Lina Stančiūtė

Lina Stančiūtė (born 7 February 1986) is a Lithuanian former tennis player.

In her career, she won four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 28 September 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 197. On 15 May 2006, she peaked at No. 138 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Lithuania Fed Cup team, Stančiūtė has a win–loss record of 37–31.

Personal life Lina Stančiūtė was born on 7 February 1986 in Vilnius, Lithuania. She started playing tennis at age eight, her favourite surface is clay. In June 2016, she married Lithuanian professional Basketball player Martynas Gecevičius.

Career Stančiūtė had a successful junior career, winning one singles and one doubles ITF Circuit title. Her career-high ranking as a junior was world No. 63, and she finished her junior career with a record of 72–49.

In 2003, she reached her first ITF singles final, winning in Italy. She also reached two ITF doubles finals. In 2004, she won the tournament in Lafayette, United States, endowed with $25k, by beating Karolina Kosińska in three sets.

In July 2015, Stančiūtė announced her retirement from professional tennis.

ITF finals Singles (4–1) Legend$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (4–0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 17 August 2003 Martina Franca, Italy Clay Darija Jurak 6–3, 6–1Win 2. 10 October 2004 Lafayette, United States Clay Karolina Kosińska 3–6, 6–3, 7–5Win 3. 23 July 2006 Zwevegem, Belgium Clay Lenka Wienerová 6–1, 6–2Loss 4. 4 October 2008 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i) Margit Rüütel 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–7(7)Win 5. 18 June 2011 Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Sofia Shapatava 6–2, 6–1

Doubles (3–4) Legend$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (2–3) ResultNo.DateTierTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 15 March 2003 25,000 Kaunas, Lithuania Hard (i) Aurelija Misevičiūtė Darya Kustova Elena Tatarkova 1–6, 6–7(8)Loss 2. 21 June 2003 25,000 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay Claudia Kuleszka Mariya Koryttseva Dimana Krastevitch 3–6, 2–6Win 1. 1 October 2005 25,000 Porto, Portugal Clay Simona Matei Kelly de Beer Eva Pera 2–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 2. 4 March 2006 25,000 Clearwater, United States Hard Kelly Liggan Natalie Grandin Chanelle Scheepers 6–3, 6–1Loss 3. 28 July 2006 50,000+H Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Claudine Schaul Erica Krauth Frederica Piedade 3–6, 3–6Loss 4. 17 June 2011 25,000 Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Melanie Klaffner Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova 4–6, 3–6Win 3. 21 June 2013 25,000 Ystad, Sweden Clay Kristina Barrois Monique Adamczak Pemra Özgen 6–4, 7–5