Edina Gallovits-Hall at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
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Full name | Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall |
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Country (sports) |
Romania (1999–2015) United States (2015–present) |
Residence | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
Born |
Timişoara, Romania |
December 10, 1984
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Turned pro | 1999 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$1,225,667 |
Singles | |
Career record | 418–258 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 19 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 54 (28 April 2008) |
Current ranking | No. 300 (20 April 2015) |
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 | 159 - 133 |
Career titles | 3 WTA, 9 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 63 (6 April 2009) |
Current ranking | No. 766 (20 April 2015) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2009) |
French Open | 3R (2012) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2005, 2008, 2009) |
US Open | 1R (2007) |
Last updated on: 20 April 2015. |
Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall (née Gallovits; born December 10, 1984) is a Romanian female tennis player, living in the United States. Her career highest ranking of No. 54 was achieved on April 28, 2008. In juniors, she reached a career high of No. 7 and made the final of the Orange Bowl Championships, losing to Vera Zvonareva. Edina married her American coach and manager, Bryce Hall, in November 2010. She represented her home country, Romania, until April 2015, when she started playing for the United States of America.
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.