Virginie Razzano

She lost in the fourth round to 30th seed Samantha Stosur.

As a result of these wins, Razzano's ranking improved to world No. 26.

After withdrawing from a tournament in Birmingham with a lower back injury, Razzano entered the tournament in Eastbourne, where she was unseeded.

She defeated fellow Frenchwoman Alizé Cornet in the first round.

She then beat the top seed and world No. 4, Elena Dementieva, winning the decisive third-set tiebreak.

She followed this win up with a win over eighth seed and defending champion, Agnieszka Radwańska, in the quarterfinals.

In the semifinals, she was up 6–4, 1–0 when Marion Bartoli was forced to retire with a right quad strain.

She lost in the final to sixth seed Caroline Wozniacki.

Virginie Razzano (born 12 May 1983) is a French former professional tennis player.

She represented France in the Fed Cup from 2001 to 2014; her overall Fed Cup win–loss record is 16–9 (singles 10–5, doubles 6–4).

She was chosen by Georges Goven to play in the Fed Cup first round when Tatiana Golovin had an injury and when Marion Bartoli and Émilie Loit were suspended.

However, she was replaced by Séverine Brémond Beltrame because of injury in the quarterfinals.

On 31 August 2006, Razzano upset eighth seed Martina Hingis in the second round of the US Open.

She won two WTA Tour singles titles, both of them in 2007.

On 2 January 2007, she defeated former world No. 5 Daniela Hantuchová in two sets in the second round at the Auckland Open.

In the first round at Wimbledon, she was upset by unseeded Yvonne Meusburger.

At Forest Hills, she lost in her second WTA Tour final to Gisela Dulko.

On 30 September 2007, Razzano won her first singles title in Guangzhou.

As the No. 2 seed, she defeated first-time finalist, 34-year-old Israeli Tzipora Obziler, to claim the title and become the 2007 Guangzhou International Women's Open champion.

A week later, she claimed her second career title, also in Asia, beating former No. 1 Venus Williams in three sets at the Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo.

On 8 January, Razzano lost to Ana Ivanovic in the first round of the Sydney International in three sets.

In the third set, Razzano was ahead 5–2, only to see Ivanovic win the next five games, and eventually proceed to the semifinals.

In August, she was a member of the French team that competed at the Beijing Olympics.

In her first match of the year, Razzano was defeated by Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the first round in Auckland.

At the Hobart International, Razzano reached the semifinal where she lost to Petra Kvitová.

Ranked fifty-six at the Australian Open, Razzano beat Jarmila Gajdošová and fourteenth seeded Patty Schnyder en route to the third round, where she lost to eighteenth seed Dominika Cibulková.

Razzano fell in the first round of the Open GdF Suez to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

However, she rebounded at the Dubai Tennis Championships.

She advanced to the final after victories over Kateryna Bondarenko, second seed Dinara Safina, Daniela Hantuchová, fifth seed Vera Zvonareva, and sixteenth seed Kaia Kanepi.

She was defeated in the final by sixth seed Venus Williams.

In March, Razzano competed at the Indian Wells Open.

Razzano reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 16 on 14 September 2009.

Razzano reached the quarterfinals of Charleston as the 13th seed, but lost again to Wozniacki, again in straight sets.

She was defeated in the second round of the Internazionali d'Italia by world No. 1 and eventual champion, Dinara Safina.

She lost to Elena Vesnina in the second round of Madrid.

At the French Open, Razzano was unseeded and defeated former world No. 5 Daniela Hantuchová in the first round.

After beating Evgeniya Rodina in her first-round match, she was forced to retire during her second-round match against 18th seed Kaia Kanepi due to a back injury.

Razzano fell in the first round of the Miami Open to qualifier Julia Görges.

At Ponte Vedra Beach, Razzano defeated Akgul Amanmuradova in the first round, but lost in the second round to second seed and eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki.

She then thrashed 18th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues in two sets, in the second round and beat Tathiana Garbin in the third round in two tight sets.