Switzerland's Patty Schnyder is calling it quits after a 17-year career which started in 2003 and brought her 11 titles and 59 Grand Slam appearances. The 32-year-old, currently ranked No. 55, made her first majors appearance at Roland Garros in 1996, and appropriately chose her 16th successive French Open to announce her retirement decision. "It's
Ana Ivanovic of Serbia ended her title drought which stretched back two years by defeating Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6-1, 6-2 in the final of the WTA Generali Ladies Linz on Sunday. “Winning again after two years is so wonderful, just unbelievable,” Ivanovic said. “I have been waiting so long for this and I worked
No. 15 seed Yanina Wickmayer and unseeded No. 53 ranked Patty Schnyder dueled it out right to the end, with Wickmayer coming out on top 7-6(7-5), 3-6, 7-6(8-6) at the 2010 U.S. Open today. Belgian slugger Wickmayer inched closer to a second semifinal appearance at Flushing Meadows with this narrow win over Swiss veteran Schnyder.
No. 7 ranked Elena Dementieva of Russia is seeded No. 1 for the $700,000 WTA Open GDF Suez being played in Paris, France, February 8-10, 2010. After a 1st round bye, Dementieva will take on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia who was a 1st round winner over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic. The top seeds
No. 2 seed, Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, pulled out of the 2009 WTA Tour Internazionali Femminili di Palermo being played in Palermo, Italy July 13-19, 2009. Schnyder had breezed through the first two rounds, defeating Anastasia Pivovarova of Russia, 6-4, 6-0, and Nuria Llaqostera Vives of Spain 6-2, 6-2. That put her up against Anna-Lena
Happy birthday to Swiss tennis cutie pie, Patty Schnyder, who was born Dec. 14, 1978 in Basel, Switzerland. That means she is turning the big 30! Schnyder ended the year ranked # 14 in singles, and 50 in doubles. She had one Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title and one doubles title in 2008. That
Tennis cutie pie, Patty Schnyder was eliminated in the 2nd round from the WTA Generali Ladies Linz tournament played Oct. 20-26 in Linz, Austria. She lost to Alona Bondarenko in an up-and-down match 2-6, 6-2, 1-6. Patty Schnyder, ranked No. 11, had a bye in the 1st round. However, the No. 33 ranked Bondarenko from
She's the Champion! Patty Schnyder, the tennis cutie pie from Switzerland, ranked 13th in the world and seeded 2nd in the tournament, proudly holds her trophy after winning the finals of the 2008 WTA Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Indonesia. Schnyder easily defeated 85th ranked Austrian, Tamira Paszek, in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0. Great
Tennis cutie pie, Patty Schnyder, of Switzerland has received the # 2 seeding in the 2008 WTA Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic being played in Bali, Indonesia. Patty Schnyder, currently ranked 13th in the world, had a Bye into the 2nd round. In the 2nd round she faced 98th ranked Meng Yuan of China, defeating her
Tennis cutie pie, Patty Schnyder, from Switzerland has been beaten out of the U.S. Open in the Quarterfinals. Her opponent, another featured cutie pie, Elena Dementieva, from Russia, easily won the match in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. This was a much better showing for Patty Schnyder, than at the last Grand Slam at Wimbledon where
