Claudine Schaul

Claudine Schaul (born 20 August 1983) is a former tennis player from Luxembourg.

Her career-high rankings are world No. 41 in singles, which was achieved on 24 May 2004, and No. 71 for doubles, achieved on 8 November 2004.

Schaul first played for the Luxembourg Fed Cup team in 1998, where she has a win–loss record of 42–43.

Career Her father and brother are sports teachers and introduced her to tennis when she was four years old.

A year after turning pro, Schaul made it to the third round of the 2003 US Open, upsetting former No. 15 Anna Smashnova, 7–6(5), 6–2 in the first round.

In January 2004, Schaul won her first doubles title in Canberra, Australia, partnering Jelena Kostanić Tošić. Schaul then made it to the third round of the Australian Open.

In May 2004, she won her first WTA Tour title at Strasbourg, defeating Lindsay Davenport in the final, in three sets.

Due to her strong performances at the Australian Open and Strasbourg, Schaul was awarded the honour of being the flag bearer for Luxembourg at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Athens.

WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (title) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsPremier M & Premier 5PremierInternational (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsPremier M & Premier 5Premier (0–1)International (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0) Result DateTournament SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin Jan 2004 Canberra International, Australia Hard Jelena Kostanić Caroline Dhenin Lisa McShea 6–4, 7–6(7–3)Loss Jun 2004 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Grass Jelena Kostanić Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera 6–7(3–7), 3–6Loss Jul 2004 Stanford Classic, United States Hard Iveta Benešová Eleni Daniilidou Nicole Pratt 2–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals Legend$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–6) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 13 August 2000 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay Caroline Maes 6–1, 6–7(6), 3–6Loss 2. 12 November 2000 ITF Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (i) Caroline Maes 0–4, 1–4, 5–4, 1–4Loss 3. 11 Feb 2001 ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i) Eva Dyrberg 2–6, 2–6Loss 4. 19 Mar 2002 ITF Cañada Flintridge, United States Hard Laura Granville 6–1, 2–6, 3–6Win 1. 7 July 2002 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay Stephanie Gehrlein 6–3, 3–6, 6–4Win 2. 22 September 2002 ITF Luxembourg Clay Nathalie Viérin 6–2, 4–6, 6–4Loss 5. 15 June 2003 Open de Marseille, France Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja 2–6, 1–6Loss 6. 26 February 2006 ITF Saint Paul, United States Hard (i) Milagros Sequera 1–6, 2–6Win 3. 17 August 2008 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Daniëlle Harmsen 7–6(2), 7–6(7)Win 4. 25 January 2009 ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom Hard (i) Constance Sibille 6–1, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles (3–4) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 3 March 2002 ITF Buchen, Germany Carpet (i) Sofia Arvidsson Anna Bastrikova Claudia Kardys 6–0, 7–5Loss 1. 8 September 2002 ITF Denain, France Clay Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová 3–6, 0–6Win 2. 2 February 2003 ITF Urtijëi, Italy Carpet (i) Vanessa Henke Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová 6–1, 6–2Loss 2. 29 July 2006 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Lina Stančiūtė Erica Krauth Frederica Piedade 3–6, 3–6Loss 3. 28 July 2007 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Martina Müller Anastasiya Yakimova Carla Suárez Navarro 7–6(4), 1–6, 6–7(1)Loss 4. 3 August 2008 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay Anna Floris Simona Dobrá Tereza Hladíková 1–6, 6–4, [8–10]Win 3. 17 January 2009 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK Hard (i) Sandra Klemenschits Nicolette van Uitert Viktoria Yemialyanava 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]