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Claudine Schaul Country Luxembourg
Residence Garnich, Luxembourg Born 20 August 1983
Luxembourg City, LuxembourgHeight 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.
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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 ScholtesLuxembourgian Sportswoman of the Year
2003Succeeded by
Elizabeth MayCategories:- Luxembourgian female tennis players
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Luxembourg City
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