Nicole Kriz

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Nicole Kriz
Country  Australia
Residence Sydney, Australia
Born (1983-12-13) 13 December 1983
Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro 2001
Retired 2010
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money US$86,177
Singles
Career record 114–119
Career titles 2 (ITF)
Highest ranking No. 332 (4 August 2008)
Doubles
Career record 202 - 115
Career titles 23 (ITF)
Highest ranking No. 104 (9 July 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1r (2008–10)
Wimbledon Q1 (2007)
Last updated on: 21 February 2010.

Nicole Kriz (born 13 December 1983, in Bankstown, New South Wales) is an Australian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 104, set at 9 July 2007. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 332, which she reached on 4 August 2008. She is currently the 3rd highest ranked Australian on the WTA doubles rankings.

Early life

Kriz was born on 13 December 1983, in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, to Mike and Seija Kriz.[1] She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, in Croydon, leaving at the end of Year 10, in 1999, to focus on her tennis career.[2]

Kriz won the US $25,000, Australian Challenger event in Berri, beating top 100 player Marina Erakovic in the final. She also defeated the #2 seed Monique Adamczak in the Semi Final. Both wins were by 3rd set tiebreakers. Kriz 2010 retired.

WTA career finals

Doubles:(1) (0-1)

Before 2009Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (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 (0/0) International (0/1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 27 September 2009 2009 Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea Hard United States Carly Gullickson Chinese Taipei Yung-Jan Chan
United States Abigail Spears
3-6, 4-6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 3 (2–1)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 23 September 2001 Japan Ibaraki, Japan Hard Australia Samantha Stosur 0–6 1–6
Winner 2. 10 August 2003 Belgium Rebecq, Belgium Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Danica Krstajić 3–6 6–0 6–1
Winner 2. 17 February 2008 Australia Berri, Australia Grass Australia Marina Erakovic 6–4 4–6 7–6(7–3)

Doubles 35 (23–12)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Winner 1. 18 September 2000 United States Greenville, United States Clay Belarus Evgenia Subbotina United States Kristy Blumberg
United States Elizabeth Schmidt
6-2, 6-2
Winner 2. 25 September 2000 United States Raleigh, United States Clay Belarus Evgenia Subbotina United States Anne Plessinger
United States Jacqueline Trail
7-5, 6-1
Runner-up 3. 3 February 2002 New Zealand Wellington,New Zealand Hard Australia Sarah Stone Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
6–4 6–7(3–7) 2–6
Winner 4. 11 March 2002 Australia Benalla, Australia Grass Australia Sarah Stone Australia Casey Dellacqua
Germany Svenja Weidemann
7-5 6-1
Winner 5. 23 March 2002 Australia Bendigo, Australia Grass Australia Sarah Stone Australia Rochelle Rosenfield
Germany Madita Suer
3-6 7-5 6-3
Winner 6. 4 August 2002 Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland Grass United Kingdom Anna Hawkins United Kingdom Rebecca Rankin
Serbia Visnja Vuletic
6–2 7–5
Winner 7. 25 August 2002 Belgium Westende, Belgium Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Ukraine Valeria Bondarenko
Lithuania Edita Liachoviciute
6–1 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 8. 21 September 2003 United Kingdom Sunderland, England Hard Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk United Kingdom Claire Curran
Sweden Helena Ejeson
2–6 1–6
Winner 9. 28 September 2003 Scotland Glasgow, Scotland Hard Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk New Zealand Leanne Baker
Italy Francesca Lubiani
7–5 6–2
Runner-up 10. 3 February 2004 New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Grass Australia Emily Hewson New Zealand Shelley Stephens
Australia Kristen Van Elden
1–6 6–3 3–6
Runner-up 11. 21 March 2004 Australia Yarrawonga, Australia Grass Australia Emily Hewson Australia Beti Sekulovski
Australia Cindy Watson
3–6 6–4 4–6
Winner 12. 28 March 2004 Australia Yarrawonga, Australia Grass Australia Emily Hewson Australia Mirielle Dittmann
Australia Kristen Van Elden
6–3 6–2
Runner-up 13. 9 May 2004 Japan Fukuoka, Japan Carpet Australia Monique Adamczak Japan Rika Fujiwara
Japan Saori Obata
2–6 4–6
Runner-up 14. 17 October 2004 Australia Mackay, Australia Hard Australia Monique Adamczak Australia Daniella Dominikovic
Australia Evie Dominikovic
W/O
Runner-up 15. 20 March 2005 Australia Yarrawonga, Australia Grass Australia Emily Hewson Australia Lara Picone
Russia Julia Efremova
4–6 3–6
Runner-up 16. 17 March 2006 Australia Canberra, Australia Clay New Zealand Leanne Baker Australia Monique Adamczak
Australia Christina Horiatopoulos
6-7, 1-6
Winner 17. 25 June 2006 United States Fort Worth, USA Hard United States Christina Fusano Argentina Maria-Victoria Domina
United States Story Tweedie-Yates
2–6 6–4 6–1
Winner 18. 23 July 2006 Canada Hamilton, Canada Clay United States Story Tweedie-Yates Argentina Soledad Esperón
Canada Aleksandra Wozniak
6–4 6–1
Winner 19. 6 August 2006 Canada Vancouver, Canada Hard United States Story Tweedie-Yates United States Jennifer Magley
United States Courtney Nagle
7–5 6–3
Winner 20. 8 October 2006 United States Troy, USA Hard New Zealand Leanne Baker South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
United States Neha Uberoi
6–7(1–7) 7–5 6–3
Winner 21. 29 October 2006 United States Augusta, USA Hard New Zealand Leanne Baker South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
United States Neha Uberoi
7–6(7–3) 6–1
Runner-up 22. 19 November 2006 Australia Port Pirie, Australia Hard Australia Christina Horiatopoulos South Africa Natalie Grandin
United States Raquel Kops-Jones
2–6 1–6
Winner 23. 7 April 2007 United States Pelham, USA Clay United States Carly Gullickson Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
Czech Republic Hana Šromová
6–2 2–6 6–0
Runner-up 24. 13 May 2007 Italy Catania, Italy Clay New Zealand Leanne Baker Belgium Debbrich Feys
Belarus Darya Kustova
4–6 4–6
Winner 25. 7 February 2008 Australia Mildura, Australia Grass New Zealand Marina Erakovic Australia Monique Adamczak
Australia Christina Wheeler
6–4 6–4
Winner 26. 17 February 2008 Australia Berri, Australia Grass New Zealand Marina Erakovic Australia Shannon Golds
Australia Emelyn Starr
2–6 7–6(7–4) [10–3]
Winner 27. 13 July 2008 United States Allentown, USA Hard United States Carly Gullickson Chinese Taipei Chin-Wei Chan
South Africa Natalie Grandin
6–2 6–3
Winner 28. 2 August 2008 Canada Vancouver, Canada Hard United States Carly Gullickson United States Christina Fusano
Japan Junri Namigata
6–7(4–7) 6–1 [10–5]
Winner 29. 3 May 2009 United States Charlottesville, USA Clay United States Carly Gullickson United States Angela Haynes
Russia Alina Jidkova
7–5 3–6 [10–7]
Runner-up 30. 18 July 2009 United States Carson, USA Hard Australia Monique Adamczak United States Laura Granville
United States Riza Zalameda
3–6 4–6
Winner 31. 24 July 2009 Ukraine Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Australia Monique Adamczak Ukraine Kristina Antoniychuk
Ukraine Irina Buryachok
6–3 7–6(7–4)
Winner 32. 14 August 2009 Belgium Koksijde, Belgium Clay Australia Shannon Golds Sweden Johanna Larsson
United Kingdom Anna Smith
7–6(7–3) 6–2
Winner 33. 18 September 2009 Australia Darwin, Australia Clay Australia Alicia Molik Australia Tyra Calderwood
Australia Olivia Rogowska
6–3 6–4
Winner 34. 3 October 2009 Japan Hamanako, Japan Carpet United States Carly Gullickson Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Chinese Taipei I-Hsuan Hwang
4–6 7–6(7–2) [10–5]
Runner-up 35. 3 April 2010 United States Pelham, USA Clay Chinese Taipei Chin-Wei Chan United States Mallory Cecil
United States Jamie Hampton
4–6 3–6

WTA doubles highlights

Top five career singles wins

  1. 138– Australia Samantha Stosur – 2003
  2. 150– New Zealand Marina Erakovic – 2008
  3. 168– United Kingdom Melanie South – 2006
  4. 173– Australia Monique Adamczak – 2008
  5. 181– Japan Junri Namigata – 2008

See also

References

  1. "KRIZ, Nicole (AUS)". Women's Circuit – Player Biography. ITF Tennis. 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008. 
  2. Aurora Australis: The Magazine of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney. February 1999. .

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