Alexandra Fusai

Alexandra Fusai

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Nantes, France
Born	(1973-11-22) 22 November 1973 (age 51) Saint-Cloud, France
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	September 1989
Retired	April 2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,608,170
Singles
Career record	284–269
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 37 (26 October 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1996)
French Open	3R (1994, 1998)
Wimbledon	2R (1996, 1998)
US Open	3R (1997)
Doubles
Career record	300–225
Career titles	12 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 6 (14 September 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2001)
French Open	SF (1997, 1999, 2000)
Wimbledon	3R (1997)
US Open	QF (1997)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (1997)

Alexandra Fusai (born 22 November 1973) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Fusai was born in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine. Starting from September 1989 when she turned professional, Fusai played four tournaments (all of them part of the ITF Women's Circuit) on the international tennis circuit in 1989. She played right-handed and lived in Nantes during her career. She retired from the professional tennis circuit in April 2003 when she discovered that she was pregnant with her first child. Fusai's highest WTA rankings were No. 37 and No. 6 respectively, both attained in 1998. Her career prize money earnings reached the one million USD-mark in 1999.^[1]

Fusai won six singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached her only career WTA Tour singles final in Warsaw in 1995, losing to Barbara Paulus of Austria in three sets. She was a losing singles quarterfinalist on six occasions and a losing singles semifinalist on three occasions in WTA tournaments. Fusai never advanced beyond the singles third round of the main draw of any Grand Slam tournament. She earned her career-best singles victory at the Italian Open in Rome in 1998 by beating world No. 3 Jana Novotná.

Fusai excelled as a doubles player. She achieved her best results in doubles competition in partnership with fellow Frenchwoman Nathalie Tauziat from 1997 to 2000. She was a losing quarterfinalist on four occasions and a losing semifinalist on three occasions in seven Grand Slam women's doubles tournaments; in five of those tournaments, her doubles partner was Tauziat. Fusai's doubles performances qualified her to play in the year-ending WTA Tour Championships in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000. and 2001; her doubles partner was Tauziat in the 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 editions of the WTA Tour Championships. She and Tauziat were the runners-up there in 1997 and 1998. All in all, Fusai won a total of 12 WTA Tour doubles titles, eight of them with Tauziat. She was the doubles runner-up in WTA Tour tournaments on 21 occasions, eleven of them with Tauziat. Fusai was a losing doubles semifinalist in WTA tournaments on 27 occasions, excluding Grand Slam tournaments: 1992(1), 1993(1), 1994(1), 1995(2), 1996(1), 1997(3), 1998(4), 1999(4), 2000(3), 2001(6), 2003(1). Fusai had a career women's doubles win–loss record of 300–225 (260–192 for only main draw matches in WTA Tour tournaments).^[2]

Fusai achieved her best mixed-doubles result at the 2001 French Open; she was paired with Jérôme Golmard and they lost in the quarterfinals.^[2] Fusai was a member of the France Fed Cup team that won the title in 1997, winning all the three World Group doubles matches that she played from the opening round (quarterfinals) against Japan to the final against the Netherlands. She also played for her country in the Fed Cup in 1994 and 1998. She had a Fed Cup career record of 1–1 in singles and 5–1 in doubles. However, Fusai did not play for her country in the Olympic Games.^[3]

Fusai married David Crochu on 13 July 2002. Their son Oscar was born on 7 December 2003.

WTA career finals

Singles (0–1)

Finals by surface
Grand Slam (0)
Tier I (1)
Tier II (3)
Tier III (3)
Tier IV & V (5)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1995	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Barbara Paulus	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 1–6

Doubles (12–21)

Finals by surface
Grand Slam (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV & V (0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 1994	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Clay	Karina Habšudová	Sandra Cecchini Patricia Tarabini	5–7, 5–7
Loss	2.	Nov 1994	Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Nancy Feber	Michelle Jaggard-Lai Rene Simpson	0–6, 6–7^(10–12)
Loss	3.	Jul 1995	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Clay	Wiltrud Probst	Silvia Farina Andrea Temesvári	2–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	May 1996	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Alexia Dechaume	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	Sep 1996	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Laura Garrone	Olga Lugina Elena Pampoulova	6–1, 4–6, 5–7
Win	6.	Oct 1996	Surabaya, Indonesia	Hard	Kerry-Anne Guse	Tina Križan Noëlle van Lottum	6–4, 6–4
Win	7.	Feb 1997	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Rita Grande	Jana Novotná Martina Hingis	3–6, 0–6
Loss	8.	Feb 1997	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	9.	Apr 1997	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Amanda Coetzer	Eva Martincová Elena Wagner	6–3, 6–1
Loss	10.	Aug 1997	Atlanta, US	Hard	Nathalie Tauziat	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
Loss	11.	Oct 1997	Québec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win	12.	Nov 1997	Chicago, US	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Lindsay Davenport Monica Seles	6–3, 6–2
Loss	13.	Nov 1997	New York, US	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
Win	14.	Feb 1998	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Anna Kournikova Larisa Neiland	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	15.	Mar 1998	Indian Wells, US	Hard	Nathalie Tauziat	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	16.	May 1998	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Nathalie Tauziat	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	3–6, 0–6
Win	17.	May 1998	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Nathalie Tauziat	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	6–4, 6–3
Loss	18.	Aug 1998	San Diego, US	Hard	Nathalie Tauziat	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	2–6, 1–6
Win	19.	Aug 1998	New Haven, US	Hard	Nathalie Tauziat	Jana Novotná Mariaan de Swardt	6–1, 6–0
Loss	20.	Nov 1998	New York, US	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	7–6^(8–6), 5–7, 3–6
Win	21.	Feb 1999	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Květa Peschke Helena Vildová	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	22.	Feb 1999	Hanover, Germany	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Serena Williams Venus Williams	7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	23.	May 1999	Rome, Italy	Clay	Nathalie Tauziat	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	2–6, 2–6
Win	24.	May 1999	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Nathalie Tauziat	Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini	6–3, 7–5
Loss	25.	May 1999	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Nathalie Tauziat	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 6–7^(6–8), 1–6
Loss	26.	Jun 1999	Birmingham, England	Grass	Inés Gorrochategui	Corina Morariu Larisa Neiland	4–6, 4–6
Win	27.	Jan 2000	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Cara Black	Barbara Schwartz Patricia Wartusch	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	28.	Feb 2000	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	4–6, 1–6
Win	29.	Sep 2000	Luxembourg	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Lubomira Bacheva Cristina Torrens Valero	6–3, 7–6^(7–0)
Win	30.	Jan 2001	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Rita Grande	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Barbara Schett	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Loss	31.	Apr 2001	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Rita Grande	María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues	1–6, 7–6^(7–5), 5–7
Loss	32.	Feb 2002	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Caroline Vis	Janette Husárová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3–6, 3–6
Loss	33.	Apr 2002	Charleston, US	Clay	Caroline Vis	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 6–3, 6–7^(4–7)

ITF finals

Singles (6–2)

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	19 March 1990	Granada, Spain	Hard	Birgit Arming	1–6, 6–7
Winner	2.	2 July 1990	Cherbourg, France	Clay	María José Llorca	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	3.	16 July 1990	Sezze, Italy	Clay	Sophie Woorons	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	8 April 1991	Limoges, France	Carpet	Eugenia Maniokova	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	14 June 1992	Modena, Italy	Clay	Joannette Kruger	4–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	26 October 1992	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Sandra Cacic	6–4, 6–2
Winner	7.	23 November 1992	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	8.	8 May 1995	Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Magdalena Grzybowska	7–5, 7–6

Doubles (2–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	2 July 1990	Cherbourg, France	Clay	Olivia Gravereaux	Cora Linneman Louise Pleming	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	24 June 1991	Caltagiron, Italy	Hard	Olivia Gravereaux	Silvia Farina Elia Misumi Miyauchi	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	14 June 1992	Modena, Italy	Clay	Natalie Tschan	Ruxandra Dragomir Elena Pampoulova	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	4.	22 June 1992	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Clay	Barbara Collet	Ruxandra Dragomir Natalie Tschan	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	24 April 1995	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Kristin Godridge	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	3–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	8 August 1999	Lexington, United States	Hard	Florencia Labat	Kim Eun-ha Julie Pullin	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	17 October 1999	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Rita Grande	Émilie Loit Åsa Carlsson	2–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Winner	8.	20 February 2000	Redbridge, England	Hard (i)	Tina Križan	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 7–6^(7–1)
Runner-up	9.	20 August 2000	Bronx, United States	Hard	Émilie Loit	Surina De Beer Nana Miyagi	7–5, 4–6, 4–6

References

1. "Alexandra Fusai WTA Tour website". WTA Tour official website.
2. "ITF profile of Alexandra Fusai". ITF.
3. "Players: Alexandra Fusai (France)". Fed Cup official website.

External links

• Alexandra Fusai at the Women's Tennis Association
• Alexandra Fusai at the International Tennis Federation
• Alexandra Fusai at the Billie Jean King Cup