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Karolina Šprem

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Karolina Šprem
Date of birth: October 25, 1984
Place of birth: Varaždin, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Country: Croatia
Residence: Varaždin, Croatia
Height: 1.74 m (5'8")
Weight: 60 kg (132 lb)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Turned pro: 2001
Highest singles ranking: No. 17
(October 11, 2004)
Singles titles: 0 WTA Titles (7 ITF titles)
Highest doubles ranking No. 182
(May 8, 2006)
Doubles titles: 0 (1 ITF circuit title)
Career prize money: $889,243
Grand Slam Record
Singles Titles: 0
Australian Open 4r (2005)
French Open 3r (2006)
Wimbledon QF (2004)
U.S. Open 1r (2003, 2004, 2005)
Women's Tennis
2004 – Singles
2004 – Doubles

Karolina Šprem (born October 25, 1984, Varaždin, Croatia) is a professional tennis player from Croatia. Her current WTA ranking is #48 (as of July 17, 2006).

She has won 8 titles (7 singles, 1 Doubles) all at the ITF level. She has not won any titles on the WTA Tour. Career highlight is a quarterfinal appearance at Wimbledon in 2004 where she defeated then world No. 8 Venus Williams in the second round (lost to Lindsay Davenport in QF).

Titles (8)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
WTA Tour (0)
ITF Circuit (7)

Singles (7)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. Jan 27, 2002 ITF/Courmayeur, Italy Hard Stefanie Weis (Germany) 4-6 7-6 6-4
2. Feb 17, 2002 ITF/Bergamo, Italy Hard Rita Degli-Esposti (Italy) 6-1 6-2
3. Jan 26, 2003 ITF/Grenoble, France Hard Sophie Lefevre (France) 7-5 7-5
4. Feb 16, 2003 ITF/Southampton, Great Britain Hard Magdelena Zdenovcova (Czech Republic) 6-1 3-0 RET
5. Feb 23, 2003 ITF/Redbridge, Great Britain Hard Olga Barabanschikova (Belarus) 6-3 6-2
6. Mar 23, 2003 ITF/Castellon, Spain Clay Ludmila Cervanova (Slovakia) 6-3 6-3
7. Nov 2, 2003 ITF/Poitiers, France Hard Roberta Vinci (Italy) 6-4 7-5

Singles Finalist (7)

Grand Slam performance timeline

Tournament 2006 2005 2004 2003
Australian Open 2r 4r 1r -
French Open 3r 2r 1r -
Wimbledon 3r 1r QF 2r
U.S. Open 1r 1r 1r 1r

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
WTA Tour (0)
ITF Circuit (1)

Doubles (1)

No. Date Tournament Partner Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. Nov 24, 2002 ITF/Zagreb, Croatia Mervana Jugić-Salkić (BIH) Hard Jelena Kostanić (CRO) / Matea Mezak (CRO) 6-2 6-4