Nicole Kriz

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Nicole Kriz
Country Flag of Australia Australia
Residence Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of birth December 13, 1983 (1983-12-13) (age 24)
Place of birth Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4+12 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb/9.4 st)
Turned pro 2001
Plays Right; one-handed backhand
Career prize money US$62,629
Singles
Career record: 111-112
Career titles: 2 (ITF)
Highest ranking: 350 (January 29, 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open
French Open
Wimbledon
US Open
Doubles
Career record: 159-95
Career titles: 16 (ITF)
Highest ranking: 104 (July 9, 2007)

Infobox last updated on: May 20, 2008.

Nicole Kriz (born December 13, 1983) is a professional Australian tennis player.

Her career high WTA singles ranking is 350, which she reached on January 29, 2007.

Her career high doubles ranking is 104, set at July 9, 2007

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[edit] Early life

Kriz was born on December 13, 1983, in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, to Mike and Seija Kriz.[1] She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, in Croydon, leaving at the end of Year 10, in 1999, to focus on her tennis career.[2]

[edit] ITF singles winner (2)

[edit] ITF doubles winner (16)

[edit] ITF singles runner-up (1)

[edit] ITF doubles runner-up (10)

[edit] WTA doubles highlights

[edit] Top five career singles wins

  1. 138Samantha Stosur Flag of Australia Australia - 2003
  2. 150Marina Erakovic Flag of New Zealand New Zealand - 2008
  3. 168Melanie South Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom - 2006
  4. 173Monique Adamczak Flag of Australia Australia - 2008
  5. 181Junri Namigata Flag of Japan Japan - 2008

[edit] Year end rankings (Singles/Doubles)

  • 2007–602/144
  • 2006–419/172
  • 2005–(Injured)/714
  • 2004–515/238
  • 2003–444/325
  • 2002–568/353
  • 2001–614/513
  • 2000–797/ –

Kriz recently won the US $25,000, Australian Challenger event in Berri, beating top 100 player Marina Erakovic in the final. She also defeated the #2 seed Monique Adamczak in the Semi Final. Both wins by 3rd set tiebreakers.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ KRIZ, Nicole (AUS). Women's Circuit - Player Biography. ITF Tennis (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  2. ^ Aurora Australis: The Magazine of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, February 1999 .

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