Virginie Razzano

Quick Facts

Full Name	Virginie Razzano
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	May 12, 1983(1983-05-12)
Age	41
Birthplace	Dijon
Country	France
Birth City	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Horoscope	Taurus

Virginie Razzano Biography

Virginie Razzano is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on May 12, 1983 in Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Virginie Razzano (born 12 May 1983) was an ex- French pro tennis athlete. She was awarded 2 WTA Tour singles titles, both of them in 2007. Razzano hit a career-high WTA singles rankings of No. 16 on 14 September 2009. She was a member of France at her participation at the Fed Cup from 2001 to

2014. Her overall Fed Cup win-loss record is 16-9 (singles 10-5 and doubles 6-4).

Razzano began her 2010 campaign in her first tournament, the ASB Classic, where she was seeded fifth. She beat Monica Niculescu in the first round, but lost at the end of round two in the second round to Kimiko Date-Krumm. She also lost 3-6 and losing 0-6 to Daniela Hantuchova in the opening round of Sydney. Razzano had been seeded as 18th in the Australian Open, but suffered another shock loss in the first round against Ekaterina Makarova. Her loss led her to drop off the list of top twenty players players in the rankings of world tennis. Another loss in the first round was followed by Paris and she fell in the first round to Patty Schenyder. Razzano continued her winning streak in Dubai in which she was a seeded player but not a top-ranked player she defeated Selima Sfar, in the opening round, but lost to the world’s No. 22 and the in-form Shahar Pe’er at the end of the round. Because she did not defend her points after reaching the final in the previous season, Razzano saw a huge increase in her rankings when she dropped to the world’s No. 39. Razzano was next in action at her next tournament, the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells in which she beat Kristina Barrois during the 2nd round before falling to the 32nd-seed Maria Kirilenko in the third round. Then, at the US Open, she beat Klara Zakopalova, and then defeated the 13th-seed Marion Bartoli, before losing to the former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic in the third round.

At the French Open, Razzano handed the No. 5 seed Serena Williams her first- ever singles first-round defeat in a Grand Slam tournament. Razzano came back from a set and 1–5 down in the second-set tie-break to emerge victorious in three sets. At the time, Razzano was ranked 106 places lower than Williams, who was the favourite for the title entering the tournament. She was up 5–0 in the final set at one point and needed eight match points to close out the match. She lost to Arantxa Rus in the second round in straight sets.

Prior to the French Open’s start, Razzano’s fiancé and former coach Stephane Vidal died of a brain tumor. She elected to play despite her loss, knowing that Vidal encouraged her to participate at Roland Garros. She met 24th-seeded Jarmila Gajdošová in the first round, but lost with a score of 3–6, 1–6.

On September 30, 2007 Razzano was awarded her debut singles crown in Guangzhou. As the No. two seeded player, she beat the first time finalist, 34 -year-old Israeli Tzipora Obziler in order to take the title and be her champion of the 2007 Guangzhou International Women’s Open champion. The following week she won her second career title too, in Asia by beating the former No. 1. Venus Williams in three sets at the Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo.

Virginie Razzano Net Worth

Virginie Razzano is one of the richest Tennis Player from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Virginie Razzano 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The month of May saw Razzano made it to the semifinals for singles at the Internationaux de Strasbourg for the second year in succession. She fell in her semi-final match in a close contest against Caroline Garcia. Three Frenchwomen including Razzano, Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic – made it to the semifinals in the tournament. The previous time three Frenchwomen reached this stage in the WTA competition was 2006 the year that Tatiana Golovin, Mary Pierce and Amelie Mauresmo progressed through the quarterfinals in the Open Gaz de France, with Mauresmo ultimately winning the title in singles.

On August 31, 2006 Razzano defeated the eighth place Martina Hingis in the second round of the US Open. On January 2, 2007, she beat the former world No. 5 Daniela Hantuchova by 2 sets during the second set of the ASB Classic tournament in Auckland. In the first round of Wimbledon she was beaten by a seeded opponent, Yvonne Meusburger. In Forest Hills, she lost in her second WTA Tour final to Gisela Dulko.

Razzano started her US Open Series campaign in Los Angeles, where she was seeded 11th. She lost in the first round to Anna Chakvetadze. She was seeded 16th at Cincinnati, but also lost in the first round to Anna-Lena Grönefeld. Razzano played her last tournament before the US Open in New Haven. Unseeded in singles, she defeated world No. 20 Patty Schnyder in three sets, in the first round. Fifth seed Agnieszka Radwańska had to retire due to injury in the second round with the score at one set all. Razzano was defeated by Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. Razzano was seeded 16th at the US Open, but suffered a surprise defeat in the first round to eventual semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Razzano continued her disappointing end to the season in Tokyo as the 16th seed, losing to Iveta Benešová, in the first round. She was forced to pull out of the China Open due to a left calf strain. This turned out to be the end of Razzano’s season. She finished her best season on tour ranked world No. 19.

Facts & Trivia

Virginie Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Virginie Razzano celebrates birthday on May 12 of every year.