Schiavone Francesca, whose biographypresented in this article, is one of the most famous Italian tennis players. In addition to winning the Grand Slam tournament, the sportswoman in the national team of her country won the Federation Cup three times.
Francesca Schiavone was born in 1980 in the Italian city of Milan. For the first time a tennis racket girl took in ten years, and it was "love at first sight."
At professional tennis competitions,held under the auspices of the WTA (Women's Tennis Association), Schiavone made her debut in 1999. At that time she was listed in the ranking of the best female athletes of the world in this sport under the number 184. A year later, Francesca is in the top 100, and in 2001 she becomes the 30th racket of the world.
Despite the fact that the young Italian is not verysuccessfully played in the Grand Slam tournaments, many started talking about her. Especially the fans were attracted by the unusual style of playing on the backend. Francesca Schiavone is one of the few tennis players who perform this blow with one hand.
The first serious success came to the athlete in2006. Francesca Schiavone in the Italian national team defeated one of the strongest at that time rackets of the world Justine Henin, and her team was able to wrest from Belgium the victory at the Federation Cup.
Three years later the story repeated itself.Italians from Schiavone again become winners of the most prestigious international tennis tournament, having won this time at the US team. And next year they successfully defended this title.
In the singles first major successescame to the Italian in 2003. Francesca Schiavone managed to reach the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam tournament - the US Open. After 6 years, she repeats this achievement on the courts of Wimbledon.
However, the most successful for Schiavone was 2010year. In addition to the quarterfinal of the US Open, 30-year-old Francesca realized her sporting dream - she became the winner of the Grand Slam tournament. And she became the first Italian woman who managed to do it.
On the courts of "Roland Garros" Francesca SchiavoneShe beat Samantha Stosur from Australia in the final. This victory allowed the Italian to rise to sixth place in the ranking of the best tennis players on the planet.
The following year, Schiavone reached the quarterfinalsAustralian Open, while improving its position in the world ranking. On January 31, Francesca set a new record for herself and Italy - she became the 4th racket of the world.
Since 2001, Schiavone has performed not onlyin single, but also in doubles. In 2006, together with the Czech Quete Peschke, she made her way to the semifinal of the US Open. Two years later, paired with Australian Casey Delacqua, Schiavone became a finalist on the courts of "Roland Garros".
Two more times - in 2009 and 2012 - Francesca became the semi-finalist of the Grand Slam tournaments in doubles.
Schiavone Francesca, tennis for which stands in the first place, tries to carefully hide her personal life. Journalists still have not been able to find out if the heart of the charming Italian is occupied.
As Francesca herself admitted, she keeps a diaryand writes prose. She is also a real football fan and very closely follows the games of her favorite and native club for her - Milan's Inter.
