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Francesca Schiavone
Italian tennis player (born 1980)
Francesca Schiavone (Italian pronunciation:[franˈtʃeskaskjaˈvoːne];[1][2] born 23 June 1980) is an Italian former tennis player.
She turned professional in 1998 and won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles.
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She was also runner-up at the 2011 French Open. Her career-high ranking is world No. 4, achieved on 31 January 2011. To date, Schiavone is the last one-handed backhand player to win a Grand Slam title on the women's tour.[3][4]
She won eight career singles titles in total, seven on the WTA Tour and one at Roland Garros.
In doubles, her career-high ranking is world No. 8, peaking with an appearance in the final of the 2008 French Open. Furthermore, she helped Italy to win the Fed Cup in 2006, 2009 and 2010, and has the most wins for the Italian team.
Schiavone played in the longest ever women's singles m