Virginia Ruano Pascual

Virginia Ruano Pascual

2009 US Open
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Madrid, Spain
Born	(1973-09-21) 21 September 1973 Madrid, Spain
Height
Turned pro	January 1992
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$6,076,081
Singles
Career record	395–353
Career titles	3 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 28 (12 April 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (2003)
French Open	QF (1995)
Wimbledon	4R (1998)
US Open	3R (1998–99, 2001)
Doubles
Career record	596–272
Career titles	43 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (8 September 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2004)
French Open	W (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	F (2002, 2003, 2006)
US Open	W (2002, 2003, 2004)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	Silver medal (2004, 2008)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2004)
French Open	W (2001)
Wimbledon	SF (2009)
US Open	QF (2003)
Medal record Representing Spain Olympic Games 2004 Athens Doubles 2008 Beijing Doubles Mediterranean Games 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Singles 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Doubles
Last updated on: 20 December 2011.

Virginia Ruano Pascual (born 21 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.

She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles (eight partnering Paola Suárez of Argentina and two partnering Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain)

Between 2002 and 2004 Virginia and Paola reached nine consecutive Grand Slam finals (won five, lost four) and they reached at least the semi-finals of the last twelve Grand Slam tournaments they played in (winning run came to an end when they lost in the Wimbledon semi-finals).

Personal life

Her father, Juan Manuel, works for Iberia Airlines; her mother, Virginia, is a housewife. Her brother, Juan Ramon, is a tennis pro at a club and also serves as her coach and her sister, Marbella, works in administration. Initially, she hyphenated her family names, but she has omitted the hyphen since 1998.

Her hobbies include listening to music, watching sports (especially handball) and going to movies, especially those of Kevin Costner. She considers paella her favorite food and likes traveling to Hawaii.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 16 (10–6)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2000	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2001	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez	6–2, 6–1
Winner	2002	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2002	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–2, 7–5
Winner	2002	US Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	2003	Australian Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2003	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–7(5), 6–2, 9–7
Runner-up	2003	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2003	U.S. Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–2
Winner	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
Winner	2004	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 6–3
Winner	2004	U.S. Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 7–5
Winner	2005	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2006	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	2008	French Open	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	2009	French Open	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–1, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2001	French Open	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	Jaime Oncins Paola Suárez	7–5, 6–3

WTA Tour Finals

Singles 3 (3–0)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
Olympic Gold (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)
Tier IV & V (3/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	18 May 1997	Cardiff	Clay	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	2.	26 April 1998	Budapest	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	3.	12 October 2003	Tashkent	Hard	Saori Obata	6–2, 7–6(2)

Doubles 78 (43–35)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (10/6)
Olympic Gold (0/2)
WTA Championships (1/0)
Tier I (11/11)	Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (5/6)	Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (7/4)	Premier (1/0)
Tier IV & V (8/5)	International (0/1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	18 January 1998	Hobart	Hard	Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová	7–6(6), 6–3
Winner	2.	26 April 1998	Budapest	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	3.	10 May 1998	Rome	Clay	Paola Suárez	Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6(1), 6–4
Runner-up	1.	25 April 1999	Budapest	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Sandra Načuk	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	23 May 1999	Madrid	Clay	Paola Suárez	Maria Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner	6–2, 0–6, 6–0
Winner	5.	23 April 2000	Hilton Head	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	11 June 2000	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	10 July 2000	Palermo	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	Silvia Farina Elia Rita Grande	6–4, 0–6, 7–6(6)
Winner	6.	23 July 2000	Sopot	Clay	Paola Suárez	Åsa Carlsson Rita Grande	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	21 August 2000	New Haven	Hard	Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	7 January 2001	Hobart	Hard	Ruxandra Dragomir	Elena Likhovtseva Cara Black	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	4 March 2001	Acapulco	Clay	Paola Suárez	Anabel Medina Garrigues María José Martínez Sánchez	6–4, 6–7(5), 7–5
Runner-up	7.	11 March 2001	Indian Wells	Hard	Paola Suárez	Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	22 April 2001	Charleston	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	5–7, 7–6(5), 6–3
Winner	7.	20 May 2001	Antwerp	Clay	Els Callens	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	26 May 2001	Madrid	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 2–6, 7–6(4)
Winner	9.	10 June 2001	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez	6–2, 6–1
Winner	10.	22 July 2001	Knokke-Heist	Clay	Magüi Serna	Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie Andreea Vanc	6–4, 6–3
Winner	11.	24 February 2002	Bogotá	Clay	Paola Suárez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 6–1
Winner	12.	3 March 2002	Acapulco	Clay	Paola Suárez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	1 April 2002	Miami	Hard	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–6(4), 6–7(4), 6–3
Winner	13.	19 May 2002	Rome	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–3, 6–4
Winner	14.	9 June 2002	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	24 June 2002	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–2, 7–5
Winner	15.	18 August 2002	Montreal	Hard	Paola Suárez	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 7–6(4)
Winner	16.	8 September 2002	US Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	6–2, 6–1
Winner	17.	14 September 2002	Bahia	Hard	Paola Suárez	Émilie Loit Rossana de los Ríos	6–4, 6–1
Winner	18.	29 September 2002	Bali	Hard	Cara Black	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	13 January 2003	Australian Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	19.	13 April 2003	Charleston	Clay	Paola Suárez	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	20 April 2003	Amelia Island	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	7–5, 6–2
Winner	20.	11 May 2003	Berlin	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	13.	8 June 2003	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–7(5), 6–2, 9–7
Runner-up	14.	6 July 2003	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 6–4
Winner	21.	23 August 2003	New Haven	Hard	Paola Suárez	Alicia Molik Magüi Serna	7–6(6), 6–3
Winner	22.	7 September 2003	US Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	15.	19 October 2003	Zürich	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	7–6(3), 6–2
Winner	23.	10 November 2003	Los Angeles	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	16.	5 January 2004	Auckland	Hard	Paola Suárez	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Jelena Kostanić Tošić	7–6(6), 3–6, 6–1
Winner	24.	1 February 2004	Australian Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
Winner	25.	21 March 2004	Indian Wells	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–1, 6–2
Winner	26.	18 April 2004	Charleston	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	17.	10 May 2004	Rome	Clay	Paola Suárez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	27.	3 June 2004	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	18.	19 July 2004	Los Angeles	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	6–7(2), 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	19.	26 July 2004	San Diego	Hard	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	20.	22 August 2004	Olympic Games	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Sun Tiantian Li Ting	6–3, 6–3
Winner	28.	11 September 2004	US Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	21.	17 October 2004	Moscow	Carpet	Paola Suárez	Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	22.	24 October 2004	Zürich	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–4
Winner	29.	31 October 2004	Luxembourg City	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Jill Craybas Marlene Weingärtner	6–1, 6–7(1), 6–3
Winner	30.	5 March 2005	Dubai	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	6–7(7), 6–2, 6–1
Winner	31.	19 March 2005	Indian Wells	Hard	Paola Suárez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6(3), 6–1
Winner	32.	17 April 2005	Charleston	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
Winner	33.	4 June 2005	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	34.	7 August 2005	San Diego	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–7(7), 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	23.	15 August 2005	Toronto	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Martina Navrátilová	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	24.	9 October 2005	Bangkok	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Shinobu Asagoe Gisela Dulko	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	25.	30 October 2005	Linz	Hard (i)	Conchita Martínez	Gisela Dulko Květa Peschke	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	26.	17 January 2006	Sydney	Hard	Paola Suárez	Corina Morariu Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up	27.	18 March 2006	Indian Wells	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	28.	16 April 2006	Charleston	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	29.	8 July 2006	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Zheng Jie Yan Zi	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	35.	13 August 2006	Los Angeles	Hard	Paola Suárez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–4
Winner	36.	24 September 2006	Beijing	Hard	Paola Suárez	Anna Chakvetadze Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–4
Winner	37.	1 October 2006	Seoul	Hard	Paola Suárez	Chia-jung Chuang Mariana Díaz-Oliva	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	30.	13 January 2007	Hobart	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	31.	9 April 2007	Amelia Island	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Mara Santangelo Katarina Srebotnik	6–3, 7–6(4)
Runner-up	32.	18 June 2007	‘s-Hertogenbosch	Grass	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chan Yung-Jan Chuang Chia-Jung	7–5, 6–2
Winner	38.	5 August 2007	Stockholm	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chin-Wei Chan Tetiana Luzhanska	6–1, 5–7, [10–6]
Winner	39.	11 January 2008	Hobart	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–4
Winner	40.	6 June 2008	French Open	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	33.	15 June 2008	Birmingham	Grass	Séverine Brémond	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–2, 6–1
Winner	41.	27 July 2008	Portorož	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	34.	17 August 2008	Olympic Games	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	35.	6 April 2009	Marbella	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6–3, 6–3
Winner	42.	5 June 2009	French Open	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–1, 6–1
Winner	43.	22 May 2010	Warsaw	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Cara Black Yan Zi	6–3, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	QF	2R	1R	4R	2R	3R	2R	A
French Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	QF	1R	3R	3R	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	LQ	1R	2R	LQ
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	4R	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	3R	2R	LQ	A
US Open	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	A	A

Women's Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	2R	2R	QF	3R	F	W	1R	QF	1R	SF	3R	3R	1 / 14	32–13
French Open	A	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	1R	2R	2R	F	W	W	F	W	W	2R	QF	W	W	1R	6 / 17	55–11
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	3R	QF	SF	F	F	SF	A	F	3R	3R	SF	2R	0 / 14	38–14
US Open	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	SF	2R	1R	3R	W	W	W	SF	QF	3R	SF	3R	A	3 / 16	42–13

Awards

• Named WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year for third straight year for 2004 with partner Paola Suárez.
• With partner Paola Suárez, received Premio Consagración Clarín al Mérito Deportivo 2003, an award presented to Argentine athletes for their achievements
• With partner Paola Suárez, named 2002 WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year and 2002 ITF Women's Doubles World Champions
• In 1993 helped Spain recapture the Fed Cup title and defend it in 1994

External links

• Virginia Ruano Pascual at the Women's Tennis Association