Virginia Ruano Pascual

Virginia Ruano Pascual
	At the 2009 US Open
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Madrid
Born	21 September 1973 (age 50); Madrid
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	January 1992
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 6,076,081
Singles
Career record	395–353 (52.8%)
Career titles	3
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 (68.7%)
Career titles	43
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
Tour Finals	W (2003)
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)
Medal record
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 Women's Tennis Association (WTA) 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 WTA 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, along with Suárez, she 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. Their winning run came to an end when they lost in the 2009 Wimbledon semifinals. Alongside Suarez, the pair was named as a ITF World Champions for the three consecutive years in a row (2002-2004).

Personal life[edit]

Her father, Juan Manuel Ruano, worked for Iberia Airlines; her mother, Virginia Pascual, is a housewife. She has a brother, Juan Ramón, a tennis pro who also serves as her coach, and a sister, Marbella. Initially, Virginia hyphenated her family names ("Ruano-Pascual") but has omitted the hyphen since 1998.^{[citation needed]}

Career[edit]

Women's doubles[edit]

Grand Slams[edit]

Ruano Pascual was very successful at the Grand Slams. In total, she won 10 titles in doubles events.^[1] She lifted the French Open trophy six times. The first one she won in 2001 along with Paola Suárez, with whom she one year ago played final but they lost. In 2002, she defended her title again with Suárez. The following year, she also reached final but finished as a runner-up, again with Suárez. The pair then triumphed again in 2004 and 2005. After three years without reaching final at the French Open, in 2008 she won another title but this time with Anabel Medina Garrigues. They successfully defended their title in 2009.^[2]

French Open is not the only Grand Slam she has won. In 2004, with Suarez, she won her first and only Australian Open title.^[3] At the US Open, she collected three titles. Her first final and also title was in 2002 with Suarez. After that, the pair defended their title in the following two years (2003 and 2004).^[4] Despite not winning any title at the Wimbledon Championships, she finished as a runner-up three times (2002,^[5] 2003^[5] and 2006). Along with her success in women's doubles, she also won one mixed doubles title at the 2001 French Open. Alongside Suárez, the pair was names as a ITF World Champions for the three consecutive years in-a-row (2002-2004).^[6]

Other significant results[edit]

Along with great performances at the highest-level tournaments (Grand Slams), she had success at the WTA Premier Mandatory&5 tournaments as well. It all started with the title at the Italian Open in 1998, that also was her first either quarterfinal, semifinal or final on this level. In 2000, she did well at the Charleston Open, winning her second level title. Two years later, she went a step further, winning two titles (Italian Open & Canadian Open). After winning per two titles in 2003 and 2004, in 2005 she won three titles to reach the total of 11 titles from this level. Her last title was the 2005 San Diego Open. At most of the level tournaments, she had at least quarterfinal with one exception, the China Open that was reclassifed as WTA Premier Mandatory tournament just two years before Pascual's retirement. She also has one year-end championships title at the 2003 WTA Tour Championships.^[7]

Ranking and national contribution[edit]

Being one of the most successful doubles players, she did not leave her mark only on the Grand Slams & WTA Premier Mandatory/5 tournaments. She also is former world No. 1 that she achieved in September 2003. She finished 2004 as the top ranked player. In 2005, she also spent some weeks at the highest position, but finished the year as world No. 4. Until her retirement in 2010, she spent at least one week in the top 10 in each season. She also left her mark playing for Spain at the national competitions. At the Summer Olympics, she won two silver medals, in 2004 with Conchita Martínez^[8] and in 2008 with Medina Garrigues.^[9]

Singles[edit]

Along with her doubles success, she had a solid singles career as well. In April 1999, she reached 28th place. She has won three WTA titles. At the Grand Slams, she reached two quarterfinals; at the French Open in 1995 and Australian Open in 2003.

Performance timelines[edit]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles[edit]

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	Win%
Grand Slam
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	QF	2R	1R	4R	2R	3R	2R	A	0 / 15	17–15	53%
French Open	A	A	Q2	Q2	Q2	QF	1R	3R	3R	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	Q1	1R	2R	A	0 / 13	14–13	52%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	4R	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	3R	2R	A	A	0 / 13	12–13	48%
US Open	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	Q1	A	0 / 16	10–16	38%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	4–3	0–4	4–4	8–4	3–4	1–2	6–4	2–4	4–4	6–4	1–4	5–4	3–3	4–4	2–2	0–0	0 / 57	53–57	48%
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH		A	NH			2R	NH			A	NH			A	NH			A	NH		0 / 1	1–1	50%
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 + former
Indian Wells Open	NMS						A	Q1	A	A	Q1	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 8	2–8	20%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q3	1R	3R	Q1	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	Q1	A	0 / 10	3–10	23%
Berlin / Madrid Open^[a]	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	2R	Q2	A	A	2R	Q1	1R	1R	0 / 8	2–8	20%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	Q1	2R	1R	A	A	QF	2R	Q2	1R	A	Q1	2R	A	A	0 / 8	8–8	50%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	2R	Q1	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 9	6–9	40%
China Open	NH/NMS																			Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
San Diego Open (former)	NMS														1R	Q2	2R	A	A	NH/NMS		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Charleston Open (former)	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	A	2R	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	NMS		0 / 14	10–14	42%
Kremlin Cup (former)	NH/NMS							A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	NMS		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	4–4	2–3	2–2	1–5	5–5	6–6	1–5	1–5	2–4	1–3	2–3	0–2	0–1	0 / 59	32–59	35%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	1	4	10	4	13	16	11	17	16	8	18	21	18	16	18	13	14	12	5	2	Career total: 238
Year-end ranking	301	261	138	125	161	64	87	54	32	85	89	56	65	55	64	106	67	83	105	199		$6,076,080

Doubles[edit]

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	Win%
Grand Slam
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	31–13	70%
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	54–11	83%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	3R	QF	SF	F	F	SF	A	F	3R	3R	SF	2R	0 / 14	37–14	73%
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	41–13	76%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	4–4	7–4	5–4	9–4	15–3	19–2	19–3	22–1	10–2	11–4	6–4	16–3	14–3	3–3	10 / 61	163–51	76%
Year-end championships
WTA Tour Championships	DNQ										1R	SF	1R	W	1R	1R	DNQ		1R	DNQ		1 / 7	3–6	33%
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH		A	NH			A	NH			A	NH			S	NH			S	NH		0 / 2	8–2	80%
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 + former
Dubai / Qatar Open^[b]	NH/NMS																		QF	A	1R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Indian Wells Open	NMS						A	2R	A	A	2R	F	SF	SF	W	W	F	QF	A	1R	1R	0 / 11	27–9	75%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R	F	QF	QF	SF	2R	1R	1R	QF	1R	0 / 14	16–14	53%
Berlin / Madrid Open^[a]	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	QF	A	W	SF	A	A	1R	1R	2R	QF	0 / 9	11–8	58%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	W	QF	A	A	W	QF	F	A^[c]	1R	1R	QF	1R	A	0 / 11	16–9	64%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	W	2R	SF	F	1R	1R	A	2R	A	0 / 13	11–12	48%
Cincinnati Open	NH/NMS																			SF	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Pan Pacific Open	NMS			A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
China Open	NH/NMS																			2R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
San Diego Open (former)	NMS														F	W	QF	A	A	NH/NMS		0 / 3	9–2	82%
Charleston Open (former)	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	W	F	2R	W	W	W	F	1R	2R	NMS		0 / 14	25–10	71%
Kremlin Cup (former)	NH/NMS							A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	A	A	A	A	NMS		0 / 1	3–1	75%
Zurich Open (former)	NMS			A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	F	F	QF	1R	A	NH/NMS			0 / 5	7–5	58%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–3	1–3	7–3	4–4	7–3	8–5	14–4	17–5	26–7	20–3	9–7	2–6	5–5	5–8	2–4	11 / 86	130–75	63%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	3	7	8	5	6	9	13	14	17	16	19	21	18	19	20	19	17	20	17	12	Career total: 281
Year-end ranking	187	111	97	202	145	376	115	90	28	44	10	8	2	2	1	4	10	30	5	10	55

Grand Slam finals[edit]

Doubles: 10 titles, 6 runner-ups[edit]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2000	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	2–6, 4–6
Win	2001	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez	6–2, 6–1
Win	2002	French Open (2)	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2002	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	2–6, 5–7
Win	2002	US Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2003	Australian Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	2003	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 2–6, 7–9
Loss	2003	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 4–6
Win	2003	US Open (2)	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–3
Win	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
Win	2004	French Open (3)	Clay	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 6–3
Win	2004	US Open (3)	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 7–5
Win	2005	French Open (4)	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	2006	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	2008	French Open (5)	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	2009	French Open (6)	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–1, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 1 title[edit]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2001	French Open	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	Jaime Oncins Paola Suárez	7–5, 6–3

Other significant finals[edit]

WTA Tour Championships finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 title[edit]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2003	WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Summer Olympics finals[edit]

Doubles: 2 silver medals[edit]

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

WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 finals[edit]

Doubles: 22 (11 titles, 11 runner-ups)[edit]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1998	Italian Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6⁽¹⁾, 6–4
Win	2000	Charleston Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2001	Indian Wells Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2001	Charleston Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Loss	2002	Miami Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 3–6
Win	2002	Italian Open (2)	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–3, 6–4
Win	2002	Canadian Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Win	2003	Charleston Open (2)	Clay	Paola Suárez	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6–0, 6–3
Win	2003	German Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	2003	Zurich Open	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–7⁽³⁾, 2–6
Win	2004	Indian Wells Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–1, 6–2
Win	2004	Charleston Open (3)	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–1
Loss	2004	Italian Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	2004	San Diego Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	2004	Kremlin Cup	Carpet	Paola Suárez	Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	2004	Zurich Open	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 4–6
Win	2005	Indian Wells Open (2)	Hard	Paola Suárez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–1
Win	2005	Charleston Open (4)	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
Win	2005	San Diego Open	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 6–1, 7–5
Loss	2005	Canadian Open	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Martina Navratilova	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	2006	Indian Wells Open	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	2–6, 5–7
Loss	2006	Charleston Open	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–3, 1–6, 1–6

WTA career finals[edit]

Singles: 3 titles[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5
WTA Premier
WTA International (3–0)

Surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass
Carpet

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 1997	Welsh International Open, UK	Tier IV^[d]	Clay	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Win	2–0	Apr 1998	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Tier IV	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win	3–0	Oct 2003	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Tier IV	Hard	Saori Obata	6–2, 7–6⁽²⁾

Doubles: 78 (43 titles, 35 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam (10–6)
Summer Olympics (0–2)
WTA Tour Championships (1–0)
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 (11–11)
WTA Premier (6–6)
WTA International (15–10)

Surface
Hard (21–18)
Clay (22–11)
Grass (0–5)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1998	Hobart International, Australia	Tier IV	Hard	Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–3
Win	2–0	Apr 1998	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Tier IV	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win	3–0	May 1998	Italian Open	Tier I^[e]	Clay	Paola Suárez	Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6⁽¹⁾, 6–4
Loss	3–1	Apr 1999	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Tier IVa^[d]	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Sandra Načuk	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–1	May 1999	Madrid Open, Spain	Tier III^[d]	Clay	Paola Suárez	María Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner	6–2, 0–6, 6–0
Win	5–1	Apr 2000	Charleston Open, United States	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	7–5, 6–3
Loss	5–2	Jun 2000	French Open	Grand Slam	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5–3	Jul 2000	Palermo International, Italy	Tier IV	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	Silvia Farina Elia Rita Grande	4–6, 6–0, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Win	6–3	Jul 2000	Warsaw Open, Poland	Tier III	Clay	Paola Suárez	Åsa Carlsson Rita Grande	7–5, 6–1
Loss	6–4	Aug 2000	Connecticut Open, U.S.	Tier II^[d]	Hard	Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	6–5	Jan 2001	Hobart International, Australia	Tier V^[d]	Hard	Ruxandra Dragomir	Elena Likhovtseva Cara Black	4–6, 1–6
Loss	6–6	Mar 2001	Mexican Open	Tier III	Clay	Paola Suárez	Anabel Medina Garrigues María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 5–7
Loss	6–7	Mar 2001	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Tier I	Hard	Paola Suárez	Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6–8	Apr 2001	Charleston Open, United States	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Win	7–8	May 2001	Belgian Open	Tier V	Clay	Els Callens	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	8–8	May 2001	Madrid Open, Spain (2)	Tier III	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 2–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Win	9–8	Jun 2001	French Open	Grand Slam	Clay	Paola Suárez	Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez	6–2, 6–1
Win	10–8	Jul 2001	WTA Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Tier IV	Clay	Magüi Serna	Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie Andreea Vanc	6–4, 6–3
Win	11–8	Feb 2002	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Tier III	Clay	Paola Suárez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 6–1
Win	12–8	Mar 2002	Mexican Open	Tier III	Clay	Paola Suárez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 6–1
Loss	12–9	Apr 2002	Miami Open, United States	Tier I	Hard	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 3–6
Win	13–9	May 2002	Italian Open (2)	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–3, 6–4
Win	14–9	Jun 2002	French Open (2)	Grand Slam	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–2
Loss	14–10	Jul 2002	Wimbledon, UK	Grand Slam	Grass	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	2–6, 5–7
Win	15–10	Aug 2002	Canadian Open	Tier I	Hard	Paola Suárez	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Win	16–10	Sep 2002	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Paola Suárez	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	6–2, 6–1
Win	17–10	Sep 2002	Brasil Open	Tier II	Hard	Paola Suárez	Émilie Loit Rossana de los Ríos	6–4, 6–1
Win	18–10	Sep 2002	Bali International, Indonesia	Tier III	Hard	Cara Black	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–3
Loss	18–11	Jan 2003	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	19–11	Apr 2003	Charleston Open, United States (2)	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6–0, 6–3
Loss	19–12	Apr 2003	Amelia Island Championships, U.S.	Tier II	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	5–7, 2–6
Win	20–12	May 2003	German Open	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	20–13	Jun 2003	French Open	Grand Slam	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 2–6, 7–9
Loss	20–14	Jul 2003	Wimbledon, UK	Grand Slam	Grass	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 4–6
Win	21–14	Aug 2003	Connecticut Open, U.S.	Tier II	Hard	Paola Suárez	Alicia Molik Magüi Serna	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–3
Win	22–14	Sep 2003	US Open (2)	Grand Slam	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–3
Loss	22–15	Oct 2003	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Tier I	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–7⁽³⁾, 2–6
Win	23–15	Nov 2003	WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles	Finals	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	23–16	Jan 2004	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Tier IV	Hard	Paola Suárez	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–3, 1–6
Win	24–16	Feb 2004	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
Win	25–16	Mar 2004	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Tier I	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–1, 6–2
Win	26–16	Apr 2004	Charleston Open, United States (3)	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–1
Loss	26–17	May 2004	Italian Open	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Win	27–17	Jun 2004	French Open (3)	Grand Slam	Clay	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 6–3
Loss	27–18	Jul 2004	LA Championships, United States	Tier II	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6⁽²⁾, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	27–19	Jul 2004	San Diego Open, United States	Tier I	Hard	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	27–20	Aug 2004	Summer Olympics, Athens	Olympics	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Sun Tiantian Li Ting	3–6, 3–6
Win	28–20	Sep 2004	US Open (3)	Grand Slam	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 7–5
Loss	28–21	Oct 2004	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Tier I	Carpet	Paola Suárez	Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	28–22	Oct 2004	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Tier I	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 4–6
Win	29–22	Oct 2004	Luxembourg Open	Tier III	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Jill Craybas Marlene Weingärtner	6–1, 6–7⁽¹⁾, 6–3
Win	30–22	Mar 2005	Dubai Championships, UAE	Tier II	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 6–2, 6–1
Win	31–22	Mar 2005	Indian Wells Masters, United States (2)	Tier I	Hard	Paola Suárez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–1
Win	32–22	Apr 2005	Charleston Open, United States (4)	Tier I	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
Win	33–22	Jun 2005	French Open (4)	Grand Slam	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	34–22	Aug 2005	San Diego Open, United States	Tier I	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 6–1, 7–5
Loss	34–23	Aug 2005	Canadian Open	Tier I	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Martina Navratilova	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	34–24	Oct 2005	Bangkok Open, Thailand	Tier III	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Shinobu Asagoe Gisela Dulko	1–6, 5–7
Loss	34–25	Oct 2005	Linz Open, Austria	Tier II	Hard (i)	Conchita Martínez	Gisela Dulko Květa Peschke	2–6, 3–6
Loss	34–26	Jan 2006	Sydney International, Australia	Tier II	Hard	Paola Suárez	Corina Morariu Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	34–27	Mar 2006	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Tier I	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	2–6, 5–7
Loss	34–28	Apr 2006	Charleston Open, United States	Tier I	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	34–29	Jul 2006	Wimbledon, UK	Grand Slam	Grass	Paola Suárez	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	35–29	Aug 2006	LA Championships, United States	Tier II	Hard	Paola Suárez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–4
Win	36–29	Sep 2006	China Open	Tier II	Hard	Paola Suárez	Anna Chakvetadze Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–4
Win	37–29	Oct 2006	Korea Open, South Korea	Tier IV	Hard	Paola Suárez	Chia-jung Chuang Mariana Díaz Oliva	6–2, 6–3
Loss	37–30	Jan 2007	Hobart International, Australia	Tier IV	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina	4–6, 5–7
Loss	37–31	Apr 2007	Amelia Island Championships, U.S.	Tier II	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Mara Santangelo Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Loss	37–32	Jun 2007	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Tier III	Grass	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	5–7, 2–6
Win	38–32	Aug 2007	Nordic Light Open, Sweden	Tier IV	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chan Chin-wei Tetiana Luzhanska	6–1, 5–7, [10–6]
Win	39–32	Jan 2008	Hobart International, Australia (2)	Tier IV	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–4
Win	40–32	Jun 2008	French Open (5)	Grand Slam	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	40–33	Jun 2008	Birmingham Classic, UK	Tier III	Grass	Séverine Brémond	Cara Black Liezel Huber	2–6, 1–6
Win	41–33	Jul 2008	Slovenia Open	Tier IV	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova	6–4, 6–1
Loss	41–34	Aug 2008	Summer Olympics, Beijing	Olympics	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Serena Williams Venus Williams	2–6, 0–6
Loss	41–35	Apr 2009	Andalucia Experience, Spain	International	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 3–6
Win	42–35	Jun 2009	French Open (6)	Grand Slam	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–1, 6–1
Win	43–35	May 2010	Warsaw Open, Poland	Premier	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Cara Black Yan Zi	6–3, 6–4

ITF finals[edit]

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

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1992	ITF Moncalieri, Italy	25,000	Clay	Isabel Cueto	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1992	ITF Bilbao, Spain	25,000	Clay	Claire Wegink	7–5, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Jun 1994	ITF Valladolid, Spain	25,000	Clay	Cristina Torrens Valero	3–6, 3–6
Win	2–2	Mar 1995	ITF Zaragoza, Spain	10,000	Clay	Magüi Serna	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win	3–2	Aug 1996	ITF Bronx, United States	25,000	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–3	May 2000	ITF Porto, Portugal	75,000	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	4–3	Apr 2001	ITF Sarasota, United States	75,000	Clay	Maria Elena Camerin	6–0, 6–3

Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner-ups)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1989	ITF Gangi, Italy	10,000	Hard	Neus Ávila	Doris Iotti Nelly Pardo	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 1989	ITF Pamplona, Spain	25,000	Hard	Eva Bes	Cláudia Chabalgoity Ana Segura	3–6, 0–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 1989	ITF Porto, Portugal	25,000	Clay	Inmaculada Varas	Janet Souto Rosa Bielsa	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	1–3	May 1990	ITF Cascais, Portugal	25,000	Clay	Eva Bes	Simone Schilder Caroline Vis	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	1–4	Jul 1990	ITF Vigo, Spain	25,000	Clay	Eva Bes	María José Llorca Ana Segura	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Nov 1990	ITF Lleida, Spain	10,000	Clay	Eva Bes	Ana Larrakoetxea Silvia Ramón-Cortés	6–2, 1–6, 7–5
Loss	2–5	Mar 1991	ITF Alicante, Spain	10,000	Clay	Eva Bes	Rosa Bielsa Silvia Ramón-Cortés	3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Win	3–5	Apr 1991	ITF Turin, Italy	25,000	Clay	Eva Bes	Lucie Šteflová Helena Vildová	6–7, 6–1, 6–3
Win	4–5	May 1991	ITF Porto, Portugal	50,000	Clay	Eva Bes	Mariaan de Swardt Yael Segal	6–3, 7–5
Win	5–5	Jun 1991	ITF Mantua, Italy	25,000	Clay	Marion Maruska	Yone Kamio Hiromi Nagano	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	6–5	Aug 1991	ITF Vigo, Spain	25,000	Clay	Eva Bes	Anne Aallonen Belinda Borneo	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 7–5
Win	7–5	Feb 1992	ITF Valencia, Spain	25,000	Clay	Estefanía Bottini	Petra Holubová Markéta Štusková	6–1, 6–2
Loss	7–6	Apr 1992	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Estefanía Bottini	Radka Bobková Jana Pospíšilová	3–6, 6–2, 6–7
Win	8–6	May 1992	ITF Porto, Portugal	50,000	Clay	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	Jennifer Fuchs Maria Strandlund	6–3, 7–5
Win	9–6	Jul 1992	ITF Bilbao, Spain	25,000	Clay	Eva Bes	Jessica Emmons Clare Thompson	6–2, 6–4
Loss	9–7	Feb 1993	ITF Valencia, Spain	25,000	Clay	Eva Bes	Gaby Coorengel Amy van Buuren	4–6, 0–6
Loss	9–8	Feb 1994	ITF Madrid, Spain	25,000	Clay	Noelia Pérez Peñate	Vanessa Castellano Yolanda Clemot	6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Win	10–8	Oct 1995	ITF Lerida, Spain	25,000	Clay	Karine Quentrec	Patricia Aznar Eva Bes	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–0

Top 10 wins[edit]

Season	2001	...	2006	Total
Wins	1		1	2

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	VPR
2001
1.	Martina Hingis	No. 1	Wimbledon Championships, UK	Grass	1R	6–4, 6–2	No. 83
2006
2.	Nadia Petrova	No. 5	LA Championships, United States	Hard	2R	6–3, 6–2	No. 73

Awards[edit]

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

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b In 2009, the Berlin Open was replaced by the Madrid Open. The Premier Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
^ Was part of the draw but did not play any match.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Includes WTA Premier and WTA International tournaments. The WTA Tier II tournaments were reclassified as WTA Premier tournaments in 2009, while the WTA Tier III tournaments, WTA Tier IV tournaments and WTA Tier V tournaments were reclassified as WTA International tournaments the same year .
^ THe WTA Tier I tournaments were reclassifed as WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 in 2009.

References[edit]

^ Van Sias (12 December 2011). "Rafael Nadal and the 10 Greatest Spanish Players of All Time". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ "Parisian Pairs: French Open women's doubles champions this century". WTA Tennis. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ "Suarez, Ruano Pascual claim first Australian title". abc.net.au. Reuters. 30 January 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ "Most Championship Titles". usopen.org. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Eurosport (6 July 2003). "Clijsters, Sugiyama win". eurosport.com. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
^ Jamie Renton (14 December 2022). "Krejcikova and Siniakova named ITF World Champions for a third time". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ Lisa Dillman (11 November 2003). "It's Take It and Leave It Title". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
^ Xinhua News Agency (23 August 2004). "Li/Sun Win Historic Gold for China in Tennis". china.org.cn. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ "Serena Williams all set for title defences in Rio". olympics.com. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

External links[edit]

Virginia Ruano Pascual at the Women's Tennis Association
Virginia Ruano Pascual at the International Tennis Federation
Virginia Ruano Pascual at the Billie Jean King Cup

[BerlinMadrid-10] In 2009, the Berlin Open was replaced by the Madrid Open. The Premier Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

[DubaiDoha-11] The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

[Withdraw_note-12] Was part of the draw but did not play any match.

[WTATour_note-13] Includes WTA Premier and WTA International tournaments. The WTA Tier II tournaments were reclassified as WTA Premier tournaments in 2009, while the WTA Tier III tournaments, WTA Tier IV tournaments and WTA Tier V tournaments were reclassified as WTA International tournaments the same year .

[WTAPremierMandatory&5_note-14] THe WTA Tier I tournaments were reclassifed as WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 in 2009.

[1] Van Sias (12 December 2011). "Rafael Nadal and the 10 Greatest Spanish Players of All Time". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[2] "Parisian Pairs: French Open women's doubles champions this century". WTA Tennis. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[3] "Suarez, Ruano Pascual claim first Australian title". abc.net.au. Reuters. 30 January 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[4] "Most Championship Titles". usopen.org. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[:0-5] Eurosport (6 July 2003). "Clijsters, Sugiyama win". eurosport.com. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

[6] Jamie Renton (14 December 2022). "Krejcikova and Siniakova named ITF World Champions for a third time". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[7] Lisa Dillman (11 November 2003). "It's Take It and Leave It Title". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

[8] Xinhua News Agency (23 August 2004). "Li/Sun Win Historic Gold for China in Tennis". china.org.cn. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[9] "Serena Williams all set for title defences in Rio". olympics.com. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

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v t e Women's Tennis Association (WTA) world No. 1 doubles players
1–5	Martina Navratilova (1984/1990 – 237 w) Pam Shriver (1985/1986 – 48 w) Helena Suková (1990/1993 – 68 w) Jana Novotná (1990/1999 – 67 w) Gigi Fernández (1991/1995 – 80 w)
6–10	Natasha Zvereva (1991/1999 – 124 w) Larisa Neiland (1992 – 4 w) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1992/1997 – 111 w) Lindsay Davenport (1997/2000 – 32 w) Martina Hingis (1998/2018 – 90 w)
11–15	Anna Kournikova (1999/2000 – 10 w) Corina Morariu (2000 – 7 w) Lisa Raymond (2000/2012 – 137 w) Rennae Stubbs (2000 – 3 w) Julie Halard-Decugis (2000 – 14 w)
16–20	Ai Sugiyama (2000/2003 – 45 w) Paola Suárez (2002/2004 – 87 w) Kim Clijsters (2003 – 4 w) Virginia Ruano Pascual (2003/2005 – 65 w) Cara Black (2005/2010 – 163 w)
21–25	Samantha Stosur (2006/2007 – 61 w) Liezel Huber (2007/2012 – 199 w) Serena Williams (2010 – 8 w) Venus Williams (2010 – 8 w) Gisela Dulko (2010/2011 – 24 w)
26–30	Flavia Pennetta (2011 – 18 w) Květa Peschke (2011 – 10 w) Katarina Srebotnik (2011 – 10 w) Sara Errani (2012/2015 – 87 w) Roberta Vinci (2012/2015 – 110 w)
31–35	Peng Shuai (2014 – 20 w) Hsieh Su-wei (2014/2024 – 49 w) Sania Mirza (2015/2017 – 91 w) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2017 – 32 w) Lucie Šafářová (2017 – 6 w)
36–40	Latisha Chan (2017/2018 – 34 w) Ekaterina Makarova (2018 – 5 w) Elena Vesnina (2018 – 5 w) Tímea Babos (2018 – 13 w) Barbora Krejčíková (2018/2021 – 19 w)
41–45	Kateřina Siniaková (2018/2023 – 115 w) Kristina Mladenovic (2019/2021 – 12 w) Barbora Strýcová (2019/2020 – 27 w) Aryna Sabalenka (2021 – 6 w) Elise Mertens (2021/2024 – 34 w)
46–50	Coco Gauff (2022/2023 – 7 w) Jessica Pegula (2023 – 3 w) Storm Hunter (2023/2024 – 12 w)
WTA rankings incepted on September 4, 1984 (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) current No. 1 in bold, as of week of March 18, 2024^[update]