Larissa Schaerer

Larissa Schaerer
Country (sports)	Paraguay
Born	15 April 1975 (age 49); Asunción, Paraguay
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$188,557
Singles
Career record	254–182
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
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)

Larissa Schaerer (born 15 April 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Paraguay.

Biography

A right-handed player, Schaerer was born in Asuncion and began playing tennis aged eight. She was a member of the Paraguayan team that 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 Bogotá, 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

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 16 (11–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	8 July 1991	ITF Dublin, Ireland	Clay	Miki Yokobori	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2.	23 September 1991	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	3–6, 1–6
Win	3.	26 October 1992	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	7–5, 6–1
Loss	4.	22 November 1993	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Cristina Tessi	6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Win	5.	29 May 1994	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Maaike Koutstaal	6–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win	6.	19 June 1994	ITF Sezze, Italy	Clay	Flora Perfetti	6–2, 6–3
Win	7.	17 October 1994	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Magalí Benítez	6–4, 6–1
Win	8.	16 October 1995	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Mariana Diaz Oliva	6–2, 6–1
Loss	9.	5 May 1996	ITF Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	1–6, 5–7
Win	10.	22 September 1996	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Veronica Stele	7–5, 5–7, 6–2
Win	11.	30 June 1997	ITF Campinas, Brazil	Clay	Ludmila Varmužová	6–4, 6–1
Win	12.	18 October 1997	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Maria Victoria Beortegui	6–1, 6–2
Win	13.	21 September 1998	ITF Tucumán, Argentina	Clay	Gisela Riera	6–4, 6–2
Win	14.	18 October 1998	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Zsófia Gubacsi	6–1, 6–4
Loss	15.	27 August 2000	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Luciana Masante	3–6, 0–6
Win	16.	18 September 2000	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Jorgelina Cravero	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 26 (13–13)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	26 August 1991	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	María José Gaidano Cintia Tortorella	6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	23 September 1991	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	María Dolores Campana Janaina Mercadante	6–2, 6–3
Win	3.	30 September 1991	ITF La Paz, Bolivia	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	Paula Cabezas Janaina Mercadante	6–3, 7–5
Win	4.	6 September 1993	ITF Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Olga Lugina	Susanna Attili Elena Savoldi	7–5, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Loss	5.	1 November 1993	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Magalí Benítez	Mariana Diaz Oliva Valentina Solari	5–7, 5–7
Loss	6.	15 November 1993	ITF La Plata, Argentina	Clay	Cláudia Chabalgoity	Laura Montalvo Mercedes Paz	1–6, 4–6
Win	7.	5 June 1995	ITF Novi Sad, Serbia	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Tatjana Ječmenica Antoaneta Pandjerova	5–7, 6–1, 6–1
Win	8.	16 October 1995	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Viviana Valdovinos	Renata Brito Carina Lopez	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	9.	17 December 1995	ITF Tucumán, Argentina	Clay	Veronica Stele	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	2–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Loss	10.	18 February 1996	ITF Cali, Colombia	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Eva Bes Paula Hermida	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	11.	26 May 1996	ITF Novi Sad, Serbia	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Seda Noorlander Helena Vildová	6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	12.	28 July 1996	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	María Fernanda Landa	Kirstin Freye Caroline Schneider	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 4–6
Win	13.	10 November 1996	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Mariana Diaz Oliva	Miriam D'Agostini Andrea Vieira	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	14.	16 February 1997	ITF Cali, Colombia	Clay	Sofia Prazeres	Rachel McQuillan Syna Schmidle	2–6, 3–6
Win	15.	30 June 1997	ITF Campinas, Brazil	Clay	Cintia Tortorella	Roberta Burzagli Joana Cortez	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win	16.	18 October 1997	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Vanessa Menga	Monika Maštalířová Paula Racedo	w/o
Win	17.	9 November 1997	ITF Suzano, Brazil	Clay	Laura Bernal	Conchita Martínez Granados Gisela Riera	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	18.	14 December 1997	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Eugenia Maia	Miriam D'Agostini Vanessa Menga	2–6, 2–6
Loss	19.	1 June 1998	ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Miroslava Vavrinec	Melissa Mazzotta Fabiola Zuluaga	2–6, 1–6
Win	20.	12 October 1998	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Laura Bernal	Zsófia Gubacsi Aliénor Tricerri	3–6, 7–6⁽³⁾, 6–4
Win	21.	19 September 1999	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Hard	Rossana de los Ríos	Mariana Mesa Aliénor Tricerri	6–2, 6–3
Loss	22.	5 December 1999	ITF Cali, Colombia	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Mariana Mesa Fabiola Zuluaga	6–2, 6–7, 1–6
Loss	23.	3 September 2000	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Mariana Mesa	Melisa Arévalo Paula Racedo	3–6, 5–7
Loss	24.	24 September 2000	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Sarah Tami-Masi	Jorgelina Cravero Gisela Dulko	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win	25.	16 October 2000	ITF Gwalior, India	Clay	Monica Acosta	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	4–2, 4–1, 0–4, 5–3
Loss	26.	29 July 2001	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	Clay	María Alejandra García	Daniela Álvarez Ana Lucía Migliarini de León	2–6, 2–6