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Strong Is Beautiful
Francesca Schiavone

Marissa Gould

USA
Residence: Santa Monica, CA, USA
DOB: June 23, 1980
Birthplace: Santa Monica, CA, USA
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Weight: 130 lbs. (59 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (2000)
- Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 1996; played first WTA event at 1998 Stanford (as WC, l. to Likhovtseva in 1r); turned pro in 2000.
- Best WTA result was SF at 2001 Hawaii (l. to Testud).
- Best Grand Slams were three 3r finishes, all at Roland Garros, in 2003 (l. to Petrova), 2004 (l. to Davenport) and 2005 (l. to Kuznetsova).
- Had three Top 20 wins in career, at 2001 Hawaii (No.19 Sanchez-Vicario), 2002 Miami (No.13 Shaughnessy) and 2002 Stanford (No.7 Henin).
- Reached career-high No.51 on August 12, 2002.
- Last WTA event at 2005 US Open (l. to Nakamura in 1r - retired afterwards).
SINGLES
Winner: 2004 - ITF/Raleigh-USA, ITF/Charlottesville-USA, ITF/Albuquerque-USA; 2002 - ITF/Eugene-USA; 2001 - ITF/Los Gatos-USA, ITF/Fresno-USA; 2000 - ITF/Clearwater-USA, ITF/Norcross-USA.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2001 - ITF/Dothan-USA (w/Lee), ITF/Albuquerque-USA (w/Schlukebir).
Mother is Helene, father is Richard (was three-time All-American volleyball player); brother is Richard Andrew (played football at Harvard) ... Married Patrick Gould on January 19, 2008 (maiden name is Irvin) ... Began playing tennis at age 9 ... Was coached by Chuck Adams; previously coached by Brian Teacher ... Attended Stanford University (was named a Stanford Academic Scholar Athlete and GTE Academic All-American) ... Best memories include attending 2004 Republican National Convention and meeting talk show host Sean Hannity ... Most important things in life are God, family and country ... Enjoys listening to talk radio, going to church, reading, spending time at beach, country music, '80s rock and watching Los Angeles Dodgers.
- Was No.1 in singles and doubles as freshman and sophomore at Stanford University, leading team to 1999 NCAA Championship and 2000 NCAA Runner-Up (was singles finalist in 1999 and 2000 too).
- In juniors, reached No.19 in singles and No.1 in doubles (won 1997 US Open doubles w/Stevenson).