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Myriam Casanova

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Myriam Casanova
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceAltstätten, Switzerland
Born (1985-06-20) 20 June 1985 (age 39)
Altstätten
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2012
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$469,516
Singles
Career record116–63
Career titles1 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 45 (7 April 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2003, 2004)
French Open3R (2004)
Wimbledon3R (2002)
US Open2R (2002, 2003)
Doubles
Career record48–31
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 19 (5 July 2004)

Myriam Casanova (born 20 June 1985) is a former tennis player from Switzerland.

She was ranked as high as No. 45 on the WTA Tour in singles and won one WTA singles title in her career. In doubles, she reached the semi-finals of the 2003 US Open, partnering Marion Bartoli of France, and achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 19.

WTA career finals

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2002 Budapest, Hungary Tier IV Clay Germany Martina Müller 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2002 Knokke-Heist, Belgium Tier IV Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4–6, 6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Winner — Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV & V (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Feb 2004 Antwerp, Belgium Hard Greece Eleni Daniilidou Zimbabwe Cara Black
Belgium Els Callens
2–6, 1–6
Loss 2. Apr 2004 Amelia Island, United States Clay Australia Alicia Molik Russia Nadia Petrova
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
6–3, 2–6, 5–7

ITF finals

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$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (7–0)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 10 September 2000 Zadar, Croatia Clay Slovakia Zuzana Kučová 6–4, 6–1
Winner 2. 6 May 2001 Nitra, Slovakia Clay Russia Anna Bastrikova 6–1, 6–3
Winner 3. 30 September 2001 Belgrade, Serbia Clay Germany Antonela Voina 7–5, 6–0
Winner 4. 7 October 2001 Novi Sad, Serbia Clay Switzerland Daniela Casanova 6–4, 7–5
Winner 5. 16 June 2002 Vaduz, Liechtenstein Clay South Africa Chanelle Scheepers 6–1, 6–3
Winner 6. 27 June 2010 Davos, Switzerland Clay Russia Viktoria Kamenskaya 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner 7. 20 March 2011 Fällanden, Switzerland Carpet (i) Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (3–1)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 11 June 2001 Vaduz, Liechtenstein Clay Switzerland Daniela Casanova Germany Susi Bensch
Germany Sabrina Jolk
6–7, 5–7
Winner 2. 17 September 2001 Zadar, Croatia Clay Switzerland Daniela Casanova Czech Republic Barbora Machovska
Czech Republic Sarka Snorova
6–2, 6–2
Winner 3. 30 September 2001 Belgrade, Serbia Clay Switzerland Daniela Casanova Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragana Ilić
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljiljana Nanušević
6–2, 7–5
Winner 4. 7 October 2001 Novi Sad, Serbia Clay Switzerland Daniela Casanova Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ana Cetnik
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljiljana Nanušević
6–1, 6–1
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