- Karolina Šprem
Infobox Tennis player
playername= Karolina Šprem
nickname=
country= CRO
residence=Varaždin , Croatia
datebirth= birth date and age|1984|10|25
placebirth=Varaždin ,Yugoslavia
nowCroatia
height= height|m=1.74
weight= convert|60|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro=2001
retired= "Active"
plays= Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney= $US990,479
singlesrecord= 191–124
singlestitles= 0 (7 ITF)
highestsinglesranking= No. 17 (October 11 ,2004 )
AustralianOpenresult= 4r (2005 )
FrenchOpenresult= 3r (2006 )
Wimbledonresult= QF (2004)
USOpenresult= 1r (2003 , 2004, 2005, 2006)
doublesrecord= 14–16
doublestitles= 0 (1 ITF)
highestdoublesranking= No. 182 (May 8 , 2006)
updated=July 14 ,2008 Karolina Sprem (Croatian: "Karolina Šprem"; born
October 25 ,1984 inVaraždin ) is aCroatia ntennis 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. 8Venus Williams in the second round (lost toLindsay 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 playerDaniela Hantuchova , before falling toLindsay Davenport in the third round.In July 2008, Sprem made the Semi-Finals of a TierIII event in Budapest, eventually losing to Andreja Klepac.
Titles (8)
Doubles (1)
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
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External links
* [http://www.karolina-sprem.com/ Karolina-Šprem.com]
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*International Tennis Federation profile for [http://www.itftennis.com/womens/players/player.asp?player=20014114 Karolina Šprem]
* [http://www.karolina-sprem.com/ Fan site]
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