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. Her biggest singles tournament victory was at the 1998 Tier-II tournament in Filderstadt, Germany, where she defeated world No. 2, Lindsay Davenport, in the final. She was the runner-up in singles and doubles WTA tournaments on seven occasions each. Her third career-title victory that came in Hawaii over Justine Henin happened in a final that was delayed for a day due to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001. 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. Testud played in the season-ending Tour Championships for five consecutive years from 1997 to 2001; reaching the singles semifinal and doubles quarterfinal in her last appearance in 2001.

In 1999, Testud was the women's doubles runner-up at the US Open with Chanda Rubin, and she reached the women's doubles quarterfinals or better in six Grand Slam tournaments. She was a doubles semifinalist on 21 WTA Tour occasions, excluding Grand Slam tournaments: 1991 (2), 1992 (2), 1993 (1), 1994 (1), 1995 (1), 1996 (4), 1997 (2), 1998 (1), 2000 (3), 2001 (2), 2002 (1), 2005 (1).

Testud represented her country in the Fed Cup between 1997 and 2002. 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)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1997	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Elena Makarova	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Aug 1997	Atlanta, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Jul 1998	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná	3–6, 0–6
Win	2–2	Oct 1998	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Germany	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Oct 1999	Generali Ladies Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce	6–7(2–7), 1–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 2000	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	3–6, 5–7
Loss	2–5	Jan 2001	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2–6	Feb 2001	Qatar Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–6	Sep 2001	Waikoloa Championships, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin	6–3, 2–0 ret.
Loss	3–7	Feb 2002	Dubai Championships, UAE	Hard	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo	4–6, 6–7(5–7)

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

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1992	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Pascale Paradis	Template:Flagicon Isabelle Demongeot Template:Flagicon Natalia Medvedeva	1–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 1995	San Diego Classic, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Alexia Dechaume	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 1998	Bell Challenge, Canada	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Chanda Rubin	Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil Template:Flagicon Kimberly Po	7–6(7–3), 5–7, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Aug 1999	US Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chanda Rubin	Template:Flagicon Serena Williams Template:Flagicon Venus Williams	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win	1–4	Oct 1999	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Germany	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Chanda Rubin	Template:Flagicon Larisa Neiland Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–5	Nov 1999	Philadelphia Championships, US	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Chanda Rubin	Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	2–5	Feb 2000	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Julie Halard	Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit Template:Flagicon Åsa Carlsson	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	3–5	Jul 2000	Stanford Classic, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chanda Rubin	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Amy Frazier	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–5	Feb 2001	Qatar Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Roberta Vinci	Template:Flagicon Kristie Boogert Template:Flagicon Miriam Oremans	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	4–6	Oct 2001	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Roberta Vinci	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond	3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Loss	4–7	Feb 2002	Dubai Championships, UAE	Hard	Template:Flagicon Roberta Vinci	Template:Flagicon Barbara Rittner Template:Flagicon María Vento-Kabchi	3–6, 2–6

ITF finals

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

Singles (5–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	10 April 1989	Limoges, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Emmanuelle Derly	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	25 June 1990	Caltagiro, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Lorenza Jachia	7–6, 7–5
Win	3.	5 November 1990	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Katarzyna Nowak	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	4.	12 November 1990	Swindon, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Dominique Monami	6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	12 December 1994	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Kerry-Anne Guse	6–1, 6–3

Doubles (4–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	27 March 1989	Moulins, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Catherine Tanvier	Template:Flagicon Mara Eijkenboom Template:Flagicon Noëlle van Lottum	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2.	26 March 1990	Limoges, France	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Catherine Tanvier	Template:Flagicon Ann Devries Template:Flagicon Iwona Kuczyńska	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	3.	2 July 1990	Brindisi, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce	Template:Flagicon Jennifer Fuchs Template:Flagicon Simone Schilder	6–1, 1–6, 6–0
Win	4.	6 August 1990	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sylvie Sabas	Template:Flagicon Denisa Krajčovičová Template:Flagicon Alice Noháčová	6–3, 6–4
Win	5.	1 April 1991	Moulins, France	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Catherine Suire	Template:Flagicon Ingelise Driehuis Template:Flagicon Louise Pleming	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6.	9 December 1991	Val-d'Oise, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Pascale Paradis-Mangon	Template:Flagicon Eva Pfaff Template:Flagicon Catherine Suire	6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Career SR
Australian Open	A	LQ	A	2R	1R	4R	3R	1R	2R	QF	4R	4R	3R	1R	A	A	0 / 11
French Open	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	3R	3R	4R	2R	3R	4R	1R	A	1R	0 / 14
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	4R	4R	3R	1R	4R	2R	A	A	0 / 11
US Open	A	A	LQ	2R	1R	2R	3R	4R	QF	3R	2R	4R	4R	A	A	A	0 / 10
SR	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 46
Year-end ranking	265	167	118	106	98	81	41	41	13	14	13	17	11	38	NR	311

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

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