Patty Schnyder

Patty Schnyder

Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Basel
Born	(1978-12-14) 14 December 1978 (age 43) Basel
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2011–2015, 2018
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$8,570,479
Singles
Career record	669–430 (60.9%)
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 7 (14 November 2005)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (2004)
French Open	QF (1998, 2008)
Wimbledon	4R (2007)
US Open	QF (1998, 2008)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup	F (1998)
Tour Finals	RR (2005)
Olympic Games	3R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	230–245 (48.4%)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 15 (6 June 2005)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2009)
French Open	SF (2005)
Wimbledon	3R (2004)
US Open	SF (2004)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (1996)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2009)
French Open	1R (2010)
Wimbledon	2R (1998)
US Open	1R (2004, 2009)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	F (1998), record 50–23

Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978)^[1] is a Swiss retired tennis player. A former top 10 player in singles, she twice defeated a reigning world No. 1 player in her career: Martina Hingis at the 1998 Grand Slam Cup (by retirement) and Jennifer Capriati at the Family Circle Cup in 2002. In addition, she has notable wins over former number ones Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki.

In her career, she reached six Grand Slam singles quarterfinals and one Grand Slam singles semifinal. She won eleven WTA singles titles including Zurich Open (Tier I), and five WTA doubles titles and earned almost $8.6 million in prize money.^[2]

Personal life[]

On 5 December 2003, Schnyder married her German coach Rainer Hofmann, who was also an IT specialist, at a resort in Baden-Baden, Germany.^[3] In early 2014, three years following her retirement from tennis, Schnyder announced her divorce to Hofman. In November 2014, she gave birth to a daughter, Kim Ayla, and initially kept the father's name a secret. She later named Jan Heino, her current partner, to be the father of her daughter.^[4][5]

Career[]

1994–2011: Top-10 breakthrough, Grand Slam semifinal, success on the WTA Tour[]

In 1996, Schnyder made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the French Open. In 1997, she quickly rose up through the rankings, and by August 1998 she had entered the WTA top 10. However, Schnyder fell out of the top 10 in April 1999 and spent the next six years ranked in the 15–30 range before re-entering the top 10 in May 2005.

In December 2003, Schnyder married Rainer Hofmann, who had accompanied her on the WTA Tour since 1999 and became her full-time tennis coach in early 2003.

Schnyder won eleven singles titles, including a victory in Zürich (Tier-I event) over former No. 1, Lindsay Davenport, and five doubles titles. Her first title on U.S. soil came in August 2005, when she won at Cincinnati's Western & Southern Open. Schnyder defeated four top-10 players consecutively, including Serena Williams and then-world No. 1 Jennifer Capriati, in 2002 at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, which is the largest women-only tennis event held in the United States.

Schnyder's best Grand Slam performance came at the 2004 Australian Open, where she reached the semifinals, before falling to Kim Clijsters. Later that season, she also reached the semifinals at the Tier-I tournaments in Charleston and Zurich, two large WTA events where Schnyder compiled an excellent record.

2005 was Schnyder's most consistent overall season to date. She reached five tour finals, winning two of them (Gold Coast and Cincinnati, both Tier-III events). She was runner-up at the Tier-I events Rome (to Amélie Mauresmo) and Zurich (to Lindsay Davenport). She also reached the final in Linz (Tier II), falling to Nadia Petrova. She reached the career high of world No. 7 after the end-of-season WTA Championships.

2006 proved to be a good season for Schnyder also, staying within the top 10 and reaching the finals in Charleston (defeating top seed and defending champion Justine Henin in the semifinals and also ending Henin's winning streak on clay, though Schnyder lost to Petrova in the final), and in Stanford (falling to top seed and defending champion Kim Clijsters).

Patty Schnyder at the 2007 Australian Open

Schnyder had a mediocre year in 2007, and she lost her top-10 ranking. First, she obtained an invitation to play in the Watsons Water Champions Challenge. She reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, where she lost to Anna Chakvetadze after leading 4–1 in the first set. At the French Open, she reached the fourth round, where she had two match points against Maria Sharapova, but ended up losing 7–9 in the final set. At Wimbledon, she was beaten in the fourth round by No. 1 Justine Henin in straight sets. At the Acura Classic in July, she reached the final, beating former No. 1 and compatriot, Martina Hingis, in three sets, and Russian Elena Dementieva, along the way, before losing to Sharapova, again in three sets. Schnyder briefly moved up due to this. However, at the US Open, she lost in the third round to the unseeded Austrian Tamira Paszek in a final-set tie-break, again wasting leads. After that, she played at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, where she lost to Ana Ivanovic. She finished her year with a run to the Generali Ladies Linz final, beating Chakvetadze in the quarterfinals and Marion Bartoli in the semifinals, before convincingly losing in the final to Hantuchová.

Schnyder began 2008 by beating Mauresmo in the quarterfinals of the Mondial Women's Hardcourts tournament in the Gold Coast before losing to Li Na in the semifinals. At the Australian Open, she lost in the second round to Australian Casey Dellacqua. She then lost in the second round of the Proximus Diamond Games to eventual finalist Karin Knapp, losing in a final-set tiebreak. She entered the Qatar Open and beat Paszek easily. She lost to Slovakia's Dominika Cibulková in the second round. Schnyder then competed in the Bangalore Open, a Tier-II event in India. She defeated Akgul Amanmuradova, in the quarterfinals, and then managed to beat Yan Zi, in the semifinal. However, she lost to Serena Williams in the final in straight sets.

Schnyder at the 2008 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament

Schnyder again lost to Casey Dellacqua at Wimbledon in the first round, although she played an epic match. Alongside Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Schnyder played for her team in the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[6]

At the US Open, Schnyder was seeded 15th. She beat Katarina Srebotnik in the fourth round to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in ten years, where she lost to fifth seeded Elena Dementieva. At the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Schnyder won her first title in over three years when she defeated Tamira Paszek in the final in two sets. At the 2009 Madrid Masters, Schnyder defeated world No. 10, Nadia Petrova, in the third round and world No. 4, Jelena Janković, in the quarterfinals, but lost to world No. 1, Dinara Safina, in the semifinals.

2010 was a tough year for Patty. For the first time since 1996, she did not play in the Australian Open, due to injury. But, for the second year in a row, she made it to the final in Budapest against Ágnes Szávay, but again lost. She lost two match points in the third round of the US Open and double-faulted on match point against Yanina Wickmayer. She again made her second final of the year in Linz, but suffered an upset at the hands of Ana Ivanovic, losing in straight sets in just 47 minutes.^[7]

Schnyder did not play at the beginning of the 2011 season, prior to the Australian Open, due to illness. At the Australian Open, she lost to the qualifier Lesia Tsurenko in the first round. In a March 2011 Bleacher report, Schnyder was listed as one of ten most underrated players on the WTA Tour. Schnyder signaled, after disappointing first-round losses in both singles and doubles at the Family Circle Cup, that she would indeed be retiring sometime that year. Schnyder proved in April that she was still Switzerland's No. 1 women's tennis player when she, along with Timea Bacsinszky, helped propel Switzerland back into World Group II at the Fed Cup. She announced her retirement in May 2011, stating fatigue and lack of motivation as the main reasons for cutting her tennis career short.^[8][9]

2015–2018: Comeback and success on the ITF Circuit, retirement[]

After the birth of her daughter in late 2014, Schnyder announced she wanted to "get back in shape".^[10] Hence, in mid-2015, Schnyder returned to the professional circuit and competed in ITF Future tournaments in Darmstadt, Germany (July) and Oldenzaal, Netherlands (August).^[11] She took her first title of her comeback in September when she won the $10k tournament in Prague,^[12] without losing a set all week. She made her second final of her comeback in Bangkok, losing to Kaia Kanepi.

In 2016, Schnyder played a complete season, competing in 20 tournaments (17 of which at ITF level). In the WTA rankings, she rose from No. 488 at beginning of the year to No. 298 at year-end. She made her comeback to the WTA Tour at the Volvo Car Open as wild card, where she lost to No. 3 seed Samantha Crawford in the first round, 2–6, 6–1, 2–6. The highlights of her 2016 season occurred at the ITF tournaments in Bastad, which she won, and Stuttgart-Vaihingen, where she reached the semifinals.

In 2017, Schnyder's comeback gained traction, as she won the ITF tournaments in Périgueux and Horb and additionally reached the finals in Essen, Biarritz and Toronto. At her home tournament in Gstaad, where she gained entry through a wildcard, she won her first main-draw match at WTA level since 2011, defeating compatriot Amra Sadiković in the first round before suffering defeat at the hands of Antonia Lottner in round two. With these results, she re-entered the top 200 and gained access to the qualifiers' draw at the US Open, where she lost to Nicole Gibbs in the second round.

In 2018, Schnyder qualified for the US Open just a few months shy of her 40th birthday.^[13] In the first round, she lost to Maria Sharapova in their first meeting in ten years.^[14] On 23 November 2018, she announced her retirement from professional tennis for the second time.^[15]

WTA career finals[]

Singles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runner-ups)[]

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1996	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	1–1	Jan 1998	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Dominique Van Roost	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	Feb 1998	Hannover, Germany	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	6–0, 3–6, 7–5
Win	3–1	May 1998	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Dominique Van Roost	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win	4–1	Jul 1998	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Clay	Gala León García	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	5–1	Jul 1998	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Barbara Schett	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	5–2	Sep 1998	Munich, Germany	Hard (i)	Venus Williams	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	6–2	Jan 1999	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Mary Pierce	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss	6–3	Jul 2000	Klagenfurt, Austria	Clay	Barbara Schett	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	6–4	Jul 2001	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Iroda Tulyaganova	3–6, 2–6
Win	7–4	Nov 2001	Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Henrieta Nagyová	6–0, 6–4
Loss	7–5	Apr 2002	Hilton Head, United States	Clay	Iva Majoli	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	8–5	Oct 2002	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Lindsay Davenport	6–7(5–7), 7–6(10–8), 6–3
Win	9–5	Jan 2005	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Samantha Stosur	1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	9–6	May 2005	Rome, Italy	Clay	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win	10–6	Jul 2005	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Akiko Morigami	6–4, 6–0
Loss	10–7	Oct 2005	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Lindsay Davenport	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	10–8	Oct 2005	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Nadia Petrova	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	10–9	Apr 2006	Charleston, United States	Clay	Nadia Petrova	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	10–10	Jul 2006	Stanford, United States	Hard	Kim Clijsters	4–6, 2–6
Loss	10–11	Aug 2007	San Diego, United States	Hard	Maria Sharapova	2–6, 6–3, 0–6
Loss	10–12	Oct 2007	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Daniela Hantuchová	4–6, 2–6
Loss	10–13	Mar 2008	Bangalore, India	Hard	Serena Williams	5–7, 3–6
Win	11–13	Sep 2008	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Tamira Paszek	6–3, 6–0
Loss	11–14	Jul 2009	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Ágnes Szávay	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	11–15	Jul 2010	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Ágnes Szávay	2–6, 4–6
Loss	11–16	Oct 2010	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Ana Ivanovic	1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 16 (5 titles, 11 runner-ups)[]

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1998	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	Barbara Schett	Sandra Cacic Mary Pierce	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–7(5–7)
Win	1–1	May 1998	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Barbara Schett	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Jul 1998	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Barbara Schett	Pavlina Nola Elena Pampoulova	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Apr 1999	Hilton Head, United States	Clay	Barbara Schett	Elena Likhovtseva Jana Novotná	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Jul 2000	Klagenfurt, Austria	Clay	Barbara Schett	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	6–7(5–7), 1–6
Loss	1–5	Oct 2001	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Bianka Lamade	Elena Bovina Daniela Hantuchová	3–6, 3–6
Win	2–5	Feb 2002	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Magdalena Maleeva	Nathalie Dechy Meilen Tu	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
Win	3–5	Feb 2003	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Barbara Schett	Marion Bartoli Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	3–6	Apr 2003	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch	3–6, 2–6
Win	4–6	Feb 2004	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Barbara Schett	Silvia Farina Elia Francesca Schiavone	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–7	Oct 2004	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Nathalie Dechy	Janette Husárová Elena Likhovtseva	2–6, 5–7
Loss	4–8	Apr 2005	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	Květa Peschke	Bryanne Stewart Samantha Stosur	4–6, 2–6
Win	5–8	Oct 2008	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–9	Oct 2008	Zürich, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Cara Black Liezel Huber	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	5–10	Apr 2009	Charleston, United States	Clay	Līga Dekmeijere	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [11–9]
Loss	5–11	Jul 2009	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Julia Görges	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	6–2, 3–6, [10–12]

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 14 (7–7)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	4 May 1995	ITF Nitra, Slovakia	Clay	Bárbara Castro	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	2.	21 May 1995	ITF Prešov, Slovak Republic	Clay	Jana Ondrouchová	6–1, 6–0
Winner	3.	25 June 1995	ITF Cureglia, Switzerland	Clay	Camilla Kremer	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	28 August 1995	ITF Athens, Greece	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	21 April 1996	ITF Murcia, Spain	Clay	Elena Pampoulova	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	2 September 1996	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	0–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	6 September 2015	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	Zuzana Luknárová	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	19 December 2015	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Kaia Kanepi	3–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	22 May 2016	ITF Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Melanie Stokke	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	10 June 2017	Bredeney Open, Germany	Clay	Kaia Kanepi	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 0–2 ret.
Winner	6.	1 July 2017	ITF Périgueux, France	Clay	Camilla Rosatello	6–4, 7–5
Winner	7.	30 July 2017	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Conny Perrin	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	17 September 2017	Open de Biarritz, France	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	5 November 2017	Toronto Challenger, Canada	Hard	Ysaline Bonaventure	6–7(3–7), 3–6

Performance timelines[]

Overall W–L: WTA Tour main draw (incl. Grand Slams), Olympics and Fed Cup World Group (incl. play-offs).

Singles[]

Doubles[]

Top 10 wins[]

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	SR
1997
1.	Iva Majoli	8	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	1R	7–5, 6–1	63
2.	Amanda Coetzer	10	Rome, Italy	Clay	3R	7–6(7–3), 7–5	51
3.	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7	Rome, Italy	Clay	QF	6–1, 6–1	51
4.	Iva Majoli	4	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	2R	6–2, 6–2	34
1998
5.	Iva Majoli	5	Hanover, Germany	Carpet (i)	2R	6–1, 6–3	25
6.	Jana Novotná	3	Hanover, Germany	Carpet (i)	F	6–0, 3–6, 7–5	25
7.	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	QF	6–3, 6–0	18
8.	Amanda Coetzer	4	French Open, Paris	Clay	1R	6–4, 3–6, 8–6	18
9.	Steffi Graf	7	US Open, New York	Hard	4R	6–3, 6–4	10
10.	Jana Novotná	3	Grand Slam Cup, Munich	Hard (i)	QF	2–6, 7–5, 7–5	9
11.	Martina Hingis	1	Grand Slam Cup, Munich	Hard (i)	SF	5–7, 7–5, 5–5 ret.	9
1999
12.	Mary Pierce	7	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	F	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2	11
2000
13.	Amélie Mauresmo	6	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	2R	6–4, 6–4	29
14.	Sandrine Testud	10	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	2R	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–0)	30
2001
15.	Conchita Martínez	9	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	2R	6–3, 2–6, 6–2	46
2002
16.	Jelena Dokic	6	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet (i)	2R	4–6, 6–4, 1–1 ret.	42
17.	Amélie Mauresmo	10	Charleston, United States	Clay	2R	6–4, 3–6, 6–2	30
18.	Serena Williams	3	Charleston, United States	Clay	QF	2–6, 6–4, 7–5	30
19.	Jennifer Capriati	1	Charleston, United States	Clay	SF	6–4, 6–3	30
20.	Daniela Hantuchová	9	Zurich, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	QF	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	19
21.	Lindsay Davenport	10	Zurich, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	F	6–7(5–7), 7–6(10–8), 6–3	19
2003
22.	Amélie Mauresmo	7	Zurich, Switzerland	Hard (i)	2R	6–2, 6–2	18
23.	Anastasia Myskina	9	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	QF	6–1, 6–1	28
2004
24.	Elena Dementieva	6	Charleston, United States	Clay	3R	6–3, 6–1	17
25.	Lindsay Davenport	4	Charleston, United States	Clay	QF	6–3, 6–2	17
2005
26.	Elena Dementieva	6	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	4R	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), 6–2	14
27.	Anastasia Myskina	5	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	QF	6–7(0–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–2	14
28.	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7	Berlin, Germany	Clay	QF	6–2, 6–2	13
29.	Maria Sharapova	2	Rome, Italy	Clay	SF	3–6, 6–3, 6–1	13
30.	Nadia Petrova	10	WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles	Hard (i)	RR	6–0, 5–7, 6–4	8
2006
31.	Elena Dementieva	8	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	QF	6–3, 6–3	9
32.	Justine Henin	3	Charleston, United States	Clay	SF	2–6, 6–3, 6–2	9
33.	Elena Dementieva	6	San Diego, United States	Hard	QF	6–4, 6–3	8
2007
34.	Martina Hingis	7	Berlin, Germany	Clay	3R	6–4, 6–0	19
35.	Nadia Petrova	9	San Diego, United States	Hard	QF	6–4, 6–4	17
36.	Serena Williams	6	Zurich, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	1R	6–0, 3–0 ret.	17
37.	Anna Chakvetadze	7	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	QF	6–1, 6–0	17
38.	Marion Bartoli	9	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	SF	7–6(7–5), 6–3	17
2008
39.	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	1R	6–4, 4–6, 7–5	11
2009
40.	Serena Williams	2	Rome, Italy	Clay	2R	6–2, 2–6, 6–1	20
41.	Nadia Petrova	10	Madrid, Spain	Clay	3R	6–4, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)	20
42.	Jelena Janković	4	Madrid, Spain	Clay	QF	7–6(8–6), 6–3	20
2010
43.	Agnieszka Radwańska	9	Madrid, Spain	Clay	2R	3–6, 6–4, 6–4	48

Head-to-head vs. top 10 ranked players[]

Player	Years	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Carpet
Number 1 ranked players
/ Steffi Graf	1998	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	–
Martina Hingis	1998–2007	3–2	60%	2–1	1–0	–	0–1
/ Ana Ivanovic	2005–2011	5–5	50%	4–2	1–3	–	–
/ Jelena Janković	2004–2009	2–3	40%	1–2	1–1	–	–
Serena Williams	1998–2009	4–8	33%	0–6	3–0	–	1–2
Kim Clijsters	2000–2009	3–6	33%	1–4	1–0	1–0	0–2
Amélie Mauresmo	1998–2008	6–13	32%	3–7	3–3	–	0–3
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1996–2000	2–6	25%	0–2	2–3	–	0–1
Jennifer Capriati	2000–2002	1–3	25%	0–1	1–1	0–1	–
Caroline Wozniacki	2005–2010	1–4	20%	1–2	0–2	–	–
Lindsay Davenport	1997–2006	2–10	17%	0–7	1–2	0–1	1–0
Justine Henin	2001–2007	1–8	11%	0–2	1–4	0–1	0–1
Maria Sharapova	2004–2018	1–8	11%	0–5	1–2	0–1	–
Simona Halep	2010–2018	0–2	0%	–	0–2	–	–
// Monica Seles	1998–2002	0–3	0%	0–2	0–1	–	–
Dinara Safina	2002–2009	0–4	0%	0–1	0–2	–	0–1
Venus Williams	1998–2010	0–11	0%	0–6	0–5	–	–
Number 2 ranked players
Agnieszka Radwańska	2008–2010	2–1	67%	0–1	2–0	–	–
Anastasia Myskina	2000–2006	3–2	60%	3–1	–	0–1	–
Petra Kvitová	2008–2009	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	–
Svetlana Kuznetsova	2002–2008	3–4	43%	1–2	2–2	–	–
Li Na	2005–2009	2–3	40%	2–2	0–1	–	–
Conchita Martínez	1996–2005	3–8	27%	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–2
/ Jana Novotná	1996–1999	2–6	25%	1–2	0–3	–	1–1
Vera Zvonareva	2003–2011	1–3	25%	1–0	0–3	–	–
Number 3 ranked players
Nathalie Tauziat	1998	1–0	100%	–	–	–	1–0
Nadia Petrova	2000–2010	8–7	53%	6–6	2–1	–	–
Elena Dementieva	1997–2008	7–10	41%	4–4	1–3	–	2–3
Amanda Coetzer	1997–2004	2–6	25%	0–5	2–0	–	0–1
Mary Pierce	1995–2006	2–7	22%	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–2
Number 4 ranked players
/ Helena Suková	1997–1998	2–0	100%	1–0	–	1–0	–
Sofia Kenin	2017	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	–
/ Iva Majoli	1997–2002	4–1	80%	2–0	1–1	–	1–0
Magdalena Maleeva	2000–2005	4–3	57%	4–0	0–1	–	0–2
Mary Joe Fernández	1997–1998	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	–
Francesca Schiavone	2001–2008	4–5	44%	4–4	–	–	0–1
Samantha Stosur	2005–2018	2–3	40%	1–1	1–2	–	–
/ Anke Huber	1998–2001	1–2	33%	0–2	1–0	–	–
/ Jelena Dokić	2001–2003	1–4	20%	0–1	0–3	–	1–0
Dominika Cibulková	2008	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–
Number 5 ranked players
Anna Chakvetadze	2005–2007	2–1	67%	1–1	–	–	1–0
Lucie Šafářová	2006–2011	2–2	50%	2–2	–	–	–
Sara Errani	2009	1–1	50%	0–1	1–0	–	–
Daniela Hantuchová	2001–2010	9–10	47%	5–10	2–0	–	2–0
Number 6 ranked players
Flavia Pennetta	2005–2007	3–0	100%	2–0	1–0	–	–
Chanda Rubin	1997–2006	3–1	75%	2–1	–	–	1–0
Number 7 ranked players
Julie Halard-Decugis	1998–2000	3–0	100%	1–0	2–0	–	–
Madison Keys	2011	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	–
Irina Spîrlea	1998	1–0	100%	–	–	–	1–0
Nicole Vaidišová	2005	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–
Marion Bartoli	2004–2008	5–1	83%	4–1	1–0	–	–
Roberta Vinci	2004–2007	3–1	75%	1–1	1–0	1–0	–
Barbara Schett	1998–2003	5–4	56%	1–2	4–1	–	0–1
Number 8 ranked players
Alicia Molik	1999–2007	4–1	80%	4–1	–	–	–
Ai Sugiyama	1999–2009	2–4	33%	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0
Anna Kournikova	1995–1999	1–4	20%	–	1–4	–	–
Number 9 ranked players
Andrea Petkovic	2009–2010	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	–
Timea Bacsinszky	2008	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–
Lori McNeil	1998	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–
Dominique Monami	1996–1999	4–1	80%	2–0	1–0	–	1–1
Sandrine Testud	1997–2000	4–3	57%	1–2	3–0	–	0–1
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	1997–2007	1–1	50%	1–0	0–1	–	–
Paola Suarez	1999–2006	4–5	44%	4–0	0–3	0–1	0–1
Aryna Sabalenka	2016	0–1	0%	–	–	–	0–1
Number 10 ranked players
/ Karina Habšudová	1999–2000	3–0	100%	2–0	–	1–0	–
Paula Badosa	2018	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–
Kristina Mladenovic	2009	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	–
Barbara Paulus	1996	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–
Maria Kirilenko	2005	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–
Total	1995–2018	158–216	42%	85–112 (43%)	53–67 (44%)	4–9 (31%)	16–28 (36%)

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