Lina Stančiūtė

Lina Stančiūtė
	Stančiūtė at the 2009 Warsaw Open
Country (sports)	Lithuania
Born	7 February 1986 (age 38); Vilnius, Soviet Union
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2015
Plays	Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$150,736
Singles
Career record	297–220
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	197 (28 September 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2009)
US Open	Q2 (2009)
Doubles
Career record	81–96
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	138 (15 May 2006)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	37–31

Lina Stančiūtė (born 7 February 1986) is a retired Lithuanian tennis player.

In her career, she won four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 28 September 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 197. On 15 May 2006, she peaked at number 138 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Lithuania at the Fed Cup, Stančiūtė has a win–loss record of 37–31.

Personal life

Lina Stančiūtė was born on 7 February 1986 in Vilnius, Lithuania. She started playing tennis at age eight, her favourite surface is clay. In June 2016, Stančiūtė married Lithuanian professional Basketball player Martynas Gecevičius.^[1]

Career

Stančiūtė had a successful junior career, winning one ITF singles and doubles titles. Her career-high world ranking as a junior was world number 63, and she finished her junior career with a record of 72–49.

In 2003, she reached first ITF singles finals, winning in Italy. She also reached two ITF doubles finals. In 2004, she won the tournament Lafayette in United States endowed with $25,000 by beating Karolina Kosińska in three sets.

In July 2015, Stančiūtė announced her retirement from professional tennis.^[2]

ITF finals

Singles (4–1)

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

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	17 August 2003	Martina Franca, Italy	Clay	Darija Jurak	6–3, 6–1
Winner	2.	10 October 2004	Lafayette, United States	Clay	Karolina Kosińska	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	3.	23 July 2006	Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Lenka Wienerová	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	4 October 2008	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Margit Rüütel	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(7–9)
Winner	4.	18 June 2011	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Sofia Shapatava	6–2, 6–1

Doubles (3–4)

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

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 March 2003	$25,000	Kaunas, Lithuania	Hard (i)	Aurelija Misevičiūtė	Darya Kustova Elena Tatarkova	1–6, 6–7^(8–10)
Runner-up	2.	21 June 2003	$25,000	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Claudia Kuleszka	Mariya Koryttseva Dimana Krastevitch	3–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	1 October 2005	$25,000	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Simona Matei	Kelly de Beer Eva Pera	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	4 March 2006	$25,000	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Kelly Liggan	Natalie Grandin Chanelle Scheepers	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	28 July 2006	$50,000+H	Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Claudine Schaul	Erica Krauth Frederica Piedade	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	17 June 2011	$25,000	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	4–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	21 June 2013	$25,000	Ystad, Sweden	Clay	Kristina Barrois	Monique Adamczak Pemra Özgen	6–4, 7–5