Vania King

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Vania King

Vania King at the 2007 Acura Classic.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Residence Flag of the United States Long Beach, CA
Date of birth February 3, 1989 (1989-02-03) (age 19)
Place of birth Flag of the United States Monterey Park, CA
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight 125 lb (57 kg)
Turned pro July 5, 2006
Plays Right, two-handed backhand
Career prize money US$476,738
Singles
Career record: 70-66
Career titles: 1
Highest ranking: No. 50 (November 6, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 1r (2007, 2008)
French Open 2r (2008)
Wimbledon 2r (2006)
US Open 2r (2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record: 70-46
Career titles: 4 (1 ITF)
Highest ranking: No. 23 (September 24, 2007)

Infobox last updated on: February 11, 2008.

Vania King (traditional Chinese:金久慈) (born February 3, 1989 in Monterey Park, California, U.S.) is a female tennis player from the United States. She is 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 (1)

[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 (4)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
WTA Tour (4)
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
3. 14 May 2007 Fes, Morocco Clay Flag of India Sania Mirza Flag of Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
Flag of Russia Anastassia Rodionova
6–1, 6–2
4. 12 October 2007 Kolkata, India Hard Flag of Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Flag of Italy Alberta Brianti
Flag of Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
6–1, 6–4

[edit] Finalist

Doubles

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