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) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 1. 30 August 1992 Querétaro, Mexico Hard Cláudia Chabalgoity 2–6, 3–6
Doubles: 3 (2–1) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 1. 13 February 1994 Bogotá, Colombia Clay María Dolores Campana Giana Gutiérrez Cecilia Hincapié 4–6, 7–6(6), 6–4Loss 1. 23 April 1995 Caracas, Venezuela Hard Ninfa Marra Alix Creek Kristine Kurth 2–6, 6–2, 0–6Win 2. 30 July 2000 Caracas, Venezuela Hard María Vento Candice de la Torre Gabriela Voleková 6–1, 6–4
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