Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell 1r at Brisbane (as No.8 seed, l. to Govortsova); fell in Hobart qualifying; fell 1r at Australian Open (as No.28 seed, l. to Peng).

FEBRUARY - Went 1-0 in Italy's 5-0 Fed Cup World Group 1r win over France; fell 1r at Paris [Indoors] (l. to No.2 seed Jankovic); reached 2r at Dubai (l. to No.11 seed Bartoli in 3s).

MARCH - Fell 1r at Indian Wells (l. to Stosur); reached 2r at Miami (l. to No.25 seed Szavay in 3s).

APRIL - Fell 1r at Marbella (l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Jankovic); reached SF at Barcelona (l. to eventual champion Vinci in 3s); went 2-0 in Italy's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group SF win over Russia (win over world No.9 Kuznetsova was 15th Top 10 win).

MAY - Reached 2r at Rome (l. to No.5 seed Ivanovic); reached 3r at Madrid (l. to qualifier Dushevina); fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. to No.30 seed Stosur).

JUNE - Reached 3r at Birmingham (as No.7 seed, l. to Sharapova); reached SF at 's-Hertogenbosch (d. No.5 seed A.Bondarenko en route; l. to WC Wickmayer in 3s); reached third Grand Slam QF at Wimbledon (d. No.23 seed Wozniak, No.12 seed Bartoli and No.26 seed Razzano en route, falling to No.4 seed Dementieva; had also reached Grand Slam QFs at 2001 French Open and 2003 US Open).

JULY - Fell 1r at Bastad (l. to No.3 seed Pennetta); runner-up at Prague (as top seed, l. to No.2 seed Bammer in final); withdrew from Bad Gastein w/mid-back injury.

AUGUST - Fell 1r at Los Angeles (as No.16 seed, l. to qualifier Craybas); fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. to qualifier Wickmayer); reached 2r at Toronto (d. No.15 seed Mauresmo in 1r; l. to Peer); fell 1r at New Haven (l. to qualifier Rybarikova); reached 4r at US Open (as No.26 seed, d. No.8 seed Azarenka en route, falling to No.18 seed Li; win over world No.9 Azarenka was 15th Top 10 win).

SEPTEMBER - Withdrew from Guangzhou w/right leg injury; reached 2r at Seoul (as No.3 seed, ret. vs. Kirilenko w/right hamstring strain); fell 1r at Tokyo (l. to eventual champion Sharapova in 3s); won seventh Tour doubles title at Tokyo (w/Kleybanova).

OCTOBER - Runner-up at Osaka (as No.4 seed, l. to No.3 seed Stosur in final); won second Tour singles title at Moscow (as No.8 seed, d. Govortsova in final).

1996 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Italy.

1997 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

1998 - Played first Tour qualifying at Rome and Palermo; won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

1999 - Played first Tour main draw at Rome, falling 1r (as qualifier); fell in Tour qualifying twice (incl. US Open); continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2000 - First Top 100 season; runner-up at Tashkent (l. to Tulyaganova in final); made Grand Slam main draw debut at US Open, reaching 3r (l. to Dokic); made Top 100 debut afterwards on September 11 (rose from No.108 to No.76); fell in Roland Garros and Wimbledon qualifying.

2001 - First Top 50 season; SF at Auckland (l. to Tu); QF five times, most notably first Grand Slam QF at Roland Garros (l. to Hingis) but also Estoril, Budapest, Rome and Moscow (d. No.10 Tauziat en route for first Top 10 win); played all four majors in a year for first time; made Top 50 debut on June 11 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.51 to No.35); won one Tour doubles title.

2002 - Another Top 50 season; QF twice, at Paris [Indoors] and Scottsdale; best Grand Slam was 4r at US Open (l. to Bovina); debuted for Italy at Hopman Cup (d. Clijsters, Seles in RR play).

2003 - First Top 20 season; runner-up at Canberra (l. to Shaughnessy in final); SF twice, at Stanford and Los Angeles (l. to Clijsters both times); QF five times, most notably second Grand Slam QF at US Open (l. to Capriati) but also Scottsdale, Warsaw, Palermo and Moscow; made Top 20 debut on October 6 (after Moscow; rose from No.25 to No.20.

2004 - Another Top 20 season; SF twice, at Sydney (l. to Mauresmo) and Warsaw (l. to Kuznetsova); QF six times, most notably Olympics (l. to Myskina) but also at Paris [Indoors], Rome, Stanford, Los Angeles and Moscow; had two Top 10 wins, at Warsaw (No.3 Mauresmo) and Los Angeles (No.10 Sugiyama); best Grand Slams were 4r at Roland Garros (l. to Capriati) and US Open (l. to Mauresmo); won one Tour doubles title.

2005 - Another Top 20 season; runner-up three times, at Bali (l. to Davenport in final), Moscow (l. to Pierce in final) and Hasselt (l. to Clijsters in final); SF at Los Angeles (l. to Clijsters); QF five times, at Doha, Rome, Modena, Luxembourg and Zürich; had four Top 10 wins, at Rome (No.4 S.Williams), Moscow (No.4 Mauresmo, No.8 Dementieva) and Zürich (No.9 Petrova); best Grand Slam was 4r at Roland Garros (l. to Ivanovic); one Tour doubles title.

2006 - Fourth straight Top 20 season; runner-up three times, at Sydney (l. to Henin 46 75 75 in final; led 4-1 second set and 5-3 third set), Amelia Island (l. to Petrova in final) and Luxembourg (l. to A.Bondarenko in final); QF five times, at Dubai, Warsaw, Birmingham, Eastbourne and Hasselt; best Grand Slams were 4r finishes at Australian Open (l. to Clijsters) and Roland Garros (l. to Kuznetsova); rose to career-high No.11 on January 29 (after Australian Open; equaled previous Italian record-holder Farina Elia); won three Tour doubles titles (all w/Peschke) and qualified for first Tour Championships in doubles (w/Peschke; l. first match); made doubles Top 10 debut on October 16 (after Moscow; rose to No.10); member of Italian Fed Cup team that d. France in World Group 1r, Spain in SF and Belgium in final (went 2-1, incl. winning deciding doubles rubber w/Vinci when Henin ret. w/right knee injury; Italy's first Fed Cup title); had two Top 10 wins, at Luxembourg (No.9 Schnyder) and Fed Cup (Mauresmo; first win over a reigning world No.1).

2007 - Fifth straight Top 30 finish (but first non-Top 20 finish in five years) after season highlighted by first Tour singles title at Bad Gastein (d. Meusburger in final; had been 0-8 in Tour singles finals previously); SF once, at Zürich (l. to Golovin); QF twice, at Doha and New Haven; best Grand Slam was 3r at Roland Garros (l. to Safina); member of Italian Fed Cup team that d. France in SF (d. No.6 Mauresmo for 10th Top 10 win) but l. to Russia in final.

2008 - Sixth straight Top 30 season, highlighted by SF at Dubai (d. No.7 seed Bartoli and top seed Henin en route; l. to No.8 seed and eventual champion Dementieva in 3s) and QF three times, at Sydney (d. No.7 seed Bartoli en route; l. to No.2 seed Kuznetsova), Bali (as No.5 seed, l. to No.4 seed Petrova) and Zürich (l. to No.3 seed and eventual champion V.Williams); reached 4r at Indian Wells (as No.13 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Ivanovic in 3s) and 3r three times, at Australian Open (as No.25 seed, l. to top seed Henin), Roland Garros (as No.18 seed, l. to No.16 seed Azarenka) and Olympics (d. No.8 seed A.Radwanska en route; l. to No.9 seed Zvonareva); had four Top 10 wins, at Sydney (No.10 Bartoli), Dubai (No.9 Bartoli, No.1 Henin; second win over a reigning world No.1) and Olympics (No.9 A.Radwanska), bringing career tally to 14 Top 10 wins; fell 1r or 2r 14 times, incl. Wimbledon (as No.20 seed, l. to Medina Garrigues 36 75 97 in 2r; led 63 53 and held 2mp at 63 54) and US Open (as No.25 seed, l. to Keothavong 62 36 64 in 2r; led 4-2 third set); reached first Grand Slam final of any kind in doubles at Roland Garros (w/Dellacqua; l. to Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual); member of Italian Fed Cup team that l. to Spain 3-2 in World Group 1r (went 0-2) but d. Ukraine 3-2 in World Group Play-off (went 2-0); withdrew from Los Angeles w/left ankle injury.

SINGLES
Winner (2): 2009 - Moscow; 2007 - Bad Gastein.
Finalist (10): 2009 - Prague, Osaka; 2006 - Sydney, Amelia Island, Luxembourg; 2005 - Bali, Moscow, Hasselt; 2003 - Canberra; 2000 - Tashkent.
Semifinalist (10): 2009 - Barcelona, 's-Hertogenbosch; 2008 - Dubai; 2007 - Zürich; 2005 - Los Angeles; 2004 - Sydney, Warsaw; 2003 - Stanford, Los Angeles; 2001 - Auckland.

DOUBLES
Winner (7): 2009 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Kleybanova); 2006 - Dubai, Luxembourg, Moscow (all w/Peschke); 2005 - Doha (w/Molik); 2004 - Warsaw (w/Farina Elia); 2001 - Sopot (w/Kruger); 1998 - ITF/Edinburgh-GBR (w/Serra Zanetti).
Finalist (7): 2008 - Roland Garros (w/Dellacqua); 2007 - Zürich (w/Raymond); 2006 - Rome (w/Peschke); 2005 - Filderstadt (w/Peschke); 2004 - Paris [Indoors] (w/Farina Elia); 2003 - Warsaw (w/Daniilidou), Stanford (w/Cho).

ADDITIONAL
Italian Fed Cup Team, 2002-09; Italian Olympic Team, 2004, 2008.

Coached by Gabriel Urpi ... Likes all court surfaces ... Father, Francesco, is a sports retailer; mother, Luiscita, was a doctor and now stays home to take care of the family; has an older brother, Gabriele, who is a very good student and worker ... Likes to eat at restaurants with friends and go dancing ... Also enjoys writing ... Relaxes by listening to music and driving fast in her car.

Official Website: www.schiavonefrancesca.com