Patty Schnyder

Patty Schnyder
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceBasel
Born (1978-12-14) 14 December 1978 (age 45)
Basel
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2011–2015, 2018
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$8,570,479
Singles
Career record669–430
Career titles11
Highest rankingNo. 7 (14 November 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (2004)
French OpenQF (1998, 2008)
Wimbledon4R (2007)
US OpenQF (1998, 2008)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam CupF (1998)
Tour FinalsRR (2005)
Olympic Games3R (2004)
Doubles
Career record230–245
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 15 (6 June 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2009)
French OpenSF (2005)
Wimbledon3R (2004)
US OpenSF (2004)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesQF (1996)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2009)
French Open1R (2010)
Wimbledon2R (1998)
US Open1R (2004, 2009)
Team competitions
Fed CupF (1998), record 50–23

Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978)[1] is a Swiss retired tennis player. A former top 10 player in singles, she twice defeated a reigning world No. 1 player in her career: Martina Hingis at the 1998 Grand Slam Cup (by retirement) and Jennifer Capriati at the Family Circle Cup in 2002. In addition, she has notable wins over such former No. 1 players as Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic, and Caroline Wozniacki.

In her career, she reached six Grand Slam singles quarterfinals and one major singles semifinal. She won eleven WTA Tour singles titles including Zurich Open (Tier I), and five WTA doubles titles, and earned almost $8.6 million in prize money.[2]

  1. ^ Patty Schnyder: Gefrorenes Herz, Weltwoche, 14. September 2011
  2. ^ Betreibungen gegen Patty Schnyder, Tagesanzeiger Zürich, 29. March 2011