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

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player.

Biography

Born in

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, Chabalgoity began playing tennis at the age of three. She has an elder brother, Carlos, 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 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 The 1991 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 27 May until 9 June. It was the 90th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand ...

. 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 (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

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

, 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 Brasília for people with disabilities.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

ITF finals

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

References

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