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In twice, Amanda Coetzer and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario .

In August 1998 , she entered the WTA top 10.

On December 5 , 2003 , she married Rainer Hofmann, a German private investigator and Information Technology specialist who has coached her since 2003. Hofmann carries a fraud conviction relating to his business dealings with German national communications firm Deutsche Telekom, a crime for which he was put on probation.

In her career she has won 10 singles titles, including a victory in Zurich (Tier I Event) over American Lindsay Davenport , and 4 doubles titles. Her first title on U.S. soil came in August, 2005, when she won at Cincinnati's Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open . Schnyder is perhaps best known for defeating 4 consecutive Top 10 players, including Serena Williams and then-world #1 Jennifer Capriati, in 2002 at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, which is the largest women-only tennis event held in the United States.


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Singles (10)



Singles Finalist (8)

  • 1996 : Karlovy Vary (lost to Ruxandra Dragomir)

  • 1998 : Grand Slam Cup (lost to Venus Williams)

  • 2000 : Klagenfurt (lost to Barbara Schett)

  • 2001 : Vienna (lost to Iroda Tulyaganova)

  • 2002 : Charleston (lost to Iva Majoli)

  • 2005 : Rome (lost to Amelie Mauresmo)

  • 2005 : Zurich (lost to Lindsay Davenport)

  • 2005 : Linz (lost to Nadia Petrova)

  • 2006 : Charleston (lost to Nadia Petrova)



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