Cláudia Silvia Chabalgoity (born 13 March 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

Cláudia Chabalgoity
Full nameCláudia Silvia Chabalgoity
Country (sports) Brazil
Born (1971-03-13) 13 March 1971 (age 53)
Brasilia, Brazil
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$68,832
Singles
Career record100–70
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 121 (6 August 1990)
Doubles
Career record43–41
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 102 (3 December 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1991)
US Open1R (1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1991)

Biography edit

Born in Brasilia, Chabalgoity began playing tennis at the age of three. She has an elder brother, Carlos, who also played briefly on the pro tour.[1]

Right-handed Chabalgoity began touring internationally in 1989 and won two ITF $25k titles that year, one at home in São Paulo and the other in the Spanish city of Pamplona. She had a best singles ranking of 121, attained in 1990. As a doubles player, she made it to 102 in the world and was runner-up in two WTA Tour tournaments. She appeared in the main draw of two Grand Slam events, the women's doubles at the 1990 US Open, then both the women's doubles and mixed doubles at the 1991 French Open.[2]

During her career, she represented Brazil in several international competitions. As a member of the Brazil Fed Cup team, she featured in a total of six ties, all across 1990 and 1991 (overall record: 1–7). Her only win was in singles, against Bulgaria's Elena Pampoulova. At the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, she was a gold medalist in the team competition, and also won silver medals in both the women's doubles and mixed doubles events.[3] She competed for Brazil in the women's doubles tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she and partner Andrea Vieira won their first-round match against Sweden's Catarina Lindqvist and Maria Lindström, before being beaten by the bronze medal-winning Australian team in the second round.[4]

She now runs a tennis school in Brasilia for people with disabilities.[5]

WTA career finals edit

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) edit

Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Dec 1989 Brasil Open Tier V Hard   Luciana Corsato   Mercedes Paz
  Patricia Tarabini
2–6, 2–6
Loss Oct 1993 Brasil Open Tier IV Clay   Andrea Vieira   Sabine Hack
  Veronika Martinek
2–6, 6–7

ITF finals edit

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (4–6) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 16 July 1989 ITF Caserta, Italy Clay   Mara Eijkenboom 5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win 1. 17 September 1989 ITF Pamplona, Spain Clay   Ulrike Priller 6–3, 6–3
Win 2. 10 December 1989 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Luciana Corsato-Owsianka 6–1, 7–5
Loss 2. 25 March 1990 ITF Moulins, France Carpet (i)   Naoko Sawamatsu 3–6, 1–6
Loss 3. 2 April 1990 ITF Turin, Italy Clay   Sandra Dopfer 2–6, ret.
Loss 4. 14 May 1990 ITF Cascais, Portugal Clay   Catherine Mothes-Jobkel 3–6, 2–6
Win 3. 30 August 1992 ITF Querétaro, Mexico Hard   María Virginia Francesa 6–2, 6–3
Loss 5. 19 October 1992 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Mariana Díaz Oliva 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win 4. 11 April 1993 ITF Athens, Greece Clay   Irina Zvereva 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 6. 19 July 1993 ITF Bilbao, Spain Clay   Neus Ávila 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 7 (4–3) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 31 October 1988 ITF Guarujá, Brazil Clay   Luciana Della Casa   Carin Bakkum
  Simone Schilder
6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 11 September 1989 ITF Pamplona, Spain Hard   Ana Segura   Eva Bes
  Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–3, 6–0
Win 2. 12 November 1990 ITF Porto Alegre, Brazil Clay   Luciana Tella   Anne Grousbeck
  Lihini Weerasuriya
6–1, 6–1
Win 3. 25 November 1990 ITF Florianópolis, Brazil Clay   Christina Rozwadowski   Tatiana Buss
  Alessandra Kaul
6–0, 6–1
Loss 2. 13 April 1992 ITF Mexico City Hard   Isabela Petrov   Lucila Becerra
  Xóchitl Escobedo
3–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 23 August 1992 ITF Cuernavaca, Mexico Hard   Isabela Petrov   Estelle Gevers
  Liezel Huber
7–5, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 3. 15 November 1993 ITF La Plata, Argentina Clay   Larissa Schaerer   Laura Montalvo
  Mercedes Paz
1–6, 4–6

References edit

  1. ^ "Família Chabalgoity prepara um novo tenista: Pedro Henrique, 8 anos" (in Portuguese). df.superesportes.com.br. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Claudia Chabalgoity" (in Portuguese). Atletas pelo Brasil. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ^ Olderr, Steven (April 29, 2003). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History. McFarland. ISBN 9780786443369.
  4. ^ "Claudia Chabalgoity Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Instituto LAMT lança projeto "Tô no Jogo" em Franca, com aulas de inclusão". Jornal da Franca (in Portuguese). 17 April 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

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