Cláudia Chabalgoity Explained

Cláudia Chabalgoity
Full Name:Cláudia Silvia Chabalgoity
Birth Date:13 March 1971
Birth Place:Brasilia, Brazil
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$68,832
Singlesrecord:100–70
Singlestitles:4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 121 (6 August 1990)
Doublesrecord:43–41
Doublestitles:4 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 102 (3 December 1990)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (1991)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (1990)
Frenchopenmixedresult:1R (1991)

Cláudia Silvia Chabalgoity (born 13 March 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

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)

ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
LossDec 1989Brasil OpenTier VHard Luciana Corsato Mercedes Paz
Patricia Tarabini
2–6, 2–6
LossOct 1993Brasil OpenTier IVClay Andrea Vieira Sabine Hack
Veronika Martinek
2–6, 6–7

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (4–6)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.16 July 1989ITF Caserta, ItalyClay Mara Eijkenboom5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win1.17 September 1989ITF Pamplona, SpainClay Ulrike Priller6–3, 6–3
Win2.10 December 1989ITF São Paulo, BrazilClay Luciana Corsato-Owsianka6–1, 7–5
Loss2.25 March 1990ITF Moulins, FranceCarpet (i) Naoko Sawamatsu3–6, 1–6
Loss3.2 April 1990ITF Turin, ItalyClay Sandra Dopfer2–6, ret.
Loss4.14 May 1990ITF Cascais, PortugalClay3–6, 2–6
Win3.30 August 1992ITF Querétaro, MexicoHard María Virginia Francesa6–2, 6–3
Loss5.19 October 1992ITF Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Mariana Díaz Oliva4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win4.11 April 1993ITF Athens, GreeceClay Irina Zvereva6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss6.19 July 1993ITF Bilbao, SpainClay3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.ITF Guarujá, BrazilClay Luciana Della Casa Carin Bakkum
Simone Schilder
6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Winner1.11 September 1989ITF Pamplona, SpainHard Ana Segura Eva Bes
Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–3, 6–0
Win2.12 November 1990ITF Porto Alegre, BrazilClay Anne Grousbeck
Lihini Weerasuriya
6–1, 6–1
Win3.25 November 1990ITF Florianópolis, BrazilClay Christina Rozwadowski Tatiana Buss
Alessandra Kaul
6–0, 6–1
Loss2.13 April 1992ITF Mexico CityHard Isabela Petrov Lucila Becerra
Xóchitl Escobedo
3–6, 2–6
Winner4.23 August 1992ITF Cuernavaca, MexicoHard Isabela Petrov Estelle Gevers
Liezel Huber
7–5, 5–7, 6–2
Loss3.15 November 1993ITF La Plata, ArgentinaClay Larissa Schaerer Laura Montalvo
Mercedes Paz
1–6, 4–6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Família Chabalgoity prepara um novo tenista: Pedro Henrique, 8 anos. 26 March 2017. df.superesportes.com.br. Portuguese. 5 June 2018.
  2. Web site: Claudia Chabalgoity. Atletas pelo Brasil. Portuguese. 5 June 2018. 4 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140604102049/http://atletaspelobrasil.org.br/claudia-chabalgoity/. dead.
  3. Book: Olderr, Steven. The Pan American Games: A Statistical History. April 29, 2003. McFarland. 9780786443369.
  4. Web site: Claudia Chabalgoity Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032107/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/claudia-chabalgoity-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 5 June 2018.
  5. News: Instituto LAMT lança projeto "Tô no Jogo" em Franca, com aulas de inclusão. 17 April 2018. Jornal da Franca. Portuguese. 5 June 2018.