Sandrine Testud
Sandrine Testud (born 3 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Country (sports) | |
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Residence | Lyon, France |
Born | Lyon, France | 3 April 1972
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 1989 |
Retired | 2005 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $3,782,307 |
Singles | |
Career record | 398–279 |
Career titles | 3 WTA, 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 9 (7 February 2000) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1998) |
French Open | 4R (1998, 2001) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1997, 1998, 2001) |
US Open | QF (1997) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | SF (2001) |
Olympic Games | 1R (2004) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 223–190 |
Career titles | 4 WTA, 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 8 (21 August 2000) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2001, 2002) |
French Open | SF (2004) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
US Open | F (1999) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | 1R (2001) |
Olympic Games | QF (2004) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | W (1997) |
Career
Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 2000, she became the sixth Frenchwoman after Françoise Dürr, Mary Pierce, Nathalie Tauziat, Amélie Mauresmo and Julie Halard to break into the singles top 10 rankings. This marked the first time France had four women ranked in the singles Top 10 simultaneously (Mary Pierce at No. 5, Nathalie Tauziat at No. 6, Julie Halard at no.8 and Testud at No. 9). France was the third nation after the USA and Australia to have more than two representatives in the singles Top 10 at any one time. She finished in the top 20 singles rankings for five consecutive years between 1997 and 2001. In the summer of 2002, she took a break from the tennis circuit when she discovered that she was pregnant with her first child. She resumed her career 12 months after the birth of her child and retired in the summer of 2005.
She won a total of 3 WTA Tour singles and 4 WTA Tour doubles titles. Her biggest singles tournament victory was at the 1998 Tier II tournament in Filderstadt, Germany, where she defeated world number two Lindsay Davenport in the final. She was the runner-up in WTA Tour singles and doubles tournaments on 7 occasions each. Her third career-title victory that came in Hawaii over Justine Henin happened in a final that was delayed for a day due to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001. Her last WTA Tour singles final was in Dubai where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo in what was the fourth all-French final in WTA Tour history. She has gone beyond the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament on two occasions: She reached the quarter-finals at the 1997 US Open and the 1998 Australian Open. Testud played in the season-ending Tour Championships for five consecutive years from 1997 to 2001; reaching the singles semi-final and doubles quarterfinal in her last appearance in 2001.
In 1999, Testud was the women's doubles runner-up at the US Open with Chanda Rubin, and she reached the women's doubles quarter-finals or better in six Grand Slam tournaments. She was a WTA Tour doubles semi-finalist on 21 occasions, excluding Grand Slams: 1991(2), 1992(2), 1993(1), 1994(1), 1995(1), 1996(4), 1997(2), 1998(1), 2000(3), 2001(2), 2002(1), 2005(1)
Testud represented her country in the Fed Cup between 1997 and 2002. She won her second singles match against the host country Netherlands to give France an unassailable 3–1 lead in the 1997 Fed Cup final in Den Bosch. That was the first time France had won the Fed Cup. She also represented her country in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where she lost in the singles first round and reached the doubles QF with Nathalie Dechy.
Testud married her coach, Vittorio Magnelli, on June 13, 1998. Their daughter, Isabella, was born on February 19, 2003. Their second child, Sophie, was born in 2006.[1]
Career finals
Singles (3 titles, 7 runners-up)
Titles by surface |
Hard (2) |
Clay (1) |
Grass (0) |
Carpet (0) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 14 July 1997 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | 7–5, 6–3 | |
Runner-up | 1. | 18 August 1997 | Atlanta, USA | Hard | 4–6, 1–6 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 6 July 1998 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | 3–6, 0–6 | |
Winner | 2. | 5 October 1998 | Filderstadt, Germany | Hard (i) | 7–5, 6–3 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 25 October 1999 | Linz, Austria | Carpet (i) | 6–7(2–7), 1–6 | |
Runner-up | 4. | 31 January 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 5–7 | |
Runner-up | 5. | 8 January 2001 | Canberra, Australia | Hard | 2–6, 2–6 | |
Runner-up | 6. | 12 February 2001 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | 3–6, 2–6 | |
Winner | 3. | 10 September 2001 | Waikoloa Village, Hawaii | Hard | 6–3, 2–0, retired | |
Runner-up | 7. | 18 February 2002 | Dubai, UAE | Hard | 4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Doubles (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 13 April 1992 | Pattaya City, Thailand | Hard | 1–6, 1–6 | ||
Runner-up | 2. | 31 July 1995 | San Diego, United States | Hard | 2–6, 1–6 | ||
Runner-up | 3. | 26 October 1998 | Quebec City, Canada | Hard (i) | 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 4–6 | ||
Runner-up | 4. | 30 August 1999 | US Open, United States | Hard | 6–4, 1–6, 4–6 | ||
Winner | 1. | 4 October 1999 | Filderstadt, Germany | Hard (i) | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Runner-up | 5. | 8 November 1999 | Philadelphia, United States | Carpet (i) | 1–6, 6–7(2–7) | ||
Winner | 2. | 7 February 2000 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Winner | 3. | 24 July 2000 | Stanford, United States | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Winner | 4. | 12 February 2001 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | 7–5, 7–6(7–4) | ||
Runner-up | 6. | 15 October 2001 | Zurich, Switzerland | Hard (i) | 3–6, 6–1, 2–6 | ||
Runner-up | 7. | 18 February 2002 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | 3–6, 2–6 |
ITF finals
Singles (5–0)
Legend |
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$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 10 April 1989 | Limoges, France | Clay | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |
Winner | 2. | 25 June 1990 | Caltagiro, Italy | Clay | 7–6, 7–5 | |
Winner | 3. | 5 November 1990 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom | Hard | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
Winner | 4. | 12 November 1990 | Swindon, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Winner | 5. | 12 December 1994 | Mildura, Australia | Grass | 6–1, 6–3 |
Doubles (4–2)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 27 March 1989 | Moulins, France | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
Runner-up | 2. | 26 March 1990 | Limoges, France | Carpet | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 | ||
Winner | 3. | 2 July 1990 | Brindisi, Italy | Clay | 6–1, 1–6, 6–0 | ||
Winner | 4. | 6 August 1990 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Winner | 5. | 1 April 1991 | Moulins, France | Carpet (i) | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Runner-up | 6. | 9 December 1991 | Val-d'Oise, France | Hard (i) | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | NH |
Tournament | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Career SR |
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Australian Open | A | LQ | A | 2R | 1R | 4R | 3R | 1R | 2R | QF | 4R | 4R | 3R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 11 |
French Open | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 14 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 1R | 4R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 11 |
US Open | A | A | LQ | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 4R | QF | 3R | 2R | 4R | 4R | A | A | A | 0 / 10 |
SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 46 |
Year End Ranking | 265 | 167 | 118 | 106 | 98 | 81 | 41 | 41 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 38 | NR | 311 |
Head vs. Head
- Anke Huber 2-5
- Martina Hingis 0-16
- Lindsay Davenport 2-12
- Silvia Farina Elia 2-5
- Anna Kournikova 0-3
References
- Tennis Magazine (France) August 2010 issue