What is the name of the Italian tennis player who defeated Samantha Stosur to win the Women's French Open title earlier this month?
"sets. She lost to Jana Čepelová in the second round. Stosur then lost in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships against qualifier Annika Beck in three sets. Stosur then competed at the BNP Paribas Open where after receiving a first-round bye, she defeated Francesca Schiavone in straight sets. However, she lost to Flavia Pennetta in the third round. This was Stosur's fifth WTA singles loss to Pennetta in her career. She dropped to world No. 20 after the tournament. Stosur was the 16th seed at the Miami Masters where she received a first round bye. She then defeated"
"for the first time following the tournament. In the final, Schiavone faced Stosur in a rematch of their first-round meeting at the 2009 French Open which Stosur had won easily (6–4, 6–2). Because of this previous result, and Stosur's victories over four-time French Open champion Justine Henin, world No. 1 Serena Williams and world No. 4 Janković en-route to the final, Stosur was considered a heavy favorite-. However, on 5 June 2010, Schiavone defied expectations to become the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title, beating Stosur 6–4, 7–6. The victory made her only the third Italian"
"Samantha Stosur Samantha Jane Stosur ( ; born 30 March 1984) is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she held for 61 weeks, and a former world No. 4 in singles. Additionally, Stosur was the top-ranked Australian singles player for 452 consecutive weeks, from October 2008 to June 2017. Stosur won the 2011 US Open, defeating Serena Williams in the final and becoming the first Australian woman since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980 to win a Grand Slam singles tournament. Stosur has won five other Grand Slam titles to"
"close encounter to eventual finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova. Stosur next played at the Italian Open but lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Stosur was awarded a wildcard at the Internationaux de Strasbourg and was the third seed. She crushed defending champion Monica Puig in straight sets. Stosur then received a walkover against Lesia Tsurenko and defeated fellow Aussie Ajla Tomljanović and Sloane Stephens to reach her first final of 2015. In the final, she faced Kristina Mladenovic of France and came from a set down to record a victory, and win her seventh title on the WTA Tour, her"
"d'Italia by world no. 1 and eventual champion Dinara Safina. She lost to Elena Vesnina in the second round of Madrid. At the French Open, Razzano was unseeded and defeated former world no. 5 Daniela Hantuchová in the first round. She then thrashed 18th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues in two sets, in the second round and beat Tathiana Garbin in the third round in two tight sets. She lost in the fourth round to 30th seed Samantha Stosur. As a result of these wins, Razzano's ranking improved to world no. 26. After withdrawing from a tournament in Birmingham with a"
"the championships is Australian Samantha Stosur. Stosur reached 2 finals in the year, but failed to capture a title. She reached her first final of the year at the Qatar Total Open losing to top seed Victoria Azarenka 1–6, 2–6. She reached her second final at the Kremlin Cup losing to Caroline Wozniacki 2–6, 6–4, 5–7, despite leading 3–1 in the final set. She reached the semifinals of the French Open losing to Sara Errani 5–7, 6–1, 3–6. As the defending champion, she fell in the quarterfinals of the US Open losing to Azarenka 1–6, 6–4, 6–7. The second alternate"
"returned playing two ITF events before the Rome Masters in May, where she was defeated in the second round by Venus Williams. The tournament also saw the return of the doubles-team of Stosur and Lisa Raymond with a second-round loss. Less than a month later, they were defeated in the third round of the French Open, where Stosur reached the second round in singles, losing to Petra Kvitová. Stosur showed great promise at Wimbledon: while only making the second round in singles, losing to Nicole Vaidišová, she made the finals of both the ladies' and mixed doubles. She and Raymond"
"won her opening match at the Rome Masters against Alison Riske, before losing to Kuznetsova in the second round. She then participated in the Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she won her first two matches in straight sets, before withdrawing from her quarterfinal match against Caroline Garcia, due to a wrist injury. At the French Open, Stosur beat Misaki Doi and Zhang Shuai in her opening two matches. She then beat 2015 finalist Lucie Šafářová to reach the fourth round in Paris for a fifth time. In a rain-delayed match stretched over three days, Stosur then came back from 5-3 down"
"date: the 2005 US Open and 2006 French Open women's doubles events, and the 2005 Australian Open, 2008 Wimbledon Championships and 2014 Wimbledon Championships mixed doubles events. In addition, she finished runner-up at six other Grand Slam tournaments, including the singles at the 2010 French Open, where she defeated four-time champion Justine Henin, ending her 24-match winning streak at the tournament, and world No. 1 Serena Williams en route to the final. She also reached three additional semifinals at the French Open in 2009, 2012, and 2016. Stosur was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the daughter of Tony and Diane, and"
"Venus missed the US Open Series due to a left knee injury but competed in the US Open where she lost to Kim Clijsters 6–4, 6–7, 4–6 in the semifinals. She then withdrew from the Year-End Championships due to the same knee injury. On October 6, French Open finalists Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur both qualified. Samantha Stosur had the best year of her career so far after deciding to concentrate solely on singles. Stosur reached her first Grand Slam singles final at the French Open. After defeating three former world number ones in Justine Henin, Serena Williams, and Jelena"
"champion Samantha Stosur, 5th seed Ekaterina Makarova, 6th seed Andrea Petkovic, and 9th seed Carla Suárez Navarro en route to her first final in over a year. In the final she defeated former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in straight sets to win her first WTA Premier tournaments title. She then lost early at both the Indian Wells Masters and the Miami Open to Elina Svitolina and Johanna Larsson, respectively. Next, she played for the Czech Republic in the semifinals against France at the Fed Cup, where she beat Caroline Garcia in three sets after saving five match points. The Czech"
"WTA title at the Barcelona Ladies Open. Seeded 17th entering the French Open, Schiavone was lightly regarded as a contender for the championship. She defeated Regina Kulikova, Sophie Ferguson, 11th seed Li Na, and 30th seed Maria Kirilenko to reach her first French Open quarterfinal since 2001 (where she had lost to Martina Hingis). There she defeated world No. 3 Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets to become the first Italian woman to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles event. The semifinals of the French Open consisted of four players (Jelena Janković, Elena Dementieva, Samantha Stosur and Schiavone) who"
"Games are included in Win–Loss records. ""This table is current through the 2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia. ""To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded."" Stosur's match record against certain players who have been ranked No. 10 or higher, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface Samantha Stosur career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Australian tennis player, Samantha Stosur. To date, Stosur has won nine WTA singles titles including one Grand Slam singles title at"
"her first win of the European clay season on her third attempt, comfortably defeating Hsieh Su-wei. She then won her second round match over Peng Shuai in straight sets. She then reached the quarterfinals in Rome with a three-set win over Petra Kvitová, the first time in Stosur's career she had beaten Kvitová. Stosur suffered her eighth straight loss to Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals losing in three sets. At the 2013 French Open, Stosur won her opening match against Kimiko Date-Krumm after waiting 2½ hours to play because of rain. She then quickly won the opening first nine games"
"the first two rounds on the blue clay courts. Stosur's third-round opponent was Petra Cetkovská. Stosur won the match in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost a tight match to Lucie Hradecká in two tiebreaks. Her final tournament before the French Open was the Italian Open, where she defeated Sara Errani to make the third round, where she lost to Venus Williams. At the French Open, as the sixth seed, Stosur advanced to the quarterfinals without dropping a set. She defeated Petrova in the third round, and then outplayed Sloane Stephens in straight sets. She defeated Dominika"
"Stosur. Tathiana Garbin Tathiana Garbin (; born 30 June 1977) is an Italian retired tennis player. She is probably best known for her surprise defeat of the defending champion and the reigning world No. 1 Justine Henin, in the second round of the 2004 French Open. The winner of one singles and eleven doubles WTA Tour titles, she reached her highest singles ranking world No. 22 on 21 May 2007, and her highest doubles ranking No. 25 on 27 August 2001. Other high–ranked players she defeated include Jelena Dokić, Chanda Rubin, Flavia Pennetta, Agnieszka Radwańska, Nadia Petrova, Marion Bartoli, and"
"and became the first Grand Slam singles champion born in an Asian country at the French Open, defeating defending champion Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 7–6 in the final. Following her French Open victory, she has had disappointing results for the rest of the year with the 5–7 record, including the second round lost at Wimbledon to Sabine Lisicki 6–3, 4–6, 6–8 and the first round defeat from Simona Halep 6–2, 7–5 at the US Open. Li is making her debut at the tournament after being an alternate last year. On October 9, Vera Zvonareva and Samantha Stosur qualified for the championships."
"in the opening set to beat world No. 6, Simona Halep, 7-6, 6-3 to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal since the US Open and avenge her lost in Madrid. In her quarterfinal match against Tsvetana Pironkova, Stosur came back from a break down in both sets, recording a narrow 6-4, 7-6 win. Next she played world No. 4, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the semifinals, but lost in straight sets. Despite losing, Stosur reached her first Grand Slam semifinals since 2012 French Open, and will rise back to the top 15. Stosur competed at a start up tournament for Wimbledon to"
"of the 2012 French Open. En route she defeated Casey Dellacqua, Melanie Oudin, and 2008 and 2009 French Open winners Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova, respectively. She secured a place in the semifinals by eliminating the German tenth seed Angelique Kerber, her first win over a current top-10 player. In the semifinals, she overcame the reigning US Open champion and 2010 French Open finalist Samantha Stosur to reach her first Grand Slam singles final opposite Maria Sharapova. Errani lost in the final. However, her progress in this tournament helped her achieve the no. 10 ranking. In addition to her singles"
"Federica Bonsignori Federica Bonsignori (born 20 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Bonsignori started competing professionally in 1984. She won her first Grand Slam match at the 1986 French Open when she had a double bagel win over Amanda Tobin. This was one of four occasions in her career that she reached the second round at Roland Garros, which was her best Grand Slam event. In 1987 she upset top seed Manuela Maleeva en route to the quarter-finals of the Belgian Open and reached the semi-finals of the Clarins Open in Paris. Across 1988 and 1989"
"Giulia Casoni Giulia Casoni (; born 19 April 1978 in Ferrara) is a retired Italian tennis player. As a junior player, she won 1996 French Open in doubles, while her best professional results include singles quarterfinals at Internazionali Femminili di Palermo in 1999 and Tier I Italian Open in 2000, and three WTA Tour doubles titles. A member of Italy Fed Cup team from 2000 to 2001. She has won 3 in doubles WTA titles. Casoni defeated players such as Dominique Monami, Katarina Srebotnik, Mariya Koryttseva, Francesca Schiavone, Émilie Loit and Nuria Llagostera Vives. She has won 4 singles and"
"2018 French Open – Women's Singles Jeļena Ostapenko was the defending champion, but was defeated in the first round by Kateryna Kozlova, making her only the second French Open champion (after Anastasia Myskina in 2005) to lose in the first round of her title defense. World No. 1 Simona Halep won her first Grand Slam title, defeating Sloane Stephens in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1. She became the second Romanian woman to win a Grand Slam title after the 1978 French Open champion Virginia Ruzici. She also became the sixth woman to win both the senior and junior title, having"
"Open. Gisela found her good form again at the French Open, advancing to the fourth round by defeating 2010 French Open finalist Samantha Stosur in three sets. However, she was forced to retire due to injury to her left leg early in the second set of her match against Marion Bartoli. Gisela Dulko Gisela Dulko (; born 30 January 1985) is a retired Argentine tennis player. Although she enjoyed modest success in singles, reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 26 and winning four WTA titles, her speciality was doubles, where she achieved the world No. 1 ranking. Partnering Flavia"
"French Open and successfully defending their title at the year-ending WTA Tour Championships. With these achievements, Stosur finished the year as the World No. 1 in doubles for the first (and thus far only) time in her career. Stosur's breakthrough came at the 2009 French Open, where she reached her first grand slam semifinal in singles, defeating World No. 4 Elena Dementieva en route before losing to the eventual champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets. Following this event, Stosur cracked the top 20 of the WTA rankings for the first time in her career. In October, she won her first"
"sets including the semifinal of the French Open 6–4, 7–5. Against Stosur, Sharapova has a perfect record of 9–0 including 3 straight set wins in the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open, the final of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, and the quarterfinal of the Western & Southern Open. Azarenka, in the other hand has a mixed record against Li and Stosur. She trails Li 1–4, including losing in the fourth round of the Australian Open 6–3, 6–3 and the quarterfinal of the French Open 7–5, 6–2. However, against Stosur, Azarenka has never lost a match and a set winning"
"Samantha Stosur career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Australian tennis player, Samantha Stosur. To date, Stosur has won nine WTA singles titles including one Grand Slam singles title at the 2011 US Open. She was also the runner-up at the 2010 French Open and a semi-finalist at the 2010 and 2011 WTA Tour Championships. Stosur has also enjoyed a successful doubles career, in which she has held the World No. 1 ranking and won twenty-four WTA doubles titles including two grand slam women's doubles titles at the 2005 US Open and 2006 French"
"to the state of Australian women's tennis, much of it being directed at Stosur herself. This appreciation continued after Groth and Stosur became the first Australian women since 1989 to simultaneously reach the fourth round of the French Open. Stosur then went on to become the first Australian woman in thirty years to reach a Grand Slam final, reaching the French Open final after defeating Serena Williams and Jelena Janković. Although she lost to Francesca Schiavone, her campaign was still regarded positively and her ranking increased to No. 6 two weeks later. Stosur then reached the singles Top 5 later"
"She also reached the fourth round of the US Open and the second round of the French Open. She has earned top-10 wins over Samantha Stosur, Li Na, and Marion Bartoli. Roberta Vinci<br> Vinci has had her best season to date, reaching a career high of no. 18 in the world and winning three titles, the third most singles titles in the season. Her titles were all international events, which was her pass to the event, winning in the Barcelona Ladies Open over Lucie Hradecká, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, the UNICEF Open over Jelena Dokić, 6–7, 6–3, 7–5, and the Poli-Farbe"
"win over Lyudmyla Kichenok. Because of this, Australia played in the World Group in 2011 against the top-seed Italy. Stosur then competed at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart. Her 11-game winning streak was ended by former world No. 1, Justine Henin, in the final in three sets. Despite this result, Stosur reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 8. Her next scheduled tournament was the Rome Masters; however, Stosur had to withdraw due to fatigue. With this, her next scheduled tournament was the Madrid Open. In the quarterfinals, Stosur was broken multiple times by Venus Williams, losing"
"Stosur missed the grass-court season because of a stress fracture in her hand. At the Australian Open, Stosur lost in the first round to Monica Puig despite having match point in the second set. She also failed to defend her title at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, after losing to Dominika Cibulková in the quarterfinals of the tournament. At French Open, Stosur lost in third round to Garbiñe Muguruza. In Mallorca, Stosur reached semifinals where she lost to Anastasija Sevastova. Stosur wears ASICS clothing and uses Head racquets. She is also known for wearing Oakley eyewear. Currently, Williams leads 8–3 in"
"2017 French Open – Women's Singles Garbiñe Muguruza was the defending champion, having won the tournament in 2016, but she was defeated in the fourth round by Kristina Mladenovic. This was the first time at the French Open since 1977, and any Grand Slam event since the 1979 Australian Open that no former Grand Slam champion have reached the quarterfinals. Jeļena Ostapenko won the title, defeating Simona Halep in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3. This was Ostapenko's first WTA Tour-level singles title. She became the first Latvian player, male or female, to win a Grand Slam singles tournament, the youngest"
"for the main draw and defeated world No. 10 Angelique Kerber to reach the quarterfinals. She later reached the third round at the French Open, winning a marathon match against fellow former French Open champion Kuznetsova. However, she dropped out of the top 100 following a first-round loss at the US Open to Yanina Wickmayer. In 2016, Schiavone won Rio Open by defeating Shelby Rogers in the final and ended her title drought since winning at Marrakech in 2013. Francesca Schiavone Francesca Schiavone (; born 23 June 1980 in Milan) is a former Italian tennis player who turned professional in"
"Tathiana Garbin Tathiana Garbin (; born 30 June 1977) is an Italian retired tennis player. She is probably best known for her surprise defeat of the defending champion and the reigning world No. 1 Justine Henin, in the second round of the 2004 French Open. The winner of one singles and eleven doubles WTA Tour titles, she reached her highest singles ranking world No. 22 on 21 May 2007, and her highest doubles ranking No. 25 on 27 August 2001. Other high–ranked players she defeated include Jelena Dokić, Chanda Rubin, Flavia Pennetta, Agnieszka Radwańska, Nadia Petrova, Marion Bartoli, and Samantha"