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	'''Alexandra Fusai''' (born ], ] in ]) is a former ] from ].		'''Alexandra Fusai''' (born November 22, 1973 in ]) is a former ] from France.

	Fusai turned professional in 1991. She was 1.76m tall and weighed about 60 kg in 1997. She played right-handed and lived in ] during her career. She retired from the ] tennis circuit in April 2003 when she discovered that she was pregnant with her first child. Her highest ] singles and doubles ranking was 37 and 6 respectively.		Fusai turned professional in 1991. She was 1.76m tall and weighed about 60 kg in 1997. She played right-handed and lived in ] during her career. She retired from the ] tennis circuit in April 2003 when she discovered that she was pregnant with her first child. Her highest ] singles and doubles ranking was 37 and 6 respectively.

	Fusai reached her only career ] singles final in ] in 1995, losing to ] of ] in three sets. She has never advanced beyond the third round of any ] event in singles competition. She earned her career-best singles victory at the Italian Open in ] in 1998 by beating ]. Her career prize money earnings exceeded one million dollars in 1999.		Fusai reached her only career ] singles final in ] in 1995, losing to ] of Austria in three sets. She has never advanced beyond the third round of any ] event in singles competition. She earned her career-best singles victory at the Italian Open in ] in 1998 by beating ]. Her career prize money earnings exceeded one million dollars in 1999.

	Fusai excelled as a doubles player. She achieved her best results in doubles competition in partnership with fellow Frenchwoman ] from 1997 to 2000. She reached the quarter-finals or semi-finals of Grand Slam tournaments on 7 occasions, 5 of them with Tauziat. Her excellent overall doubles performance qualified her to play in the season-ending Tour Championships in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001; she and Tauziat were the runners-up in 1997 and 1998. All in all, Fusai has won a total of 12 WTA Tour doubles titles, 8 of them with Tauziat. She was the runner-up in WTA Tour doubles tournaments on 21 occasions, 11 of them with Tauziat. She was also a ] doubles semi-finalist on 27 occasions, excluding Grand Slams: 1992(1), 1993(1), 1994(1), 1995(2), 1996(1), 1997(3), 1998(4), 1999(4), 2000(3), 2001(6), 2003(1)		Fusai excelled as a doubles player. She achieved her best results in doubles competition in partnership with fellow Frenchwoman ] from 1997 to 2000. She reached the quarter-finals or semi-finals of Grand Slam tournaments on 7 occasions, 5 of them with Tauziat. Her excellent overall doubles performance qualified her to play in the season-ending Tour Championships in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001; she and Tauziat were the runners-up in 1997 and 1998. All in all, Fusai has won a total of 12 WTA Tour doubles titles, 8 of them with Tauziat. She was the runner-up in WTA Tour doubles tournaments on 21 occasions, 11 of them with Tauziat. She was also a ] doubles semi-finalist on 27 occasions, excluding Grand Slams: 1992(1), 1993(1), 1994(1), 1995(2), 1996(1), 1997(3), 1998(4), 1999(4), 2000(3), 2001(6), 2003(1)
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Revision as of 14:14, 25 October 2008

Alexandra Fusai
Singles
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Nantes, France
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	April 2003
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,608,170
Career record	90–147 (WTA only)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	37 (October 26, 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3r (1996)
French Open	3r (1994, 1998)
Wimbledon	2r (1996)
US Open	3r (1997)
Doubles
Career record	260–192 (WTA only)
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	6 (September 14, 1998)

Alexandra Fusai (born November 22, 1973 in Saint-Cloud) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Fusai turned professional in 1991. She was 1.76m tall and weighed about 60 kg in 1997. She played right-handed and lived in Nantes during her career. She retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit in April 2003 when she discovered that she was pregnant with her first child. Her highest WTA Tour singles and doubles ranking was 37 and 6 respectively.

Fusai reached her only career WTA Tour singles final in Warsaw in 1995, losing to Barbara Paulus of Austria in three sets. She has never advanced beyond the third round of any Grand Slam event in singles competition. She earned her career-best singles victory at the Italian Open in Rome in 1998 by beating Jana Novotná. Her career prize money earnings exceeded one million dollars in 1999.

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 reached the quarter-finals or semi-finals of Grand Slam tournaments on 7 occasions, 5 of them with Tauziat. Her excellent overall doubles performance qualified her to play in the season-ending Tour Championships in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001; she and Tauziat were the runners-up in 1997 and 1998. All in all, Fusai has won a total of 12 WTA Tour doubles titles, 8 of them with Tauziat. She was the runner-up in WTA Tour doubles tournaments on 21 occasions, 11 of them with Tauziat. She was also a WTA Tour doubles semi-finalist on 27 occasions, excluding Grand Slams: 1992(1), 1993(1), 1994(1), 1995(2), 1996(1), 1997(3), 1998(4), 1999(4), 2000(3), 2001(6), 2003(1)

Fusai was a member of the French Fed Cup team who won the title in 1997. She won all the three doubles matches she played from the opening round against Japan to the final against the Netherlands. She also played for her country in 1994 and 1998.

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

WTA Tour finals

Doubles wins (12)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (1)

Tier II (3)

Tier III (3)

Tier IV & V (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent	Score in final
1.	October 7, 1996	Surabaya, Indonesia	Hard	Kerry-Anne Guse	Tina Križan Noëlle van Lottum	6–4, 6–4
2.	February 3, 1997	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
3.	April 21, 1997	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Amanda Coetzer	Eva Melicharová Elena Wagner	6–3, 6–1
4.	November 3, 1997	Chicago, USA	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Lindsay Davenport Monica Seles	6–3, 6–2
5.	February 23, 1998	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Anna Kournikova Larisa Neiland	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
6.	May 18, 1998	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Nathalie Tauziat	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	6–4, 6–3
7.	August 24, 1998	New Haven, USA	Hard	Nathalie Tauziat	Jana Novotná Mariaan de Swardt	6–1, 6–0
8.	February 8, 1999	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Květa Peschke Helena Vildová	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
9.	May 10, 1999	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Nathalie Tauziat	Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini	6–3, 7–5
10.	January 3, 2000	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Cara Black	Barbara Schwartz Patricia Wartusch	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
11.	September 25, 2000	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Lubomira Bacheva Cristina Torrens Valero	6–3, 7–6(0)
12.	January 1, 2001	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Rita Grande	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Barbara Schett	7–6(4), 6–3