Patty Schnyder

Patty Schnyder (born December 14 1978, Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss tennis player. She turned professional in 1993.In 1996, she made her Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros. The following year, she defeated three top 10 players: Iva Majoli twice, Amanda Coetzer and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.In August 1998, she entered the WTA top 10.On December 5, 2003, she married Rainer Hoffman, an information technology specialist who now coaches her.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.