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Petra Martić

Petra Martić
Petra Martic Portrait, Wimbledon 2013 - Diliff.jpg
Martić at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)  Croatia
Residence Split, Croatia
Born (1991-01-19) 19 January 1991 (age 26)
Split, Croatia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro July 2008
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,610,294
Singles
Career record 241–187
Career titles 0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 42 (11 June 2012)
Current ranking No. 264 (19 January 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2011)
French Open 4R (2012)
Wimbledon 3R (2013)
US Open 2R (2009, 2011)
Doubles
Career record 112–99
Career titles 0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking No. 53 (17 March 2014)
Current ranking No. 174 (19 January 2017)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2012, 2014)
French Open 2R (2012)
Wimbledon 3R (2012, 2013)
US Open 1R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 8–9
Last updated on: 19 January 2017.

Petra Martić (Croatian pronunciation: [pêtra mâːrtitɕ]) (born 19 January 1991) is a professional tennis player from Croatia.

Her highest career ranking is World No. 42, achieved on 11 June 2012.

Her best result in her junior career was the quarter-finals in 2006 US Open. In 2008 she won the first tournament in her senior career, the Zagreb Ladies Open.

She qualified for the 2009 French Open. She lost there in the second round to 21-year-old Canadian world No. 24 Aleksandra Wozniak, 6–3, 6–3. Martić was on the defensive from the start, and gave up 27 winners. Martić then made it to another Portorož open QF, losing to defending champion and 5th seed Sara Errani. In 2008, Martić won the ITF Zagreb Open, defeating Yvonne Meusburger, and then made it to the QF of Banka Koper Slovenia Open, losing to Julia Görges.

Martić began 2010 by falling in the qualifying stages of the ASB Classic (lost to Chanelle Scheepers) and the Medibank International Sydney (lost to Kimiko Date-Krumm). She lost in the first round of the Australian Open, falling to Sabine Lisicki 6–1 6–4.

In February 2010, she had her best result to date, beating third seed and world number 15 Yanina Wickmayer in the first round of the 2010 Open GDF Suez, winning 6–4, 3–6, 7–5. Martić broke twice and dropped serve once. She lost in the next round to Ágnes Szávay 6–2, 6–4.


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