Patty Schnyder
Fed Cup F (1998), record 50–23 | |
Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978)
In her career, she reached six
Personal life
On 5 December 2003, Schnyder married her German coach Rainer Hofmann, who was also an
Career
1994–2011: Top-10 breakthrough, major semifinal, success on the WTA Tour
In 1996, Schnyder made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the French Open. In 1997, she quickly rose up through the rankings, and by August 1998 she had entered the WTA top 10. However, Schnyder fell out of the top 10 in April 1999 and spent the next six years ranked in the 15–30 range before re-entering the top 10 in May 2005.
In December 2003, Schnyder married Rainer Hofmann, who had accompanied her on the WTA Tour since 1999 and became her full-time tennis coach in early 2003.
Schnyder won eleven singles titles, including a victory in
Schnyder's best Grand Slam performance came at the 2004 Australian Open, where she reached the semifinals, before falling to Kim Clijsters. Later that season, she also reached the semifinals at the Tier-I tournaments in Charleston and Zurich, two large WTA events where Schnyder compiled an excellent record.
2005 was Schnyder's most consistent overall season to date. She reached five tour finals, winning two of them (Gold Coast and Cincinnati, both Tier-III events). She was runner-up at the Tier-I events Rome (to Amélie Mauresmo) and Zurich (to Lindsay Davenport). She also reached the final in Linz (Tier II), falling to Nadia Petrova. She reached the career high of world No. 7 after the end-of-season WTA Championships.
2006 proved to be a good season for Schnyder also, staying within the top 10 and reaching the finals in Charleston (defeating top seed and defending champion Justine Henin in the semifinals and also ending Henin's winning streak on clay, though Schnyder lost to Petrova in the final), and in Stanford (falling to top seed and defending champion Kim Clijsters).
Schnyder had a mediocre year in 2007, and she lost her top-10 ranking. First, she obtained an invitation to play in the
Schnyder began 2008 by beating Mauresmo in the quarterfinals of the Mondial Women's Hardcourts tournament in the Gold Coast before losing to Li Na in the semifinals. At the Australian Open, she lost in the second round to Australian Casey Dellacqua. She then lost in the second round of the Proximus Diamond Games to eventual finalist Karin Knapp, losing in a final-set tiebreak. She entered the Qatar Open and beat Paszek easily. She lost to Slovakia's Dominika Cibulková in the second round. Schnyder then competed in the Bangalore Open, a Tier-II event in India. She defeated Akgul Amanmuradova, in the quarterfinals, and then managed to beat Yan Zi, in the semifinal. However, she lost to Serena Williams in the final in straight sets.
Schnyder again lost to Casey Dellacqua at
At the
2010 was a tough year for Patty. For the first time since 1996, she did not play in the Australian Open, due to injury. But, for the second year in a row, she made it to the final in Budapest against Ágnes Szávay, but again lost. She lost two match points in the third round of the US Open and double-faulted on match point against Yanina Wickmayer. She again made her second final of the year in Linz, but suffered an upset at the hands of Ana Ivanovic, losing in straight sets in just 47 minutes.[7]
Schnyder did not play at the beginning of the 2011 season, prior to the Australian Open, due to illness. At the Australian Open, she lost to the qualifier Lesia Tsurenko in the first round. In a March 2011 Bleacher report, Schnyder was listed as one of ten most underrated players on the WTA Tour. Schnyder signaled, after disappointing first-round losses in both singles and doubles at the Family Circle Cup, that she would indeed be retiring sometime that year. Schnyder proved in April that she was still Switzerland's No. 1 women's tennis player when she, along with Timea Bacsinszky, helped propel Switzerland back into World Group II at the Fed Cup. She announced her retirement in May 2011, stating fatigue and lack of motivation as the main reasons for cutting her tennis career short.[8][9]
2015–2018: Comeback and success on the ITF Circuit, retirement
After the birth of her daughter in late 2014, Schnyder announced she wanted to "get back in shape".
In 2016, Schnyder played a complete season, competing in 20 tournaments (17 of which at ITF level). In the WTA rankings, she rose from No. 488 at beginning of the year to No. 298 at year-end. She made her comeback to the WTA Tour at the Charleston Open as wildcard, where she lost to No. 3 seed Samantha Crawford in the first round of qualifying, 2–6, 6–1, 2–6. The highlights of her 2016 season occurred at the ITF tournaments in Båstad, which she won, and Stuttgart-Vaihingen, where she reached the semifinals.
In 2017, Schnyder's comeback gained traction, as she won the ITF tournaments in Périgueux and Horb and additionally reached the finals in Essen, Biarritz and Toronto. At her home tournament in Gstaad, where she gained entry through a wildcard, she won her first main-draw match at WTA level since 2011, defeating compatriot Amra Sadiković in the first round before suffering defeat at the hands of Antonia Lottner in round two. With these results, she re-entered the top 200 and gained access to the qualifiers' draw at the US Open, where she lost to Nicole Gibbs in the second round.
In 2018, Schnyder qualified for the US Open just a few months shy of her 40th birthday.[13] In the first round, she lost to Maria Sharapova in their first meeting in ten years.[14] On 23 November 2018, she announced her retirement from professional tennis for the second time.[15]
Career statistics
Grand Slam performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ... | 2017 | 2018 | SR | W–L |
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Australian Open | Q1 | 4R | 4R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 4R | SF | QF | QF | 4R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | A | Q1 | 0 / 14 | 31–14 | |
French Open | 1R | 3R | QF | 3R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 4R | 2R | 4R | 4R | 4R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 16 | 29–16 | |
Wimbledon
|
1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 15 | 10–15 | |
US Open | A | 3R | QF | 3R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 4R | 4R | 4R | 3R | QF | 2R | 3R | A | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 15 | 31–15 | |
Win–loss | 0–2 | 7–4 | 12–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 6–4 | 7–4 | 10–4 | 10–4 | 11–4 | 11–4 | 9–4 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 60 | 101–60 |
Doubles
Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | SR | W–L |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australian Open | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 3R | 2R | QF | A | 3R | 0 / 13 | 14–13 |
French Open | 3R | QF | 3R | A | 2R | QF | 3R | 3R | SF | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 2R | 0 / 14 | 24–14 |
Wimbledon
|
2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 10 | 5–10 |
US Open | 1R | QF | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | SF | QF | A | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | 0 / 13 | 18–13 |
Win–loss | 3–4 | 7–4 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 9–4 | 7–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 8–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0 / 50 | 61–50 |
References
- ^ Patty Schnyder: Gefrorenes Herz, Weltwoche, 14. September 2011
- ^ Betreibungen gegen Patty Schnyder, Tagesanzeiger Zürich, 29. March 2011
- ^ Patty Schnyder | WTA Tennis
- ^ Patty Schnyder gives birth to a baby girl, Women's Tennis Blog, 1 December 2014.
- ^ Patty Schnyder Brings a New Outlook and a New Family on Tour, New York Times, 24 August 2017.
- ^ List of entrants
- ^ Ivanovic ends title drought in Linz – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
- ^ Patty Schnyder Announces Retirement, WTA, 28 May 2011
- ^ Patty Schnyder Brings a New Outlook and a New Family on Tour, New York Times, Flusing Meadows, 24 August 2017
- ^ Patty Schnyder gives birth to a baby girl, Women's Tennis Blog, 1 December 2014
- ^ "Robson and Schnyder make Pro Circuit comebacks". International Tennis Federation (ITF). 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Schnyder claims first title since Pro Circuit return". International Tennis Federation (ITF). 9 September 2015.
- ^ "Patty Schnyder in tabellone agli US Open" (in Italian). RSI Sport. 25 August 2018.
- ^ "US Open: Maria Sharapova rolls back the years in first-round victory over returning Patty Schnyder". The Independent. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Patty Schnyder retires from tennis again!". Tennis World USA. 24 November 2018.