“When I was 18 years old, I had two dreams. The first one was to win Roland Garros, and the second one was to become top 10 in the world. And I completed them, so I”
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Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had career-high rankings of world No. 4 in women's singles and No. 8 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Schiavone won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, achieved at least the quarter-finals in all four majors winning the 2010 French Open, becoming the first Italian woman to win a singles major. To d…
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sports · Italian tennis player (born 1980) · tennis player · also Francesca Schiavone, Schiavone
Born 23 June 1980 · Q188107
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2019· 1 entry
In late 2019, Schiavone revealed that she had been diagnosed with cancer in June of that year; after undergoing chemotherapy, she went into remission.
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2017· 1 entry
Runner's World: Francesca Schiavone, anima da maratoneta
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2014· 1 entry
Remaining with Asics for the rest of her professional career
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2010· 5 entries
Won the French Open Women with _Retired Tennis (2010).
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Won the Fed Cup with Italy Tennis (2010).
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Awarded Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2010).
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Il Foglio: La vittoria storica di Francesca Schiavone al Roland Garros
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Italy with Schiavone won the Fed Cup for the third time
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2009· 2 entries
Won the Fed Cup with Italy Tennis (2009).
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Won the Fed Cup with Italy for the second time against the US, and also made the quarterfinals of Wimbledon for the first time
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2007).
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2006· 3 entries
Won the Fed Cup with Italy Tennis (2006).
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Awarded Gold Collar for Sports Merit (2006).
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2009 and 2010, and has the most match wins of any player for the Italian team
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2004· 1 entry
Won bronze medal for athletic prowess (2004).
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2002· 1 entry
Played for Italy Billie Jean King Cup team (2002).
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1998· 1 entry
Joined WTA Tour Womens in 1998.
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1980· 1 entry
Born 1980-06-23.
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