| Residence | Dubai, UAE |
| Date of Birth | March 12, 1981 |
| Birthplace | Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia |
| Height | 5' 11'' (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 148 lbs. (67 kg) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Status | Pro (1995) |
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KATARINA SREBOTNIK
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| Racquet: | Prince O3 Black |
| Clothing: | Asics |
| Shoes: | Asics Gel Resolution |
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YTD | Career |
| Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles titles | 0 | 4 |
| Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles titles | 0 | 16 |
| ITF Women's Circuit singles titles | 0 | 6 |
| ITF Women's Circuit doubles titles | 0 | 19 |
| Prize Money | $135,375 | $3,437,030 |
| Win Loss Record - Singles | 11-6 | 333-245 |
| Win Loss Record - Doubles | 8-4 | 384-195 |
| Current Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings - As of 3/10/2008 | ||
| Singles | Race - Singles | Doubles |
| 25 | 23 | 3 |
| Ranking History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season-Ending Singles | 2007-27 ; 2006-23 ; 2005-28 ; 2004-87 ; 2003-39 ; 2002-36 ; 2001-98 ; 2000-119 ; 1999-63 ; 1998-370 ; 1997-308 ; 1996-689 ; 1995-1029 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career-High Singles | No. 20 (August 7, 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career-High Doubles | No. 3 (January 28, 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CAREER HIGHLIGHTS |
| SINGLES Winner (4): 2005 - Auckland, Stockholm; 2002 - Acapulco; 2001 - ITF/Lexington, KY-USA; 1999 - Estoril, ITF/Dubai-UAE, ITF/Bratislava-SVK; 1998 - ITF/Sibenik-CRO; 1997 - ITF/Zadar-CRO; 1996 - ITF/Ismailia-EGY. Finalist (5): 2007 - Portoroz; 2006 - Cincinnati; 2005 - Portoroz; 2003 - Palermo; 2002 - Bogotá. Semifinalist (6): 2006 - Zürich; 2004 - Palermo; 2003 - Bogotá; 2002 - Luxembourg; 2000 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; 1999 - Palermo. DOUBLES Winner (16): 2007 - Gold Coast (w/Safina), Amelia Island (w/Santangelo), Toronto (w/Sugiyama); 2006 - Antwerp (w/Safina), Amelia Island (w/Asagoe); 2005 - Auckland (w/Asagoe), Stockholm, Budapest, Hasselt (all w/Loit); 2004 - Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Asagoe); 2003 - Bogotá (w/Svensson); 2001 - Hawaii (w/Krizan); 2000 - Estoril (w/Krizan); 1999 - Antwerp (w/Golarsa), Palermo, ITF/Rogaska Slatina-SLO, ITF/Bratislava-SVK (all w/Krizan), ITF/Miami, FL-USA, ITF/Boca Raton, FL-USA, ITF/Clearwater, FL-USA (all w/Valekova); 1998 - Makarska, ITF/Rogaska Slatina-SLO (both w/Krizan), ITF/Makarska-CRO, ITF/Hvar-CRO (both w/Kostanic Tosic), ITF/Cardiff-GBR (w/Huber), ITF/Porto-POR (w/Feber), ITF/Otocec-SLO (w/Woehr), ITF/Sibenik-CRO (w/Kovacevic), ITF/Buenos Aires-ARG (w/Noorlander), ITF/Lima 2-PER, ITF/Bogotá-COL, ITF/Cali-COL (all w/Valekova); 1997 - ITF/Beograd-CRO, ITF/Zadar-CRO (both w/Kostanic Tosic); 1996 - ITF/Ismailia-EGY (w/Nedeva). Finalist (20): 2007 - Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Linz, Tour Championships (all w/Sugiyama); 2006 - Warsaw (w/Medina Garrigues), US Open (w/Safina), Zürich (w/Huber), Linz (w/Morariu); 2005 - Portoroz (w/Kostanic Tosic); 2004 - Casablanca (w/Callens), Strasbourg (w/Krizan); 2002 - Bogotá, Acapulco (both w/Krizan); 2001 - Estoril, Toronto (both w/Krizan); 2000 - Bol, Tokyo [Japan Open], Pattaya City (all w/Krizan); 1999 - Luxembourg (w/Krizan); 1998 - Maria Lankowitz (w/Krizan). MIXED DOUBLES Winner (3): 2006 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic); 2003 - US Open (w/B.Bryan); 1999 - Roland Garros (w/Norval). Finalist (3): 2007 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic); 2005 - US Open (w/Zimonjic); 2002 - US Open (w/B.Bryan). ADDITIONAL Slovenian Fed Cup Team 1997, 1999-2001, 2003-05. Slovenian Olympic Team 2000, 2004. |
| CAREER IN REVIEW |
| 1995 - Played first events of
career on ITF Circuit. 1996 - Won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit. 1997 - Won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 1998 - Won first Tour doubles title at Makarska (w/Krizan); won one singles title and 11 doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 1999 - Breakthrough week at Estoril, becoming fourth player in history to win title in debut Tour singles main draw (d. Kuti Kis in final); afterwards on April 12, moved from No.139 to No.88 (her career Top 100 debut); also SF at Palermo (l. to Montolio); played first three Grand Slam main draws, reaching 2r at Roland Garros but falling 1r at Wimbledon and US Open; won Tour doubles titles at Antwerp (w/Golarsa) and Palermo (w/Krizan) and first Grand Slam mixed doubles title at Roland Garros (w/Norval); won one singles title and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2000 - Reached first Tier I SF at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Testud in 3s); afterwards on February 7, rose from No.65 to No.49 (her career Top 50 debut); played all four Grand Slams in a year for first time, reaching 2r at Roland Garros but falling 1r at other three; won one more Tour doubles title at Estoril (w/Krizan). 2001 - Won one more Tour doubles title at Hawaii (w/Krizan); qualified for Tour Championships in doubles (w/Krizan), dropping first match (l. to Raymond/Stubbs in QF); won one singles title on ITF Circuit. 2002 - First Top 50 finish, highlighted by second Tour singles title at Acapulco (d. Suárez in final), runner-up finish at Bogotá (l. to Zuluaga in final) and SF finish at Luxembourg (l. to Maleeva in 3s); also notched first career Top 10 win over world No.6 Clijsters (in Los Angeles 2r); best Grand Slam showing was 4r at Roland Garros (l. to Dokic); qualified for Tour Championships in doubles (as first alternate team w/Krizan), losing first match (l. to Dementieva/Husarova). 2003 - Second straight Top 50 finish, highlighted by runner-up finish at Palermo (l. to Safina), SF finish at Bogotá (l. to Medina Garrigues) and QF at Tier I Toronto (l. to Krasnoroutskaya in 3s); best Grand Slam showing was 3r at Australian Open (l. to Henin); won one more Tour doubles title at Bogotá (w/Svensson) and second Grand Slam mixed doubles title at US Open (w/B.Bryan). 2004 - First non-Top 50 finish in three years; SF once, at Palermo (l. to Pennetta) and QF twice, at Strasbourg and Forest Hills; best Grand Slam showing was 3r at Roland Garros (l. to Zuluaga); reached 2r at Olympics (l. to Molik); won one more Tour doubles title at Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Asagoe); withdrew from Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Bogotá, Acapulco and Indian Wells w/right elbow injury. 2005 - First Top 30 finish in season highlighted by two Tour singles titles and four Tour doubles titles; swept at Auckland, winning singles title (d. Asagoe in final) and doubles title (w/Asagoe); swept again at Stockholm, winning singles title (d. Myskina in final) and doubles title (w/Loit); other two Tour doubles titles came at Budapest and Hasselt (both w/Loit); other impressive singles results were runner-up finish at Portoroz (l. to Zakopalova in 3s) and five QF finishes, at Antwerp, Tier I Charleston, Budapest, Tier I Zürich (d. world No.4 Mauresmo en route for second Top 10 win of career) and Hasselt; best Grand Slam showing was 3r at Wimbledon (l. to Sharapova); withdrew from Canberra w/left adductor strain. 2006 - Impressive year in three disciplines, cracking singles Top 20, doubles Top 10 and winning third Grand Slam mixed doubles title; singles highlights were runner-up finish at Cincinnati (d. world No.8 Schnyder 46 63 76(6) in SF for third career Top 10 victory, saving mp in tie-break; l. to Zvonareva in final), second career Tier I SF at Zürich (d. world No.7 Dementieva en route for fourth career Top 10 victory; l. to Sharapova 76(3) 62, having held sp at 6-5 in first set) and QF at Montréal (l. to Ivanovic); reached 3r at three Grand Slams, at Roland Garros (l. to Safina), Wimbledon (l. to Hantuchova) and US Open (l. to Davenport 36 63 76(5), having led 3-1 second set and holding 2mp at 6-5 in third set); on August 7 (after San Diego), made Top 20 singles debut (at No.20); in doubles, won titles at Antwerp (w/Safina) and Amelia Island (w/Asagoe), her 12th and 13th career Tour doubles titles; runner-up four times, incl. US Open (w/Safina; d. Black/Stubbs and Raymond/Stosur en route to first Grand Slam women's doubles final, falling to Dechy/Zvonareva); afterwards on September 11, made her Top 10 doubles debut (at No.7); also won Roland Garros mixed title (w/Zimonjic); ret. during Eastbourne 1r match w/right thumb injury; withdrew from Los Angeles w/right Achilles strain and from Hasselt w/hip strain. 2007 - Another impressive season highlighted by strong singles and doubles results; third straight Top 30 singles season, highlighted by runner-up finish at Portoroz (as No.4 seed, l. to top seed Golovin in 3s in final) and three QF runs, at Sydney (l. to Li), Tier I Charleston (as No.12 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Jankovic) and Stanford (as No.7 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Chakvetadze in 3s); 3r seven times, incl. Australian Open (as No.23 seed, l. to No.3 seed Kuznetsova in 3s), Roland Garros (as No.17 seed, l. to No.15 seed Peer 61 46 63, having led 3-0 third set) and Wimbledon (as No.19 seed, l. to No.10 seed Hantuchova in 3s); fell 2r at US Open (as No.22 seed, l. to Kirilenko); three-time Tour doubles titlist, at Gold Coast (w/Safina), Amelia Island (w/Santangelo) and Toronto (w/Sugiyama; first Tier I title for Srebotnik); formed strong pair w/Sugiyama at Miami, notching runner-up finishes with her at Roland Garros (as No.7 seeds, d. top seeds Raymond/Stosur in SF; l. to No.17 seeds Molik/Santangelo), Wimbledon (as No.4 seeds, d. top seeds Raymond/Stosur in SF; l. to No.2 seeds Black/Huber in 3s) and Tour Championships (qualified at No.3 position in Race; as No.2 seeds, l. to top seeds Black/Huber in final); on July 9 (after Wimbledon), rose from No.7 to No.5 (Top 5 doubles debut) and on November 12 year-end rankings (after Tour Championships), rose from No.6 to No.4 (new career-high doubles ranking); mixed doubles runner-up at Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic); surpassed 300 career singles match wins and $3 million in career prize money during season; withdrew from Cincinnati w/low back pain, ret. in Toronto 2r w/viral illness and withdrew from Luxembourg for rest. |
| YEAR IN DETAIL |
| JANUARY - Back-to-back QF at
Auckland (as No.3 seed, l. to Rezai) and Sydney (d. No.5 seed Chakvetadze en
route, falling to No.4 seed Ivanovic in 3s; win over world No.6 Chakvetadze
was fifth career Top 10 win); reached 3r at Australian Open (as No.28 seed,
l. to No.4 seed Ivanovic); made doubles Top 3 debut on January 28 (after
Australian Open; rose from No.4 to No.3). FEBRUARY - Reached 2r at Paris [Indoors] (l. to No.2 seed Hantuchova in 3s); fell 1r at Doha (l. to No.11 seed Safina); reached 2r at Dubai (as qualifier, d. Petrova in 1r before falling to top seed Henin in 3s). |
| PERSONAL |
| Coached by Biljana Veselinovic
(former Serbian Fed Cup Coach) since December 2004 ... Father is Joze and
mother is Zlatka; has older sister, Urska (married June 2005) ... Nickname is
Kata ... Relaxes by listening to music, reading books, watching movies,
hanging out with friends ... Favorites include movies Primal Fear and
Fracture and sushi; also likes chocolate ... Other sports interests include
skiing, swimming, table tennis ... Admires Monica Seles. |
| AWARDS |
| - Junior highlights include
Wimbledon girls' singles title and runner-up finish at US Open in 1998. - Tour mentor was Gabriela Sabatini in the Partners for Success Alumni program. |
