Magda Linette at the 2016 US Open.
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Country (sports) | Poland |
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Residence | Poznań, Poland |
Born |
Poznań, Poland |
12 February 1992
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
Turned pro | 2009 |
Retired | Active |
Plays | Right-handed, two-handed backhand |
Prize money | $ 808,782 |
Official website | magdalinette.com |
Singles | |
Career record | 258–181 |
Career titles | 11 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 64 (21 September 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 80 (6 March 2017) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2016, 2017) |
French Open | 1R (2015, 2016) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2015, 2016) |
US Open | 2R (2015) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 118–96 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 95 (27 July 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 183 (16 January 2017) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
French Open | 2R (2015, 2016) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2015) |
US Open | 1R (2015, 2016) |
Last updated on: 16 January 2017. |
Magda Linette (born 12 February 1992) is a professional Polish tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 64, which she reached on September 21, 2015. Her career high in doubles is 95, achieved on July 27, 2015.
She made her first appearance in a WTA main draw at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in May 2013, where she also scored her first win at this level. The same year, she reached her first WTA semifinal in Baku, coming from qualifying. Linette won her first WTA 125 title in the 2014 Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open. She reached the final of 2015 Japan Women's Open. Her best result in WTA Premier tournaments is quarterfinal of 2016 Toray Pan Pacific Open. She played a great second set against Lucie Safarova on the 20th February 2017 before bottling it in the final set tie breaker.
Magda Linette was born to Tomasz and Beata and resides in Poznań. She is a right-handed player and is currently coached by Izudin 'Izo' Zunić. She likes all surfaces.
In May, Magda Linette received a wild card to the qualifying draw of Polsat Warsaw Open – part of WTA Premier series. She beat her doubles partner Paula Kania in straight sets but lost to Anna Chakvetadze (4–6 6–4 1–6). In June, she won her first professional tournament in Szczecin as a wild card entrant. In July, she made it to the final of the ITF Toruń tournament but lost to top seed Ksenia Pervak from Russia in straight sets.