Cláudia Chabalgoity

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
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

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

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Dec 1989 Brasil Open Tier V Hard Brazil Luciana Corsato Argentina Mercedes Paz
Argentina Patricia Tarabini		 2–6, 2–6
Loss Oct 1993 Brasil Open Tier IV Clay Brazil Andrea Vieira Germany Sabine Hack
Germany Veronika Martinek		 2–6, 6–7

ITF finals
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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

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

References
  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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