Virginie Razzano (born May 12, 1983 in Dijon) is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 3. She has won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007 in Guangzhou and Tokyo. Razzano reached her career high ranking of World No. 16 on September 14, 2009. As of May 2011, she is ranked World No. 93.
She was chosen by Georges Goven to play Fed Cup first round when Tatiana Golovin have an injury, Marion Bartoli and Émilie Loit were suspended. However, she was replaced by Séverine Brémond Beltrame for injury in quarter final of this tournament.
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. Later on, 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 September 30, 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, who was ranked No.5 in the world. A week later, she claimed her second career title, also in Asia, shocking former No.1 Venus Williams, 4–6, 7–6(7), 6–4 at the Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo.
On January 8, 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.
Razzano started her US Open Series campaign in Los Angeles where she was seeded 11th. She lost in the first round to Anna Chakvetadze 7–6(5), 6–3. She was seeded 16th at Cincinnati but also lost in the first round to Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–3, 3–6, 6–4. Razzano played her last tournament before the US Open in New Haven. Unseeded in singles, she defeated World No. 20 Patty Schnyder in three sets 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 in the first round. Fifth seed Agnieszka Radwańska had to retire due to injury in the second round with the score at one set all. Razzano was defeated 6–4, 6–3 by Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. Razzano was seeded 16th at the 2009 US Open but suffered a surprise defeat in the first round to Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 6–3.
Razzano continued her disappointing end to the season in Tokyo as the sixteenth seed, losing to Iveta Benešová 3–6, 7–6(5), 6–0 in the first round. She was forced to pull out of the 2009 China Open due to a left calf strain. This turned out to be the end of Razzano's season. She finished her best season on tour ranked World No. 19.
Razzano started her 2010 campaign at the 2010 ASB Classic where she was seeded 5th. She defeated Monica Niculescu 7–5, 6–4 in the first round but she lost in the second round to Kimiko Date Krumm 3–6, 6–3, 6–2. She also fell 6–3, 6–0 to Daniela Hantuchová in the first round of Sydney.
Razzano was seeded 18th at the 2010 Australian Open but suffered another surprise defeat in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova 6–2, 6–3. This caused her to fall out of the top twenty on the world rankings. Another first-round defeat followed in Paris, where Razzano was defeated 6–3, 7–6(3) by Patty Schnyder
Razzano continued her season in Dubai where, as an unseeded player, defeated Selima Sfar 6–2, 6–2 in the first round before losing to World No. 22 and in-form Shahar Pe'er 6–2, 6–2 in the second round. Due to her not defending her points from reaching the final the previous year, Razzano saw a huge change in her ranking as it fell to World No. 39.
Razzano next competed at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells where she defeated Kristina Barrois 6–3, 6–4 in the second round before losing to 32nd seed Maria Kirilenko 7–5, 6–3 in the third round.
At the 2010 US Open she beat Klara Zakopalova and upset 13th seed Marion Bartoli before losing to former No.1 Ana Ivanović in the third round 7–5, 6–0.
