About Katarina Srebotnik
Born 1981. Katarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian tennis player.
Katarina Srebotnik (born 12 March 1981) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20, on 7 August 2006. On 4 July 2011, she became the No. 1 of the WTA doubles rankings, holding this ranking for ten weeks.
Srebotnik won four singles titles on the WTA Tour and was ranked inside the top 30 for several years. However, her best results have been in doubles draws, where she won 39 career titles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships alongside Květa Peschke. She also won five major titles in mixed doubles, three at the French Open in 1999, 2006 and 2010; one at the US Open in 2003; and another at the Australian Open in 2011.
In September 2021, Srebotnik was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the first and youngest tennis player, male or female, to win her first tournament in all three categories, singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Srebotnik won her debut in singles (1999 Oeiras); in doubles (1998 Makarska, with Tina Križan); and in mixed doubles (1999 Roland Garros, with Piet Norval).
Career
As a junior, she won the 1998 Wimbledon singles title and was runner-up at the US Open. Srebotnik was ranked No. 2 in the junior rankings in 1997 and 1998. She was mentored by Gabriela Sabatini.
1995–1999: WTA Tour debut and historic Guinness world record Srebotnik made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in 1995, winning the singles tournaments in Ismailia in 1996, Zadar in 1997 and Šibenik in 1998.
In 1998, Srebotnik won the doubles title on her WTA Tour debut at the Makarska Open (with Tina Križan), and later that year reached the doubles final at the Austrian Open, also with Križan.
In 1999, her win at the ITF tournament in Dubai gave her direct entry into her first tour-level singles event in Estoril, where she became the fourth player to win on her tour debut, defeating Rita Kuti Kis in the final. She broke into the top 100 on April 12, 1999 at No. 88.
In May 1999, Srebotnik played in her first Grand Slam singles main draw at Roland Garros, losing to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the second round. She won her first Grand Slam title in the mixed doubles with Piet Norval, becoming the first woman ever to win her first tour event in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Only Mirjana Lučić had previously won on debut in both singles and doubles.
2000–2004 Srebotnik reached her first Tier-I semifinal in Tokyo at the Pan Pacific Open, which she lost to Sandrine Testud. On 7 February 2000, Srebotnik broke into the top 50 at No. 49. She won her fourth career doubles title at Estoril (with Tina Križan).
Srebotnik and Križan won their only doubles title of 2001 at Hawaii. They reached their biggest doubles final of their career in Toronto at the Canadian Open by defeating Martina Navratilova and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the semifinals, and they were doubles finalists at Estoril. They qualified for their debut doubles season-ending championships. Srebotnik reached a doubles ranking of No. 19 on 8 October.
In 2002, Srebotnik reached the finals at Bogotá (losing to Fabiola Zuluaga) and Acapulco (defeating Paola Suárez) in the final. She reached the fourth round at Roland Garros, which is her career-best Grand Slam performance. Srebotnik later achieved her then-best win at Los Angeles by defeating world No. 6, Kim Clijsters. She reached the semifinals in Luxembourg. She achieved her second appearance at the doubles season-ending championships with Križan.
2003 saw Srebotnik reaching her fourth tour final at Palermo. She won the Bogotá doubles title with Asa Svensson, and reached her second Tier I quarterfinals in Toronto at the Canadian Open. She won her second Grand Slam mixed-doubles title at the US Open, this time with Bob Bryan.
Her 2004 season was highlighted by reaching the semifinals at Palermo, and the quarterfinals at Strasbourg and Forest Hills.
Srebotnik won her seventh doubles title in Tokyo at the Japan Open (with Shinobu Asagoe).
2005 Her best season to date was highlighted by two singles and four doubles titles as well as a career-best victory over Amélie Mauresmo.
Srebotnik captured her third and fourth career WTA Tour singles titles at Auckland (defeating Shinobu Asagoe in the final, and she teamed with Asagoe for the doubles title) and in Stockholm (defeating world No. 14 Anastasia Myskina in the final and teaming with Émilie Loit for the doubles title).
She was the only player in 2005 to sweep singles and doubles titles twice. She also finished runner-up at Portorož, losing to Klára Zakopalová (now Koukalová) in three sets in the final. She also became runner-up in doubles with Jelena Kostanić.
Srebotnik reached the quarterfinals five times: at Tier II at Antwerp (lost to Anastasia Myskina), Tier I Charleston (losing to Elena Dementieva in three sets), Budapest (losing to Laura Pous Tió in a third set tie-break), Tier I Zurich (losing to Ana Ivanovic), and Hasselt (losing to Dinara Safina in a third set tie-break).
Her best finish in a major was a third-round loss at Wimbledon to Maria Sharapova.
A new career-high singles ranking of No. 28 came on 7 November.
In addition to Auckland and Stockholm, Srebotnik won doubles titles at Budapest and Hasselt (both with Émilie Loit). She reached the US Open mixed-doubles final (with Nenad Zimonjić, losing to Daniela Hantuchová and Mahesh Bhupathi).
2006 Srebotnik opened the 2006 season with an early exit at the Auckland Open. Two weeks later at the Australian Open, with partner Shinobu Asagoe, she made it to the semifinals in doubles, losing to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie. She won doubles titles in Antwerp (with Dinara Safina) and Amelia Island (with Shinobu Asagoe). At the French Open, she won the mixed doubles championship with Nenad Zimonjić.
At the US Open, she reached the doubles final partnering Dinara Safina. In Stuttgart, she reached the semifinals in doubles with Dinara Safina. At the Zurich Open, Srebotnik reached the semifinals of a Tier I tournament for the first time in six years (Pan Pacific Open, Japan). Also, Srebotnik and Liezel Huber reached the doubles final. In her final event of the season at the Linz Open, Srebotnik reached the doubles final with Corina Morariu.
2008 At the French Open, Srebotnik caused an upset when she defeated Serena Williams, whom she had never beaten in four previous attempts, in the third round. At the US Open in the same year, she upset former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round. On both occasions, she lost to Patty Schnyder in the next round.
2010 In that year, Srebotnik teamed with Květa Peschke, and won the WTA tournaments of Indian Wells (defeating Nadia Petrova and Sam Stosur in the final) and New Haven (defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy), and reached the final of the WTA Championships in Doha.
Srebotnik had an excellent doubles outing at the French Open. In the ladies' doubles, she and Peschke defeated the second seeds Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez in the semifinals, but lost to Serena and Venus Williams in the final. She also partnered with Nenad Zimonjić to win the mixed doubles title with a thrilling tiebreak win against Yaroslava Shvedova and Julian Knowle.
Srebotnik and Peschke reached the final at the Rogers Cup. It was the second time this year that Srebotnik and Peschke reached a final of a Premier-5 tournament after Dubai in February.
At the end of the 2010 season, Srebotnik announced that she would focus on doubles for the remainder of her career.
2022: Retirement Although she played her last match at Roland Garos in 2020, she was officially honored for her career in Portorož in September 2022.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)
Mixed doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsTier I / Premier M & Premier 5Tier II / PremierTier III, IV & V / International (4–6)
Doubles: 82 (39 titles, 43 runner-ups) Legend (pre/post 2009)Grand Slam tournaments (1–4)Tour Championships (0–3)Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 (9–12)Tier II / Premier (14–12) Tier III, IV & V / International (15–12) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Apr 1998 Makarska Open, Croatia Clay Tina Križan Karin Kschwendt Evgenia Kulikovskaya 7–6(7–3), 6–1Loss 1. Jul 1998 Austrian Open Clay Tina Križan Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez 1–6, 2–6Win 2. May 1999 Belgian Open, Antwerp Clay Laura Golarsa Louise Pleming Meghann Shaughnessy 6–4, 6–2Win 3. Jul 1999 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy Clay Tina Križan Åsa Carlsson Sonya Jeyaseelan 4–6, 6–3, 6–0Loss 2. Sep 1999 Luxembourg Open Hard Tina Križan Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis 1–6, 2–6Win 4. Apr 2000 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Tina Križan Amanda Hopmans Cristina Torrens Valero 6–0, 7–6(11–9)Loss 3. May 2000 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Tina Križan Julie Halard-Decugis Corina Morariu 2–6, 2–6Loss 4. Oct 2000 Japan Open, Tokyo Hard Tina Križan Julie Halard-Decugis Corina Morariu 1–6, 2–6Loss 5. Nov 2000 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Tina Križan Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis 3–6, 3–6Loss 6. Apr 2001 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Tina Križan Květa Hrdličková Barbara Rittner 6–3, 5–7, 1–6Loss 7. Aug 2001 Canadian Open, Toronto Hard Tina Križan Kimberly Po-Messerli Nicole Pratt 3–6, 1–6Win 5. Sep 2001 Waikoloa Championships, Hawaii Hard Tina Križan Els Callens Nicole Pratt 6–2, 6–3Loss 8. Feb 2002 Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá Clay Tina Križan Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 2–6, 1–6Loss 9. Mar 2002 Mexican Open, Acapulco Clay Tina Križan Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 5–7, 1–6Win 6. Feb 2003 Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá Clay Åsa Svensson Tina Križan Tatiana Perebiynis 6–2, 6–1Loss 10. Apr 2004 Morocco Open, Casablanca Clay Els Callens Marion Bartoli Émilie Loit 4–6, 2–6Loss 11. May 2004 Internationaux de Strasbourg Clay Tina Križan Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera 4–6, 1–6Win 7. Oct 2004 Japan Open, Tokyo Hard Shinobu Asagoe Jennifer Hopkins Mashona Washington 6–1, 6–4Win 8. Jan 2005 Auckland Open Hard Shinobu Asagoe Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani 6–3, 6–3Win 9. Jul 2005 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Émilie Loit Lourdes Domínguez Lino Marta Marrero 6–1, 3–6, 6–2Win 10. Aug 2005 Nordic Light Open, Stockholm Hard Émilie Loit Eva Birnerová Mara Santangelo 6–4, 6–3Loss 12. Sep 2005 Slovenia Open, Portorož Hard Jelena Kostanić Anabel Medina Garrigues Roberta Vinci 4–6, 7–5, 2–6Win 11. Oct 2005 Gaz de France Stars, Hasselt Hard (i) Émilie Loit Michaëlla Krajicek Ágnes Szávay 6–3, 6–4Win 12. Feb 2006 Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium Hard (i) Dinara Safina Stéphanie Foretz Michaëlla Krajicek 6–1, 6–1Win 13. Apr 2006 Amelia Island Championships, US Clay Shinobu Asagoe Liezel Huber Sania Mirza 6–2, 6–4Loss 13. May 2006 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues Elena Likhovtseva Anastasia Myskina 3–6, 4–6Loss 14. Sep 2006 US Open, New York Hard Dinara Safina Nathalie Dechy Vera Zvonareva 6–7, 5–7Loss 15. Oct 2006 Zurich Open, Switzerland Hard Liezel Huber Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 5–7, 5–7Loss 16. Oct 2006 Generali Ladies Linz, Austria Hard Corina Morariu Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 3–6, 0–6Win 14. Jan 2007 Brisbane International, Adelaide Hard Dinara Safina Iveta Benešová Galina Voskoboeva 6–3, 6–4Win 15. Apr 2007 Amelia Island Championships, US Clay Mara Santangelo Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–3, 7–6(7–4)Loss 17. May 2007 French Open, Paris Clay Ai Sugiyama Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo 6–7, 4–6Loss 18. Jun 2007 Wimbledon, UK Grass Ai Sugiyama Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–3, 3–6, 2–6Win 16. Aug 2007 Canada Masters, Toronto Hard Ai Sugiyama Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]Loss 19. Oct 2007 Generali Ladies Linz Hard Ai Sugiyama Cara Black Liezel Huber 2–6, 6–3, [8–10]Loss 20. Nov 2007 WTA Tour Championships, Madrid Hard Ai Sugiyama Cara Black Liezel Huber 7–5, 3–6, [8–10]Win 17. Apr 2008 Miami Open, US Hard Ai Sugiyama Cara Black Liezel Huber 7–5, 4–6, [10–3]Win 18. Apr 2008 Family Circle Cup, Charleston Clay Ai Sugiyama Edina Gallovits Olga Govortsova 6–2, 6–2Win 19. Oct 2008 Kremlin Cup, Moscow Carpet (i) Nadia Petrova Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–4, 6–4Win 20. Oct 2008 Generali Ladies Linz Hard (i) Ai Sugiyama Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–4, 7–5Win 21. Oct 2009 Generali Ladies Linz Hard Anna-Lena Grönefeld Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska 6–1, 6–4Loss 21. Feb 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships Hard Květa Peschke Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–7(5–7), 4–6Win 22. Mar 2010 Indian Wells Open Hard Květa Peschke Nadia Petrova Samantha Stosur 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]Loss 22. Apr 2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart Clay (i) Květa Peschke Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 6–7, [5–10]Loss 23. May 2010 French Open, Paris Clay Květa Peschke Serena Williams Venus Williams 2–6, 3–6Loss 24. Jun 2010 Eastbourne International, UK Grass Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 2–6, [11–13]Loss 25. Aug 2010 Canadian Open, Montreal Hard Květa Peschke Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 5–7, 6–3, [10–12]Win 23. Aug 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven Hard Květa Peschke Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy 7–5, 6–0Loss 26. Oct 2010 Generali Ladies Linz Hard (i) Květa Peschke Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 5–7, 6–7(6–8)Loss 27. Oct 2010 Tour Championships, Doha Hard Květa Peschke Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 5–7, 4–6Win 24. Jan 2011 Auckland Open Hard Květa Peschke Sofia Arvidsson Marina Erakovic 6–3, 6–0Loss 28. Jan 2011 Sydney International Hard Květa Peschke Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 4–6, [7–10]Loss 29. Feb 2011 Dubai Championships Hard Květa Peschke Liezel Huber María José Martínez Sánchez 6–7(5–7), 3–6Win 25. Feb 2011 Qatar Ladies Open, Doha Hard Květa Peschke Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova 7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]Loss 30. May 2011 Madrid Open Clay Květa Peschke Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko 4–6, 3–6Win 26. Jun 2011 Eastbourne International, UK Grass Květa Peschke Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–3, 6–0Win 27. Jun 2011 Wimbledon, London Grass Květa Peschke Sabine Lisicki Samantha Stosur 6–3, 6–1Win 28. Aug 2011 Carlsbad Open, US Hard Květa Peschke Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–0, 6–2Win 29. Oct 2011 China Open, Beijing Hard Květa Peschke Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 6–4Loss 31. Oct 2011 Tour Championships, Istanbul Hard (i) Květa Peschke Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 4–6, 4–6Win 30. Jan 2012 Sydney International Hard Květa Peschke Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]Loss 32. Aug 2012 Canadian Open, Montreal Hard Nadia Petrova Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Kristina Mladenovic 5–7, 6–2, [7–10]Loss 33. Aug 2012 Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati Hard Zheng Jie Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 1–6, 3–6Win 31. Jan 2013 Sydney International Hard Nadia Petrova Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–3, 6–4Loss 34. Feb 2013 Qatar Open, Doha Hard Nadia Petrova Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 3–6, [6–10]Loss 35. Feb 2013 Dubai Championships, UAE Hard Nadia Petrova Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 4–6, 6–2, [7–10]Loss 36. Mar 2013 Indian Wells Open Hard Nadia Petrova Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 0–6, 7–5, [6–10]Win 32. Mar 2013 Miami Open Hard Nadia Petrova Lisa Raymond Laura Robson 6–1, 7–6(7–2)Win33. Jun 2013 Eastbourne International Grass Nadia Petrova Monica Niculescu Klára Zakopalová 6–3, 6–3Win 34. Aug 2013 Canadian Open, Toronto Hard Jelena Janković Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke 5–7, 6–2, [10–6]Loss 37. Aug 2013 New Haven Open at Yale Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues Sania Mirza Zheng Jie 3–6, 4–6Loss 38. Feb 2014 Qatar Open, Doha Hard Květa Peschke Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 4–6, 0–6Win 35. May 2014 Italian Open, Rome Clay Květa Peschke Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 4–0 ret.Loss 39. Jan 2015 Brisbane International Hard Caroline Garcia Martina Hingis Sabine Lisicki 2–6, 5–7Loss 40. Apr 2015 Porsche Grand Prix, Stuttgart Clay (i) Caroline Garcia Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 4–6, 3–6Win 36. Jun 2015 Eastbourne International Grass Caroline Garcia Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie 7–6(7–5), 6–2Loss 41. Aug 2015 Canadian Open, Toronto Hard Caroline Garcia Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 1–6, 2–6Win 37. Feb 2017 Qatar Open, Doha Hard Abigail Spears Olga Savchuk Yaroslava Shvedova 6–3, 7–6(9–7)Loss 42. Apr 2017 Porsche Grand Prix, Stuttgart Clay (i) Abigail Spears Raquel Atawo Jeļena Ostapenko 4–6, 4–6Loss 43. Feb 2018 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Russia Hard (i) Alla Kudryavtseva Timea Bacsinszky Vera Zvonareva 6–2, 1–6, [3–10]Win 38. Apr 2018 Charleston Open, US Clay Alla Kudryavtseva Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez 6–3, 6–3Win 39. May 2018 Nuremberg Cup, Germany Clay Demi Schuurs Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson 3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (6–3) $100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 24 November 1996 Ismailia, Egypt Clay Nina Schwarz 7–5, 7–6(7–3)Loss 1. 21 September 1997 Biograd na Moru, Croatia Clay Ľudmila Cervanová 4–6, 2–6Win 2. 29 September 1997 Zadar, Croatia Clay Jelena Kostanić Tošić 4–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss 2. 2 November 1997 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard Adriana Serra Zanetti 4–6, 2–6Loss 3. 12 April 1998 Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Nadia Petrova 4–6, 5–7Win 3. 21 September 1998 Šibenik, Croatia Clay Eszter Molnár 6–1, 6–2Win 4. 1 March 1999 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Anne Kremer 6–1, 6–1Win 5. 9 May 1999 Bratislava, Slovakia Clay Kristie Boogert 6–3, 6–1Win 6. 30 July 2001 Lexington Challenger, United States Hard Sabine Klaschka 6–4, 7–5
Doubles: 22 (19–3) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 17 November 1996 Cairo, Egypt Hard Jessica Steck Maaike Koutstaal Andrea van den Hurk w/oWin 1. 24 November 1996 Ismailia, Egypt Clay Teodora Nedeva Shiri Burstein Debby Haak 6–4, 6–4Loss 2. 3 August 1997 Lexington, United States Hard Kaoru Shibata Elly Hakami Danielle Jones 2–6, 5–7Win 2. 21 April 1997 Biograd na Moru, Croatia Clay Jelena Kostanić Tošić Katia Altilia Charlotte Aagaard 6–4, 6–2Win 3. 29 April 1997 Zadar, Croatia Clay Jelena Kostanić Tošić Yvette Basting Susanne Trik 7–5, 7–5Loss 3. 27 October 1997 Ramat Hasharon, Israel Hard Petra Rampre Kirstin Freye Hila Rosen 1–6, 1–6Win 4. 15 February 1998 Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia Hard (i) Tina Križan Tina Pisnik Miriam Schnitzer 6–0, 6–3Win 5. 23 March 1998 Makarska, Croatia Clay Jelena Kostanić Tošić Ľudmila Cervanová Zuzana Váleková 6–3, 6–1Win 6. 5 April 1998 Hvar, Croatia Clay Jelena Kostanić Tošić Helena Vildová Antoaneta Pandjerova 7–5, 6–3Win 7. 10 May 1998 Cardiff, United Kingdom Clay Liezel Horn Petra Langrová Nancy Feber 6–4, 6–3Win 8. 17 May 1998 Porto, Portugal Clay Nancy Feber Surina De Beer Rebecca Jensen 5–7, 6–1, 6–4Win 9. 20 September 1998 Otočec, Slovenia Clay Jasmin Wöhr Nóra Köves Dragana Zarić 6–2, 6–3Win 10. 27 September 1998 Šibenik, Croatia Hard (i) Marijana Kovačević Blanka Kumbárová Olga Vymetálková 6–3, 6–1Win 11. 22 November 1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Seda Noorlander Eva Bes María Fernanda Landa 7–6(7–5), 6–3Win 12. 23 November 1998 Lima, Peru Clay Zuzana Váleková Alice Canepa Conchita Martínez Granados 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–4Win 13. 30 November 1998 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Zuzana Váleková Mariana Mesa Fabiola Zuluaga 6–3, 6–4Win 14. 30 November 1998 Cali, Colombia Clay Zuzana Váleková Laura Montalvo Alicia Ortuño 2–6, 6–3, 6–2Win 15. 11 January 1999 Miami, United States Hard Zuzana Váleková Olga Vymetálková Gabriela Chmelinová 4–6, 6–4, 7–5Win 16. 18 January 1999 Boca Raton, United States Hard Zuzana Váleková Dawn Buth Rebecca Jensen 4–6, 6–4, 6–1Win 17. 25 January 1999 Clearwater, United States Hard Zuzana Váleková Karin Miller Jean Okada 6–2, 6–0Win 18. 8 February 1999 Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia Carpet (i) Tina Križan Eva Martincová Svetlana Krivencheva 7–5, 6–2Win 19. 9 May 1999 Bratislava, Slovakia Clay Tina Križan Lenka Němečková Radka Zrubáková 6–1, 6–3
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
At the 2002 US Open, Srebotnik and Bob Bryan received a second-round walkover, this is not counted as a win. At the 2008 French Open, Srebotnik and Zimonjić received a semifinal walkover, this is not counted as a win. At the 2011 Australian Open, Srebotnik and Nestor received a quarterfinal walkover, this is not counted as a win. At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Srebotnik and Zimonjić withdrew before their third-round match, this is not counted as a loss. At the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, Srebotnik and Marcin Matkowski received a second-round walkover, this is not counted as a win.
Top 10 wins PlayerRankEventSurfaceScore20021. Kim ClijstersNo. 6LA ChampionshipsHard2R 6–4, 2–6, 6–420052. Amélie MauresmoNo. 4Zurich OpenHard (i)2R 6–2, 6–020063. Patty SchnyderNo. 8 Cincinnati OpenHardSF 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)4. Elena DementievaNo. 7Zurich OpenHard (i)2R 6–1, 6–420075. Svetlana KuznetsovaNo. 4Sydney InternationalHard 2R 6–2, ret.20086. Anna ChakvetadzeNo. 6Sydney InternationalHard 1R 7–5, 6–17. Serena WilliamsNo. 5French OpenClay3R 6–4, 6–48. Svetlana KuznetsovaNo. 4US OpenHard 3R 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 6–39. Elena DementievaNo. 4Pan Pacific OpenHardQF 6–3, 6–410. Agnieszka RadwańskaNo. 10Zurich OpenHard (i)2R 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Records In 2011, Srebotnik won seven titles (six in doubles, one in mixed doubles), more than any other player on the WTA Tour.
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