Sandrine Testud


Sandrine Testud is a former professional tennis player from France.

Career

Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 2000, she became the sixth Frenchwoman after Françoise Dürr, Mary Pierce, Nathalie Tauziat, Amélie Mauresmo and Julie Halard to break into the singles top 10 rankings. This marked the first time France had four women ranked in the singles Top 10 simultaneously. France was the third nation after the USA and Australia to have more than two representatives in the singles Top 10 at any one time. She finished in the top 20 singles rankings for five consecutive years between 1997 and 2001. In the summer of 2002, she took a break from the tennis circuit when she discovered that she was pregnant with her first child. She resumed her career 12 months after the birth of her child and retired in the summer of 2005.
She won a total of 3 WTA Tour singles and 4 WTA Tour doubles titles. Her biggest singles tournament victory was at the 1998 Tier II tournament in Filderstadt, Germany, where she defeated world number two Lindsay Davenport in the final. She was the runner-up in WTA Tour singles and doubles tournaments on 7 occasions each. Her third career-title victory that came in Hawaii over Justine Henin happened in a final that was delayed for a day due to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001. Her last WTA Tour singles final was in Dubai where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo in what was the fourth all-French final in WTA Tour history. She has gone beyond the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament on two occasions: She reached the quarter-finals at the 1997 US Open and the 1998 Australian Open. Testud played in the season-ending Tour Championships for five consecutive years from 1997 to 2001; reaching the singles semi-final and doubles quarterfinal in her last appearance in 2001.
In 1999, Testud was the women's doubles runner-up at the US Open with Chanda Rubin, and she reached the women's doubles quarter-finals or better in six Grand Slam tournaments. She was a WTA Tour doubles semi-finalist on 21 occasions, excluding Grand Slams: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
Testud represented her country in the Fed Cup between 1997 and 2002. She won her second singles match against the host country Netherlands to give France an unassailable 3–1 lead in the 1997 Fed Cup final in Den Bosch. That was the first time France had won the Fed Cup. She also represented her country in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where she lost in the singles first round and reached the doubles QF with Nathalie Dechy.
Testud married her coach, Vittorio Magnelli, on June 13, 1998. Their daughter, Isabella, was born on February 19, 2003. Their second child, Sophie, was born in 2006.

Career finals

Singles (3 titles, 7 runners-up)

Titles by surface
Hard
Clay
Grass
Carpet

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.14 July 1997Palermo, ItalyClay Elena Makarova7–5, 6–3
Runner-up1.18 August 1997Atlanta, USAHard Lindsay Davenport4–6, 1–6
Runner-up2.6 July 1998Prague, Czech RepublicClay Jana Novotná3–6, 0–6
Winner2.5 October 1998Filderstadt, GermanyHard Lindsay Davenport7–5, 6–3
Runner-up3.25 October 1999Linz, AustriaCarpet Mary Pierce6–7, 1–6
Runner-up4.31 January 2000Tokyo, JapanCarpet Martina Hingis3–6, 5–7
Runner-up5.8 January 2001Canberra, AustraliaHard Justine Henin2–6, 2–6
Runner-up6.12 February 2001Doha, QatarHard Martina Hingis3–6, 2–6
Winner3.10 September 2001Waikoloa Village, HawaiiHard Justine Henin6–3, 2–0, retired
Runner-up7.18 February 2002Dubai, UAEHard Amélie Mauresmo4–6, 6–7

Doubles (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

ITF finals

Singles (5–0)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.10 April 1989Limoges, FranceClay Emmanuelle Derly3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner2.25 June 1990Caltagiro, ItalyClay Lorenza Jachia7–6, 7–5
Winner3.5 November 1990Eastbourne, United KingdomHard Katarzyna Nowak2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner4.12 November 1990Swindon, United KingdomCarpet Dominique Monami6–4, 6–4
Winner5.12 December 1994Mildura, AustraliaGrass Kerry-Anne Guse6–1, 6–3

Doubles (4–2)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament1989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004Career SR
Australian OpenALQA2R1R4R3R1R2RQF4R4R3R1RAA0 / 11
French OpenA1R1R2R1R1R2R3R3R4R2R3R4R1RA1R0 / 14
WimbledonAAA1R1R1R2R2R4R4R3R1R4R2RAA0 / 11
US OpenAALQ2R1R2R3R4RQF3R2R4R4RAAA0 / 10
SR0 / 00 / 10 / 10 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 00 / 10 / 46
Year End Ranking26516711810698814141131413171138NR311-

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