How tall is Francesca Schiavone?

Francesca Schiavone's listed height is 166 cm (5'5"). She is taller than about 67% of women in Italy.

Where 166 cm sits among women in Italy

Taller than about 67% of women in Italy born in 1980 (average 163.1 cm).

About Francesca Schiavone

Francesca Schiavone is an Italian former professional tennis player, born on 23 June 1980 in Milan. She had career-high rankings of world No. 4 in women's singles and No. 8 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association.

Schiavone won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles and reached at least the quarter-finals in all four majors. She won the 2010 French Open, becoming the first Italian woman to win a singles major, and was runner-up there in 2011 against Li Na and in doubles in 2008. She helped Italy win the Fed Cup in 2006, 2009 and 2010, and has the most match wins of any player for the Italian team. At the 2011 Australian Open she played the longest women's singles match at a major, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova in 4 hours and 44 minutes.

At a listed 166 cm (5'5"), Schiavone announced her retirement at the 2018 US Open. In April 2021 she began coaching Petra Martić.

Frequently asked

How tall is Francesca Schiavone in feet and inches? Francesca Schiavone is 5'5" tall, which is 166 cm, 65.4 inches or 1.66 m.

Is Francesca Schiavone tall for women in Italy? At 166 cm she is taller than about 67% of women in Italy born in 1980, whose average height is 163.1 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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