Claudine Schaul

Claudine Schaul

Country	Luxembourg
Residence	Garnich, Luxembourg
Born	20 August 1983 (1983-08-20) (age 28) Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$535,224
Singles
Career record	287–261
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 41 (24 May 2004)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (2004)
French Open	1st (2004, 2005)
Wimbledon	1st (2004, 2005)
US Open	3rd (2003)
Doubles
Career record	79–106
Career titles	1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 71 (8 November 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1st (2005)
French Open	1st (2004, 2005)
US Open	2nd (2004)
Last updated on: 12 April 2010.

Medal record
Tennis
Competitor for  Luxembourg
Games of the Small States of Europe
Gold	2003 Malta	Singles
Gold	2003 Malta	Doubles
Gold	2009 Cyprus	Doubles
Silver	2007 Monaco	Singles
Silver	2009 Cyprus	Singles
Silver	2011 Liechtenstein	Mixed Doubles
Bronze	2011 Liechtenstein	Singles

Claudine Schaul (born 20 August 1983 in Luxembourg City) is a professional tennis player from Luxembourg. Her career-high singles ranking as of 15 June 2009 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 Federation Cup team in 1998, and has played 30 singles and 16 doubles matches up to and including 2008.

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.

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.

WTA Tour and ITF circuit titles

Singles wins (5)

Legend

Tier III Event (1)

ITF Circuit (4)

Num	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score
1.	7 July 2002	Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Stephanie Gehrlein	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2.	22 September 2002	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Clay	Nathalie Vierin	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
3.	22 May 2004	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	2–6, 6–0, 6–3
4.	17 August 2008	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Daniëlle Harmsen	7–6 (7–2), 7–6 (9–7)
5.	25 January 2009	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Constance Sibille	6–1, 3–6, 6–4

Runner-Up (2)

Num	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score
1.	15 June 2003	Marseille, France	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	2–6, 1–6
2.	26 February 2006	St. Paul, United States	Hard (i)	Milagros Sequera	1–6, 2–6

Doubles Wins (4)

Legend

Tier II Event (0)

Tier III Event (0)

Tier IV-V Event (1)

ITF Circuit (3)

Num	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
1.	3 March 2002	Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	Anna Bastrikova Claudia Kardys	6–0, 7–5
2.	2 February 2003	Urtijëi, Italy	Carpet (i)	Vanessa Henke	Olga Vymetalková Gabriela Chmelinova	6–1, 6–2
3.	17 January 2004	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Caroline Dhenin Lisa McShea	6–4, 7–6(3)
4.	17 January 2009	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Sandra Klemenschits	Nicolette Van Uitert Viktoria Yemialyanava	6–3, 4–6 [10–7]

Runner-Up (6)

Num	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
1.	8 September 2002	Denain, France	Clay	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Olga Vymetalková Gabriela Chmelinova	3–6, 0–6
2.	19 June 2004	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera	6–7 (3–7), 3–6
3.	18 July 2004	Stanford, United States	Hard	Iveta Benešová	Eleni Danilidou Nicole Pratt	2–6, 4–6
4.	29 July 2006	Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Lina Stančiūtė	Erica Krauth Frederica Piedade	3–6, 3–6
5.	28 July 2007	Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Martina Müller	Anastasia Yakimova Carla Suárez Navarro	7–6 (7–4), 1–6, 6–7 (1–7)
6.	3 August 2008	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Anna Floris	Simona Dobra Tereza Hladíková	1–6, 6–4 [8–10]

External links

• Claudine Schaul at the Women's Tennis Association
• Claudine Schaul at the Fed Cup
• Claudine Schaul profile at the ITF's official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Tessy Scholtes	Luxembourgian Sportswoman of the Year 2003	Succeeded by Elizabeth May

Persondata
Name	Schaul, Claudine
Alternative names
Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	20 August 1983
Place of birth	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Date of death
Place of death