Cláudia Silvia Chabalgoity (born 13 March 1971) is a former professional

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player from Brazil.

Biography

Born in Brasilia, Chabalgoity began playing tennis at the age of three. She has an elder brother,

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, who also played briefly on the pro tour. Right-handed Chabalgoity began touring internationally in 1989 and won two ITF $25k titles that year, one at home in

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and the other in the Spanish city of

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. 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

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events, the women's doubles at the 1990 US Open, then both the women's doubles and mixed doubles at the

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. During her career, she represented Brazil in several international competitions. As a member of the

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, she featured in a total of six ties, all across 1990 and 1991 (overall record: 1–7). Her only win was in singles, against Bulgaria's

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. At the

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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. She competed for Brazil in the women's doubles tournament at the

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, where she and partner Andrea Vieira won their first-round match against Sweden's

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and

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, before being beaten by the bronze medal-winning Australian team in the second round. She now runs a tennis school in Brasilia for people with disabilities.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

ITF finals

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chabalgoity, Claudia 1971 births Living people Brazilian female tennis players Sportspeople from Brasília Tennis players at the 1991 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in tennis Olympic tennis players for Brazil Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian women 20th-century Brazilian women