Vania King

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Vania King
Country Flag of United States United States
Residence Long Beach, California
Date of birth February 3, 1989
Place of birth Monterey Park, California
Height 5ft 2in
Weight 125 lb (57 kg)
Turned Pro July 5, 2006
Plays Right, two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money $288,809
Singles
Career record: 54-44
Career titles: 1
Highest ranking: No. 50 (November 6, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open -
French Open 1r (2006)
Wimbledon 2r (2006)
U.S. Open 2r (2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record: 42-30
Career titles: 2 (1 ITF)
Highest ranking: No. 28 (February 5, 2007)

Infobox last updated on: February 12, 2007.

Vania King (Chinese:金久慈; born February 3, 1989 in Monterey Park, California, USA) is a female tennis player from the United States. She's a Taiwanese American. Her parents moved to United States in 1982.

On November 6, 2006, King achieved her career-high singles ranking: World No. 50. Vania made it to the 2006 US Open mixed doubles quarterfinals with her partner Vincent Spadea before losing 4-6, 6-1, 7-10 to Justin Gimelstob and Meghann Shaughnessy.

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[edit] WTA Tour titles (2)

[edit] Singles (1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
WTA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 15 October 2006 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Flag of Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

[edit] Doubles (2)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
WTA Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. 8 October 2006 Tokyo, Japan Hard Flag of Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić Flag of Chinese Taipei Yung-Jan Chan
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chia-Jung Chuang
7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2
2. 15 October 2006 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Flag of Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić Flag of Argentina Mariana Diaz-Olivia
Flag of South Africa Natalie Grandin
7-5, 2-6, 7-5

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