Virginie Razzano (born May 12, 1983 in Dijon) is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 2. She has won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007 in Guangzhou and Tokyo. Razzano reached her carrer high ranking of World No. 17 on July 6, 2009. As of August 23, 2009, she is ranked World No. 17.In her first match of 2009, Razzano was defeated by Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in the first round in Auckland. In her next tournament, Razzano was lost to eventual champion Petra Kvitova in the semifinals in Hobart.
At the 2009 Australian Open, she beat Jarmila Gajdosova and 14th seeded Patty Schnyder en route to the third round, where she lost to Dominika Cibulkova, 7-5, 7-5.
Razzano fell in the first round of the 2009 Open GDF Suez to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-1.
At the 2009 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships she upset World No. 2 Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2 to progress to the third round. This was her first win over a current member of the world's top 5. She followed this up by defeating Daniela Hantuchová 6–2, 1–6, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, she defeated World No. 5 Vera Zvonareva 7–6(7), 7–5, achieving two wins over Top 5 opponents in three days. In the semifinals she defeated Estonia's Kaia Kanepi with a scoreline of 6–1, 6–2 now leading their head to head encounters 4–2 after having lost their two previous matches. However she lost to reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams 6–4, 6–2 in the final.
Razzano defeated Yevgeniya Rodina 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. She had to retire in her second round match against 18th seed Kaia Kanepi with a back injury while trailing 6-7(2), 0-1. She fell in the first round of Miami to Julia Görges 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(4).
At Ponte Vedra Beach, Razzano defeated Akgul Amanmuradova 6-2, 6-4 in the first round but lost in the second round to second seed and eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 7-5. Razzano reached the quaterfinals of Charleston as the number 13 seed but lost again to Wozniacki 6-2, 6-0.
She was defeated in the second round of the 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia by the World No. 1 and eventual champion Dinara Safina 7-6(1), 6-1. She lost to Elena Vesnina 7-5, 6-3 in the second round of Madrid.
At the French Open, Razzano was unseeded and defeated former World No. 5 Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 6-3 in the first round. She then thrashed 18th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-2, 6-2 in the second round and beat Tathiana Garbin in the third round 7-5, 7-5. She lost in the fourth round to 30th seed Samantha Stosur 6-1, 6-2. As a result of these wins, Razzano's ranking improved to World No. 26.
After withdrawing from a tournament in Birmingham with a lower back injury, Razzano entered the tournament in Eastbourne where she was unseeded. She defeated fellow Frenchwoman Alize Cornet 7-6, 6-2 in the first round. She then beat the top seed and World No. 4 Elena Dementieva 6-0, 3-6, 7-6(4). She followed this win up with a 7-6(5), 7-5 win over 8th seed and defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska in the quaterfinals and in the semi-final was 6-4 1-0 up when Marion Bartoli was forced to retire with a right quat strain. She lost in the final to sixth seed Caroline Wozniacki 7-6(5), 7-5. However, Razzano's ranking improved to World No. 23, the highest ranking of her carrer.
At Wimbledon, Razzano was seeded 26th. In the first round, her opponent Tamira Paszek retired after falling behind 6-0, 3-1. After a defeat over Jill Craybas in the second round, her third round opponent Vera Zvonareva withdrew to allow Razzano to her first Wimbledon fourth round. Razzano then fell, 6-2, 7-6, to Francesca Schiavone in the fourth round. Despite this loss, Razzano reached a new carrer high ranking of World No. 17.
Razzano started her US Open Series campaign in Los Angeles where she was seeded 11th. She lost in the first round to Anna Chakvetadze 7-6(5), 6-3. She was seeded 16th at Cincinnati but also lost in the first round to Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Razzano played her last tournament before the US Open in New Haven. Unseeded in singles, she defeated World No. 20 Patty Schnyder in three sets 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round. Fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska had to retire due to injury in the second round with the score at one set all. Razzano was defeated 6-4, 6-3 by Caroline Wozniacki in the quater-finals.
Razzano will be seeded 16th at the 2009 US Open.
