 September 2002 Brasil Open Hard Paola Suárez Émilie Loit
Rossana de los Ríos
6–4, 6–1
Winner 15. 29 September 2002 Bali International, Indonesia Hard Cara Black Svetlana Kuznetsova
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–2, 6–3
Winner 16. 13 April 2003 Charleston Open, U.S. Clay Paola Suárez Janette Husárová
Conchita Martínez
6–0, 6–3
Runner-up 9. 20 April 2003 Amelia Island Championships, U.S. Clay Paola Suárez Lindsay Davenport
Lisa Raymond
5–7, 2–6
Winner 17. 11 May 2003 German Open Clay Paola Suárez Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner 18. 23 August 2003 New Haven Open, U.S. Hard Paola Suárez Alicia Molik
Magüi Serna
7–6(6), 6–3
Runner-up 10. 19 October 2003 Zurich Open, Switzerland 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, New Zealand Hard Paola Suárez Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Jelena Kostanić Tošić
6–7(6), 6–3, 1–6
Winner 20. 21 March 2004 Indian Wells Open, U.S. Hard Paola Suárez Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
6–1, 6–2
Winner 21. 18 April 2004 Charleston Open, U.S. Clay Paola Suárez Martina Navratilova
Lisa Raymond
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 12. 10 May 2004 Rome Masters, Italy Clay Paola Suárez Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy
6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 13. 19 July 2004 LA Championships, U.S. Hard Conchita Martínez Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy
7–6(2), 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 14. 26 July 2004 San Diego Open, U.S. Hard Paola Suárez Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 15. 17 October 2004 Kremlin Cup, Russia Carpet Paola Suárez Anastasia Myskina
Vera Zvonareva
3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up 16. 24 October 2004 Zurich Open, Switzerland Hard (i) Paola Suárez Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs
4–6, 4–6
Winner 22. 31 October 2004 Luxembourg Open Hard (i) Paola Suárez Jill Craybas
Marlene Weingärtner
6–1, 6–7(1), 6–3
Winner 23. 5 March 2005 Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE Hard Paola Suárez Svetlana Kuznetsova
Alicia Molik
6–7(7), 6–2, 6–1
Winner 24. 19 March 2005 Indian Wells Open, U.S. Hard Paola Suárez Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy
7–6(3), 6–1
Winner 25. 17 April 2005 Charleston Open, U.S. Clay Conchita Martínez Iveta Benešová
Květa Peschke
6–1, 6–4
Winner 26. 7 August 2005 San Diego Open, U.S. Hard Conchita Martínez Daniela Hantuchová
Ai Sugiyama
6–7(7), 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 17. 15 August 2005 Canada Masters Hard Conchita Martínez Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Martina Navratilova
7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 18. 9 October 2005 Bangkok Open, Thailand Hard Conchita Martínez Shinobu Asagoe
Gisela Dulko
1–6, 5–7
Runner-up 19. 30 October 2005 Generali Ladies Linz, Austria Hard (i) Conchita Martínez Gisela Dulko
Květa Peschke
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 20. 17 January 2006 Sydney International, Australia Hard Paola Suárez Corina Morariu
Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up 21. 18 March 2006 Indian Wells Masters, U.S. Hard Meghann Shaughnessy Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur
2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 22. 16 April 2006 Charleston Open, U.S. Clay Meghann Shaughnessy Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur
6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Winner 27. 13 August 2006 Stanford Classic, U.S. Hard Paola Suárez Daniela Hantuchová
Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 6–4
Winner 28. 24 September 2006 China Open Hard Paola Suárez Anna Chakvetadze
Elena Vesnina
6–2, 6–4
Winner 29. 1 October 2006 Korea Open Hard Paola Suárez Chia-jung Chuang
Mariana Díaz Oliva
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 23. 13 January 2007 Hobart International, Australia Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues Elena Likhovtseva
Elena Vesnina
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 24. 9 April 2007 Amelia Island Championships, U.S. Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues Mara Santangelo
Katarina Srebotnik
3–6, 6–7(4)
Runner-up 25. 18 June 2007 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Grass Anabel Medina Garrigues Chan Yung-jan
Chuang Chia-jung
5–7, 2–6
Winner 30. 5 August 2007 Nordic Light Open, Sweden Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues Chan Chin-wei
Tetiana Luzhanska
6–1, 5–7, [10–6]
Winner 31. 11 January 2008 Hobart International, Australia Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues Eleni Daniilidou
Jasmin Wöhr
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 26. 15 June 2008 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass Séverine Brémond Cara Black
Liezel Huber
2–6, 1–6
Winner 32. 27 July 2008 Slovenia Open Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues Vera Dushevina
Ekaterina Makarova
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 27. 6 April 2009 Andalucia Tennis Experience, Spain Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues Klaudia Jans
Alicja Rosolska
3–6, 3–6
Winner 33. 22 May 2010 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Meghann Shaughnessy Cara Black
Yan Zi
6–3, 6–4

ITF finals


$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 7 (4–3)


Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 30 March 1992 ITF Moncalieri, Italy Clay Isabel Cueto 3–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 26 July 1992 ITF Bilbao, Spain Clay Claire Wegink 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 26 June 1994 ITF Valladolid, Spain Clay Cristina Torrens Valero 3–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 19 March 1995 ITF Zaragoza, Spain Clay Magüi Serna 2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Winner 3. 18 August 1996 ITF Bronx, United States Hard Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 15 May 2000 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay María Sánchez Lorenzo 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner 4. 29 April 2001 ITF Sarasota, United States Clay Maria Elena Camerin 6–0, 6–3

Doubles: 18 (10–8)


Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 14 August 1989 ITF Gangi, Italy Hard Neus Ávila Doris Iotti
Nelly Pardo
6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 11 September 1989 ITF Pamplona, Spain Hard Eva Bes Cláudia Chabalgoity
Ana Segura
3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 3. 18 September 1989 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay Inmaculada Varas Janet Souto
Rosa Bielsa
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 14 May 1990 ITF Cascais, Portugal Clay Eva Bes Simone Schilder
Caroline Vis
3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 4. 30 July 1990 ITF Vigo, Spain Clay Eva Bes María José Llorca
Ana Segura
3–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 5 November 1990 ITF Lleida, Spain Clay Eva Bes Ana Larrakoetxea
Silvia Ramón-Cortés
6–2, 1–6, 7–5
Runner-up 5. 18 March 1991 ITF Alicante, Spain Clay Eva Bes Rosa Bielsa
Silvia Ramón-Cortés
3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Winner 3. 8 April 1991 ITF Turin, Italy Clay Eva Bes Lucie Šteflová
Helena Vildová
6–7, 6–1, 6–3
Winner 4. 6 May 1991 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay Eva Bes Mariaan de Swardt
Yael Segal
6–3, 7–5
Winner 5. 16 June 1991 ITF Mantua, Italy Clay Marion Maruska Yone Kamio
Hiromi Nagano
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner 6. 5 August 1991 ITF Vigo, Spain Clay Eva Bes Anne Aallonen
Belinda Borneo
7–6(6), 7–5
Winner 7. 24 February 1992 ITF Valencia, Spain Clay Estefanía Bottini Petra Holubová
Markéta Štusková
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 6 April 1992 ITF Caserta, Italy Clay Estefanía Bottini Radka Bobková
Jana Pospíšilová
3–6, 6–2, 6–7
Winner 8. 10 May 1992 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay Michelle Jaggard-Lai Jennifer Fuchs
Maria Strandlund
6–3, 7–5
Winner 9. 20 July 1992 ITF Bilbao, Spain Clay Eva Bes Jessica Emmons
Clare Thompson
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 7. 22 February 1993 ITF Valencia, Spain Clay Eva Bes Gaby Coorengel
Amy van Buuren
4–6, 0–6
Runner-up 8. 28 February 1994 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay Noelia Pérez Peñate Vanessa Castellano
Yolanda Clemot
6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Winner 10. 2 October 1995 ITF Lerida, Spain Clay Karine Quentrec Patricia Aznar
Eva Bes
7–6(5), 6–0

Grand Slam performance timelines


Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles


Tournament1992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
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


Tournament199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–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





На других языках


- [en] Virginia Ruano Pascual

[es] Virginia Ruano

Virginia Ruano Pascual, más conocida como Vivi Ruano (Madrid, 21 de septiembre de 1973), es una extenista española.

[it] Virginia Ruano Pascual

Virginia Ruano Pascual (Madrid, 21 settembre 1973) è un'ex tennista spagnola, vincitrice di 10 titoli del Grande Slam di doppio (8 in coppia con Paola Suárez).

[ru] Руано Паскуаль, Вирхиния

Вирхиния Руано Паскуаль (исп. Virginia Ruano Pascual; родилась 21 сентября 1973 года в Мадриде, Испания) — испанская теннисистка; победительница 11 турниров Большого шлема (из них десять в женском парном разряде и один в миксте); победительница Итогового турнира WTA 2003 года в парном разряде; двукратный серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр 2004 и 2008 годов в парном разряде; победительница 46 турниров WTA (из них три в одиночном разряде); трёхкратная обладательница Кубка Федерации (1993—1995) в составе национальной сборной Испании; бывшая первая ракетка мира в парном разряде.



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