Virginia Ruano Pascual

Virginia Ruano Pascual
	At the 2009 US Open
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Madrid
Born	21 September 1973 (age 51); Madrid
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	January 1992
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 6,076,081
Singles
Career record	395–353
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 28 (12 April 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (2003)
French Open	QF (1995)
Wimbledon	4R (1998)
US Open	3R (1998, 1999, 2001)
Doubles
Career record	596–272
Career titles	43
Highest ranking	No. 1 (8 September 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2004)
French Open	W (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	F (2002, 2003, 2006)
US Open	W (2002, 2003, 2004)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2003)
Olympic Games	Silver medal (2004, 2008)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2004)
French Open	W (2001)
Wimbledon	SF (2009)
US Open	QF (2003)
Medal record
Representing Spain
Olympic Games
Mediterranean Games

Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spanish pronunciation: [biɾˈxinja ˈrwano pasˈkwal]; born 21 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She had moderate success in singles, winning three career Women's Tennis Association (WTA) titles as well as reaching two Grand Slam quarterfinals and a top-30 ranking, but she had been far more successful in doubles.

She won 43 career WTA doubles titles, including eleven at Grand Slam tournaments: ten in women's doubles (eight partnering Paola Suárez, and two partnering Anabel Medina Garrigues) and one in mixed doubles (partnering Tomás Carbonell). Between 2002 and 2004, along with Suárez, she reached nine consecutive Grand Slam tournament finals (won five) and they reached at least the semifinals of the last twelve Grand Slam tournaments they played. Their winning run came to an end when they lost in the 2009 Wimbledon semifinals. Alongside Suarez, the pair was names as a ITF World Champions for the three consecutive years in-a-row (2002-2004).

Personal life

Her father, Juan Manuel, works for Iberia Airlines; her mother, Virginia, is a housewife. Her brother, Juan Ramon, is a tennis pro at a club and also serves as her coach and her sister, Marbella, works in administration. Initially, she hyphenated her family names, but she has omitted the hyphen since 1998.

Career

Women's doubles

Ruano Pascual was very successful at the Grand Slams. In total, she won 10 titles in doubles events.^[1] She lifted the French Open trophy six times. The first one she won in 2001 along with Paola Suárez, with whom she one year ago played final but they lost. In 2002, she defended her title again with Suárez. The following year, she also reached final but finished as a runner-up, again with Suárez. The pair then triumphed again in 2004 and 2005. After three years without reaching final at the French Open, in 2008 she won another title but this time with Anabel Medina Garrigues. They successfully defended their title in 2009.^[2]

French Open is not the only Grand Slam she has won. In 2004, with Suarez, she won her first and only Australian Open title.^[3] At the US Open, she collected three titles. Her first final and also title was in 2002 with Suarez. After that, the pair defended their title in the following two years (2003 and 2004).^[4] Despite not winning any title at the Wimbledon Championships, she finished as a runner-up three times (2002, 2003 and 2006). Along with her success in women's doubles, she also won one mixed doubles title at the 2001 French Open. Alongside Suárez, the pair was names as a ITF World Champions for the three consecutive years in-a-row (2002-2004).^[5]

Being one of the most successful doubles players, she did not leave her mark only on the Grand Slams. She also is former world No. 1 that she achieved in September 2003. In the end of 2004, she finished year as top ranked player. In 2005, she also spend some weeks at the highest position, but finished year as world No. 4. Until her retirement in 2010, she spend at least one week inside top 10 in each season. She also left her mark playing for Spain at the national competitions. At the Summer Olympics, she won two silver medals, in 2004 with Conchita Martínez^[6] and in 2008 with Medina Garrigues.^[7]

Singles

Along with her doubles success, she had solid singles career as well. In April 1999, she get to the place of 28. She has won three WTA titles. At the Grand Slams, she reached two quarterfinals; at the French Open in 1995 and Australian Open in 2003.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	QF	2R	1R	4R	2R	3R	2R	A	0 / 15	17–15	53%
French Open	A	A	Q2	Q2	Q2	QF	1R	3R	3R	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	Q1	1R	2R	A	0 / 13	14–13	52%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	4R	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	3R	2R	A	A	0 / 13	12–13	48%
US Open	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	Q1	A	0 / 16	10–16	38%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	4–3	0–4	4–4	8–4	3–4	1–2	6–4	2–4	4–4	6–4	1–4	5–4	3–3	4–4	2–2	0–0	0 / 57	53–57	48%
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH		A	NH			2R	NH			A	NH			A	NH			A	NH		0 / 1	1–1	50%
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 + former
Indian Wells Open	NMS						A	Q1	A	A	Q1	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 8	2–8	20%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q3	1R	3R	Q1	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	Q1	A	0 / 10	3–10	23%
Berlin / Madrid Open^[a]	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	2R	Q2	A	A	2R	Q1	1R	1R	0 / 8	2–8	20%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	Q1	2R	1R	A	A	QF	2R	Q2	1R	A	Q1	2R	A	A	0 / 8	8–8	50%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	2R	Q1	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 9	6–9	40%
China Open	NH/NMS																			Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
San Diego Open (former)	NMS														1R	Q2	2R	A	A	NH/NMS		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Charleston Open (former)	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	A	2R	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	NMS		0 / 14	10–14	42%
Kremlin Cup (former)	NH/NMS							A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	NMS		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	4–4	2–3	2–2	1–5	5–5	6–6	1–5	1–5	2–4	1–3	2–3	0–2	0–1	0 / 59	32–59	35%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	1	4	10	4	13	16	11	17	16	8	18	21	18	16	18	13	14	12	5	2	Career total: 238

Doubles

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	2R	2R	QF	3R	F	W	1R	QF	1R	SF	3R	3R	1 / 14	31–13	70%
French Open	A	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	1R	2R	2R	F	W	W	F	W	W	2R	QF	W	W	1R	6 / 17	54–11	83%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	3R	QF	SF	F	F	SF	A	F	3R	3R	SF	2R	0 / 14	37–14	73%
US Open	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	SF	2R	1R	3R	W	W	W	SF	QF	3R	SF	3R	A	3 / 16	38–13	75%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	4–4	7–4	5–4	9–4	15–3	19–2	20–3	21–1	10–2	8–4	6–4	16–3	14–3	3–3	10 / 61	160–50	76%
Year-end championships
WTA Tour Championships	DNQ										1R	SF	1R	W	1R	1R	DNQ		1R	DNQ		1 / 7	3–6	33%
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH		A	NH			A	NH			A	NH			S	NH			S	NH		0 / 2	8–2	80%
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 + former
Dubai / Qatar Open^[b]	NH/NMS																		QF	A	1R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Indian Wells Open	NMS						A	2R	A	A	2R	F	SF	SF	W	W	F	QF	A	1R	1R	0 / 11	27–9	75%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R	F	QF	QF	SF	2R	1R	1R	QF	1R	0 / 14	16–14	53%
Berlin / Madrid Open^[a]	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	QF	A	W	SF	A	A	1R	1R	2R	QF	0 / 9	11–8	58%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	W	QF	A	A	W	QF	F	A^[c]	1R	1R	QF	1R	A	0 / 11	16–9	64%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	W	2R	SF	F	1R	1R	A	2R	A	0 / 13	11–12	48%
Cincinnati Open	NH/NMS																			SF	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Pan Pacific Open	NMS			A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
China Open	NH/NMS																			2R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
San Diego Open (former)	NMS														F	W	QF	A	A	NH/NMS		0 / 3	9–2	82%
Charleston Open (former)	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	W	F	2R	W	W	W	F	1R	2R	NMS		0 / 14	25–10	71%
Kremlin Cup (former)	NH/NMS							A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	A	A	A	A	NMS		0 / 1	3–1	75%
Zurich Open (former)	NMS			A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	F	F	QF	1R	A	NH/NMS			0 / 5	7–5	58%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–3	1–3	7–3	4–4	7–3	8–5	14–4	17–5	26–7	20–3	9–7	2–6	5–5	5–8	2–4	11 / 86	130–75	63%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	3	7	8	5	6	9	13	14	17	16	19	21	18	19	20	19	17	20	17	12	Career total: 281

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 10 titles, 6 runner-ups

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2000	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	2–6, 4–6
Win	2001	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez	6–2, 6–1
Win	2002	French Open (2)	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2002	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	2–6, 5–7
Win	2002	US Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2003	Australian Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	2003	French Open	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 2–6, 7–9
Loss	2003	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 4–6
Win	2003	US Open (2)	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–3
Win	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
Win	2004	French Open (3)	Clay	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 6–3
Win	2004	US Open (3)	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 7–5
Win	2005	French Open (4)	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	2006	Wimbledon	Grass	Paola Suárez	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	2008	French Open (5)	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	2009	French Open (6)	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–1, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 1 title

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2001	French Open	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	Jaime Oncins Paola Suárez	7–5, 6–3

Summer Olympics

Doubles: 2 silver medals

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	2004	Summer Olympics, Athens	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Sun Tiantian Li Ting	3–6, 3–6
Silver	2008	Summer Olympics, Beijing	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Serena Williams Venus Williams	2–6, 0–6

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 titles

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5
WTA Premier
WTA International (3–0)

Surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass
Carpet

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	May 1997	Welsh International Open, UK	Tier IV	Clay	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Win	2.	Apr 1998	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Tier IV	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win	3.	Oct 2003	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Tier IV	Hard	Saori Obata	6–2, 7–6⁽²⁾

Doubles: 78 (43 titles, 35 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA Tour Championships
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5
WTA Premier
WTA International

Surface
Hard
Clay
Grass
Carpet

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Jan 1998	Hobart International, Australia	Tier IV	Hard	Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–3
Win	Apr 1998	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Tier IV	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win	May 1998	Italian Open	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6⁽¹⁾, 6–4
Loss	Apr 1999	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Tier IVa	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Sandra Načuk	3–6, 4–6
Win	May 1999	Madrid Open, Spain	Tier III	Clay	Paola Suárez	María Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner	6–2, 0–6, 6–0
Win	Apr 2000	Charleston Open, United States	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	7–5, 6–3
Loss		French Open	Grand Slam	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	2–6, 4–6
Loss	Jul 2000	Palermo International, Italy	Tier IV	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	Silvia Farina Elia Rita Grande	4–6, 6–0, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Win	Jul 2000	Warsaw Open, Poland	Tier III	Clay	Paola Suárez	Åsa Carlsson Rita Grande	7–5, 6–1
Loss	Aug 2000	Connecticut Open, U.S.	Tier II	Hard	Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	Jan 2001	Hobart International, Australia	Tier V	Hard	Ruxandra Dragomir	Elena Likhovtseva Cara Black	4–6, 1–6
Loss	Mar 2001	Mexican Open	Tier III	Clay	Paola Suárez	Anabel Medina Garrigues María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 5–7
Loss	Mar 2001	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Tier I	Hard	Paola Suárez	Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 4–6
Loss	Apr 2001	Charleston Open, United States	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Win	May 2001	Belgian Open	Tier V	Clay	Els Callens	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	May 2001	Madrid Open, Spain	Tier III	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 2–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Win		French Open	Grand Slam	Clay	Paola Suárez	Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez	6–2, 6–1
Win	Jul 2001	WTA Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Tier IV	Clay	Magüi Serna	Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie Andreea Vanc	6–4, 6–3
Win	Feb 2002	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Tier III	Clay	Paola Suárez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 6–1
Win	Mar 2002	Mexican Open	Tier III	Clay	Paola Suárez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 6–1
Loss	Apr 2002	Miami Open, United States	Tier I	Hard	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 3–6
Win	May 2002	Italian Open	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–3, 6–4
Win		French Open (2)	Grand Slam	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–2
Loss		Wimbledon, UK	Grand Slam	Grass	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	2–6, 5–7
Win	Aug 2002	Canadian Open	Tier I	Hard	Paola Suárez	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Win		US Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Paola Suárez	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	6–2, 6–1
Win	Sep 2002	Brasil Open	Tier II	Hard	Paola Suárez	Émilie Loit Rossana de los Ríos	6–4, 6–1
Win	Sep 2002	Bali International, Indonesia	Tier III	Hard	Cara Black	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–3
Loss		Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	Apr 2003	Charleston Open, United States	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6–0, 6–3
Loss	Apr 2003	Amelia Island Championships, U.S.	Tier II	Clay	Paola Suárez	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	5–7, 2–6
Win	May 2003	German Open	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss		French Open	Grand Slam	Clay	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 2–6, 7–9
Loss		Wimbledon, UK	Grand Slam	Grass	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 4–6
Win	Aug 2003	Connecticut Open, U.S.	Tier II	Hard	Paola Suárez	Alicia Molik Magüi Serna	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–3
Win		US Open (2)	Grand Slam	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–3
Loss	Oct 2003	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Tier I	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–7⁽³⁾, 2–6
Win	Nov 2003	WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles	Finals	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	Jan 2004	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Tier IV	Hard	Paola Suárez	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–3, 1–6
Win		Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
Win	Mar 2004	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Tier I	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–1, 6–2
Win	Apr 2004	Charleston Open, United States	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–1
Loss	May 2004	Italian Open	Tier I	Clay	Paola Suárez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Win		French Open (3)	Grand Slam	Clay	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 6–3
Loss	Jul 2004	LA Championships, United States	Tier II	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6⁽²⁾, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	Jul 2004	San Diego Open, United States	Tier I	Hard	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss		Summer Olympics, Athens	Olympics	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Sun Tiantian Li Ting	3–6, 3–6
Win		US Open (3)	Grand Slam	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 7–5
Loss	Oct 2004	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Tier I	Carpet	Paola Suárez	Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	Oct 2004	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Tier I	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 4–6
Win	Oct 2004	Luxembourg Open	Tier III	Hard (i)	Paola Suárez	Jill Craybas Marlene Weingärtner	6–1, 6–7⁽¹⁾, 6–3
Win	Mar 2005	Dubai Championships, UAE	Tier II	Hard	Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 6–2, 6–1
Win	Mar 2005	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Tier I	Hard	Paola Suárez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–1
Win	Apr 2005	Charleston Open, United States	Tier I	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
Win		French Open (4)	Grand Slam	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	Aug 2005	San Diego Open, United States	Tier I	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 6–1, 7–5
Loss	Aug 2005	Canadian Open	Tier I	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Martina Navratilova	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	Oct 2005	Bangkok Open, Thailand	Tier III	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Shinobu Asagoe Gisela Dulko	1–6, 5–7
Loss	Oct 2005	Linz Open, Austria	Tier II	Hard (i)	Conchita Martínez	Gisela Dulko Květa Peschke	2–6, 3–6
Loss	Jan 2006	Sydney International, Australia	Tier II	Hard	Paola Suárez	Corina Morariu Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	Mar 2006	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Tier I	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	2–6, 5–7
Loss	Apr 2006	Charleston Open, United States	Tier I	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Loss		Wimbledon, UK	Grand Slam	Grass	Paola Suárez	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	Aug 2006	LA Championships, United States	Tier II	Hard	Paola Suárez	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–4
Win	Sep 2006	China Open	Tier II	Hard	Paola Suárez	Anna Chakvetadze Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–4
Win	Oct 2006	Korea Open, South Korea	Tier IV	Hard	Paola Suárez	Chia-jung Chuang Mariana Díaz Oliva	6–2, 6–3
Loss	Jan 2007	Hobart International, Australia	Tier IV	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina	4–6, 5–7
Loss	Apr 2007	Amelia Island Championships, U.S.	Tier II	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Mara Santangelo Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Loss	Jun 2007	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Tier III	Grass	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	5–7, 2–6
Win	Aug 2007	Nordic Light Open, Sweden	Tier IV	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chan Chin-wei Tetiana Luzhanska	6–1, 5–7, [10–6]
Win	Jan 2008	Hobart International, Australia	Tier IV	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–4
Win		French Open (5)	Grand Slam	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	Jun 2008	Birmingham Classic, UK	Tier III	Grass	Séverine Brémond	Cara Black Liezel Huber	2–6, 1–6
Win	Jul 2008	Slovenia Open	Tier IV	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova	6–4, 6–1
Loss		Summer Olympics, Beijing	Olympics	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Serena Williams Venus Williams	2–6, 0–6
Loss	Apr 2009	Andalucia Experience, Spain	International	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 3–6
Win		French Open (6)	Grand Slam	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–1, 6–1
Win	May 2010	Warsaw Open, Poland	Premier	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Cara Black Yan Zi	6–3, 6–4

ITF finals

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

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 March 1992	ITF Moncalieri, Italy	Clay	Isabel Cueto	3–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	26 July 1992	ITF Bilbao, Spain	Clay	Claire Wegink	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	26 June 1994	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Clay	Cristina Torrens Valero	3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	19 March 1995	ITF Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Magüi Serna	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Winner	3.	18 August 1996	ITF Bronx, United States	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	15 May 2000	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	4.	29 April 2001	ITF Sarasota, United States	Clay	Maria Elena Camerin	6–0, 6–3

Doubles: 18 (10–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 August 1989	ITF Gangi, Italy	Hard	Neus Ávila	Doris Iotti Nelly Pardo	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	11 September 1989	ITF Pamplona, Spain	Hard	Eva Bes	Cláudia Chabalgoity Ana Segura	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	18 September 1989	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Inmaculada Varas	Janet Souto Rosa Bielsa	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	14 May 1990	ITF Cascais, Portugal	Clay	Eva Bes	Simone Schilder Caroline Vis	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	30 July 1990	ITF Vigo, Spain	Clay	Eva Bes	María José Llorca Ana Segura	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	5 November 1990	ITF Lleida, Spain	Clay	Eva Bes	Ana Larrakoetxea Silvia Ramón-Cortés	6–2, 1–6, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	18 March 1991	ITF Alicante, Spain	Clay	Eva Bes	Rosa Bielsa Silvia Ramón-Cortés	3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Winner	3.	8 April 1991	ITF Turin, Italy	Clay	Eva Bes	Lucie Šteflová Helena Vildová	6–7, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	4.	6 May 1991	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Eva Bes	Mariaan de Swardt Yael Segal	6–3, 7–5
Winner	5.	16 June 1991	ITF Mantua, Italy	Clay	Marion Maruska	Yone Kamio Hiromi Nagano	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	6.	5 August 1991	ITF Vigo, Spain	Clay	Eva Bes	Anne Aallonen Belinda Borneo	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 7–5
Winner	7.	24 February 1992	ITF Valencia, Spain	Clay	Estefanía Bottini	Petra Holubová Markéta Štusková	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	6 April 1992	ITF Caserta, Italy	Clay	Estefanía Bottini	Radka Bobková Jana Pospíšilová	3–6, 6–2, 6–7
Winner	8.	10 May 1992	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	Jennifer Fuchs Maria Strandlund	6–3, 7–5
Winner	9.	20 July 1992	ITF Bilbao, Spain	Clay	Eva Bes	Jessica Emmons Clare Thompson	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	22 February 1993	ITF Valencia, Spain	Clay	Eva Bes	Gaby Coorengel Amy van Buuren	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	8.	28 February 1994	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Noelia Pérez Peñate	Vanessa Castellano Yolanda Clemot	6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	10.	2 October 1995	ITF Lerida, Spain	Clay	Karine Quentrec	Patricia Aznar Eva Bes	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–0

Awards

Named WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year for third straight year for 2004 with partner Paola Suárez.
With partner Paola Suárez, received Premio Consagración Clarín al Mérito Deportivo 2003, an award presented to Argentine athletes for their achievements
With partner Paola Suárez, named 2002 WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year and 2002 ITF Women's Doubles World Champions
In 1993 helped Spain recapture the Fed Cup title and defended it in 1994

Notes

^ ^a ^b In 2009, the Berlin Open was replaced by the Madrid Open. The Premier Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
^ Was part of the draw but did not play any match.

References

^ Van Sias (12 December 2011). "Rafael Nadal and the 10 Greatest Spanish Players of All Time". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ "Parisian Pairs: French Open women's doubles champions this century". WTA Tennis. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ Reuters (30 January 2004). "Suarez, Ruano Pascual claim first Australian title". abc.net.au. Retrieved 16 December 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "Most Championship Titles". usopen.org. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ Jamie Renton (14 December 2022). "Krejcikova and Siniakova named ITF World Champions for a third time". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ Xinhua News Agency (23 August 2004). "Li/Sun Win Historic Gold for China in Tennis". china.org.cn. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ "Serena Williams all set for title defences in Rio". olympics.com. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

External links

Virginia Ruano Pascual at the Women's Tennis Association
Virginia Ruano Pascual at the International Tennis Federation
Virginia Ruano Pascual at the Billie Jean King Cup

[BerlinMadrid-8] In 2009, the Berlin Open was replaced by the Madrid Open. The Premier Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

[DubaiDoha-9] The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

[Withdraw_note-10] Was part of the draw but did not play any match.

[1] Van Sias (12 December 2011). "Rafael Nadal and the 10 Greatest Spanish Players of All Time". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[2] "Parisian Pairs: French Open women's doubles champions this century". WTA Tennis. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[3] Reuters (30 January 2004). "Suarez, Ruano Pascual claim first Australian title". abc.net.au. Retrieved 16 December 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[4] "Most Championship Titles". usopen.org. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[5] Jamie Renton (14 December 2022). "Krejcikova and Siniakova named ITF World Champions for a third time". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[6] Xinhua News Agency (23 August 2004). "Li/Sun Win Historic Gold for China in Tennis". china.org.cn. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[7] "Serena Williams all set for title defences in Rio". olympics.com. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

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