Jump to content

Tina Križan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tina Križan
Country (sports) Yugoslavia (1989–1991)
 Slovenia (1991–2007)
ResidenceLondon, Ljubljana
Born (1974-03-18) 18 March 1974 (age 50)
Maribor, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1990
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$868,461
Singles
Career record211–210
Career titles0 WTA 1 ITF
Highest ranking95 (16 January 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R 1995,2R (1996)
French Open1R (1995)
Wimbledon1R (1995)
US Open2R (1996, 1999)
Doubles
Career record286–277
Career titles6 WTA 10 ITF
Highest ranking19 (18 March 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2002)
French Open2R (1998–99, 2000, 2003–04)
WimbledonQF (2002)
US OpenQF (2001)

Tina Križan (born 18 March 1974) is a former Slovenian professional tennis player.

Known primarily for her achievements playing doubles, as the first Slovenian in the 90' she reached a career-high singles ranking of 95, including a win over Jana Novotna and a career-high doubles ranking of 19 in 2002, including wins over Martina Navratilova, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Ana Ivanovic and Flavia Pennetta. She has won 6 WTA doubles titles and has been runner-up in more than 10 WTA doubles events, she has also won 10 ITF tournaments.

Tina represented Slovenia in doubles at the Olympics in 1992, 2000 and 2004 (both latter years partnered with Katarina Srebotnik). She qualified twice for the doubles season end Masters Championships in Munich and Los Angeles.

Tina Križan holds the record for Fed Cup appearances for her country, representing Slovenia in 46 ties playing a record 72 matches.

She graduated from Maribor University in 2004.

WTA Tour finals

[edit]

Doubles 20 (6–14)

[edit]
Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0) Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0) Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0) Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0) International (0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 8 October 1995 Surabaya, Indonesia Hard Netherlands Petra Kamstra Japan Nana Miyagi
United States Stephanie Reece
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 1. 13 October 1996 Surabaya, Indonesia Hard France Noëlle van Lottum France Alexandra Fusai
Australia Kerry-Anne Guse
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 24 November 1996 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Japan Nana Miyagi Japan Miho Saeki
Japan Yuka Yoshida
2–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 19 April 1998 Makarska, Croatia Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Russia Eugenia Kulikovskaya
Austria Karin Kschwendt
7–6(7–3), 6–1
Runner-up 3. 12 July 1998 Maria Lankowitz, Austria Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Argentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Paola Suárez
1–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 18 July 1999 Palermo, Italy Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan
Sweden Åsa Svensson
4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up 4. 26 September 1999 Luxembourg Carpet Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Romania Irina Spîrlea
Netherlands Caroline Vis
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 31 October 1999 Linz, Austria Carpet Latvia Larisa Savchenko Romania Irina Spîrlea
Netherlands Caroline Vis
4–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 16 April 2000 Estoril, Portugal Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Netherlands Amanda Hopmans
Spain Cristina Torrens Valero
6–0, 7–6(11–9)
Runner-up 6. 7 May 2000 Bol, Croatia Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik France Julie Halard-Decugis
United States Corina Morariu
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 7. 15 October 2000 Japan Open, Japan Hard Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik France Julie Halard-Decugis
United States Corina Morariu
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 8. 19 November 2000 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Netherlands Caroline Vis
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 9. 15 April 2001 Estoril, Portugal Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Czech Republic Květa Hrdličková
Germany Barbara Rittner
6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 10. 19 August 2001 Canadian Open, Canada Hard Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik United States Kimberly Po-Messerli
Australia Nicole Pratt
3–6, 1–6
Winner 5. 16 September 2001 Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA Hard Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Belgium Els Callens
Australia Nicole Pratt
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 11. 24 February 2002 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 12. 2 March 2002 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 13. 23 February 2003 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Ukraine Tatiana Perebiynis Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Sweden Åsa Carlsson
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 14. 22 May 2004 Strasbourg, France Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Australia Lisa McShea
Venezuela Milagros Sequera
4–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 16 January 2005 Canberra, Australia Hard Italy Tathiana Garbin Czech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
7–5, 1–6, 6–4

ITF finals

[edit]

Singles Finals (1-0)

[edit]
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 13 February 2000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Carpet (i) Germany Miriam Schnitzer 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (10–11)

[edit]
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 15 June 1992 Maribor, Slovenia Clay Slovenia Karin Lušnic Germany Renata Kochta
Czechoslovakia Pavlína Rajzlová
6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 20 July 1992 Darmstadt, Germany Clay United States Nicole Arendt Germany Anouschka Popp
Germany Sandra Wächtershäuser
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 12 July 1993 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Italy Laura Garrone Poland Magdalena Feistel
Poland Katarzyna Teodorowicz
6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Winner 4. 8 August 1993 Sopot, Poland Clay Czech Republic Květa Peschke Slovakia Denisa Krajčovičová
Slovakia Katarína Studeníková
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 15 November 1993 Port Pirie, Australia Clay Czech Republic Eva Martincová Australia Lisa McShea
Canada Vanessa Webb
6–7(5), 3–6
Runner-up 6. 10 July 1994 Erlangen, Germany Clay Slovakia Janette Husárová Sweden Maria Lindström
Sweden Maria Strandlund
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 7. 31 July 1995 Sopot, Poland Clay Slovakia Katarína Studeníková Czech Republic Petra Kučová
Czech Republic Lenka Němečková
0–2 ret.
Winner 8. 14 August 1995 Maribor, Slovenia Clay Italy Laura Garrone Czech Republic Eva Melicharová
Czech Republic Helena Vildová
6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up 9. 26 February 1996 Southampton, Great Britain Carpet (i) Italy Laura Golarsa United Kingdom Valda Lake
United Kingdom Clare Wood
4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner 10. 14 July 1996 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Ukraine Olga Lugina Italy Laura Garrone
Italy Flora Perfetti
6–4, 6–2
Winner 11. 14 December 1997 Bad Gögging, Germany Carpet (i) Austria Sylvia Plischke France Emmanuelle Curutchet
France Sophie Georges
6–3, 6–3
Winner 12. 15 February 1998 Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia Hard (i) Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Slovenia Tina Pisnik
Germany Miriam Schnitzer
6–0, 6–3
Runner-up 13. 15 March 1998 Biel, Switzerland Hard (i) Belgium Nancy Feber Germany Kirstin Freye
France Noëlle van Lottum
3–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)
Winner 14. 25 October 1998 Welwyn, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Belgium Laurence Courtois Australia Louise Pleming
United Kingdom Samantha Smith
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up 15. 5 december 1998 New Delhi, India Hard Austria Karin Kschwendt Czech Republic Lenka Cenková
Netherlands Amanda Hopmans
W/O
Winner 16. 8 February 1999 Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia Carpet (i) Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Czech Republic Eva Martincová
Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 17. 22 February 1999 Bushey, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Hungary Katalin Marosi
7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–7(0–7)
Winner 18. 9 May 1999 Bratislava, Slovakia Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Czech Republic Lenka Němečková
Slovakia Radka Zrubáková
6–1, 6–3
Winner 19. 20 February 2000 Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i) France Alexandra Fusai United Kingdom Julie Pullin
United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe
7–6(7–4), 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up 20. 3 April 2000 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Germany Angelika Bachmann Italy Tathiana Garbin
Hungary Katalin Marosi
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up 21. 11 February 2001 Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i) Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina United Kingdom Julie Pullin
United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe
1–6, 3–6
[edit]