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Karolina Šprem
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| Country |
 Croatia |
| Residence |
Varaždin, Croatia |
| Date of birth |
October 25, 1984 (1984-10-25) (age 23) |
| Place of birth |
Varaždin, Yugoslavia
now Croatia |
| Height |
1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight |
60 kg (130 lb/9.4 st) |
| Turned pro |
2001 |
| Retired |
Active |
| Plays |
Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Career prize money |
$US941,747 |
| Singles |
| Career record: |
178-115 |
| Career titles: |
0 (7 ITF) |
| Highest ranking: |
No. 17 (October 11, 2004) |
| Grand Slam results |
| Australian Open |
4r (2005) |
| French Open |
3r (2006) |
| Wimbledon |
QF (2004) |
| US Open |
1r (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) |
| Doubles |
| Career record: |
14-16 |
| Career titles: |
0 (1 ITF) |
| Highest ranking: |
No. 182 (May 8, 2006) |
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Infobox last updated on: April 26, 2007.
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Karolina Sprem (Croatian: Karolina Šprem; born October 25, 1984 in Varaždin) is a Croatian tennis player.
She has won 8 titles (7 singles, 1 Doubles) all at the ITF level. She has not won any titles on the WTA Tour. Career highlight is a quarterfinal appearance at Wimbledon in 2004 where she controversially defeated two time champion, four time finalist and then world No. 8 Venus Williams in the second round (lost to Lindsay Davenport in QF). The umpire of her match against Venus Williams awarded her an extra point in the second set tie break. He was relieved of his duties after the end of the match.
Her career seemed to be promising, on her first two WTA-tournaments she reached the finals, however sometime in late 2004 her form saw a downward curve. She began training with the controversial Borna Bikic, who at that time was brother of the boyfriend of Jelena Dokic. Since then she hardly won a match. In late 2007 Sprem announced a permanent split from Bikic, and returned to her old coach. Still, she has to cope with a serious elbow injury.
In April 2008 Karolina Sprem successfully returned to the pro-tour winning in Amelia Island over Ai Sugiyama and top 10 player Daniela Hantuchova, before falling to Lindsay Davenport in the third round.
[edit] Titles (8)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (0) |
| Tier IV & V (0) |
| ITF Circuit (7) |
[edit] Singles (7)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
January 27, 2002 |
ITF/Courmayeur, Italy |
Hard |
 Stefanie Weis (Germany) |
4–6 7–6 6–4 |
| 2. |
February 17, 2002 |
ITF/Bergamo, Italy |
Hard |
 Rita Degli-Esposti (Italy) |
6–1 6–2 |
| 3. |
January 26, 2003 |
ITF/Grenoble, France |
Hard |
 Sophie Lefevre (France) |
7–5 7–5 |
| 4. |
February 16, 2003 |
ITF/Southampton, United Kingdom |
Hard |
 Magdelena Zdenovcova (Czech Republic) |
6–1 3–0 ret. |
| 5. |
February 23, 2003 |
ITF/Redbridge, United Kingdom |
Hard |
 Olga Barabanschikova (Belarus) |
6–3 6–2 |
| 6. |
March 23, 2003 |
ITF/Castellon, Spain |
Clay |
 Ludmila Cervanova (Slovakia) |
6–3 6–3 |
| 7. |
November 2, 2003 |
ITF/Poitiers, France |
Hard |
Roberta Vinci (Italy) |
6–4 7–5 |
[edit] Singles Finalist (7)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (0) |
| Tier IV & V (0) |
| ITF Circuit (1) |
[edit] Doubles (1)
[edit] Grand Slam singles performance timeline
[edit] External links
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