Karolina Šprem

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**Karolina Šprem**

Country	Croatia
Residence	Varaždin, Croatia
Date of birth	October 25, 1984
Place of birth	Varaždin, Croatia then (Yugoslavia)
Height	1.74 m (5'8")
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Turned Pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career Prize Money	$ 913,774
Singles
Career record:	171-107
Career titles:	0 (7 ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 17 (October 11, 2004)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4r (2005)
French Open	3r (2006)
Wimbledon	QF (2004)
U.S. Open	1r (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record:	14-16
Career titles:	0 (1 ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 182 (May 8, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: November 6, 2006.

Karolina Šprem (born October 25, 1984) is a Croatian tennis player born in Varaždin. Her current WTA ranking is #108 (as of March 19, 2007).

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 controversially defeated two time champion, four time finalist and then world No. 8 Venus Williams in the second round (lost to Lindsay Davenport in QF). The umpire of her match against Venus Williams awarded her an extra point in the second set tie break. He was relieved of his duties after the end of the match.

1 Titles (8)
2 Doubles (1)
3 External links

[edit] Titles (8)

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

[edit] Singles (7)

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Grand Slam performance timeline

Tournament	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
Australian Open	1r	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)

[edit] Doubles (1)

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