Margalita Chakhnashvili

Margalita "Maka" Chakhnashvili-Ranzinger (Georgian: მარგალიტა "მაკა" ჩახნაშვილი, romanized: margalit'a "mak'a" chakhnashvili, pronounced [maɾɡalitʼa makʼa tʃʰaχnaʃʷili]; born 9 December 1982) is a Georgian former tennis player.

Margalita Chakhnashvili

Chakhnashvili at the 2012 Open GdF Suez
Full name	Margalita Chakhnashvili-Ranzinger
Country (sports)	Georgia
Born	(1982-12-09) 9 December 1982 (age 41) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1999
Prize money	$313,995
Singles
Career record	403–326
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 134 (30 July 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012)
French Open	Q2 (2007, 2008)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
US Open	Q3 (2007)
Doubles
Career record	139–161
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 149 (15 June 2009)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	30–27

Chakhnashvili won ten singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 30 July 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 134. On 15 June 2009, she peaked at No. 149 in the doubles rankings.

She achieved a 30–27 record for Georgia in Fed Cup competition.

Chakhnashvili was given a wildcard to represent Georgia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's doubles draw. She teamed up with Anna Tatishvili but they lost in the first round.^[1]

ITF finals

Singles (10–12)

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Finals by surface Hard (2–3) Clay (8–8) Carpet (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	3 February 2002	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Dinara Safina	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	2.	21 April 2002	Cagliari, Italy	Clay	Laura dell'Angelo	3–6, 6–7(4)
Win	1.	15 September 2002	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Desislava Topalova	6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Loss	3.	12 September 2004	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	5–7, 4–6
Loss	4.	4 June 2005	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	0–6, 2–6
Win	2.	18 September 2005	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Manana Shapakidze	6–2, 6–1
Win	3.	3 December 2005	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Sharon Fichman	6–3, 7–6(4)
Win	4.	10 December 2005	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	6–3, 7–5
Win	5.	14 May 2006	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Claire de Gubernatis	6–1, 7–5
Loss	5.	24 June 2006	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Renata Voráčová	3–6, 3–6
Win	6.	6 August 2006	Martina Franca, Italy	Clay	Karin Knapp	6–3, 7–5
Loss	6.	3 December 2006	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Roberta Vinci	2–6, 4–6
Win	7.	1 July 2007	Padova, Italy	Clay	Sandra Záhlavová	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	7.	30 March 2008	Hammond, United States	Hard	Carly Gullickson	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	8.	7 June 2009	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Eva Fernández Brugués	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	8.	20 September 2009	Naples, Italy	Clay	Michaela Pochabová	6–2, 6–1
Loss	9.	26 June 2010	Périgueux, France	Clay	Petra Cetkovská	6–2, 1–6, 1–6
Win	9.	3 October 2010	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Tatia Mikadze	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win	10.	9 April 2011	Pomezia, Italy	Clay	Annalisa Bona	1–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	10.	18 June 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Marta Domachowska	5–7, 3–6
Loss	11.	16 October 2011	Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	4–6, 2–6
Loss	12.	7 December 2013	Duino-Aurisina, Italy	Clay (i)	Anastasia Grymalska	3–6, 4–6

Doubles (5–10)

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Finals by surface Hard (1–4) Clay (4–5) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 October 1998	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Sophia Managadze	Olga Glouschenko Tatiana Poutchek	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	10 February 2006	Capriolo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Ekaterina Ivanova	Darya Kustova Ekaterina Makarova	2–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	13 May 2006	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	İpek Şenoğlu	Claire de Gubernatis Alexandra Dulgheru	6–4, 6–3
Winner	2.	8 July 2006	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Akgul Amanmuradova Nina Bratchikova	7–5, 1–6, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	10 September 2006	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Tatjana Malek	Monica Niculescu Renata Voráčová	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	8 July 2007	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Darya Kustova Ekaterina Makarova	2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	20 October 2007	Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Ksenia Milevskaya	Lilia Osterloh Ekaterina Makarova	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	20 September 2008	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Violette Huck	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Aurélie Védy	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	10 April 2009	Monzón, Spain	Hard	Alberta Brianti	Chen Yi Vesna Manasieva	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	8.	8 August 2009	Monteroni, Italy	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Sandra Klemenschits Patricia Mayr	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	22 August 2009	Westende, Belgium	Hard	Vasilisa Davydova	Émilie Bacquet Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	24 October 2009	Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Claire Feuerstein Stéphanie Foretz	6–7(4), 5–7
Runner-up	10.	31 March 2011	Monzón, Spain	Hard	Ivana Lisjak	Elena Bovina Valeria Savinykh	1–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Winner	4.	12 June 2011	Zlín, Czech Republic	Clay	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Réka Luca Jani Katalin Marosi	3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Winner	5.	2 June 2012	Grado, Italy	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Claudia Giovine Anastasia Grymalska	7–6(2), 7–6(1)

References

1. "Margalita Chakhnashvili". BBC Sport. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

External links

• Margalita Chakhnashvili at the Women's Tennis Association
• Margalita Chakhnashvili at the International Tennis Federation
• Margalita Chakhnashvili at the Billie Jean King Cup