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Meghann Shaughnessy
Meghann Shaughnessy at the 2011 Australian OpenCountry United States
Residence Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. Born April 13, 1979
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Turned pro 1996 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money $3,975,223 Singles Career record 378 - 343 Career titles 6 WTA, 6 ITF Highest ranking No. 11 (10 September 2001) Grand Slam results Australian Open QF (2003) French Open 4R (2001) Wimbledon 4R (2001) US Open 4R (2003) Doubles Career record 315 - 185 Career titles 17 WTA, 2 ITF Highest ranking No. 4 (March 21, 2005) Grand Slam Doubles results Australian Open SF (2006) French Open SF (2005) Wimbledon QF (2004, 2005, 2006) US Open QF (2002, 2007, 2010) Last updated on: October 13, 2011. Meghann Shaughnessy (April 13, 1979 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of #11 in 2001, and has won six WTA Tour singles titles. She is best known for her serve, which is one of the most powerful on tour, and has produced as many as 22 aces in a match.
Shaughnessy is coached by Rafael Font de Mora (managed by him since age 13 and coached by him for over 20 years). She is the niece of Dan Shaughnessy, a Boston Globe sports columnist.[1]
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Opening serves
Shaughnessy made her debut on the WTA Tour in 1996 at a tournament in Budapest, and broke into the top 100 in 1998. In 2000, Shaughnessy won her first WTA singles title at Beijing, defeating Iroda Tulyaganova in the final, and breaking into the top fifty. In her breakout year of 2001, Shaughnessy achieved a career-high singles ranking of #11, won the second singles title of her career at Quebec City, and reached the finals of Hamburg and her home tournament in Scottsdale.[2] She also recorded wins over world number five Conchita Martínez, world number four Monica Seles,[3] and world number two Venus Williams.[4]
In 2002, Shaughnessy began the season by reaching the final of Sydney, and recaptured her career-high #11 ranking. She also reached the quarterfinals or better of four other tournaments that year,[2] with wins over top five players Jelena Dokić and Serena Williams.[5][6] In 2003, Shaughnessy had another excellent year, featuring the second year end top twenty finish of her career. Shaughnessy captured her third career singles title in Canberra, and also had strong Grand Slam results, reaching her first career Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open, and reaching the Round of 16 at both the US Open and Australian Open.[2] Shaughnessy also scored an upset over world number two Venus Williams in the Round of 16 of the NASDAQ-100 Open in Miami. In 2004, Shaughnessy produced sub-par results, finishing just inside of the top 40, with only one top five win, over Anastasia Myskina in Dubai. However, in 2004 Shaughnessy produced the best doubles results of her career, winning seven tournaments with partner Nadia Petrova, including the WTA Year End Championships in Los Angeles.[2] This doubles partnership is now over as Petrova is looking for a new partner for 2006.
Current form
In 2005, Shaughnessy struggled with injuries and consistency. Her year began with a right leg injury, which forced her to withdraw from the Australian Open doubles competition, and from a tournament in Hyderabad. However, Shaughnessy showed signs of recovery in February, reaching the final of Memphis, defeating Nicole Vaidišová in the semifinals. The match featured Shaughnessy serving 22 aces in her 7–6 7–6 win. After Memphis, Shaughnessy struggled with back injuries for the duration of the spring, not reaching another semifinal until June at a grass tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch.
By July, Shaughnessy's ranking had dropped so low that she was forced to qualify for the Palo Alto tournament. She successfully qualified, and then surprised number five seed Vera Zvonareva in the first round,[7] before losing to Daniela Hantuchová in the second round. A back injury forced Shaughnessy to withdraw from tournaments in Carlsbad, California and Los Angeles. As a wildcard in New Haven, she defeated number nine seed Nathalie Dechy for the first time in ten attempts,[8] before losing to doubles partner Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the second round. At the US Open, Shaughnessy led sixteen year old Sesil Karatantcheva 6–3 5–2 in the opening round, and held two match points, before losing 3–6 7–5 7–5.
However, on March 24, 2006, Shaughnessy demolished Number 3 seed Justine Henin 7–5, 6–4 in the second round (Henin's 1st round) of the Nasdaq 100 Tournament in Miami. Shaughnessy then won a WTA-level event in Rabat, beating 8th seeded Martina Suchá in three sets, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3. It was her 4th tour title. She became the first American to win a WTA-level title in 2006 as well as the first to reach a WTA final in 2006. Shaughnessy afterwards reached the second round at Istanbul, beating 3rd seeded Anna Chakvetadze in the first round. Then she fell in the first round in the French Open to top seeded and crowd favorite Amélie Mauresmo, 6–4, 6–4.
The next year, she faced the previous year's runner-up, Svetlana Kuznetsova, in the second round of the French Open. Shaughnessy raced into a 5–0 lead in the first set, and in the sixth game held three set points on Svetlana's serve. However, Kuznetsova saved them all, won the game and recovered dramatically to clinch the set on a tie-break, before winning the second set 6–3 for the match.
Shaughnessy currently concentrates on doubles, and regularly partners with fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The pair made it to the doubles finals of the 2011 Indian Wells Masters, by defeating Alisa Kleybanova & Yan Zi (round 1), Raquel Kops-Jones & Abigail Spears (round 2), Liezel Huber & Nadia Petrova (quarter-finals) and Victoria Azarenka & Maria Kirilenko (semi-finals), but lost to Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina in the finals.
Personal life
Her coach had been romantically involved with her since before she turned 18.[9] Their romantic and coaching relationship ended in 2005; however, Shaughnessy re-united with Font De Mora as her coach during the latter part of 2006.[10]
WTA Career Finals
Singles 10 (6-4)
Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009 Grand Slam tournaments (0/0) Olympic Gold (0/0) WTA Championships (0/0) Tier I (0/0) Premier Mandatory (0/0) Tier II (1/3) Premier 5 (0/0) Tier III (1/1) Premier (0/0) Tier IV & V (4/0) International (0/0) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final Winner 1. 22 October 2000 Shanghai
Hard (i) Iroda Tulyaganova
7–6, 7–5 Runner-up 1. 26 February 2001 Scottsdale
Hard Lindsay Davenport
6–2, 6–3 Runner-up 2. 30 April 2001 Hamburg
Clay Venus Williams
6–3, 6–0 Winner 2. 23 September 2001 Quebec City
Hard (i) Iva Majoli
6–1, 6–3 Runner-up 3. 13 January 2002 Sydney
Hard Martina Hingis
6–2, 6–3 Winner 3. 12 January 2003 Canberra
Hard Francesca Schiavone
6–1, 6–1 Runner-up 4. 19 February 2005 Memphis
Hard (i) Vera Zvonareva
7–6(3), 6–2 Winner 4. 21 May 2006 Rabat
Clay Martina Suchá
6–2, 3–6, 6–3 Winner 5. 26 August 2006 Forest Hills
Hard Anna Smashnova
1–6, 6–0, 6–4 Winner 6. 16 June 2007 Barcelona
Clay Edina Gallovits
6–3, 6–2 Doubles: 33 (17-16)
Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009 Grand Slam tournaments (0/0) WTA Championships (1/0) Tier I (5/4) Premier Mandatory (0/1) Tier II (4/5) Premier 5 (0/0) Tier III (5/1) Premier (2/2) Tier IV & V (0/2) International (0/1) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final Runner-up 1. 26 April 1999 Bol
Clay Andreea Vanc
Jelena Kostanić
Michaela Paštikov
7–5, 6-7(1), 6-2 Runner-up 2. 16 May 1999 Antwerp
Clay Louise Pleming
Laura Golarsa
Katarina Srebotnik
6–4, 6–2 Runner-up 3. 22 October 2000 Shanghai
Hard (i) Rita Grande
Tamarine Tanasugarn
Lilia Osterloh
7–5, 6–1 Winner 1. 5 November 2000 Quebec City
Hard (i) Nicole Pratt
Kimberly Po-Messerli
Els Callens
6–3, 6–4 Runner-up 4. 7 January 2001 Gold Coast
Hard Katie Schlukebir
Giulia Casoni
Janette Husárová
7–6, 7–5 Runner-up 5. 4 March 2001 Scottsdale
Hard Kim Clijsters
Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
w/o Winner 2. 13 May 2001 Berlin
Clay Els Callens
Cara Black
Elena Likhovtseva
6–4, 6–3 Runner-up 6. 14 October 2001 Filderstadt
Hard (i) Justine Henin
Lindsay Davenport
Lisa Raymond
6–4, 6–7(4), 7–5 Winner 3. 31 December 2001 Gold Coast
Hard Justine Henin
Åsa Svensson
Miriam Oremans
6–1, 7–6(6) Runner-up 7. 13 October 2002 Filderstadt
Hard (i) Paola Suárez
Lindsay Davenport
Lisa Raymond
6–2, 6-4 Winner 4. 29 September 2003 Moscow
Carpet (i) Nadia Petrova
Anastasia Myskina
Vera Zvonareva
6–3, 6–4 Runner-up 8. 12 January 2004 Sydney
Hard Dinara Safina
Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs
7-5, 3-6, 6-4 Winner 5. 22 March 2004 Key Biscayne
Hard Nadia Petrova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
6–2, 6–3 Winner 6. 5 April 2004 Amelia Island
Clay Nadia Petrova
Myriam Casanova
Alicia Molik
3–6, 6–2, 7–5 Winner 7. 3 May 2004 Berlin
Clay Nadia Petrova
Janette Husárová
Conchita Martínez
6–2, 2–6, 6–1 Winner 8. 10 May 2004 Rome
Clay Nadia Petrova
Paola Suárez
Virginia Ruano Pascual
2–6, 6–3, 6–3 Winner 9. 19 July 2004 Los Angeles
Hard Nadia Petrova
Conchita Martínez
Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–7(2), 6–4, 6–3 Winner 10. 23 August 2004 New Haven
Hard Nadia Petrova
Martina Navrátilová
Lisa Raymond
6–1, 1–6, 7–6(4) Winner 11. 8 November 2004 Los Angeles
Hard Nadia Petrova
Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs
7–5, 6–2 Runner-up 9. 19 March 2005 Indian Wells
Hard Nadia Petrova
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
7–6(3), 6–1 Winner 12. 13 September 2005 Bali
Hard Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Yan Zi
Zheng Jie
6–3, 6–3 Winner 13. 7 January 2006 Gold Coast
Hard Dinara Safina
Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs
6–2, 6–3 Winner 14. 5 March 2006 Acapulco
Clay Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Shinobu Asagoe
Émilie Loit
6–1, 6–3 Runner-up 10. 18 March 2006 Indian Wells
Hard Virginia Ruano Pascual
Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur
6–2, 7–5 Runner-up 11. 16 April 2006 Charleston
Hard Virginia Ruano Pascual
Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur
3-6, 6-1, 6-1 Runner-up 12. 31 July 2006 San Diego
Hard Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs
6–2, 6–2 Winner 15. 8 January 2007 Sydney
Hard Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Marion Bartoli
Meilen Tu
6–3, 3–6, 7–6(2) Runner-up 13. 21 February 2010 Memphis
Hard (i) Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Michaëlla Krajicek
Vania King
7–5, 6–2 Winner 16. 17 May 2010 Warsaw
Clay Virginia Ruano Pascual
Cara Black
Yan Zi
6-3, 6-4 Runner-up 14. 28 August 2010 New Haven
Hard Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik
7–5, 6–0 Winner 17. 7 February 2011 Paris
Hard (i) Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Vera Dushevina
Ekaterina Makarova
6-4, 6-2 Runner-up 15. 19 March 2011 Indian Wells
Hard Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Elena Vesnina
Sania Mirza
6-0, 7-5 Runner-up 16. 10 April 2011 Charleston
Clay Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Sania Mirza
Elena Vesnina
6-4, 6-4 References
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External links
- Meghann Shaughnessy at the Women's Tennis Association
- Meghann Shaughnessy at the International Tennis Federation
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