Claudine Schaul

Claudine Schaul

Country (sports)	Luxembourg
Residence	Garnich, Luxembourg
Born	(1983-08-20) 20 August 1983 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$542,186
Singles
Career record	304–293
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 41 (24 May 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2004)
French Open	1R (2004, 2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2004, 2005)
US Open	3R (2003)
Doubles
Career record	81–110
Career titles	1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 71 (8 November 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2005)
French Open	1R (2004, 2005)
US Open	2R (2004)
Medal record Games of the Small States of Europe 2003 Malta Singles 2003 Malta Doubles 2009 Cyprus Doubles 2015 Iceland Doubles 2007 Monaco Singles 2009 Cyprus Singles 2011 Liechtenstein Mixed Doubles 2015 Iceland Mixed Doubles 2011 Liechtenstein Singles

Claudine Schaul (born 20 August 1983) is a professional tennis player from Luxembourg. Her career-high singles ranking as of January 2016 was world number 41, which was achieved on 24 May 2004, and world number 71 for doubles achieved on 8 November 2004.

Schaul first played for the Luxembourg Fed Cup team in 1998, and has played 45 singles and 29 doubles matches up to and including 2015.

Career

2003

A year after turning pro, Schaul made it to the third round of the 2003 US Open after upsetting former Number 15 Anna Smashnova 7–6 (7–5), 6–2 in Round 1 as well as beating Samantha Reeves 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 in Round 2, before losing her Round 3 match versus Dinara Safina 4–6, 5–7.

2004

In January 2004, Schaul was able to win her first Doubles title in Canberra, Australia, partnering Jelena Kostanić Tošić. Shortly after, Schaul made it to the third round of the 2004 Australian Open before losing to Alicia Molik.

Later that year in May, Schaul managed to win her first WTA title at Strasbourg, defeating Lindsay Davenport 2–6, 6–0, 6–3 in the final.^[1]

Due to her strong performances at the Australian Open and the Internationaux de Strasbourg, Schaul was awarded the honour of being the flag bearer for Luxembourg at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Athens, Greece. At the Olympics, she lost her first round game 1–6, 1–6 against Slovak Daniela Hantuchová.

Personal life

Her father and brother are sports teachers and introduced her to tennis when she was four years old.^[2]

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	22 May 2004	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	2–6, 6–0, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	17 January 2004	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Jelena Kostanić	Caroline Dhenin Lisa McShea	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	2.	19 June 2004	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Jelena Kostanić	Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Runner-up	3.	18 July 2004	Stanford, United States	Hard	Iveta Benešová	Eleni Daniilidou Nicole Pratt	2–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 10 (4–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 August 2000	Rebecq	Clay	Caroline Maes	6–1, 6–7(8–6), 3–6
Runner-up	2.	12 November 2000	Villenave-d'Ornon	Clay (I)	Caroline Maes	0–4, 1–4, 5–4, 1–4
Runner-up	3.	11 Feb 2001	Redbridge	Hard (i)	Eva Dyrberg	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	19 Mar 2002	La Canada	Hard	Laura Granville	6-1, 2–6, 3-6
Winner	1.	7 July 2002	Vaihingen	Clay	Stephanie Gehrlein	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	2.	22 September 2002	Luxembourg	Clay	Nathalie Viérin	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	15 June 2003	Marseille	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	26 February 2006	St. Paul	Hard (i)	Milagros Sequera	1–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	17 August 2008	Koksijde	Clay	Daniëlle Harmsen	7–6(7–2), 7–6(9–7)
Winner	4.	25 January 2009	Wrexham	Hard (i)	Constance Sibille	6–1, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles 7 (3–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	3 March 2002	Buchen	Carpet (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	Anna Bastrikova Claudia Kardys	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	8 September 2002	Denain	Clay	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová	3–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	2 February 2003	Urtijëi	Carpet (i)	Vanessa Henke	Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	29 July 2006	Pétange	Clay	Lina Stančiūtė	Erica Krauth Frederica Piedade	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	28 July 2007	Pétange	Clay	Martina Müller	Anastasiya Yakimova Carla Suárez Navarro	7–6(7–4), 1–6, 6–7(1–7)
Runner-up	4.	3 August 2008	Bad Saulgau	Clay	Anna Floris	Simona Dobrá Tereza Hladíková	1–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	3.	17 January 2009	Glasgow	Hard (i)	Sandra Klemenschits	Nicolette van Uitert Viktoria Yemialyanava	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]

References

External links

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