Larissa Schaerer
Larissa Schaerer (born 15 April 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Paraguay.
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Born | Asuncion, Paraguay | 15 April 1975
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Retired | 2002 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $188,557 |
Singles | |
Career record | 254–182 (58.3%) |
Career titles | 11 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 136 (23 February 1998) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
French Open | Q3 (1999) |
Wimbledon | Q1 (1993, 1998, 1999) |
US Open | Q3 (1997) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 156–128 (54.9%) |
Career titles | 13 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 128 (12 October 1998) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (1999) |
US Open | Q1 (1998) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (1992) |
Biography
A right-handed player, Schaerer was born in Asuncion and began playing tennis aged eight. She was a member of the Paraguayan team which finished runner-up to Germany at the 1991 World Youth Cup, during which she was unbeaten in singles play. While still a junior, she started her Fed Cup career for Paraguay, first appearing at the age of 16, including in a World Group tie against the Soviet Union. At the 1992 US Open, she reached the semifinals of the girls' singles.[1]
Schaerer represented Paraguay at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She competed in the women's doubles tournament with Rossana de los Ríos as her partner. The pair lost to the French pairing of Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat in the opening round.[2]
On the WTA Tour, her best performances came on the clay courts of the Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, where she was a semifinalist in 1998 and quarterfinalist in 1999.[3]
It was in doubles that Schaerer made her only main-draw appearance in Grand Slam competition. At the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, she and partner Alina Jidkova lost in the qualifying event but entered the draw as lucky losers. They were beaten in the first round by 12th seeds Mary Joe Fernández and Monica Seles.[4]
Schaerer made her last Fed Cup appearance in 2004. She featured in a total of 55 ties, for 64 wins overall, 39 in singles and 25 in doubles. These all remain national records for Paraguay.[5]
ITF Circuit finals
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$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 16 (11–5)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 8 July 1991 | ITF Dublin, Ireland | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 23 September 1991 | ITF Lima, Peru | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 3. | 26 October 1992 | ITF Asuncion, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 4. | 22 November 1993 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 5–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 29 May 1994 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
6–7, 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 6. | 19 June 1994 | ITF Sezze, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | 17 October 1994 | ITF Asuncion, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 8. | 16 October 1995 | ITF Asuncion, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 9. | 5 May 1996 | ITF Florianópolis, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 10. | 22 September 1996 | ITF Asuncion, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 5–7, 6–2 |
Winner | 11. | 30 June 1997 | ITF Campinas, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 12. | 18 October 1997 | ITF Asuncion, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 13. | 21 September 1998 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 14. | 18 October 1998 | ITF Asuncion, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 15. | 27 August 2000 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 16. | 18 September 2000 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: 26 (13–13)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 26 August 1991 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 23 September 1991 | ITF Lima, Peru | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 30 September 1991 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–5 |
Winner | 4. | 6 September 1993 | ITF Spoleto, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–6(5) |
Runner-up | 5. | 1 November 1993 | ITF Asuncion, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 6. | 15 November 1993 | ITF La Plata, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 7. | 5 June 1995 | ITF Novi Sad, Serbia | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 8. | 16 October 1995 | ITF Asunción, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 9. | 17 December 1995 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Runner-up | 10. | 18 February 1996 | ITF Cali, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 26 May 1996 | ITF Novi Sad, Serbia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 12. | 28 July 1996 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Winner | 13. | 10 November 1996 | ITF Sao Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 14. | 16 February 1997 | ITF Cali, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 15. | 30 June 1997 | ITF Campinas, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 16. | 18 October 1997 | ITF Asuncion, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
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w/o |
Winner | 17. | 9 November 1997 | ITF Suzano, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 18. | 14 December 1997 | ITF Bogota, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 19. | 1 June 1998 | ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 20. | 12 October 1998 | ITF Asuncion, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4 |
Winner | 21. | 19 September 1999 | ITF Asuncion, Paraguay | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 22. | 5 December 1999 | ITF Cali, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 23. | 3 September 2000 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 24. | 24 September 2000 | ITF Asuncion, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 25. | 16 October 2000 | ITF Gwalior, India | Clay | ![]() |
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4–2, 4–1, 0–4, 5–3 |
Runner-up | 26. | 29 July 2001 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
References
- "ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Schaerer, Larissa (PAR)". ITF. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "Larissa Schaerer Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "Suárez apunta a dos frentes". La Nación (in Spanish). 22 February 1998. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "Women's Doubles First Round". The Palm Beach Post. 25 June 1999. p. 34. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "Vero y Montse ganan doble y rompen record" (in Spanish). purodeporte.com. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.