Sanda Mamić

Sanda Mamić
Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	22 March 1985 (age 39); Zagreb, Croatia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2004
Retired	2014
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	237,432
Singles
Career record	145 – 104
Career titles	0 WTA 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 83 (18 July 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2005)
French Open	2R (2005, 2008)
Wimbledon	1R (2005)
US Open	1R (2005)
Doubles
Career record	21 – 24
Career titles	0 WTA 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 298 (16 February 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2005)
US Open	1R (2005)
	Last updated on: 15 January 2014.

Sanda Mamić (born 22 March 1985 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a retired professional female tennis player from Croatia.

Early career

2001 – Reached final at ITF/Hvar-CRO
2002 – Reached final at ITF/Sopron-HUN
2003 – Won first ITF Circuit title at ITF/Yamaguchi-JPN; also reached final at ITF/Makarska 1-CRO
2004 – Best career finish, reaching quarterfinals at Budapest. Mamić, ranked World No. 201, entered the main draw as a qualifier. Budapest was her WTA tour main draw debut, whereupon she defeated Gala León García and Tathiana Garbin en route, eventually losing to Flavia Pennetta in three sets.

In Seoul she would qualify and lose again in the quarterfinals to Anne Kremer.

After qualifying at Moscow, Mamić notched her best win to date versus World No. 28 Mary Pierce, winning 6–0, 6–4. She would later lose in the second round to Elena Dementieva.

In May 2004, Mamić had her Grand Slam debut, reaching the main draw at the French Open through qualifying. She would lose in the first round.

Later in the year, she had her Top 100 debut on 18 October at World No. 96, reaching career-high at the time to World No. 95 a week later.

2005 – Reached third tour singles quarterfinal at Modena, losing in a third set tiebreaker to eventual finalist Garbin.

She managed to reach the second round four times, including Rome, where she defeated World No. 23 Daniela Hantuchová, and later losing to Pierce and the French Open, where she eventually lost in the second round to Dementieva.

During the rest of the year, she lost in the first round six times, including the other three Grand Slam tournaments.

In September, she was invited to the Croatian Fed Cup team in their match against Thailand. Although she lost both singles rubbers to Tamarine Tanasugarn and Suchanan Viratprasert, Croatia prevailed 3–2.

Late career

Later in her career, Mamić had problems with her wrist, which at first was thought to be a regular sport injury requiring only a short term break. Her ranking was protected for the next 10 months. But further complications with her injury, talk about a mysterious bacteria that infected her wrist wound, and liver complications took her off the courts for more than two years. Her tennis career seemed almost over, and she moved on and started to work for a web design company.

But in 2008, she came back to the courts. Her comeback began at the Bangalore Open in March 2008 where she won her first round match against Chan Yung-jan (6–2, 6–2) but lost in the second round to Jelena Janković (6–2, 6–2). Mamić reached the second round in her Grand Slam comeback at the French Open, beating Dutchwoman Michaëlla Krajicek (6–4, 6–3) before falling to Italy's Francesca Schiavone.

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 6 (3–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	16 April 2001	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Petra Cetkovska	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	2 September 2002	Chieti, Italy	Clay	Emily Stellato	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	23 September 2002	Sopron, Hungary	Clay	Tina Schiechtl	6–7, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	10 March 2003	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Delia Sescioreanu	4–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	14 April 2003	Yamaguchi, Japan	Clay	Ryoko Takemura	6–2, 6–2
Winner	6.	12 July 2004	Garching, Germany	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	6–3, 1–6, 6–2

Doubles: 3 (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 May 2002	Zaton, Croatia	Clay	Tina Hergold	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	7 July 2003	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Ana Vrljic	Daniela Bercek Maria Goloviznina	7–6^(9–7), 6–1
Runner-up	3.	25 January 2004	Bergamo, Italy	Carpet	Iva Majoli	Alberta Brianti Kildine Chevalier	4–6, 4–6