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
The Luxembourg Billie Jean King Cup team represents Luxembourg in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Tennis. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II.
Histor ...
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
Anna Smashnova ( he, אנה סמשנובה, russian: Анна Смашнова; born July 16, 1976) is a Soviet-born Israeli former tennis player. She retired from professional tour after Wimbledon 2007.
Smashnova reached her career-high singles ...
, 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
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On 26 July 2004, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32. On 4 October 2004, she reached her highest doubles ranking of No. 30. ...
. Schaul then made it to the third round of the
Australian Open
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.
In May 2004, she won her first
WTA Tour
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WTA Tour tourna ...
title at
Strasbourg
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, defeating
Lindsay Davenport
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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
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WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (title)
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles (4–6)
Doubles (3–4)
References
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Luxembourgian female tennis players
1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Luxembourg City