Katarina Srebotnik

Katarina Srebotnik
Srebotnik at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports) Slovenia
ResidenceDubai, United Arab Emirates
Born (1981-03-12) 12 March 1981 (age 43)
Slovenj Gradec, Yugoslavia
(now Slovenia)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2022 (last match in 2020)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$8,183,702
Singles
Career record377–281
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 20 (7 August 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2003, 2007, 2008)
French Open4R (2002, 2008)
Wimbledon3R (2005, 2006, 2007)
US Open4R (2008)
Doubles
Career record754–421
Career titles39
Highest rankingNo. 1 (4 July 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2006, 2011, 2014)
French OpenF (2007, 2010)
WimbledonW (2011)
US OpenF (2006)
Mixed doubles
Career titles5
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (2011)
French OpenW (1999, 2006, 2010)
WimbledonF (2008)
US OpenW (2003)
Team competitions
Fed CupQF (2003), record 33–20

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 one Grand Slam title, at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships alongside Květa Peschke. She also won five major titles in mixed doubles, at the French Open in 1999, 2006 and 2010, the US Open in 2003 and the Australian Open in 2011.

In September 2021, Srebotnik was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the first (and youngest) tennis player – men or women – to win their first tournament across all three disciplines – singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Srebotnik won her debut in singles (1999 Oeiras), in doubles (1998 Makarska, with Tina Križan) and mixed doubles (1999 Roland Garros, with Piet Norval).[1]

  1. ^ "WTA All-time Record Book" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 4 March 2024.