Patty Schnyder retires from tennis

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 time to close this chapter of my tennis career. It’s very emotional,” said a tearful Schnyder at a news conference. “I had always wanted to win a Grand Slam title, but that will have to remain a dream.”

Ivanovic ends 2-year title drought with win at Linz

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 hard to achieve it.”

It was the ninth overall title for the 22-year-old former No. 1, who won her last title at the same event in 2008 after capturing the championship at the French Open and becoming the top-ranked player in the world for 12 weeks.

Wickmayer over Schnyder for berth in 4th round

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. Schnyder, at 31 the oldest in the women’s draw, gained match point at 6-5 in the 3rd set tie-break. But Wickmayer saved that match point, and won the next point to go up 7-6. Schnyder then committed an untimely double fault to end the match. Schnyder had six double-faults, while Wickmayer had seven. Schnyder’s last one just came at a really bad time.

Dementieva Seeded No 1 at WTA Open GDF Suez

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 include:

Patty Schnyder Retires In Quarterfinals

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 Groenefeld of Germany in the Quarterfinals, where she retired in the first set trailing 3-4.

It was an all Italy final at the Italian tournament, pitting No. 1 seed and 13th ranked, Flavia Pennetta against No. 38 ranked Sara Errani. Pennetta came out the winner, 6-1, 6-2.

Happy Birthday Patty Schnyder

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 brings her career total to eleven singles and five doubles titles, with earnings at about $7.5 million. If no one is throwing her a 30th birthday party, she should be able to afford to go out and celebrate with her family.

Schnyder taken out by Bondarenko

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 the Ukraine was too tough for her in the 2nd round.

After winning the WTA Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic four tournaments ago, Schnyder has been able to win only one match in the last three tournaments. That seems to be a plague affecting a lot of the top players toward the end of the season – inconsistency. Too bad there’s not a vaccination for the “inconsistency” disease.

Patty Schnyder is Champion!

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 championship win, Patty!

This was Patty Schnyder’s first championship of the year. She reached one other final, in the Bangalore Open where she lost to Serena Williams 5-7, 3-6.

Patty Schnyder gets # 2 seeding

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 6-2, 7-5. In the Quarterfinal round, she defeated 57th ranked Marta Domachowska of Poland, 6-2, 6-2.

Schnyder will now face the 4th seed, 22nd ranked Nadia Petrova of Russia in the Semifinals. She is making a good run in this tournament. Perhaps she can take home some hardware to add to her collection.

Patty Schnyder out in Quarterfinals

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 she was beaten out in the 1st round. Schnyder had not made the Quarterfinals at the U.S. Open since 1998. However, the 29-year old 15th ranked Schnyder was just no match for 6th ranked 26 year-old Dementieva.

It was a good run, Patty. Keep on trying!