Miroslava Vavrinec

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**Miroslava Vavrinec**

Nickname(s)	Mirka
Country	Switzerland
Residence	Oberwil, Switzerland
Date of birth	April 1, 1978 (1978-04-01) (age 30)
Place of birth	Bojnice, Slovakia then CSSR
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb/13 st)
Turned pro	January 15, 1998
Retired	2002
Plays	Right handed
Career prize money	$260,832
Singles
Career record:	202–159
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	76 (September 10, 2001)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd round (2001)
French Open	1st round (2001)
Wimbledon	1st round (2001)
US Open	3rd round (2001)
Doubles
Career record:	38–68
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 214 (August 24, 1998)
Infobox last updated on: January 24, 2007.

Miroslava (Mirka) Vavrinec (born 1 April 1978 in Bojnice, Slovakia) is a former WTA tennis player from Switzerland, who retired from the game in 2002 after a foot injury. She is currently the girlfriend of world number one in tennis, Roger Federer.

Vavrinec, born in Slovakia, emigrated to Switzerland when she was two years old. Her parents currently own a jewelry shop and reside in Schaffhausen.^[1] In 1987, when Vavrinec was nine, her father took her to watch a tournament at Filderstadt in Germany. Vavrinec met Martina Navratilova who thought she looked athletic and should try tennis. Navratilova later sent Vavrinec a racquet and arranged for her first tennis lesson.^[2]