Myriam Casanova

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Myriam Casanova
Country (sports)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Residence Altstätten, Switzerland
Born (1985-06-20) 20 June 1985 (age 39)
Altstätten
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2012
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$469,516
Singles
Career record116–63
Career titles1 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 45 (7 April 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2003, 2004)
French Open 3R (2004)
Wimbledon 3R (2002)
US Open 2R (2002, 2003)
Doubles
Career record48–31
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 19 (5 July 2004)

Myriam Casanova (born 20 June 1985) is a former tennis player from Switzerland.

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She was ranked as high as No. 45 on the WTA Tour in singles and won one WTA singles title in her career. In doubles, she reached the semi-finals of the 2003 US Open, partnering Marion Bartoli of France, and achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 19.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Apr 2002 Budapest, HungaryTier IVClay Flag of Germany.svg Martina Müller 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win1–1 Jul 2002 Knokke-Heist, BelgiumTier IVClay Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4–6, 6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV & V (0–0)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1. Feb 2004 Antwerp, BelgiumHard Flag of Greece.svg Eleni Daniilidou Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Els Callens
2–6, 1–6
Loss2. Apr 2004 Amelia Island, United StatesClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alicia Molik Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova
Flag of the United States.svg Meghann Shaughnessy
6–3, 2–6, 5–7

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (7–0)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.10 September 2000 Zadar, CroatiaClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Zuzana Kučová 6–4, 6–1
Winner2.6 May 2001 Nitra, SlovakiaClay Flag of Russia.svg Anna Bastrikova 6–1, 6–3
Winner3.30 September 2001 Belgrade, SerbiaClay Flag of Germany.svg Antonela Voina7–5, 6–0
Winner4.7 October 2001 Novi Sad, SerbiaClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniela Casanova 6–4, 7–5
Winner5.16 June 2002 Vaduz, LiechtensteinClay Flag of South Africa.svg Chanelle Scheepers 6–1, 6–3
Winner6.27 June 2010 Davos, SwitzerlandClay Flag of Russia.svg Viktoria Kamenskaya 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner7.20 March 2011 Fällanden, SwitzerlandCarpet (i) Flag of Latvia.svg Diāna Marcinkēviča 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (3–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.11 June 2001Vaduz, LiechtensteinClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniela Casanova Flag of Germany.svg Susi Bensch
Flag of Germany.svg Sabrina Jolk
6–7, 5–7
Winner2.17 September 2001 Zadar, CroatiaClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniela Casanova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Machovska
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sarka Snorova
6–2, 6–2
Winner3.30 September 2001Belgrade, SerbiaClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniela Casanova Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Dragana Ilić
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Ljiljana Nanušević
6–2, 7–5
Winner4.7 October 2001Novi Sad, SerbiaClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniela Casanova Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Ana Cetnik
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Ljiljana Nanušević
6–1, 6–1

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