Kristina Mladenovic (Serbian: Кристина Младеновић / Kristina Mladenović) (born 14 May 1993 in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, Nord) is a French professional tennis player of Serbian ancestry. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 37th, which she reached on 24 June 2013.[2] She won the 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open mixed doubles titles with Canadian Daniel Nestor.
Personal life
Kristina Mladenovic was born in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, in the Nord department of France.[3][4] Her father is Dragan Mladenovic, a former handball player for Yugoslavia, and her mother Dzenita (of Bosniak origin) is a former volleyball player. They moved to France in 1992 when Dragan was signed by Dunkirk.[5] They are now naturalized French citizens.[6][7] Mladenovic has a brother Luka.[5] She lives in Porrentruy, Switzerland. The Mladenovic family are Eastern Orthodox Christians.
Tennis career
Early career
Mladenovic started playing juniors in May 2006. In 2007 Mladanovic became the European Under 14 singles champion.[5] Her biggest junior achievement was at the 2009 Junior French Open Girls' Singles, where she beat Daria Gavrilova of Russia 6–3, 6–2 in the final.[8] Her highest junior ranking was No. 1, on 8 June 2009. She advanced to both the Girls' Singles and Doubles finals at the 2009 Junior Wimbledon, losing to Noppawan Lertcheewakarnin the singles 6–3, 3–6, 1–6 and in doubles, with partner Silvia Njiric, lost to Lertcheewakarnin and Sally Peers 1–6, 1–6.
She began playing on the ITF circuit in September 2007. On the WTA Tour she tried to qualify for Open Gaz de France, but lost her first match to Petra Kvitová.[9] At the 2009 Australian Open, Kristina received a wild card, but was defeated by the No. 14 seed, Patty Schnyder, 6–2, 4–6, 2–6.[10] In July Kristina qualified for the 2009 ECM Prague Open but lost in the first round 4–6, 1–6 to Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.[11][12]
At the Internationaux de Strasbourg Mladenovic won her first match on the WTA Tour, coming back from 5–2 in the final set to win the tiebreak against Stefanie Vögele.[13]
Mladenovic played for France at the 2011 Hopman Cup, partnering with Nicolas Mahut.[14] France was drawn in the same group as the United States, Great Britain, and Italy. Mladenovic beat Francesca Schiavone and Laura Robson while losing to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the singles matches. In the mixed doubles she and Mahut won one of their three matches.
2011
Mladenovic started 2011 year at 2011 Australian Open but lost in the first round of qualifying to Heather Watson. Mladenovic won her first Senior title at a $25,000 tournament in Sutton, defeating Mona Barthel.[15] This was followed with a win in Stockholm the following week, defeating Arantxa Rus in the final.[16] Padova defeating Karin Knapp 3–6 6–4 6–0.
2012
At the start of the year Mladenovic linked up with Biljana Veselinovic but they split just before Wimbledon and since then she had been coached by Thierry Ascione.[5]
Mladenovic claimed her first WTA Tour title of any type in Montreal when she and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik won the doubles title at the Rogers Cup.[17] Mladenovic made it through to the third round of the US Open after defeating Pavlyuchenkova.[18] At the Bell Classic in Quebec, Mladenovic reached her first WTA Semifinal.[19] With Tatjana Malek, Mladenovic won her second WTA doubles title at the Bell Classic.[20] Following her run to the semifinals, Mladenovic entered the top 100 in the rankings for the first time.[21] Mladenovic won the first ever WTA 125s event the Taipei WTA Ladies Open and took the doubles crown as well.[22]
2013
At the 2013 Open GDF Suez, a WTA Premier tournament, Mladenovic made the semifinals, including defeating Petra Kvitová. Teaming with Daniel Nestor Mladenovic made it to the final of the 2013 French Open in mixed doubles where they were defeated. However, she and Nestor rebounded at the mixed doubles at the 2013 Wimbledon capturing her first grand slam title.
2014
Mladenovic would start 2014 off strong capturing her second Mixed Doubles Grand Slam title at the 2014 Australian Open partnering again with Daniel Nestor. At the Open GDF Suez, Mladenovic defeated Australian Open Quarter Finalist Simona Halep in the first round.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Mixed Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
| Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
| Tier II / Premier (0–0) |
| Tier III, IV & V / International (0–0) |
| WTA 125s tournaments (1–0) |
WTA 125s finals
| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
| Winner |
1. |
4 November 2012 |
Taipei, Chinese Taipei |
Hard |
 Chang Kai-chen |
6–4 6–3 |
WTA career finals
Doubles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runners-up)
| Winner – Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
| Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–0) |
| Tier II / Premier (1–2) |
| Tier III, IV & V / International (5–2) |
| WTA 125s tournaments (1–0) |
|
| Titles by Surface |
| Hard (4–3) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Clay (3–1) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponent in the final |
Score in the final |
| Runner–up |
1. |
12 June 2011 |
Danish Open, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Hard |
 Katarzyna Piter |
 Johanna Larsson
 Jasmin Wöhr |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner |
1. |
12 August 2012 |
Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada |
Hard |
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik |
 Nadia Petrova
 Katarina Srebotnik |
7–5, 2–6, [10–7] |
| Winner |
2. |
16 September 2012 |
Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada |
Hard |
Tatjana Malek |
Alicja Rosolska
 Heather Watson |
7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [10–7] |
| Winner |
3. |
23 February 2013 |
U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, United States |
Hard (i) |
 Galina Voskoboeva |
Sofia Arvidsson
Johanna Larsson |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Winner |
4. |
7 April 2013 |
Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States |
Clay (green) |
 Lucie Šafářová |
Andrea Hlaváčková
 Liezel Huber |
6–3, 7–6(8–6) |
| Runner-up |
2. |
28 April 2013 |
Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Marrakesh, Morocco |
Clay |
 Petra Martić |
 Tímea Babos
 Mandy Minella |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner |
5. |
4 May 2013 |
Portugal Open, Oeiras, Portugal |
Clay |
Chan Hao-ching |
Darija Jurak
Katalin Marosi |
7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
| Winner |
6. |
13 July 2013 |
Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy |
Clay |
Katarzyna Piter |
Karolína Plíšková
Kristýna Plíšková |
6–1, 5–7, [10–8] |
| Winner |
7. |
13 October 2013 |
HP Open, Osaka, Japan |
Hard |
 Flavia Pennetta |
 Samantha Stosur
 Shuai Zhang |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Runner-up |
3. |
4 January 2014 |
Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia |
Hard |
Galina Voskoboeva |
Alla Kudryavtseva
Anastasia Rodionova |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up |
4. |
2 February 2014 |
Open GDF Suez, Paris, France |
Hard (i) |
Timea Babos |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Květa Peschke |
7-6(9-7), 4-6, [5-10] |
WTA 125s finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (4–2)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
| Runner–up |
1. |
11 April 2009 |
San Severo, Italy |
Clay |
Anna Korzeniak |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner |
1. |
6 February 2011 |
Sutton, United Kingdom |
Hard (i) |
Mona Barthel |
6–3, 1–6, 6–2 |
| Winner |
2. |
13 February 2011 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Hard (i) |
 Arantxa Rus |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner |
3. |
19 June 2011 |
Padova, Italy |
Clay |
Karin Knapp |
3–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
| Runner–up |
2. |
4 December 2011 |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Hard |
 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn |
5–7, 4–6 |
| Winner |
4. |
24 December 2011 |
Ankara, Turkey |
Hard (i) |
Valeria Savinykh |
7–5 5–7 6–1 |
Doubles: 9 (7–2)
| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
| Winner |
1. |
10 April 2009 |
San Severo, Italy |
Clay |
Marlot Meddens |
Anastasia Grymalska
Lara Meccico |
7–6(3), 6–0 |
| Runner–up |
1. |
2 May 2010 |
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France |
Clay |
 Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro |
 Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Darija Jurak |
6–0, 2–6, [5–10] |
| Runner–up |
2. |
2 October 2010 |
Helsinki, Finland |
Hard (i) |
 Yulia Beygelzimer |
Kiki Bertens
Richèl Hogenkamp |
3–6, 5–7 |
| Winner |
2. |
15 April 2011 |
Casablanca, Morocco |
Clay |
 Sandra Klemenschits |
Magda Linette
Katarzyna Piter |
6–3, 3–6, [10–8] |
| Winner |
3. |
19 June 2011 |
Padova, Italy |
Clay |
Katarzyna Piter |
Irina Buryachok
Réka-Luca Jani |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner |
4. |
23 October 2011 |
Glasgow, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
 Emma Laine |
Yvonne Meusburger
 Stephanie Vogt |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner |
5. |
6 November 2011 |
Nantes, France |
Hard |
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon |
Julie Coin
Eva Hrdinová |
6–0, 6–4 |
| Winner |
6. |
13 November 2011 |
Opole, Poland |
Carpet |
Naomi Broady |
Paula Kania
Magda Linette |
7–6, 6–4 |
| Winner |
7. |
20 November 2011 |
Bratislava, Slovak Republic |
Hard |
Naomi Broady |
Karolína Plíšková
Kristýna Plíšková |
5–7, 6–4, [10–2] |
Junior Grand Slam singles finals (1–0)
| Outcome |
Year |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
| Winner |
2009 |
French Open |
Clay |
Daria Gavrilova |
6–3, 6–2 |
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | SR | W–L |
| Australian Open |
1R |
LQ |
LQ |
LQ |
2R |
1R |
0 / 3 |
1–3 |
| French Open |
1R |
1R |
1R |
1R |
2R |
|
0 / 5 |
1–5 |
| Wimbledon |
A |
A |
A |
1R |
1R |
|
0 / 2 |
0–2 |
| US Open |
1R |
A |
LQ |
3R |
2R |
|
0 / 3 |
3–3 |
| Win–Loss |
0–3 |
0–1 |
0–1 |
2–3 |
3–4 |
|
0 / 12 |
5–12 |
| Year End Ranking |
202 |
354 |
183 |
76 |
56 |
|
|
Doubles
WTA Tour career earnings
*As of 10 July 2013
Head-to-head record against other players
Mladenovic's win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:
| Player |
Record |
W% |
Hardcourt |
Clay |
Grass |
Carpet |
| Number 1 ranked players | |
| Maria Sharapova |
0–1 |
0% |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–1 |
0–0 |
| Number 2 ranked players | |
| Petra Kvitová |
1–1 |
50% |
1–0 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–1 |
| Number 4 ranked players | |
 Kimiko Date-Krumm |
1–0 |
100% |
1–0 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
 / Jelena Dokić |
0–1 |
0% |
0–1 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
| Samantha Stosur |
0–1 |
0% |
0–0 |
0–1 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
| Li Na |
0–1 |
0% |
0–0 |
0–1 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
| Number 5 ranked players | |
 Daniela Hantuchová |
0–1 |
0% |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–1 |
0–0 |
| Number 7 ranked players | |
| Marion Bartoli |
0–1 |
0% |
0–1 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
| Number 10 ranked players | |
| Maria Kirilenko |
0–1 |
0% |
0–0 |
0–1 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
| Number 10 ranked players | |
| Total |
2–8 |
17% |
2–2 (50%) |
0–3 (0%) |
0–2 (0%) |
0–1 (0%) |
References
External links
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| Name |
Mladenovic, Kristina |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
French tennis player |
| Date of birth |
14 May 1993 |
| Place of birth |
Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, France |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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Daniel Nestor
Bruno Soares
Sania Mirza
Horia Tecău
