Aravane Rezaï (French: [aʁavan ʁɛza.i]; Persian: ارغوان رضایی Arghavān-e Rezāyi pronounced [æɾɣævɒːn(-e) ɾezɒːjiː], born 14 March 1987) is an Iranian–French professional tennis player.

She has defeated many top players on the WTA Tour, such as Justine Henin, Venus Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina, Francesca Schiavone, Caroline Wozniacki, Marion Bartoli, Flavia Pennetta, Jelena Janković and Ai Sugiyama.

[citation needed] Rezaï competed for Iran at the Women's Islamic Games, winning gold in 2001 and 2005.

Her French Open run was more successful, where she struggled through to the tournament's third round, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan along the way.

Her 2007 year started poorly, reaching the second round only twice in her first 13 tournaments on tour, including a first-round loss at the Australian Open.

At the WTA Tour clay tournament of Istanbul, Rezaï reached the final by beating world No.

In her first appearance in Wimbledon, she defeated Shenay Perry from the U.S. and Francesca Schiavone, the 29th seed, in the second round, in three sets.

She ended an appalling year with yet another ITF title in Deauville, France, losing only one set en route to her victory.

Despite being unseeded, Rezaï reached the final of the Auckland Open which she lost to Lindsay Davenport.

However, her year stagnated with early losses in the first and second rounds of tournaments, and her only other grand success came on the clay of Morocco in mid-spring, where she reached the semifinals before falling to Gisela Dulko.

Rezaï then lost at the US Open to Sabine Lisicki in the first round, her earliest loss ever at Flushing Meadows.

Seeded tenth at the Tournament of Champions, Rezaï won her first round-robin match against fourth seed Sabine Lisicki, then beat Melinda Czink in her second match to make her the first player to advance to the semifinals of the inaugural event.

Rezaï won her first-round match against Anna-Lena Grönefeld in three sets, then faced Ágnes Szávay, whom she defeated in two.

In the second round, she faced Andrea Petkovic, getting upset 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 and spoiling her chance to play Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals.

Rezaï pulled off a major fourth-round upset by defeating Jelena Janković in two straight sets.

She defeated Venus Williams in the final 6–2, 7–5, returning from a 2–5 deficit and overcoming numerous set points to win.

She then played at the Eastbourne International, where she upset top seed Caroline Wozniacki in the first round, before retiring against María José Martínez Sánchez in the second, down 6–2, 3–0.

98, Bojana Jovanovski; even though she had "breathtaking" strokes, her serve was erratic with a high number of unforced errors.

[3][4] Her disappointing level of play continued until the end of her season, as she lost in the first round of the Tournament of Champions.

Still, they lost to Team Russia (including Vera Zvonareva, Maria Kirilenko and Yevgeny Kafelnikov) in the final of Gold Group.

At the Indian Wells Open, she reached the third round, before being defeated by Maria Sharapova in straight sets, losing 2–6, 2–6.

Rezaï announced her return to professional tennis after more than one-year absence by taking a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the French Open, losing to compatriot Julie Coin in the first round.

Rezaï told the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting that she supported Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

"[7][8] At one point, the French Tennis Federation was forced to employ bodyguards to prevent Arsalan from attacking other competitors' fathers.[why?

][8] In one 2006 incident, Arsalan attacked Sergey Vesnin, the father of Elena Vesnina, and then accidentally hit his own daughter with a racquet.

[7][8][9][10] Just before her loss in the first round of the 2011 Australian Open, Arsalan was violent to his daughter and threatened her boyfriend.

[9][11] Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.