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Claudine Schaul

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Country (sports)
  
Career titles
  
1 WTA, 4 ITF

Weight
  
62 kg

Career record
  
304–293

Height
  
1.69 m


Prize money
  
US$542,186

Role
  
Tennis player

Residence
  
Garnich, Luxembourg

Name
  
Claudine Schaul

Turned pro
  
2002

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Born
  
20 August 1983 (age 40) Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (
1983-08-20
)

Plays
  
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

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Claudine Schaul (born 20 August 1983 in Luxembourg City) is a professional tennis player from Luxembourg.

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Her career-high singles ranking as of January 2016 was world number 41, which was achieved on 24 May 2004, and world number 71 for doubles achieved on 8 November 2004.

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Schaul first played for the Luxembourg Fed Cup team in 1998, and where she has a W/L record of 39–39.

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2003

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A year after turning pro, Schaul made it to the third round of the 2003 US Open after upsetting former Number 15 Anna Smashnova 7–6 (7–5), 6–2 in Round 1 as well as beating Samantha Reeves 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 in Round 2, before losing her Round 3 match versus Dinara Safina 4–6, 5–7.

2004

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In January 2004, Schaul was able to win her first Doubles title in Canberra, Australia, partnering Jelena Kostanić Tošić. Shortly after, Schaul made it to the third round of the 2004 Australian Open before losing to Alicia Molik.

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Later that year in May, Schaul managed to win her first WTA title at Strasbourg, defeating Lindsay Davenport 2–6, 6–0, 6–3 in the final.

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Due to her strong performances at the Australian Open and the Internationaux de Strasbourg, Schaul was awarded the honour of being the flag bearer for Luxembourg at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Athens, Greece. At the Olympics, she lost her first round game 1–6, 1–6 against Slovak Daniela Hantuchová.

Personal life

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


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References

Claudine Schaul Wikipedia