Virginie Razzano (born May 12, 1983 in Dijon) is a French tennis player. On February 11, 2008 she reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 24. She has won one doubles title, and two singles title. As of October 8, 2007, she had won more than $1,219,211 in prize money, and was ranked #27 in the world.
On August 31, 2006, Razzano upset the number eight seed Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the U.S. Open.
On January 2, 2007, she upset former world number 5 Daniela Hantuchová 6-1, 7-5 in the second round at the ASB Classic tournament in Auckland, New Zealand.
On June 27, 2007, she was upset by unseeded Yvonne Meusburger 4-6, 5-7 in the first round at Wimbledon
On August 25, 2007, she lost in her second WTA Tour Final to Gisela Dulko at Forest Hills.
On blank">30 September, 2007, Razzano won her first career singles title in Guangzhou, China. Razzano, the number 2 seed, defeated first-time finalist, 34-year-old Israeli Tzipora Obziler 6-0, 6-3 to claim the title and become the 2007 Guangzhou International Women's Open Champion. The defending champion was _Anna Chakvetadze, now ranked number 5 in the world. A week later, she claimed her second career title, also in Asia, shocking Venus Williams, 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-4 at the Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo.
On 8 January, 2008, Razzano lost to Ana Ivanović in the first round of the Sydney Medibank International 6-1, 2-6, 7-5. In the third set, Razzano was ahead 5-2, only to see Ivanović win the next 5 games, and proceed to the quarter finals.
