Virginia Ruano Pascual

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Virginia Ruano Pascual

Virginia Ruano Pascual
Singles
2009 US Open
Country	Spain
Residence	Madrid, Spain
Born	September 21, 1973 (1973-09-21) (age 37) Madrid, Spain
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	January, 1992
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$5,874,898
Career record	395–348
Career titles	3 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 28 (April 12, 1999)
Current ranking	No. 918 (June 7, 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (2003)
French Open	QF (1995)
Wimbledon	4th Round (1998)
US Open	3rd Round ('98, '99, '01)
Doubles
Career record	574–253
Career titles	43 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (September 8, 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2004)
French Open	W (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	F (2002, 2003, 2006)
US Open	W (2002, 2003, 2004)
Mixed Doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	W (2000)
Last updated on: June 8, 2009.

Medal record
Competitor for Spain
Women's Tennis
Silver	2004 Athens	Doubles
Silver	2008 Beijing	Doubles

Virginia Ruano Pascual (born September 21, 1973) is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.

She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles (eight partnering Paola Suárez of Argentina and two partnering Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain)

Between 2002 and 2004 Virginia and Paola reached nine consecutive Grand Slam finals (won five, lost four) and they reached at least the semi-finals of the last twelve Grand Slam tournaments they played in (winning run came to an end when they lost in the Wimbledon semi-finals).

1 WTA Titles
- 1.1 Singles
2 Grand Slam finals
- 2.1 Doubles: 16 (10–6)
- 2.2 Mixed doubles (1)
  - 2.2.1 Winner (1)
3 Doubles Titles (43)
4 Grand Slam women's singles performance timeline
5 Grand Slam women's doubles performance timeline
6 Awards
7 Personal life

WTA Titles

Singles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
Tier II Event (0)
Tier III Event (0)
Tier IV Event (3)
ITF Circuit (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	July 26, 1992	Bilbao, Spain	Clay	Claire Wegink	7–5, 6–2
2.	March 19, 1995	Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Magüi Serna	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
3.	August 18, 1996	New York City	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–3
4.	May 18, 1997	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Clay	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
5.	April 26, 1998	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
6.	April 29, 2001	Sarasota, Florida, U.S.	Clay	Maria Elena Camerin	6–0, 6–3
7.	October 12, 2003	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Saori Obata	6–2, 7–6

Grand Slam finals

Virginia Ruano Pascual at their first-round match of the 2007 Australian Open.

Doubles: 16 (10–6)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2000	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2001	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez	6–2, 6–1
Winner	2002	French Open (2)	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2002	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–2, 7–5
Winner	2002	U.S. Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	2003	Australian Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2003	French Open (2)	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–7, 6–2, 9–7
Runner-up	2003	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2003	U.S. Open (2)	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–2
Winner	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
Winner	2004	French Open (3)	Clay	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 6–3
Winner	2004	U.S. Open (3)	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 7–5
Winner	2005	French Open (4)	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2006	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Paola Suárez	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	2008	French Open (5)	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	2009	French Open (6)	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–1, 6–1

Mixed doubles (1)

Winner (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in final	Score in final
2001	French Open	Tomás Carbonell	Jaime Oncins Paola Suárez	7–5, 6–3

Doubles Titles (43)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (10)
Olympic Gold (0)
WTA Championships (1)
Tier I (11)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (5)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (7)	Premier (1)
Tier IV & V (8)	International (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in final	Score in final
1.	January 18, 1998	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová	7–6, 6–3
2.	April 26, 1998	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
3.	May 10, 1998	Rome, Italy	Clay	Paola Suárez	Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6, 6–4
4.	May 23, 1999	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Paola Suárez	Maria Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner	6–2, 0–6, 6–0
5.	April 23, 2000	Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	7–5, 6–3
6.	July 23, 2000	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Paola Suárez	Asa Carlsson Rita Grande	7–5, 6–1
7.	May 20, 2001	Antwerp, Belgium	Clay	Els Callens	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
8.	May 26, 2001	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 2–6, 7–6
9.	June 10, 2001	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez	6–2, 6–1
10.	July 22, 2001	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Magüi Serna	Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie Andreea Vanc	6–4, 6–3
11.	February 24, 2002	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Paola Suárez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 6–1
12.	March 3, 2002	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Paola Suárez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 6–1
13.	May 19, 2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–3, 6–4
14.	June 9, 2002	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–2
15.	August 18, 2002	Montreal	Hard	Paola Suárez	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 7–6
16.	September 8, 2002	US Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	6–2, 6–1
17.	September 14, 2002	Bahia, Brazil	Hard	Paola Suárez	Émilie Loit Rossana de los Ríos	6–4, 6–1
18.	September 29, 2002	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Cara Black	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–3
19.	April 13, 2003	Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Paola Suárez	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6–0, 6–3
20.	May 11, 2003	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
21.	August 23, 2003	New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.	Hard	Paola Suárez	Alicia Molik Magüi Serna	7–6, 6–3
22.	September 7, 2003	US Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–3
23.	November 10, 2003	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
24.	February 1, 2004	Australian Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
25.	March 21, 2004	Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–1, 6–2
26.	April 18, 2004	Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–1
27.	June 3, 2004	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 6–3
28.	September 11, 2004	US Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–4, 7–5
29.	October 31, 2004	Luxembourg	Hard (I)	Paola Suárez	Jill Craybas Marlene Weingärtner	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
30.	March 5, 2005	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	6–7, 6–2, 6–1
31.	March 19, 2005	Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Paola Suárez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6, 6–1
32.	April 17, 2005	Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
33.	June 4, 2005	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
34.	August 7, 2005	San Diego, U.S.	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–7, 6–1, 7–5
35.	August 13, 2006	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Paola Suárez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–4
36.	September 24, 2006	Beijing, China	Hard	Paola Suárez	Anna Chakvetadze Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–4
37.	October 1, 2006	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Paola Suárez	Chia-jung Chuang Mariana Díaz-Oliva	6–2, 6–3
38.	August 5, 2007	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chin-Wei Chan Tetiana Luzhanska	6–1, 5–7, 10–6
39.	January 11, 2008	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–4
40.	June 6, 2008	French Open	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
41.	July 27, 2008	Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova	6–4, 6–1
42.	June 5, 2009	French Open	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–1, 6–1
43.	May 22, 2010	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Cara Black Yan Zi	6–3, 6–4

Grand Slam women's singles performance timeline

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	QF	2R	1R	4R	2R	3R	2R
French Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	QF	1R	3R	3R	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	4R	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	3R	2R	A
US Open	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	A

Grand Slam women's doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	QF	2r	2r	2r	QF	3r	F	W	1r	QF	1r	SF	3r	1 / 13	29–12
French Open	1r	2r	2r	-	-	1r	2r	2r	F	W	W	F	W	W	2r	QF	W	W	6 / 16	54–10
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	1r	1r	2r	3r	QF	SF	F	F	SF	-	F	3r	3r	SF	0 / 13	32–13
US Open	2r	-	1r	-	1r	2r	SF	2r	1r	3r	W	W	W	SF	QF	3r	SF	3r	3 / 16	41–13
Grand Slam Win-Loss	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	4–4	7–4	5–4	9–4	15–3	19–2	20–3	21–1	10–2	11–4	6–4	16–3	8–1	N/A	154–46
WTA Tour Championships	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	QF	SF	QF	W	SF	SF	-	SF		1 / 7	3–6

Total Doubles Grand Slams played: 56
Total titles: 10
Total matches played: 200
Win/Loss record: 77%
Consecutive finals played: 9 (w/ Suarez)

Awards

Named WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year for third straight year for 2004 with partner Paola Suárez.
With partner Paola Suárez, received Premio Consagración Clarín al Mérito Deportivo 2003, an award presented to Argentine athletes for their achievements
With partner Paola Suárez, named 2002 WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year and 2002 ITF Women's Doubles World Champions
In 1993 helped Spain recapture the Fed Cup title and defend it in 1994

Personal life

Her father, Juan Manuel, works for Iberia Airlines; her mother, Virginia, is a housewife. Her brother, Juan Ramon, is a tennis pro at a club and also serves as her coach and her sister, Marbella, works in administration. Initially, she hyphenated her family names, but she has omitted the hyphen since 1998.

Her hobbies include listening to music, watching sports (especially handball) and going to movies, especially those of Kevin Costner. She considers paella her favorite food and likes traveling to Hawaii.

Australian Open women's doubles champions

(1969) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1970) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1971) Evonne Goolagong / Margaret Court • (1972) Kerry Harris / Helen Gourlay Cawley • (1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade • (1974) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel • (1975) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel • (1976) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley • (1977 (Jan)) Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat / Helen Gourlay Cawley • (1977 (Dec)) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley & Mona Schallau Guerrant / Kerry Melville Reid • (1978) Betsy Nagelsen / Renáta Tomanová • (1979) Judy Connor Chaloner / Diane Evers Brown • (1980) Martina Navrátilová / Betsy Nagelsen • (1981) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith • (1982) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1983) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1984) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1985) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1987) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1988) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1989) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková • (1991) Patty Fendick / Mary Joe Fernandez • (1992) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková • (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1995) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario • (1996) Chanda Rubin / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario • (1997) Martina Hingis / Natalia Zvereva • (1998) Martina Hingis / Mirjana Lučić • (1999) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova • (2000) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs • (2001) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2002) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova • (2003) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2005) Svetlana Kuznetsova / Alicia Molik • (2006) Yan Zi / Zheng Jie • (2007) Cara Black / Liezel Huber • (2008) Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko • (2009) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2010) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2011) Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta

French Open women's doubles champions

(1968) Françoise Durr / Ann Haydon-Jones • (1969) Françoise Durr / Ann Haydon-Jones • (1970) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Durr • (1971) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Durr • (1972) Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve • (1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade • (1974) Chris Evert / Olga Morozova • (1975) Chris Evert / Martina Navrátilová • (1976) Fiorella Bonicelli / Gail Chanfreau • (1977) Regina Maršíková / Pam Teeguarden • (1978) Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici • (1979) Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull • (1980) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith • (1981) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Tanya Harford • (1982) Martina Navrátilová / Anne Smith • (1983) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Candy Reynolds • (1984) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1985) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1986) Martina Navrátilová / Andrea Temesvári • (1987) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1988) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1989) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva • (1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková • (1991) Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná • (1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1995) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1996) Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernandez • (1997) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1998) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná • (1999) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2000) Martina Hingis / Mary Pierce • (2001) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2002) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2003) Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama • (2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2005) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2006) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur • (2007) Alicia Molik / Mara Santangelo • (2008) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual • (2009) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual • (2010) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2011) Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká

US Open women's doubles champions

(1968) Maria Bueno / Margaret Court • (1969) Françoise Durr / Darlene Hard • (1970) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1971) Rosemary Casals / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1972) Françoise Durr / Betty Stöve • (1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade • (1974) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King • (1975) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade • (1976) Delina Boshoff / Ilana Kloss • (1977) Martina Navrátilová / Betty Stöve • (1978) Billie Jean King / Martina Navrátilová • (1979) Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull • (1980) Billie Jean King / Martina Navrátilová • (1981) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith • (1982) Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull • (1983) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1984) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1985) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková • (1986) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1987) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1988) Gigi Fernández / Robin White • (1989) Hana Mandlíková / Martina Navrátilová • (1990) Gigi Fernández / Martina Navrátilová • (1991) Pam Shriver / Natalia Zvereva • (1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1993) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková • (1994) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario • (1995) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1996) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1997) Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná • (1998) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná • (1999) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2000) Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama • (2001) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs • (2002) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2003) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2005) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur • (2006) Nathalie Dechy / Vera Zvonareva • (2007) Nathalie Dechy / Dinara Safina • (2008) Cara Black / Liezel Huber • (2009) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2010) Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova • (2011) Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond

French Open mixed doubles champions

(1968) Françoise Durr / Jean-Claude Barclay • (1969) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen • (1970) Billie Jean King / Bob Hewitt • (1971) Françoise Durr / Jean-Claude Barclay • (1972) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Kim Warwick • (1973) Françoise Durr / Jean-Claude Barclay • (1974) Martina Navrátilová / Iván Molina • (1975) Fiorella Bonicelli / Thomas Koch • (1976) Ilana Kloss / Kim Warwick • (1977) Mary Carillo / John McEnroe • (1978) Renáta Tomanová / Pavel Složil • (1979) Wendy Turnbull / Bob Hewitt • (1980) Anne Smith / Billy Martin • (1981) Andrea Jaeger / Jimmy Arias • (1982) Wendy Turnbull / John Lloyd • (1983) Barbara Jordan / Eliot Teltscher • (1984) Anne Smith / Dick Stockton • (1985) Martina Navrátilová / Heinz Günthardt • (1986) Kathy Jordan / Ken Flach • (1987) Pam Shriver / Emilio Sánchez Vicario • (1988) Lori McNeil / Jorge Lozano • (1989) Manon Bollegraf / Tom Nijssen • (1990) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Jorge Lozano • (1991) Helena Suková / Cyril Suk • (1992) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Mark Woodforde • (1993) Eugenia Maniokova / Andrei Olhovskiy • (1994) Kristie Boogert / Menno Oosting • (1995) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Todd Woodbridge • (1996) Patricia Tarabini / Javier Frana • (1997) Rika Hiraki / Mahesh Bhupathi • (1998) Venus Williams / Justin Gimelstob • (1999) Katarina Srebotnik / Piet Norval • (2000) Mariaan de Swardt / David Adams • (2001) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Tomas Carbonell • (2002) Cara Black / Wayne Black • (2003) Lisa Raymond / Mike Bryan • (2004) Tatiana Golovin / Richard Gasquet • (2005) Daniela Hantuchová / Fabrice Santoro • (2006) Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić • (2007) Nathalie Dechy / Andy Ram • (2008) Victoria Azarenka / Bob Bryan • (2009) Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan • (2010) Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić • (2011) Casey Dellacqua / Scott Lipsky

WTA Year-end championships winners doubles

Women's Tennis Association (WTA) World No. 1 doubles players

Martina Navrátilová (1984/1990 – 237 w) · Pam Shriver (1985/1986 – 48 w) · Helena Suková (1990/1993 – 68 w) · Jana Novotná (1990/1999 – 67 w) Gigi Fernández (1991/1995 – 80 w) · Natasha Zvereva (1991/1999 – 124 w) · Larisa Neiland (1992 – 4 w) · Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1992/1997 – 111 w) Lindsay Davenport (1997/2000 – 32 w) · Martina Hingis (1998/1999 – 35 w) · Anna Kournikova (1999/2000 – 10 w) · Corina Morariu (2000 – 7 w) · Lisa Raymond (2000/2007 – 117 w) · Rennae Stubbs (2000 – 3 w) · Julie Halard-Decugis (2000 – 14 w) · Ai Sugiyama (2000/2003 – 45 w) Paola Suárez (2002/2004 – 87 w) · Kim Clijsters (2003 – 4 w) · Virginia Ruano Pascual (2003/2005 – 65 w) · Cara Black (2005/2010 – 163 w) Samantha Stosur (2006/2007 – 61 w) · Liezel Huber (2007/2011 – 148 w) · Serena Williams (2010 – 8 w) · Venus Williams (2010 – 8 w) Gisela Dulko (2010/2011 – 24 w) · Flavia Pennetta (2011 – 18 w) · Květa Peschke (2011 – 10 w) · Katarina Srebotnik (2011 – 10 w)

WTA rankings incepted on September 4, 1984 · (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) · current No. 1 in bold, as of September 12, 2011