Katarina Srebotnik

Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik.jpg
Country  Slovenia
Residence Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date of birth March 12, 1981 (1981-03-12) (age 29)
Place of birth Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
(then Yugoslavia)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 67 kg (150 lb; 10.6 st)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$4,432,056
Singles
Career record 374–274
Career titles 4 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking No. 20 (7 August 2006)
Current ranking No. 279 (7 June 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 3r (2003, 2008)
French Open 4r (2002, 2008)
Wimbledon 3r (2005, 2006, 2007)
US Open 4r (2008)
Doubles
Career record 418–205 (67,1%)
Career titles 23 WTA, 19 ITF
Highest ranking No. 3 (28 January 2008)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open SF (2006)
French Open F (2007, 2010)
Wimbledon F (2007)
US Open F (2006)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles 4
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open NA
French Open W (1999, 2006, 2010)
Wimbledon F (2008)
US Open W (2003)
Last updated on: June 7, 2010.

Katarina Srebotnik (born March 12, 1981 in Slovenj Gradec) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006.

Although she has a career-high of No. 20 in singles, she has had better results in the doubles circuit. With 18 victories in WTA doubles tournaments (as of July 2008) and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 3, she is considered as one of the best doubles players on the WTA Tour.

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Career

In juniors, she won the 1998 Wimbledon singles title and was singles runner-up at the US Open. Srebotnik attained the second spot on the junior rankings in 1997 and 1998.

Tour Debut (1995–1999)

Srebotnik made her ITF Debut in 1995. She won the ITF singles tournament in Ismailia (1996), Zadar (1997); Šibenik (1998) and in Dubai (1999). In 1998, Srebotnik won her first Tour doubles title at the Makarska Open (with Tina Križan), and became later that year doubles runner-up at Maria Lankowitz (also with Križan). In 1999, her win at the ITF tournament in Dubai, gave her ‘feed up’ direct entry into her first-ever singles Tour event at Estoril, where she became the fourth player ever to win her Tour debut event by defeating Kuti Kis in the final. She broke into the Top 100 on April 12, 1999 at No.88. Srebotnik reached the semifinal at Palermo, and played in her first Grand Slam main draw at Roland Garros, losing in the second round; but winning the mixed doubles tournament with Norval.

2000–2004

Srebotnik reached her first Tier I semifinal in Tokyo at the Pan Pacific, which she lost to Sandrine Testud. Afterwards, on February 7, 2000, Srebotnik broke into the Top 50 at No.49. She won her fourth career doubles title at Estoril (with Križan). Srebotnik lost in the first round at the 2000 Olympics.

Srebotnik and Križan won their only doubles title of 2001 at Hawaii. They reached their biggest doubles final of their career in Toronto at the Canadian Open by defeating Martina Navratilova/Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the semifinal, and they also became doubles runner-up at Estoril. They qualified for their debut doubles season-ending Championships. Srebotnik reached a career-high doubles of No.19 on October 8.

In 2002, Srebotnik reached the finals at Bogotá (losing to Fabiola Zuluaga) and Acapulco (defeating Paola Suárez) in the final. She reached the fourth round at Roland Garros, which is her career-best Grand Slam. She defeated Gala Leon Garcia in the first round, Conchita Martínez Granados in the second and Émilie Loit in the third, before falling to No. 9 Jelena Dokić. Srebotnik later achieved her then-best win at Los Angeles by defeating No.6 Kim Clijsters. She reached the semifinal in Luxembourg. First doubles alternate at season-ending Championships with Krizan, losing in the first round.

2003 saw Srebotnik reaching her fourth Tour final at Palermo. She won the Bogotá doubles title with Svensson. Srebotnik reached her second Tier I quarter final in Toronto at the Canadian Open. She won her second Grand Slam mixed doubles title at the US Open, this time with Bob Bryan.

Srebotnik's 2004 season was highlighted by reaching the semifinal at Palermo and the quarterfinal at Strasbourg (losing to Lindsay Davenport) and Forest Hills. She was a member of the Slovenian Fed Cup Team, which suffered from a first round loss against the USA (0–3). At the 2004 Olympics, Srebotnik lost in the second round in singles and in the first round in doubles (with Krizan). She won her seventh doubles title in Tokyo at the Japan Open (with Shinobu Asagoe) Srebotnik withdrew from the Pan Pacific (Tokyo), Bogotá, Acapulco and Indian Wells with a right elbow injury.

2005

Her best season to date, highlighted by two singles and four doubles titles, and her career-best victory over Amélie Mauresmo.

Srebotnik captured her third and fourth career Tour singles titles at Auckland (defeating Shinobu Asagoe in the final, while she also teamed with Asagoe for the doubles title) and in Stockholm (defeating world No.14 Anastasia Myskina in the final, and teaming with Émilie Loit for doubles title).

Srebotnik was the only player in 2005 to sweep singles and doubles titles twice. She also finished runner-up at Portorož, losing to Koukalová (now Zakopalová ) in three sets in the final. She also became runner-up in doubles with Kostanić.

Srebotnik reached the quarterfinal five times, at Tier II Antwerp (lost to Anastasia Myskina), Tier I Charleston (losing to Elena Dementieva in three sets), Budapest (losing to Laura Pous Tió in a third set tie-break), Tier I Zürich (upset No.4 Amélie Mauresmo 6–2 6–0 for her career-best victory en route; losing to Ana Ivanović) and Hasselt (losing to Safina in a third set tie-break).

Her best Grand Slam finish was the third round at Wimbledon (losing to Maria Sharapova 6–2, 6–4, but she was the only player to break the defending champion's serve before Sharapova's semifinal loss to Venus Williams).

A new career-high singles ranking of No.28 came on November 7.

In addition to Auckland and Stockholm, Srebotnik also won doubles titles at Budapest and Hasselt (both with Émilie Loit). She reached the US Open mixed doubles final (with Zimonjić; losing to Daniela Hantuchová/Mahesh Bhupathi). Srebotnik withdrew from Canberra with a left adductor strain.

2006

Srebotnik's 2006 highlights are:

2010

Srebotnik teamed up with Květa Peschke in 2010 and won the 2010 BNP Paribas Open defeating Nadia Petrova and Samantha Stosur in the finals.

Srebotnik had an excellent doubles outing at the 2010 French Open. In the Ladies' Doubles, she and Peschke defeated the #2 seeds Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez in the semifinals, but lost to the Williams sisters 2-6, 3-6 in the final. She also partnered with Serb Nenad Zimonjić to win the Mixed Doubles title with a thrilling 4–6, 7–6(5), [11–9] win against Yaroslava Shvedova and Julian Knowle.

She lost in the Rogers Cup final to Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta, 7–5, 3–6, [12–10]. It was the second time this year that Srebotnik and Peschke reached a Premier 5 tournament final, after Dubai in February.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Women's doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 2006 US Open Hard Russia Dinara Safina France Nathalie Dechy
Russia Vera Zvonareva
7–6, 7–5
Runner-up 2007 French Open Clay Japan Ai Sugiyama Australia Alicia Molik
Italy Mara Santangelo
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up 2007 Wimbledon Grass Japan Ai Sugiyama Zimbabwe Cara Black
South Africa Liezel Huber
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 2010 French Open Clay Czech Republic Květa Peschke United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
6–2, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1999 French Open Clay South Africa Piet Norval Latvia Larisa Neiland
United States Rick Leach
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up 2002 US Open Hard United States Bob Bryan United States Lisa Raymond
United States Mike Bryan
7–6, 7–6
Winner 2003 US Open Hard United States Bob Bryan Russia Lina Krasnoroutskaya
Canada Daniel Nestor
5–7, 7–5, 7–6(5)
Runner-up 2005 US Open Hard Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
India Mahesh Bhupathi
6–4, 6–2
Winner 2006 French Open (2) Clay Serbia Nenad Zimonjić Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 2007 French Open Clay Serbia Nenad Zimonjić France Nathalie Dechy
Israel Andy Ram
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 2008 French Open Clay Serbia Nenad Zimonjić Belarus Victoria Azarenka
United States Bob Bryan
6–2, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 2008 Wimbledon Grass United States Mike Bryan Australia Samantha Stosur
United States Bob Bryan
7–5, 6–4
Winner 2010 French Open (3) Clay Serbia Nenad Zimonjić Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Austria Julian Knowle
4–6, 7–6(5), [11–9]

Year-end championships doubles final

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 2007 Madrid Hard (i) Japan Ai Sugiyama Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]

WTA Tour finals (32)

Singles finals (10)

Before 2009 Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0) Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0) Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (1/3) Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (3/3) International (0)

Singles titles (4)

No. Date Tournament Location Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
1. April 11, 1999 Estoril Open Portugal Estoril, Portugal Clay Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis 6–3, 6–1
2. March 3, 2002 Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Mexico Acapulco, Mexico Clay Argentina Paola Suárez 6–7(1), 6–4, 6–2
3. January 8, 2005 ASB Classic New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand Hard Japan Shinobu Asagoe 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
4. August 14, 2005 Nordea Nordic Light Open Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Hard Russia Anastasia Myskina 7–5, 6–2

Singles runner-ups (6)

No. Date Tournament Location Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
1. February 24, 2002 Copa Colsanitas Colombia Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Fabiola Zuluaga 6–1, 6–4
2. July 13, 2003 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Italy Palermo, Italy Clay Russia Dinara Safina 6–3, 6–4
3. September 25, 2005 Banka Koper Slovenia Open Slovenia Portorož, Slovenia Hard Czech Republic Klára Koukalová 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
4. July 25, 2006 Cincinnati Masters United States Cincinnati, United States Hard Russia Vera Zvonareva 6–2, 6–4
5. September 23, 2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open Slovenia Portorož, Slovenia Hard France Tatiana Golovin 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
6. May 25, 2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg France Strasbourg, France Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–0

Doubles finals (41)

Before 2009 Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (4/2) Premier Mandatory (1)
Tier II (4/3) Premier 5 (0/2)
Tier III (4/6) Premier (1)
Tier IV & V (8/5) International (1)

Doubles titles (23)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in Final Score in Final
1. April 19, 1998 Makarska, Croatia Clay Slovenia Tina Križan Austria Karin Kschwendt
Russia Evge Koulikovskaya
7–6³, 6–1
2. May 16, 1999 Antwerp, Belgium Hard Italy Laura Golarsa Australia Louise Pleming
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
6–4, 6–2
3. July 18, 1999 Palermo, Italy Clay Slovenia Tina Križan Sweden Asa Carlsson
Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan
4–6, 6–3, 6–0
4. April 16, 2000 Estoril, Portugal Clay Slovenia Tina Križan Netherlands Amanda Hopmans
Spain Cristina Torrens Valero
6–0, 7–69
5. September 10, 2001 Waikoloa, Hawaii, U.S. Hard Slovenia Tina Križan Belgium Els Callens
Australia Nicole Pratt
6–2, 6–3
6. February 17, 2003 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Sweden Asa Svensson Slovenia Tina Križan
Ukraine Tatiana Perebiynis
6–2, 6–1
7. October 4, 2004 Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Shinobu Asagoe United States Jennifer Hopkins
United States Mashona Washington
6–1, 6–4
8. January 3, 2005 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Japan Shinobu Asagoe New Zealand Leanne Baker
Italy Francesca Lubiani
6–3, 6–3
9. July 25, 2005 Budapest, Hungary Clay France Émilie Loit Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Marta Marrero
6–1, 3–6, 6–2
10. August 8, 2005 Stockholm, Sweden Hard France Émilie Loit Czech Republic Eva Birnerová
Italy Mara Santangelo
6–4, 6–3
11. October 24, 2005 Hasselt, Belgium Hard (I) France Émilie Loit Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
6–3, 6–4
12. February 13, 2006 Antwerp, Belgium Hard (I) Russia Dinara Safina France Stéphanie Foretz
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
6–1, 6–1
13. April 3, 2006 Amelia Island, Florida, U.S. Clay Japan Shinobu Asagoe South Africa Liezel Huber
India Sania Mirza
6–2, 6–4
14. January 1, 2007 Gold Coast, Australia Hard Russia Dinara Safina Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Russia Galina Voskoboeva
6–3, 6–4
15. April 8, 2007 Amelia Island, Florida, USA Clay Italy Mara Santangelo Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–3, 7–64
16. August 19, 2007 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hard Japan Ai Sugiyama Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
17. April 6, 2008 Miami, U.S. Hard Japan Ai Sugiyama Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
7–5, 4–6, [10–3]
18. April 20, 2008 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. Clay Japan Ai Sugiyama Romania Edina Gallovits
Belarus Olga Govortsova
6–2, 6–2
19. October 12, 2008 Moscow, Russia Carpet Russia Nadia Petrova Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
6–4, 6–4
20. October 26, 2008 Linz, Austria Hard(i) Japan Ai Sugiyama Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
6–4, 7–5
21. October 18, 2009 Linz, Austria Hard Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Poland Klaudia Jans
Poland Alicja Rosolska
6–1, 6–4
22. March 20, 2010 Indian Wells, California, USA Hard Czech Republic Květa Peschke Russia Nadia Petrova
Australia Samantha Stosur
6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
23. August 28, 2010 New Haven, Connecticut, USA Hard Czech Republic Květa Peschke United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
7–5, 6–0

Doubles runner-ups (18)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in Final Score in Final
1. July 12, 1998 Maria Lankowitz, Austria Clay Slovenia Tina Križan Argentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Paola Suárez
6-1, 6-2
2. September 26, 1999 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Hard Slovenia Tina Križan Romania Irina Spîrlea
Netherlands Caroline Vis
6-1, 6-2
3. May 7, 2000 Bol, Croatia Clay Slovenia Tina Križan France Julie Halard-Decugis
United States Corina Morariu
6–2, 6–2
4. October 15, 2000 Tokyo, Japan Hard Slovenia Tina Križan France Julie Halard-Decugis
United States Corina Morariu
6–1, 6–2
5. November 19, 2000 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Slovenia Tina Križan Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Netherlands Caroline Vis
6–3, 6–3
6. April 15, 2001 Estoril, Portugal Clay Slovenia Tina Križan Czech Republic Květa Hrdličková
Germany Barbara Rittner
3–6, 7–5, 6–1
7. August 19, 2001 Toronto, Canada Hard Slovenia Tina Križan United States Kimberly Po-Messerli
Australia Nicole Pratt
6–3, 6–1
8. February 24, 2002 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Slovenia Tina Križan Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
6–2, 6–1
9. March 3, 2002 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Slovenia Tina Križan Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
7–5, 6–1
10. April 11, 2004 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Belgium Els Callens France Marion Bartoli
France Émilie Loit
6–4, 6–2
11. May 23, 2004 Strasbourg, France Clay Slovenia Tina Križan Australia Lisa McShea
Venezuela Milagros Sequera
6–4, 6–1
12. September 25, 2005 Portorož, Slovenia Hard Croatia Jelena Kostanić Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Italy Roberta Vinci
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
13. May 7, 2006 Warsaw, Poland Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Russia Anastasia Myskina
6–3, 6–4
14. October 22, 2006 Zürich, Switzerland Hard South Africa Liezel Huber Zimbabwe Cara Black
Australia Rennae Stubbs
7–5, 7–5
15. October 29, 2006 Linz, Austria Hard United States Corina Morariu United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Samantha Stosur
6–3, 6–0
16. October 28, 2007 Linz, Austria Hard Japan Ai Sugiyama Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
17. February 21, 2010 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Czech Republic Květa Peschke Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
7–6(5), 6–4
18. August 23, 2010 Montreal, Canada Hard Czech Republic Květa Peschke Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
7–5, 3–6, [12–10]

Doubles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through October 5, 2009.

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 2R QF 1R 3R 3R SF 3R 2R A A 0 / 9
French Open 3R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R QF 1R F 2R A A F 0 / 11
Wimbledon A A A 2R 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R 3R 2R A QF 0 / 9
US Open 1R 2R 2R QF 1R 3R 2R 3R 3R 2R 3R 2R 0 / 12
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held 1R Not Held 1R Not Held A Not Held 0 / 2
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A QF QF A A A A F SF A 0 / 4
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A A 1R 2R 2R 1R A 1R A A A A W 1 / 6
Miami A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R SF 1R W A 2R 1 / 10
Madrid Not Held A 1R 0 / 2
Beijing Not Held Not Tier I A 0 / 0
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai Not Tier I A F 0 / 1
Rome A A A A 2R SF A A SF 2R 2R A 2R 0 / 6
Cincinnati Not Held Not Tier I A 2R 0 / 2
Montréal / Toronto A 2R A A F 1R A A SF W A A F 1 / 6
Tokyo A A QF QF 1R SF 1R A 1R A 1R A 0 / 7
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments
Doha Not Held Not Tier I SF Not Held 0 / 1
Charleston A A A A A A A QF SF QF W A A 1 / 4
Berlin A A 2R QF 1R 1R 1R A 1R QF A Not Held 0 / 7
San Diego Not Tier I A A SF SF Not Held 0 / 5
Zurich A A A A 1R QF 1R SF F QF - Not Held 0 / 5
Moscow A A A A 1R A A A A A W A 1 / 2
Finalist 1 1 3 2 2 0 2 1 4 4 0 0 3 23
Tournaments Won 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 2 3 3 1 1 21

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