Edina Gallovits-Hall

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Edina Gallovits-Hall
Singles
Edina Gallovits-Hall at the 2010 US Open
Full name	Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall
Country	Romania
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Born	(1984-12-10) December 10, 1984 Timişoara, Romania
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,225,667
Career record	396 - 248
Career titles	0 WTA, 18 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 54 (April 28, 2008)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2008, 2009)
French Open	2R (2007, 2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2008, 2010)
US Open	2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	156 - 131
Career titles	3 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 63 (April 6, 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2009)
French Open	3R (2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2005, 2008, 2009)
US Open	1R (2007)
Last updated on: 06 January 2014.

Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall (née Gallovits; born December 10, 1984 in Timişoara) is a Romanian female tennis player of Hungarian descent on her father's side. Her career highest ranking of No. 54 was achieved on April 28, 2008. She achieved her best Grand Slam performance at the 2007 French Open and 2008 Australian Open by making the second round. In juniors, she reached a career high of No. 7 and made the final of the prestigious Orange Bowl Championships, losing to Vera Zvonareva. Edina married her American coach and manager, Bryce Hall, in November 2010.^[1]

Career

In June 2007, she reached the final of the inaugural Barcelona KIA event. Ranked at No. 91 in the world, she beat Virginia Ruano Pascual, fifth seed Lourdes Domínguez Lino, fourth seed Kaia Kanepi and in the semifinals she prevailed over Virginie Razzano 6–3 6–4. However, her run came to an end courtesy of Meghann Shaughnessy who won 6–3 6–2 in the final.

In February 2010 she won her first WTA title in doubles at the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia. In the final she and her partner, Gisela Dulko, defeated the pair of Olga Savchuk and Anastasiya Yakimova in straight sets .

Her second doubles title came in September 2010 at the Guangzhou International Women's Open. She partnered with Indian Sania Mirza, defeating the Chinese duo of Han Xinyun and Liu Wan-ting in straight sets in the final.

In 2011 she continued her good doubles game by defending her 2010 Bogotá title. At the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas she paired with Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues and won the final against the Canadian Sharon Fichman and Laura Pous Tió from Spain.

At the 2013 Australian Open, Gallovits-Hall faced Serena Williams in the first round, and was heavily defeated, losing 0–6, 0–6.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	16 June 2007	Barcelona Ladies Open, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	20 April 2008	Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States	Green Clay	Olga Govortsova	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 6–2
Winner	1.	21 February 2010	Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia (1)	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Olga Savchuk Anastasiya Yakimova	6–2, 7–6(6)
Winner	2.	19 September 2010	Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China	Hard	Sania Mirza	Han Xinyun Liu Wanting	7–5, 6–3
Winner	3.	20 February 2011	Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia (2)	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Sharon Fichman Laura Pous Tió	2–6, 7–6(6), 11–9

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	LQ	LQ	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	2–6
French Open	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	1R	1R	LQ	2R	1R	A	2–6
Wimbledon		1R	LQ	LQ	1R	2R	1R	2R	LQ	1R	A	2–6
US Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	1R	1R	LQ	2R	A	1–5
Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–4	2–4	1–4	1–3	1–2	1–3	0-1	7–23
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	A	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	NH	0–0
Year End Ranking	187	186	129	111	87	84	93	75	124	98

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	1–4
French Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	3R	A	4–5
Wimbledon	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0–4
US Open	A	A	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A	2–4
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	2–4	2–4	0–3	2–1	0-0	7–17

Head vs. Head

References

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Persondata
Name	Gallovits-Hall, Edina
Alternative names	Gallovits, Edina (birth name)
Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	December 10, 1984
Place of birth	Timişoara, Romania
Date of death
Place of death

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