Italian tennis player Francesca Schiavone: biography, sports career, personal life

Schiavone Francesca, whose biography is presented in this article, is one of the most famous Italian tennis players. In addition to winning the Grand Slam tournament, the sportswoman in the national team of her country won the Federation Cup three times.

Sports career

Francesca Schiavone was born in 1980 in the Italian city of Milan. For the first time a tennis racket girl took in ten years, and it was "love at first sight."

At the professional tennis competitions held under the auspices of the WTA (Women's Tennis Association), Schiavone made her debut in 1999. At that time she was listed in the rating of the best female athletes of the world in this sport under number 184. A year later, Francesca is in the top 100, and in 2001 she becomes the 30th racket of the world.

Despite the fact that the young Italian was not very successful at the Grand Slam tournaments, many people started talking about her. Especially the fans were attracted by the unusual style of playing on the backend. Francesca Schiavone is one of the few tennis players who perform this blow with one hand.

Achievements on the courts

The first serious success came to the sportswoman in 2006. Francesca Schiavone in the Italian national team defeated one of the strongest at that time rackets of the world Justine Henin, and her team was able to wrest from Belgium the victory at the Federation Cup.

Three years later the story repeated itself. Italians from Schiavone again become winners of the most prestigious international tennis tournament, having won this time at the US team. And next year they successfully defended this title.

In the singles, the first major successes came to the Italian in 2003. Francesca Schiavone managed to reach the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam tournament - the US Open. After 6 years, she repeats this achievement on the courts of Wimbledon.

However, the most successful for Schiavone was 2010. In addition to the quarterfinal of the US Open, 30-year-old Francesca realized her sporting dream - she became the winner of the Grand Slam tournament. And she became the first Italian woman who managed to do it.

On the courts, "Roland Garros" Francesca Schiavone defeated in the final favorite meeting Samantha Stosur from Australia. This victory allowed the Italian to rise to sixth place in the ranking of the best tennis players on the planet.

The following year, Schiavone reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, while improving their positions in the world ranking. On January 31, Francesca set a new record for herself and Italy - she became the 4th racket of the world.

Since 2001, Schiavone has performed not only in singles, but also doubles. In 2006, together with the Czech Quete Peschke, she made her way to the semifinal of the US Open. Two years later, paired with Australian Casey Delacqua, Schiavone became a finalist on the courts of Roland Garros.

Two more times - in 2009 and 2012 - Francesca became the semi-finalist of the Grand Slam tournaments in doubles.

Personal life of the sportswoman

Schiavone Francesca, tennis for which stands in the first place, tries to carefully hide her personal life. Journalists still could not find out if the heart of the charming Italian woman is occupied.

As Francesca admitted, she keeps a diary and writes prose. She is also a real football fan and very closely follows the games of her beloved and native club for her - Milan's "Inter".