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Katarzyna Kawa
Katarzyna Kawa at the 2019 Wimbledon
Country (sports) Poland
ResidencePoznań, Poland
Born (1992-11-17) 17 November 1992 (age 31)
Krynica-Zdrój, Poland
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2007
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 241,008
Singles
Career record298–213 (58.3%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 121 (17 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 125 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2020)
French OpenQ1 (2019)
WimbledonQ3 (2019)
US OpenQ1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record125–97 (56.3%)
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 239 (17 July 2017)
Current rankingNo. 299 (16 March 2020)
Last updated on: 9 May 2020.

Katarzyna Kawa (Polish pronunciation: [kataˈʐɨna ˈkava]; born 17 November 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 128, which she reached on 29 July 2019 following her first career WTA final at the Baltic Open. She has also won seven singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF circuit.

Personal

Katarzyna Kawa was born in Krynica-Zdrój, but moved in 2013 to Poznań, Poland. She started tennis at age seven and is currently coached by Grzegorz Garczyński.[1]

Career

2019: First WTA final and breakthrough

Kawa playing at the 2019 Roland Garros

In July, Katarzyna Kawa made it through the qualifying rounds at the Baltic Open to book her spot in the final with a straight-sets victory over Bernarda Pera.[2] Kawa reached the final after beating Anna Danilina, Naiktha Bains, Ysaline Bonaventure, Jana Fett, Chloe Paquet and Bernarda Pera. In the final, she lost to the top seed Anastasija Sevastova in three sets.[3]

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2019 Baltic Open, Latvia International Clay Latvia Anastasija Sevastova 6–3, 5–7, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (4–2)
$15,000 tournaments (2–0)
$10,000 tournaments (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (5–5)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2009 ITF Warsaw, Poland 10,000 Clay Czech Republic Iveta Gerlová 3–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Feb 2010 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2010 ITF Iława, Poland 10,000 Clay Slovakia Zuzana Zlochová 6–7(2–7), 7–5, 2–6
Loss 0–4 May 2012 ITF Warsaw, Poland 10,000 Clay Slovakia Chantal Škamlová 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–4 Aug 2012 ITF Prague, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Renata Voráčová 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–5 April 2013 ITF Chiasso, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win 2–5 Mar 2015 ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil 10,000 Clay Argentina Nadia Podoroska 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win 3–5 Apr 2015 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay United Kingdom Amanda Carreras 7–5, 6–1
Win 4–5 Oct 2015 ITF Makinohara, Japan 25,000 Grass Japan Riko Sawayanagi 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Win 5–5 Jan 2018 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard China Zhang Kailin 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win 6–5 Jun 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Clay Serbia Dejana Radanović 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss 6–6 Oct 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Czech Republic Tereza Martincová 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win 7–6 Apr 2019 ITF Jackson, United States 25,000 Clay United States Ann Li 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000-$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (5–4)
$15,000 tournaments (2–0)
$10,000 tournaments (5–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (9–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2009 ITF Warsaw,
Poland 		10,000 Clay Poland Katarzyna Kaleta Czech Republic Iveta Gerlová
Poland Karolina Kosińska 		2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2009 Palić Open,
Serbia 		10,000 Clay Slovakia Simona Parajová Hungary Dunja Antunovic
Croatia Ani Mijacika 		4–6, 0–6
Win 1–2 Aug 2009 ITF Iława,
Poland 		10,000 Clay Poland Aleksandra Rosolska Poland Veronika Domagała
Poland Anna Niemiec 		6–1, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Aug 2010 ITF Iława,
Poland 		10,000 Clay Poland Veronika Domagała Czech Republic Martina Borecká
Czech Republic Martina Kubičíková 		3–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 Aug 2010 ITF Gliwice,
Poland 		10,000 Clay Poland Justyna Jegiołka Poland Olga Brózda
Poland Veronika Domagała 		6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win 3–3 Oct 2010 ITF Bol,
Croatia 		10,000 Clay Poland Natalia Kołat Slovenia Anja Prislan
Netherlands Eva Wacanno 		5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 3–4 Mar 2011 ITF Antalya,
Turkey 		10,000 Clay Croatia Darija Jurak China Liang Chen
China Tian Ran 		6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Win 4–4 Jul 2011 ITF Horb,
Germany 		10,000 Clay Poland Paula Kania Hungary Vaszilisza Bulgakova
Germany Christina Shakovets 		1–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Win 5–4 Jan 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh,
Egypt 		10,000 Hard Poland Natalia Kołat Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova
Russia Ekaterina Yashina 		6–1, 6–4
Win 6–4 Aug 2013 Trofeul Popeci,
Romania 		50,000 Clay Italy Alice Balducci Romania Diana Buzean
Germany Christina Shakovets 		3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–8]
Loss 6–5 Jan 2016 ITF Bertioga,
Brazil 		25,000 Hard Poland Sandra Zaniewska Romania Cristina Dinu
Netherlands Indy de Vroome 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 6–6 Apr 2016 ITF Chiasso,
Switzerland 		25,000 Clay Poland Olga Brózda Germany Antonia Lottner
Germany Anne Schäfer 		1–6, 1–6
Loss 6–7 Jun 2016 ITF Puszczykowo,
Poland 		10,000 Hard Poland Olga Brózda Poland Weronika Foryś
Russia Valeria Savinykh 		6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 7–7 Aug 2016 ITF Plzeň,
Czech Republic 		25,000 Clay Sweden Cornelia Lister Bosnia and Herzegovina Ema Burgić Bucko
Spain Georgina García Pérez 		6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Win 8–7 Sep 2016 ITF Hua Hin,
Thailand 		25,000 Hard Brazil Laura Pigossi Thailand Kamonwan Buayam
Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi 		7–5, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]
Loss 8–8 Oct 2016 ITF Cairns,
Australia 		25,000 Hard Poland Sandra Zaniewska Australia Alison Bai
Australia Lizette Cabrera 		5–7, 7–5, [10–12]
Win 9–8 May 2017 ITF La Marsa,
Tunisia 		25,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasmina Tinjić Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš
Croatia Tereza Mrdeža 		7–5, 6–4
Loss 9–9 Jun 2017 WSG Open,
Poland 		25,000 Clay Poland Katarzyna Piter Australia Priscilla Hon
Belarus Vera Lapko 		6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win 10–9 Feb 2018 ITF Sharm El Sheikh,
Egypt 		15,000 Hard United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith Romania Laura-Ioana Andrei
Belgium Hélène Scholsen 		6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 11–9 Mar 2018 ITF Solarino,
Italy 		15,000 Carpet Belarus Shalimar Talbi Australia Laura Ashley
United States Quinn Gleason 		6–3, 6–4
Win 12–9 Jun 2018 Bella Cup,
Poland 		25,000 Clay Poland Maja Chwalińska Uzbekistan Albina Khabibulina
Belgium Hélène Scholsen 		6–1, 6–4
Win 13–9 Apr 2019 ITF Jackson,
United States 		25,000 Clay Poland Katarzyna Piter United States Hanna Chang
United States Caitlin Whoriskey 		7–5, 6–1
Loss 13–10 Apr 2019 Boar's Head Resort Open,
United States 		80,000 Clay Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká United States Asia Muhammad
United States Taylor Townsend 		6–4, 5–7, [3–10]

References

  1. ^ http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100102952
  2. ^ https://www.wtatennis.com/videos/2019-jurmala-highlights-kawa-progresses-past-pera
  3. ^ https://tennistonic.com/tennis-news/85245/h2h-anastasija-sevastova-vs-katarzyna-kawa-jurmala-preview-odds-prediction/

External links

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