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Kristina Mladenovic
Kristina Mladenovic Sydney 2012 (8).jpg
Kristina Mladenovic in Sydney in 2012
Country  France
Residence Paris, France[1]
Born (1993-05-14) 14 May 1993 (age 20)
Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb)
Turned pro 2009
Retired Active
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $749,686
Singles
Career record 126–93
Career titles 1 WTA (4 ITF)
Highest ranking No. 43 (13 May 2013)
Current ranking No. 47 (20 May 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2013)
French Open 1R (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon 1R (2012)
US Open 3R (2012)
Doubles
Career record 98–48
Career titles 6 WTA (7 ITF)
Highest ranking No. 17 (13 May 2013)
Current ranking No. 18 (20 May 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2012)
French Open 2R (2011, 2012)
Wimbledon 2R (2012)
US Open 2R (2012)

Last updated on: 20 May 2013.

Kristina Mladenovic (Serbian: Кристина Младеновић, Kristina Mladenović) (born 14 May 1993 in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, Nord) is a French professional tennis player of Serbian ancestry. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 43rd, which she reached on 13 May 2013.[2]

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Personal life [edit]

Kristina was born in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, Nord department of France.[3][4] Her father is Dragan Mladenovic a former Yugoslavia Handball player, and her mother Dzenita is a former volleyball player. They moved to France in 1992 when Dragan was signed by Dunkirk.[1] They are now naturalized French from the former Yugoslavia.[5][6] Mladenovic has a brother Luka.[1] She has lived in Porrentruy, Switzerland formerly, and is currently based in Paris.[1][4]

The Mladenovic family are Eastern Orthodox Christians.

Tennis career [edit]

Mladenovic started playing juniors in May 2006. In 2007 Mladanovic became the European Under 14 singles champion.[1] Her biggest junior achievement was at the 2009 Junior French Open Girls' Singles, where she beat Daria Gavrilova of Russia 6–3, 6–2 in the final.[7] Her highest junior ranking is No. 1, on 8 June 2009. She advanced to both the Girl's Singles and Doubles finals at the 2009 Junior Wimbledon, losing to Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (and her partner for the doubles event) in each.

She began playing on the ITF circuit in September 2007. On the WTA Tour she tried to qualify for Open Gaz de France, but lost her first match to Petra Kvitová.[8] At the 2009 Australian Open, Kristina received a wild card, but was defeated by the No. 14 seed, Patty Schnyder, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2.[9] In July Kristina qualified for the 2009 ECM Prague Open but lost in the first round 6–4, 6–1 to Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.[10][11]

At the Internationaux de Strasbourg Mladenovic won her first match on the WTA Tour, coming back from 5–2 in the final set to win the tiebreak against Stefanie Voegele.[12]

Mladenovic will play for France at the 2011 Hopman Cup, partnering Nicolas Mahut.[13] France was drawn in the same group as the United States, Great Britain, and Italy. This means she will be given the opportunity to play against grand slam champion Francesca Schiavone, as well as fellow youngster Laura Robson.[14]

2011 [edit]

Mladenovic started 2011 year at 2011 Australian Open but lost in the first round of qualifying to Heather Watson. Mladenovic won her first Senior title at a $25,000 tournament in Sutton defeating Mona Barthel.[15] This was followed with a win in Stochkolm the following week defeating Arantxa Rus in the final.[16] Padova defeating Karin Knapp 3–6 6–4 6–0.

2012 [edit]

At the start of the year Mladenovic linked up with Biljana Veselinovic but they split just before Wimbledon and since then she had been coached by Thierry Ascione.[1] Mladenovic claimed her first WTA Tour title of any type in Montreal when she and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik won the doubles title at the Rogers Cup.[17] Mladenovic made it through to the Third round of the US Open after defeating Pavlyuchenkova.[18] At the Bell Classic in Quebec Mladenovic came through qualifying and reached her first WTA Semifinal.[19] With Tatjana Malek Mladenovic won her second WTA doubles title at the Bell Classic.[20] Following her run to the semifinals Mladenovic entered the top 100 in the rankings for the first time.[21] Mladenovic won the first ever WTA $125 event the Taipei WTA Ladies Open and took the doubles crown as well.[22]

WTA career finals [edit]

Doubles: 7 (6–2) [edit]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–0)
Premier (1–0)
International (3–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. 12 June 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark Hard Poland Katarzyna Piter Sweden Johanna Larsson
Germany Jasmin Wöhr		 6–3, 6–3
Winner 1. 12 August 2012 Montreal, Canada Hard Poland Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Russia Nadia Petrova
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik		 7–5, 2–6, [10–7]
Winner 2. 16 September 2012 Quebec City, Canada Hard Germany Tatjana Malek Poland Alicja Rosolska
United Kingdom Heather Watson		 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [10–7]
Winner 3. 23 February 2013 Memphis, United States Hard (i) Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
Sweden Johanna Larsson		 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Winner 4. 7 April 2013 Charleston, United States Clay (green) Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
United States Liezel Huber		 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up 2. 28 April 2013 Marrakesh, Morocco Clay Croatia Petra Martić Hungary Timea Babos
Luxembourg Mandy Minella		 3–6, 1–6
Winner 5. 4 May 2013 Oeiras, Portugal Clay Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Croatia Darija Jurak
Hungary Katalin Marosi		 7–6(7–3), 6–2

ITF Circuit and WTA Challenger (125s) finals [edit]

Singles: 7 (5–2) [edit]

Challenger (125s) tournaments
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. 11 April 2009 San Severo, Italy Clay Poland Anna Korzeniak 3–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 6 February 2011 Sutton, United Kingdom Hard (i) Germany Mona Barthel 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Winner 2. 13 February 2011 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Netherlands Arantxa Rus 6–3, 6–4
Winner 3. 19 June 2011 Padova, Italy Clay Italy Karin Knapp 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Runner–up 2. 4 December 2011 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 5–7, 4–6
Winner 4. 24 December 2011 Ankara, Turkey Hard (i) Russia Valeria Savinykh 7–5 5–7 6–1
Winner 5. 4 November 2012 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Hard Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen 6–4 6–3

Doubles: 10 (8–2) [edit]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 10 April 2009 San Severo, Italy Clay Netherlands Marlot Meddens Italy Anastasia Grymalska
Italy Lara Meccico		 7–6(3), 6–0
Runner–up 1. 2 May 2010 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay France Stephanie Cohen-Aloro Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Croatia Darija Jurak		 6–0, 2–6, [5–10]
Runner–up 2. 2 October 2010 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i) Ukraine Yulia Beygelzimer Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp		 3–6, 5–7
Winner 2. 15 April 2011 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Austria Sandra Klemenschits Poland Magda Linette
Poland Katarzyna Piter		 6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Winner 3. 19 June 2011 Padova, Italy Clay Poland Katarzyna Piter Ukraine Irina Buryachok
Hungary Réka-Luca Jani		 6–4, 6–3
Winner 4. 23 October 2011 Glasgow, Great Britain Hard (i) Finland Emma Laine Austria Yvonne Meusburger
Liechtenstein Stephanie Vogt		 6–2, 6–4
Winner 5. 6 November 2011 Nantes, France Hard France Stephanie Foretz Gacon France Julie Coin
Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová		 6–0, 6–4
Winner 6. 13 November 2011 Opole, Poland Carpet United Kingdom Naomi Broady Poland Paula Kania
Poland Magda Linette		 7–6, 6–4
Winner 7. 20 November 2011 Bratislava, Slovak Republic Hard United Kingdom Naomi Broady Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková		 5–7, 6–4, [10–2]
Winner 8. 4 November 2012 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Hard Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
Belarus Olga Govortsova		 5–7, 6–2, [10–8]

Junior Grand Slam singles finals (1–0) [edit]

Outcome Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2009 French Open Clay Russia Daria Gavrilova 6–3, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timeline [edit]

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L
Australian Open 1R LQ LQ LQ 2R 0 / 2 1–2
French Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 0–4
Wimbledon A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open 1R A LQ 3R 0 / 2 2–2
Win–Loss 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 0 / 9 5–9
Year End Ranking 202 354

Doubles performance timeline [edit]

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L
Australian Open 3R 1R 0 / 2 2–2
French Open 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 5 2–5
Wimbledon 2R 0 / 1 1–1
US Open 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 5–4 0–1 0 / 9 6–9

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Getting to know...Kristina Mladenovic". WTA Tennis. 11 September 2012. Retrieved Retrieved 11 September 2012. 
  2. ^ www.wtatennis.com/players/player/14760/title/kristina-mladenovic
  3. ^ "Kristina Mladenovic stats on WTA official site". WTA. Retrieved 26 February 2010. 
  4. ^ a b "Kristina Mladenovic". Australian Open. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  5. ^ "A triumph for France". 8 June 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  6. ^ "Lagardère Unlimited Inks Multi-Year Representation Agreement French rising with tennis player Kristina Mladenovic". Paris: Lagardère Unlimited. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  7. ^ "Berta, Mladenovic win juniors titles". The Associated Press. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  8. ^ "Fed Cup Semifinals Set". WTA. 4 February 2008. p. 12. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  9. ^ "Australian Open results". Daily Mail. UK. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  10. ^ "Zarina Diyas, a 15 year old sensation!". 17 July 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  11. ^ Maidment, Neil (14 July 2009). "Prague Open women's singles results". Reuters. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  12. ^ "Favorites five for five in France". WTA Tennis. 18 May 2010.  Text "http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/2055213/title/favorites-five-for-five-in-france " ignored (help);
  13. ^ http://hopmancup.com/Teams-Schedule/Team-Lists
  14. ^ Chadwick, Justin (3 August 2010). "Williams, Djokovic head to Hopman Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
  15. ^ Fishpool, Nick (10 February 2011). "Kristina Mladenovic triumps in South London". Retrieved 4 February 2013. 
  16. ^ Fishpool, Nick (7 March 2011). "Kristina Mladenovic February 2011". Retrieved 4 February 2013. 
  17. ^ "Klaudia–Kristina's breakthrough week". WTA Tennis. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013. 
  18. ^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/2904418/title/burdettes-big-match-stosur-shuffles-on
  19. ^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/2919309/title/tireless-mladenovic-storms-into-first-sf
  20. ^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/2920960/title/best-day-of-her-life-flipkens-wins-quebec
  21. ^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/2922793/title/wta-odds-n-ends-vekic-emerges
  22. ^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/2970141/title/mladenovic-conquers-first-wta-%24125-in-taipei

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Preceded by
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn		 ITF Junior World Champion
2009		 Succeeded by
Daria Gavrilova
Women's Tennis Association: France Top French female singles tennis players as of April 8, 2013
  1. Marion Bartoli (14 Steady)
  2. Alizé Cornet (33 Steady)
  3. Kristina Mladenovic (50 Decrease1)
  4. Mathilde Johansson (79 Increase2)
  5. Pauline Parmentier (80 Decrease1)
  6. Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (120 Increase4)
  7. Caroline Garcia (131 Increase7)
  8. Claire Feuerstein (139 Decrease8)
  9. Irena Pavlovic (170 Steady)
  10. Aravane Rezaï (182 Increase2)
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