Karolina Šprem
Appearance
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 | |
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Australian Open | 4r (2005) |
French Open | 3r (2006) |
Wimbledon | QF (2004) |
U.S. Open | 1r (2003, 2004, 2005) |
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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)
- 2001: ITF/Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (lost to Adriana Basaric)
- 2002: ITF/Rimini, Italy (lost to Laurence Andretto)
- 2002: ITF/Gorizia, Italy (lost to Ainhoa Blanco Goni)
- 2002: ITF/Roma Parioli, Italy (lost to Dinara Safina)
- 2003: WTA/Vienna, Austria (lost to Paola Suarez)
- 2003: WTA/Strasbourg, France (lost to Silvia Farina Elia)
- 2005: WTA/Kolkata, India (lost to Anastasia Myskina)
Grand Slam performance timeline
Tournament | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
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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 |