María Virginia Francesa
# María Virginia Francesa

María Virginia Francesa (born 25 March 1974) is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player.

Raised in Caracas, Francesa represented the Venezuela Fed Cup team in 19 ties, debuting in 1991. She won a total of 18 rubbers, nine in singles and nine in doubles. Her last appearance in 2001 was a World Group play-off tie against Croatia.

On the professional tour she reached a career high singles ranking of 311 and won two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She had a best doubles ranking of 380 in the world.

Francesa won a gold medal at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games in women's doubles (with Ninfa Marra) and a mixed doubles gold medal at the 1994 South American Games (with Jimy Szymanski). She also competed for Venezuela in two editions of the Pan American Games.

## ITF finals

### Singles: 1 (0–1)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Runner-up | 1. | 30 August 1992 | Querétaro, Mexico | Hard | Cláudia Chabalgoity | 2–6, 3–6 |

### Doubles: 3 (2–1)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Winner | 1. | 13 February 1994 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | María Dolores Campana | Giana Gutiérrez Cecilia Hincapié | 4–6, $7–6^{(6)},$ 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 23 April 1995 | Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | Ninfa Marra | Alix Creek Kristine Kurth | 2–6, 6–2, 0–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 30 July 2000 | Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | María Vento | Candice de la Torre Gabriela Voleková | 6–1, 6–4 |
