Karolina Šprem
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Šprem at the 2010 NSW Medibank Tennis Open.
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| Country (sports) |
 Croatia
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| Residence | Varaždin, Croatia |
| Born |
25 October 1984 Varaždin, Croatia |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Turned pro | July 2001 |
| Retired | 2011 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$1,298,606 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 266–170 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 17 (11 October 2004) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (2005) |
| French Open | 3R (2006) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2004) |
| US Open | 1R (2003,2004,2005,2006) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 3R (2004) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 14–16 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 182 (8 May 2006) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2r (2006) |
| Wimbledon | 1r (2005) |
Karolina Šprem Baghdatis (born 25 October 1984) is a retired professional tennis player from Croatia. She has won eleven titles (ten singles, one doubles) all at the ITF level. Her highest ranking is world no. 17, which she achieved in October 2004.
Karolina was born to Gabro and Božena Šprem in Varaždin, Croatia. She was introduced to tennis by her father at nine years of age. She turned professional in July 2001.
Šprem represented Croatia at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens. She reached the third round in singles and the second round in doubles (with Jelena Kostanić).
On 14 July 2012, Šprem married ATP player Marcos Baghdatis at Trakošćan Castle in Croatia. At Wimbledon 2012, as a spectator for Baghdatis' match on Centre Court against Andy Murray, Šprem confirmed that she and Baghdatis were expecting their first child in October 2012. Karolina gave birth to a girl, named Zahara, on 20 October 2012 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Šprem displayed stunning results at the beginning of the 2003 season. Playing on the ITF circuit, she had a record 29-match winning streak from January to March, which earned her four titles at Grenoble, Southampton, Redbridge and Castellon.
Later in the year, she went on to reach two WTA-level finals in Strasbourg and Vienna. She also reached the semifinals of the WTA event in Helsinki, and won the ITF event in Poitiers.
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