Cláudia Chabalgoity

Cláudia Silvia Chabalgoity (born 13 March 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

Cláudia Chabalgoity
Full nameCláudia Silvia Chabalgoity
Country (sports) Brazil
Born (1971-03-13) 13 March 1971
Brasilia, Brazil
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$68,832
Singles
Career record100–70
Highest rankingNo. 121 (6 August 1990)
Doubles
Career record53–41
Highest rankingNo. 102 (3 December 1990)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open1R (1991)
US Open1R (1990)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open1R (1991)

Biography

Born in Brasilia, Chabalgoity began playing tennis at the age of three. She has an elder brother Carlos who also played briefly on tour.[1]

Chabalgoity, a right-handed player, began touring internationally in 1989 and won two ITF $25,000 titles that year, one at home in São Paulo and the other in the Spanish city of Pamplona. She had a best singles ranking of 121, attained in 1990. As a doubles player she made it to 102 in the world and was runner-up in two WTA Tour tournaments. She appeared in the main draw of two grand slam events, the women's doubles at the 1990 US Open, then both the women's doubles and mixed doubles at the 1991 French Open.[2]

During her career she represented Brazil in several international competitions. As a member of the Brazil Fed Cup team she featured in a total of six ties, all across 1990 and 1991. Her only win was in singles against Bulgaria's Elena Pampoulova. At the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana she was a gold medalist in the team competition and also won silver medals in both the women's doubles and mixed doubles events.[3] She competed for Brazil in the women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she and partner Andrea Vieira won their first round match against Sweden's Catarina Lindqvist and Maria Lindström, before being beaten by the bronze medal winning Australian team in the second round.[4]

She now runs a tennis school in Brasilia for people with disabilities.[5]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (0–2)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss December, 1989 Guarujá, Brazil Tier V Hard Luciana Corsato Mercedes Paz
Patricia Tarabini		 2–6, 2–6
Loss October, 1993 Curitiba, Brazil Tier IV Clay Andrea Vieira Sabine Hack
Veronika Martinek		 2–6, 6–7

ITF finals
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–6)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 16 July 1989 Caserta, Italy Clay Mara Eijkenboom 5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Winner 1. 17 September 1989 Pamplona, Spain Clay Ulrike Priller 6–3, 6–3
Winner 2. 10 December 1989 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Luciana Corsato-Owsianka 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 2. 25 March 1990 Moulins, France Carpet Naoko Sawamatsu 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 2 April 1990 Turin, Italy Clay Sandra Dopfer 2–6, ret.
Runner-up 4. 14 May 1990 Cascais, Portugal Clay Catherine Mothes-Jobkel 3–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 30 August 1992 Querétaro, Mexico Hard María Virginia Francesa 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 19 October 1992 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Mariana Díaz Oliva 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner 4. 11 April 1993 Athens, Greece Clay Irina Zvereva 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up 6. 19 July 1993 Bilbao, Spain Clay Neus Ávila 3–6, 0–6

Doubles (4–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 31 October 1988 Guarujá, Brazil Clay Luciana Della Casa Carin Bakkum
Simone Schilder		 6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 11 September 1989 Pamplona, Spain Hard Ana Segura Eva Bes
Virginia Ruano Pascual		 6–3, 6–0
Winner 2. 12 November 1990 Porto Alegre, Brazil Clay Luciana Tella Anne Grousbeck
Lihini Weerasuriya		 6–1, 6–1
Winner 3. 25 November 1990 Florianópolis, Brazil Clay Christina Rozwadowski Tatiana Buss
Alessandra Kaul		 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 13 April 1992 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Isabela Petrov Lucila Becerra
Xóchitl Escobedo		 3–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 23 August 1992 Cuernavaca, Mexico Hard Isabela Petrov Estelle Gevers
Liezel Huber		 7–5, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 15 November 1993 La Plata, Argentina Clay Larissa Schaerer Laura Montalvo
Mercedes Paz		 1–6, 4–6

References
  1. "Família Chabalgoity prepara um novo tenista: Pedro Henrique, 8 anos" (in Portuguese). df.superesportes.com.br. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. "Claudia Chabalgoity" (in Portuguese). Atletas pelo Brasil. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. Olderr, Steven (April 29, 2003). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History. McFarland. ISBN 9780786443369.
  4. "Claudia Chabalgoity Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. "Instituto LAMT lança projeto "Tô no Jogo" em Franca, com aulas de inclusão". Jornal da Franca (in Portuguese). 17 April 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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