Margalita Chakhnashvili Explained

Margalita Chakhnashvili
Fullname:Margalita Chakhnashvili-Ranzinger
Birth Date:9 December 1982
Birth Place:Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.72m (05.64feet)
Turnedpro:1999
Careerprizemoney:$313,995
Singlestitles:10 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 134 (30 July 2007)
Australianopenresult:Q1 (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012)
Frenchopenresult:Q2 (2007, 2008)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Usopenresult:Q3 (2007)
Doublestitles:5 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 149 (15 June 2009)
Othertournamentsdoubles:yes
Olympicsdoublesresult:1R (2012)
Team:yes

Margalita "Maka" Chakhnashvili-Ranzinger (Georgian: მარგალიტა "მაკა" ჩახნაშვილი|tr, in Georgian pronounced as /maɾɡalitʼa makʼa tʃʰaχnaʃʷili/; born 9 December 1982) is a Georgian former tennis player.

Chakhnashvili won ten singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 30 July 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 134. On 15 June 2009, she peaked at No. 149 in the doubles rankings.

She achieved a 30–27 record for Georgia in Fed Cup competition.

Chakhnashvili was given a wildcard to represent Georgia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's doubles draw. She teamed up with Anna Tatishvili but they lost in the first round.[1]

ITF finals

Singles (10–12)

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (8–8)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.3 February 2002Mallorca, SpainClay Dinara Safina3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss2.21 April 2002Cagliari, ItalyClay Laura dell'Angelo3–6, 6–7(4)
Win1.15 September 2002Sofia, BulgariaClay Desislava Topalova6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Loss3.12 September 2004Tbilisi, GeorgiaClay Maria Kondratieva5–7, 4–6
Loss4.4 June 2005Ra'anana, IsraelHard Tzipora Obziler0–6, 2–6
Win2.18 September 2005Tbilisi, GeorgiaClay Manana Shapakidze6–2, 6–1
Win3.3 December 2005Ramat HaSharon,
Israel
Hard Sharon Fichman6–3, 7–6(4)
Win4.10 December 2005Ra'anana, IsraelHard Tzipora Obziler6–3, 7–5
Win5.14 May 2006Antalya, TurkeyClay Claire de Gubernatis6–1, 7–5
Loss5.24 June 2006Fontanafredda, ItalyClay Renata Voráčová3–6, 3–6
Win6.6 August 2006Martina Franca, ItalyClay Karin Knapp6–3, 7–5
Loss6.3 December 2006Milan, ItalyCarpet (i) Roberta Vinci2–6, 4–6
Win7.1 July 2007Padova, ItalyClay Sandra Záhlavová3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss7.30 March 2008 Hammond,
United States
Hard Carly Gullickson4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss8.7 June 2009Galatina, ItalyClay Eva Fernández Brugués6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win8.20 September 2009Naples, ItalyClay Michaela Pochabová6–2, 6–1
Loss9.26 June 2010Périgueux, FranceClay Petra Cetkovská6–2, 1–6, 1–6
Win9.3 October 2010Tbilisi, GeorgiaClay Tatia Mikadze6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win10.9 April 2011Pomezia, ItalyClay Annalisa Bona1–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss10.18 June 2011Istanbul, TurkeyHard Marta Domachowska5–7, 3–6
Loss11.16 October 2011Sant Cugat del Vallès, SpainClay Réka Luca Jani4–6, 2–6
Loss12.7 December 2013Duino-Aurisina, ItalyClay (i) Anastasia Grymalska3–6, 4–6

Doubles (5–10)

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (4–5)
Carpet (0–1)
OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.3 October 1998Tbilisi, GeorgiaClay Sophia Managadze Olga Glouschenko
Tatiana Poutchek
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.10 February 2006Capriolo, ItalyCarpet (i) Ekaterina Ivanova Darya Kustova
Ekaterina Makarova
2–6, 4–6
Winner1.13 May 2006Antalya, TurkeyClay İpek Şenoğlu Claire de Gubernatis
Alexandra Dulgheru
6–4, 6–3
Winner2.8 July 2006Mont-de-Marsan, FranceClay Raluca Olaru Akgul Amanmuradova
Nina Bratchikova
7–5, 1–6, 6–1
Runner-up3.10 September 2006Mestre, ItalyClay Tatjana Malek Monica Niculescu
Renata Voráčová
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up4.8 July 2007Cuneo, ItalyClay Yuliya Beygelzimer Darya Kustova
Ekaterina Makarova
2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Runner-up5.20 October 2007Saint-Raphaël, FranceHard (i) Ksenia Milevskaya Lilia Osterloh
Ekaterina Makarova
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up6.20 September 2008Mestre, ItalyClay Violette Huck Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Aurélie Védy
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up7.10 April 2009Monzón, SpainHard Alberta Brianti Chen Yi
Vesna Manasieva
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Runner-up8.8 August 2009Monteroni, ItalyClay Nicole Clerico Sandra Klemenschits
Patricia Mayr
3–6, 4–6
Winner3.22 August 2009Westende, BelgiumHard Vasilisa Davydova Émilie Bacquet
Jasmin Wöhr
6–2, 7–5
Runner-up9.24 October 2009Saint-Raphaël, FranceHard (i) Sílvia Soler Espinosa Claire Feuerstein
Stéphanie Foretz
6–7(4), 5–7
Runner-up10.31 March 2011Monzón, SpainHard Ivana Lisjak Elena Bovina
Valeria Savinykh
1–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Winner4.12 June 2011Zlín, Czech RepublicClay Yuliya Beygelzimer Réka Luca Jani
Katalin Marosi
3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Winner5.2 June 2012Grado, ItalyClay Ekaterine Gorgodze Claudia Giovine
Anastasia Grymalska
7–6(2), 7–6(1)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Margalita Chakhnashvili. BBC Sport. 13 August 2012. 23 February 2014.