María Virginia Francesa

María Virginia Francesa 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 and a mixed doubles gold medal at the 1994 South American Games. She also competed for Venezuela in two editions of the Pan American Games.