María Virginia Francesa (born 25 March 1974) is a Venezuelan former professional

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player. Raised in

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, Francesa represented the

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in 19 ties, debuting in 1991. She won a total of 18 rubbers, nine in singles and nine in doubles. Her last appearance in 2001 was a World Group play-off tie against Croatia. On the professional tour she reached a career high singles ranking of 311 and won two doubles titles on the

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. She had a best doubles ranking of 380 in the world. Francesa won a gold medal at the

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in women's doubles (with

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) and a mixed doubles gold medal at the

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(with

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). She also competed for Venezuela in two editions of the

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ITF finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

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