Sandrine Testud

Sandrine Testud (born 3 April 1972) 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 top 10 in the singles rankings. This marked the first time France had four women ranked in the singles top 10 simultaneously (Mary Pierce at No. 5, Nathalie Tauziat at No. 6, Julie Halard at No. 8 and Testud at No. 9). 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 for five consecutive years between 1997 and 2001. In the summer of 2002, she took a break from the tour 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 three singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She was the runner-up in singles and doubles WTA tournaments on seven occasions each. 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 quarterfinals at the 1997 US Open and the 1998 Australian Open. 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 13 June 1998. Their daughter, Isabella, was born on 19 February 2003. Their second child, Sophie, was born in 2006.

WTA career finals Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups) Finals by surface Hard (2–4) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–2)

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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

Singles (5–0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 10 April 1989 Limoges, France Clay Emmanuelle Derly 3–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 2. 25 June 1990 Caltagiro, Italy Clay Lorenza Jachia 7–6, 7–5Win 3. 5 November 1990 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Hard (i) Katarzyna Nowak 2–6, 6–3, 6–4Win 4. 12 November 1990 Swindon, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Dominique Monami 6–4, 6–4Win 5. 12 December 1994 Mildura, Australia Grass Kerry-Anne Guse 6–1, 6–3

Doubles (4–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 27 March 1989 Moulins, France Hard (i) Catherine Tanvier Mara Eijkenboom Noëlle van Lottum 6–4, 6–3Loss 2. 26 March 1990 Limoges, France Carpet (i) Catherine Tanvier Ann Devries Iwona Kuczyńska 3–6, 6–3, 4–6Win 3. 2 July 1990 Brindisi, Italy Clay Mary Pierce Jennifer Fuchs Simone Schilder 6–1, 1–6, 6–0Win 4. 6 August 1990 Budapest, Hungary Clay Sylvie Sabas Denisa Krajčovičová Alice Noháčová 6–3, 6–4Win 5. 1 April 1991 Moulins, France Carpet (i) Catherine Suire Ingelise Driehuis Louise Pleming 6–3, 6–4Loss 6. 9 December 1991 Val-d'Oise, France Hard (i) Pascale Paradis-Mangon Eva Pfaff Catherine Suire 6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Head-to-head record Anke Huber 2–5 Martina Hingis 0–16 Lindsay Davenport 2–12 Silvia Farina Elia 2–5 Anna Kournikova 0–3