Katarina Srebotnik
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Srebotnik at the 2016 US Open
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| Country (sports) |
 Slovenia
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| Residence | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Born |
March 12, 1981 Slovenj Gradec, Yugoslavia (current Slovenia) |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Turned pro | 1999 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 7,346,995 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 377–281 |
| Career titles | 4 WTA, 6 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 20 (7 August 2006) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2003, 2008) |
| French Open | 4R (2002, 2008) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2005, 2006, 2007) |
| US Open | 4R (2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 661–316 (67.66%) |
| Career titles | 36 WTA, 19 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (4 July 2011) |
| Current ranking | No. 27 (14 November 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2006, 2011, 2014) |
| French Open | F (2007, 2010) |
| Wimbledon | W (2011) |
| US Open | F (2006) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career titles | 5 |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (2011) |
| French Open | W (1999, 2006, 2010) |
| Wimbledon | F (2008) |
| US Open | W (2003) |
| Last updated on: 8 February 2016. | |
Katarina Srebotnik (born March 12, 1981) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 1 on July 4, 2011.
Srebotnik won 4 singles titles on the WTA-tour and was a steady top 30 player for several years. However, she had her best results on the doubles circuit, winning 36 titles (as of June 27, 2015), including one doubles Grand Slam title (Wimbledon 2011), as well as five Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles.
In juniors, she won the 1998 Wimbledon singles title and was singles runner-up at the US Open. Srebotnik attained the second spot on the junior rankings in 1997 and 1998. She was mentored by the Argentinian top3 Gabriela Sabatini.
Srebotnik made her ITF Debut in 1995. She won the ITF singles tournament in Ismailia (1996), Zadar (1997); Šibenik (1998) and in Dubai (1999). In 1998, Srebotnik won her first Tour doubles title at the Makarska Open (with Tina Križan), and became later that year doubles runner-up at Maria Lankowitz (also with Križan). In 1999, her win at the ITF tournament in Dubai, gave her ‘feed up’ direct entry into her first-ever singles Tour event at Estoril, where she became the fourth player ever to win her Tour debut event by defeating Kuti Kis in the final. She broke into the Top 100 on April 12, 1999 at No.88. Srebotnik reached the semifinal at Palermo, and played in her first Grand Slam main draw at Roland Garros, losing in the second round; but winning the mixed doubles tournament with Norval.
Srebotnik reached her first Tier I semifinal in Tokyo at the Pan Pacific, which she lost to Sandrine Testud. Afterwards, on February 7, 2000, Srebotnik broke into the Top 50 at No.49. She won her fourth career doubles title at Estoril (with Križan). Srebotnik lost in the first round at the 2000 Olympics.
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