title: María Virginia Francesa
text: # 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 |
  