About Tina Križan
Born 1974. Tina Križan is a Slovenian and Yugoslav tennis player.
Tina Križan (born 18 March 1974) is a former Slovenian professional tennis player.
Known primarily for her achievements playing doubles, she reached a career-high singles ranking of 95, including a win over Jana Novotna, and a career-high doubles ranking of 19 in 2002. She won six WTA doubles titles and was runner-up in more than 10 WTA doubles events. She also won 10 ITF tournaments.
She represented Slovenia in doubles at the Olympics in 1992, 2000, and 2004, and in the latter two events, her partner was Katarina Srebotnik). She qualified twice for the doubles season end Masters Championships in Munich and Los Angeles.
Tina Križan holds the record for Fed Cup appearances for her country, representing Slovenia in 46 ties and playing a record 72 matches.
She graduated from Maribor University in 2004.
WTA Tour finals
Doubles 20 (6–14)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 1. Oct 1995 Surabaya, Indonesia Hard Petra Kamstra Nana Miyagi Stephanie Reece 2–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss 1. Oct 1996 Surabaya, Indonesia Hard Noëlle van Lottum Alexandra Fusai Kerry-Anne Guse 4–6, 4–6Loss 2. Nov 1996 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Nana Miyagi Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida 2–6, 3–6Win 2. Apr 1998 Makarska, Croatia Clay Katarina Srebotnik Eugenia Kulikovskaya Karin Kschwendt 7–6(7–3), 6–1Loss 3. Jul 1998 Maria Lankowitz, Austria Clay Katarina Srebotnik Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez 1–6, 2–6Win 3. Jul 1999 Palermo, Italy Clay Katarina Srebotnik Sonya Jeyaseelan Åsa Svensson 4–6, 6–3, 6–0Loss 4. Sep 1999 Luxembourg Carpet Katarina Srebotnik Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis 1–6, 2–6Loss 5. Oct 1999 Linz, Austria Carpet Larisa Savchenko Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis 4–6, 3–6Win 4. Apr 2000 Estoril, Portugal Clay Katarina Srebotnik Amanda Hopmans Cristina Torrens Valero 6–0, 7–6(11–9)Loss 6. May 2000 Bol, Croatia Clay Katarina Srebotnik Julie Halard-Decugis Corina Morariu 2–6, 2–6Loss 7. Oct 2000 Japan Open, Japan Hard Katarina Srebotnik Julie Halard-Decugis Corina Morariu 1–6, 2–6Loss 8. Nov 2000 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Katarina Srebotnik Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis 3–6, 3–6Loss 9. Apr 2001 Estoril, Portugal Clay Katarina Srebotnik Květa Hrdličková Barbara Rittner 6–3, 5–7, 1–6Loss 10. Aug 2001 Canadian Open, Canada Hard Katarina Srebotnik Kimberly Po-Messerli Nicole Pratt 3–6, 1–6Win 5. Sep 2001 Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA Hard Katarina Srebotnik Els Callens Nicole Pratt 6–2, 6–3Loss 11. Feb 2002 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Katarina Srebotnik Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 2–6, 1–6Loss 12. Mar 2002 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Katarina Srebotnik Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 5–7, 1–6Loss 13. Feb 2003 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Tatiana Perebiynis Katarina Srebotnik Åsa Carlsson 2–6, 1–6Loss 14. May 2004 Strasbourg, France Clay Katarina Srebotnik Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera 4–6, 1–6Win 6. Jan 2005 Canberra, Australia Hard Tathiana Garbin Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková 7–5, 1–6, 6–4
ITF finals Singles (1-0) $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 13 February 2000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Carpet (i) Miriam Schnitzer 6–2, 6–3
Doubles (10–11) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 15 June 1992 Maribor, Slovenia Clay Karin Lušnic Renata Kochta Pavlína Rajzlová 6–2, 4–6, 4–6Win 2. 20 July 1992 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Nicole Arendt Anouschka Popp Sandra Wächtershäuser 6–2, 6–1Loss 3. 12 July 1993 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Laura Garrone Magdalena Feistel Katarzyna Teodorowicz 6–4, 4–6, 5–7Win 4. 8 August 1993 Sopot, Poland Clay Květa Peschke Denisa Krajčovičová Katarína Studeníková 6–3, 6–1Loss 5. 15 November 1993 Port Pirie, Australia Clay Eva Martincová Lisa McShea Vanessa Webb 6–7(5), 3–6Loss 6. 10 July 1994 Erlangen, Germany Clay Janette Husárová Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund 2–6, 2–6Loss 7. 31 July 1995 Sopot, Poland Clay Katarína Studeníková Petra Kučová Lenka Němečková 0–2 ret.Win 8. Maribor, Slovenia Clay Laura Garrone Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 Loss 9. Southampton, Great Britain Carpet (i) Laura Golarsa Valda Lake Clare Wood 4–6, 6–4, 3–6Win 10. 14 July 1996 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Olga Lugina Laura Garrone Flora Perfetti 6–4, 6–2Win 11. 14 December 1997 Bad Gögging, Germany Carpet (i) Sylvia Plischke Emmanuelle Curutchet Sophie Georges 6–3, 6–3Win 12. 15 February 1998 Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia Hard (i) Katarina Srebotnik Tina Pisnik Miriam Schnitzer 6–0, 6–3Loss 13. 15 March 1998 Biel, Switzerland Hard (i) Nancy Feber Kirstin Freye Noëlle van Lottum 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)Win 14. 25 October 1998 Welwyn, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Laurence Courtois Louise Pleming Samantha Smith 7–6, 6–4Loss 15. 5 december 1998 New Delhi, India Hard Karin Kschwendt Lenka Cenková Amanda Hopmans W/OWin 16. 8 February 1999 Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia Carpet (i) Katarina Srebotnik Eva Martincová Svetlana Krivencheva 7–5, 6–2Loss 17. 22 February 1999 Bushey, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Svetlana Krivencheva Emmanuelle Gagliardi Katalin Marosi 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–7(0–7)Win 18. 9 May 1999 Bratislava, Slovakia Clay Katarina Srebotnik Lenka Němečková Radka Zrubáková 6–1, 6–3Win 19. 20 February 2000 Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i) Alexandra Fusai Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 7–6(7–1)Loss 20. 3 April 2000 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Angelika Bachmann Tathiana Garbin Katalin Marosi 6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss 21. 11 February 2001 Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i) Irina Selyutina Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe 1–6, 3–6
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