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Edina Gallovits
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| Country |
 Romania |
| Residence |
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Date of birth |
December 10, 1984 (1984-12-10) (age 23) |
| Place of birth |
Timişoara, Romania |
| Height |
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight |
53 kg (120 lb) |
| Turned pro |
1999 |
| Plays |
Right (double handed backhand) |
| Career prize money |
US$432,025 |
| Singles |
| Career record: |
256-150 |
| Career titles: |
0 WTA, 12 ITF |
| Highest ranking: |
No. 54 (April 28, 2008) |
| Grand Slam results |
| Australian Open |
2R (2008) |
| French Open |
2R (2007) |
| Wimbledon |
1R (2004, 2007) |
| US Open |
1R (2007) |
| Doubles |
| Career record: |
92-75 |
| Career titles: |
0 WTA, 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking: |
No. 93 (April 21, 2008) |
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Infobox last updated on: April 21, 2008.
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Edina Gallovits (born on December 10, 1984 in Timişoara, Romania) is a Romanian female tennis player who belongs to the Hungarian ethnic minority. She is currently at her career high ranking of No. 54, a ranking achieved on April 28, 2008. She achieved her best Grand Slam performance at the 2007 French Open and 2008 Australian Open by making the second round. In juniors, she reached a career high of No. 7 and made the final of the prestigious Orange Bowl Championships, losing to Vera Zvonareva.
In June 2007, she made a fantastic run to the final of the inaugural Barcelona KIA event. Ranked at No. 91 in the world, she beat Virginia Ruano Pascual in the first round 4–6 6–3 6–4, fifth seed Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6–4 6–2, fourth seed Kaia Kanepi 6–4 7–5 and in the semifinals she prevailed over Virginie Razzano 6–3 6–4. However, her run came to an end courtesy of Meghann Shaughnessy who handily beat her 6–3 6–2 in the final.
[edit] WTA Tour finals (2)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam |
| WTA Championships |
| Tier I |
| Tier II |
| Tier III |
| Tier IV |
[edit] Singles runner-up (1)
[edit] Doubles runner-up (1)
[edit] External links
Meghann Shaughnessy
Olga Govortsova
Katarina Srebotnik
Ai Sugiyama
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