Aravane Rezaï

Aravane Rezaï is a French tennis player of origin Iran ienne born the March 14th 1987 with Saint-Etienne. Polyglot, Aravane speaks the French, the English, the Russian Persan and a little . Its first name means “flower violet” into Persan. It began tennis at the 7 years age. It gained two gold medals at the time of the 4th female Islamic Plays organized in Iran. Droitière, it has a very powerful reverse with two hands.

A notable fact is that if it is involved in the structures that the French federation of Tennis places at the disposal of the players, in particular the national center of drive of Roland-Garros, it does not have recourse to a federal trainer. It is his/her father, Arsalan Rezaï, whose personality and role near his/her daughter are discussed, who involves it.

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Its career

2004

It is really made know general public at the time of the championships of France juniors 2004 which it gains. But, his/her father sees himself reproaching verbal violences with regard to the parents of the other finalist, Virginia Ayassamy. An penal offense for which Arsalan Rezaï is condemned, on October 5th, 2006, with 500 euros of fines by the Magistrates' court of Saint-Etienne (Libération source). Aravane Rezaï, for its part, refuses to tighten the hand of its adversary and is seen inflicting, as sanction, one year of prohibition of participation in the tournaments organized in France by the French federation of Tennis. The French federation of Tennis wishes, moreover, that his/her father give up his role of trainer.

2006

quarterfinal to Palermo (Tier IV)
quarterfinal to Kolkata (Tier III)
quarterfinal to Hasselt (Tier III)
victorious with tournament ITF of Poitiers (75 000$)

Aravane appears at the time of the International ones of France of Roland-Garros after one season begun on circuit ITF. It is while passing by the qualifications that the young Frenchwoman rises with the third turn of the tournament after a victory over the Japanese woman Have Sugiyama.

At the time of its first participation in the US Open, Aravane beats Allemande Anna-Lena Groenefeld, N.15 head of series, in three sets at the end of a part which she concludes with her seventh match point. It beats then Lucie Šafářová and Maria Kirilenko for thus equalizing its best performance in a Tournament of the Grand Slam. It is beaten by Elena Dementieva with the 4th turn in two sets after Aravane succeeded in carrying out 5-3 in the first sleeve. Aravane Rezaï explains this defeat by its incapacity to control its emotions at the time of the important points and by an excessive taking risk leading it to make many faults.

In spite of a quarterfinal at the time of the tournament of Calcutta, its end of season seems to stagnate because of small wounds which systematically make it fall during the qualifications. But for its last tournament WTA of the year 2006, Aravane obtains its best result of the year. Indeed, left the qualifications, it reaches the quarterfinals. It is only beaten by Vera Zvonareva at the end of a disputed match. Strong of this new statute, Aravane is aligned with tournament ITF of Poitiers, equipped with 75.000 Dollars of price and beats finally Croatian Ivana Lisjak. Classified 96eme world player with the classification WTA at the beginning of the US Open, Aravane finishes the year with the 49ème place.

2007

finalist with the tournament of Istanbul (Tier III)
third turn with Wimbledon
gaining tournament of Deauville (50.000$)

Aravane carries out, like each year its preparation winter for the season 2007 in Iran. The first tournament of the Large Slam of the season is traditionally the Open of Australia. Aravane takes part and is beaten in it by its compatriot Emilie Loit in three sets on the score of 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. A small disappointment, for the tricolor one which did not certainly arise to best its form.

Be then connected a series of six other consecutive, consecutive defeats with the various scandals which entâché its name and with a lack of reference mark. It finds the way of the victory with Charleston by eliminating Vera Dushevina in two sets but does not manage to concretize this renewal of form in spite of a heroic defense vis-a-vis Katarina Srebotnik. The season on beaten ground continues and the victories continue to refuse with it. It loses in three sets vis-a-vis Anabel Medina Garrigues and Daniela Hantuchova. But in Istanbul, any rocker, Aravane releases themselves in front of a public very won over to its cause and eliminates two old world numbers 1 then Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova. She then disputes her first final on the circuit vis-a-vis Elena Dementieva which will not be able unfortunately to go in its term because of the wound to the knee of the inhabitant of Saint-Etienne.

Tired by its course stambouliote and in lack of feelings, Aravane loses with the first turn in Roland Garros vis-a-vis the head of series number 18, Marion Bartoli, in two hung sets and in an electric atmosphere. In Wimbledon, it gains its first match over grass and reached even sixteenth of finale while having Francesca Schiavone, before falling vis-a-vis the recent finalist of Roland-Garros, Anna Ivanović, in a meeting disturbed by the rain. From Wimbledon, it gained more one match with the first the US turn Open one. Aravane, however, is involved intensively with the Moutatoglou Academy.

Arrived at Linz for its last tournament WTA of the year, Aravane passes three turns in qualification and yields in two handles 6-4 6-3 vis-a-vis the future finalist Patty Schnyder. In order to finish its season in signal 100, it decided to enclose it by three ITFs 50.000$ in Bielorussia and France. If the first is a startup which is concluded by a quarterfinal lost vis-a-vis Evgenia Rodina, the second in Normandy does much better since it gains the title at the expense of Kirsten Flipkens.

Prize list Aravane Rezaï

Titles into simple

Lost finales of simple

Titles in double

Lost finales of double

Course in Large Slam

Into simple

On the right of the result, the ultimate adversary

In double

Under the result, the partner; on the right, the ultimate opposing team

Course in Fed Cup

Did not play in Fed Cup

Its performances on the players of signal 20

US Open 2006 (Large Slam) - 1st turn: Aravane beats Anna-Lena Groenefeld (16th) - 2-6 6-0 6-4
Hasselt 2006 (Tier III) - 1st turn: Aravane beats Anna-Lena Groenefeld (20th) - 6-1 6-3
Istanbul 2007 (Tier III) - Semi-final: Aravane beats Maria Sharapova (2nd) - 6-2 6-4

Classifications at the end of the season (simple)

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