Patty Schnyder
Swiss tennis player
Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978 in Basel) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 7, achieved in November 2005. Schnyder won eleven WTA Tour singles titles, including a Tier I event at the 2002 Zurich Open, as well as five doubles titles, earning almost $8.6 million USD in prize money. She twice defeated a reigning world No. 1 player in her career: Martina Hingis at the 1998 Grand Slam Cup (by retirement) and Jennifer Capriati at the Family Circle Cup in 2002. In addition, she has notable wins over such former No. 1 players as Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic, and Caroline Wozniacki.
Personal life
On 5 December 2003, Schnyder married her German coach Rainer Hofmann, who was also an IT specialist, at a resort in Baden-Baden, Germany. In early 2014, three years following her retirement from tennis, Schnyder announced her divorce from Hofmann.
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