Claudine Schaul (born 20 August 1983) is a former tennis player from Luxembourg. Her career-high rankings are world No. 41 in singles, which was achieved on 24 May 2004, and No. 71 for doubles, achieved on 8 November 2004. Schaul first played for the Luxembourg Fed Cup team in 1998, where she has a win–loss record of 42–43.

Career

Her father and brother are sports teachers and introduced her to tennis when she was four years old. A year after turning pro, Schaul made it to the third round of the 2003 US Open, upsetting former No. 15

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, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2 in the first round. In January 2004, Schaul won her first doubles title in Canberra, Australia, partnering

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. Schaul then made it to the third round of the

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. In May 2004, she won her first

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title at

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, defeating

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in the final, in three sets. Due to her strong performances at the Australian Open and Strasbourg, Schaul was awarded the honour of being the flag bearer for Luxembourg at the

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of the Summer Olympics in Athens.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (4–6)

Doubles (3–4)

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