Aleksandra Olsza

Aleksandra Olsza

Country	Poland
Residence	Katowice, Poland
Born	December 8, 1977 (1977-12-08) (age 34) Katowice, Poland
Height	Unknown
Turned pro	1996
Retired	1999
Plays	Right
Career prize money	US$278,504
Singles
Career record	130–133
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF[1]
Highest ranking	No. 72 (September 30, 1996)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (1997)
French Open	1R (1997)
Wimbledon	2R (1996, 1997)
US Open	2R (1996)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	118–112
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF[1]
Highest ranking	No. 69 (September 13, 1999)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1999)
French Open	2R (1999)
Wimbledon	2R (1999)
US Open	2R (1996, 1999)
Last updated on: March 30, 2009.

Aleksandra Olsza (Polish pronunciation: [alɛˈksandra ˈɔlʂa]; December 8, 1977, in Katowice, Poland) is a retired Polish tennis player. Her career highlights include winning of 1995 Wimbledon Championships in both girls' singles and doubles. At the 1996 U.S. Open Olsza defeated World No. 12 Magdalena Maleeva.^[2]

Contents 1 Achievements 2 Equipment 3 WTA Tour finals (1) 3.1 Doubles (3) 3.1.1 Runner-up (3) 4 Junior grand slam finals 4.1 Singles (1) 4.1.1 Win (1) 4.2 Doubles (1) 4.2.1 Win (1) 5 References 6 External links

Achievements

• At the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, Olsza won titles in both girls' singles and girls' doubles (with Cara Black).
• At the 1996 U.S. Open, Olsza defeated World No. 12 player Magdalena Maleeva in the first round.^[2]
• Olsza represented Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics, but lost in the first round.

Equipment

Olsza used the Prince racquet model Prince Precision 720.^[3]

WTA Tour finals (1)

Doubles (3)

Runner-up (3)

Legend
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV (2)
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Tour Championship (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	September 24, 1995	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Anna Kournikova	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	0-6, 1-6
2.	December 12, 1996	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Elena Wagner	Janette Husárová Dominique Monami	2-6, 7-6(5), 3-6
3.	November 16, 1998	Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Julie Halard Els Callens	6-3, 2-6, 2-6

Junior grand slam finals

Singles (1)

Win (1)

Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1995	Wimbledon	Grass	Tamarine Tanasugarn	7-5 7-6(8-6)

Doubles (1)

Win (1)

Year	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1995	Wimbledon	Grass	Cara Black	Trudi Musgrave Jodi Richardson	6-0 7-6(7-5)

References

External links

• Aleksandra Olsza at the Women's Tennis Association
• Aleksandra Olsza at the Fed Cup official website
• Aleksandra Olsza at the ITF official website

Wimbledon (Open Era) girls' singles champions 1968 Kristy Pigeon 1969 Kazuko Sawamatsu 1970 Sharon Walsh 1971 Marina Kroshina 1972 Ilana Kloss 1973 Ann Kiyomura 1974 Mima Jaušovec 1975 Natasha Chmyreva 1976 Natasha Chmyreva 1977 Lea Antonoplis 1978 Tracy Austin 1979 Mary Lou Piatek 1980 Debbie Freeman 1981 Zina Garrison 1982 Catherine Tanvier 1983 Pascale Paradis 1984 Annabel Croft 1985 Andrea Holíková 1986 Natalia Zvereva 1987 Natalia Zvereva 1988 Brenda Schultz 1989 Andrea Strnadová 1990 Andrea Strnadová 1991 Barbara Rittner 1992 Chanda Rubin 1993 Nancy Feber 1994 Martina Hingis 1995 Aleksandra Olsza 1996 Amélie Mauresmo 1997 Cara Black 1998 Katarina Srebotnik 1999 Iroda Tulyaganova 2000 María Emilia Salerni 2001 Angelique Widjaja 2002 Vera Dushevina 2003 Kirsten Flipkens 2004 Kateryna Bondarenko 2005 Agnieszka Radwańska 2006 Caroline Wozniacki 2007 Urszula Radwańska 2008 Laura Robson 2009 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 2010 Kristýna Plíšková 2011 Ashleigh Barty

Wimbledon (Open Era) girls' doubles champions 1982 Penny Barg / Beth Herr 1983 Patty Fendick / Patricia Hy-Boulais 1984 Caroline Kuhlman / Stephanie Rehe 1985 Louise Field / Janine Thompson 1986 Michelle Jaggard / Lisa O’Neill 1987 Natalia Medvedeva / Natalia Zvereva 1988 Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan 1989 Jennifer Capriati / Meredith McGrath 1990 Karina Habšudová / Andrea Strnadová 1991 Catherine Barclay / Limor Zaltz 1992 Marja Avotins / Lisa McShea 1993 Laurence Courtois / Nancy Feber 1994 Esme DeVilliers / Elizabeth Jelfs 1995 Cara Black / Aleksandra Olsza 1996 Olga Barabanschikova / Amélie Mauresmo 1997 Cara Black / Irina Selyutina 1998 Eva Dyrberg / Jelena Kostanić 1999 Dája Bedáňová / Maria Salerni 2000 Ioana Gaspar / Tatiana Perebiynis 2001 Gisela Dulko / Ashley Harkleroad 2002 Elke Clijsters / Barbora Strýcová 2003 Alisa Kleybanova / Sania Mirza 2004 Victoria Azarenka / Olga Govortsova 2005 Victoria Azarenka / Ágnes Szávay 2006 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Alisa Kleybanova 2007 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Urszula Radwańska 2008 Jessica Moore / Polona Hercog 2009 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Sally Peers 2010 Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens 2011 Eugénie Bouchard / Grace Min

Persondata
Name	Olsza, Aleksandra
Alternative names
Short description	Polish tennis player
Date of birth	December 8, 1977
Place of birth	Katowice, Poland
Date of death
Place of death