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Claudine Schaul

Luxembourgish tennis player

Summary

Luxembourgish tennis player

Field	Value
name	Claudine Schaul
image	Fed Cup Group I 2012 Europe Africa day 1 Claudine Schaul 001.JPG
country
residence	Garnich
birth_date
birth_place	Luxembourg City
height
turnedpro	2002
plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney	US$ 542,184
singlesrecord
singlestitles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
highestsinglesranking	No. 41 (24 May 2004)
AustralianOpenresult	3R (2004)
FrenchOpenresult	1R (2004, 2005)
Wimbledonresult	1R (2004, 2005)
USOpenresult	3R (2003)
doublesrecord
doublestitles	1 WTA, 3 ITF
highestdoublesranking	No. 71 (8 November 2004)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	1R (2005)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	1R (2004, 2005)
USOpenDoublesresult	2R (2004)
Team	yes
FedCupresult

Claudine Schaul (born 20 August 1983) is a former tennis player from Luxembourg.

Her career-high rankings are world No. 41 in singles, which was achieved on 24 May 2004, and No. 71 for doubles, achieved on 8 November 2004.

Schaul first played for the Luxembourg Fed Cup team in 1998, where she has a win–loss record of 42–43.

Career

Her father and brother are sports teachers and introduced her to tennis when she was four years old.

A year after turning pro, Schaul made it to the third round of the 2003 US Open, upsetting former No. 15 Anna Smashnova, 7–6(5), 6–2 in the first round.

In January 2004, Schaul won her first doubles title in Canberra, Australia, partnering Jelena Kostanić Tošić. Schaul then made it to the third round of the Australian Open.

In May 2004, she won her first WTA Tour title at Strasbourg, defeating Lindsay Davenport in the final, in three sets.

Due to her strong performances at the Australian Open and Strasbourg, Schaul was awarded the honour of being the flag bearer for Luxembourg at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Athens.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	May 2004	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	USA Lindsay Davenport	2–6, 6–0, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier (0–1)
International (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Win	Jan 2004	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	CRO Jelena Kostanić	FRA Caroline Dhenin
AUS Lisa McShea	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	Jun 2004	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Grass	CRO Jelena Kostanić	AUS Lisa McShea
VEN Milagros Sequera	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss	Jul 2004	Stanford Classic, United States	Hard	CZE Iveta Benešová	GRE Eleni Daniilidou
AUS Nicole Pratt	2–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	13 August 2000	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	BEL Caroline Maes	6–1, 6–7(6), 3–6
Loss	2.	12 November 2000	ITF Villenave-d'Ornon, France	Clay (i)	BEL Caroline Maes	0–4, 1–4, 5–4, 1–4
Loss	3.	11 Feb 2001	ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	DEN Eva Dyrberg	2–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	19 Mar 2002	ITF Cañada Flintridge, United States	Hard	USA Laura Granville	6–1, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1.	7 July 2002	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	GER Stephanie Gehrlein	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	2.	22 September 2002	ITF Luxembourg	Clay	ITA Nathalie Viérin	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	5.	15 June 2003	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja	2–6, 1–6
Loss	6.	26 February 2006	ITF Saint Paul, United States	Hard (i)	VEN Milagros Sequera	1–6, 2–6
Win	3.	17 August 2008	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	NED Daniëlle Harmsen	7–6(2), 7–6(7)
Win	4.	25 January 2009	ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	FRA Constance Sibille	6–1, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles (3–4)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Win	1.	3 March 2002	ITF Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	SWE Sofia Arvidsson	RUS Anna Bastrikova
GER Claudia Kardys	6–0, 7–5
Loss	1.	8 September 2002	ITF Denain, France	Clay	UKR Yuliya Beygelzimer	CZE Olga Blahotová
CZE Gabriela Navrátilová	3–6, 0–6
Win	2.	2 February 2003	ITF Urtijëi, Italy	Carpet (i)	GER Vanessa Henke	CZE Olga Blahotová
CZE Gabriela Navrátilová	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2.	29 July 2006	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	LTU Lina Stančiūtė	ARG Erica Krauth
POR Frederica Piedade	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	28 July 2007	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	GER Martina Müller	BLR Anastasiya Yakimova
ESP Carla Suárez Navarro	7–6(4), 1–6, 6–7(1)
Loss	4.	3 August 2008	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	ITA Anna Floris	CZE Simona Dobrá
CZE Tereza Hladíková	1–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	3.	17 January 2009	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	Hard (i)	AUT Sandra Klemenschits	NED Nicolette van Uitert
BLR Viktoria Yemialyanava	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]

References

"Claudine Schaul".
"Schaul downs Davenport". BBC News.

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