- Aleksandra Wozniak
Infobox Tennis player
playername = Aleksandra Wozniak
nickname = Aleks
country = CAN
residence =Blainville ,Quebec ,Canada
datebirth = birth date and age|1987|9|7
placebirth =Montreal ,Quebec ,Canada
height = height|m=1.75
weight = convert|63|kg|lb st|abbr=on
turnedpro =2005
retired = "Active"
plays = Right-handed
Two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney = US$ 503,187
singlesrecord = 172–101
singlestitles = 1 WTA, 7 ITF
highestsinglesranking = No. 37 (October 6, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult = 1st round (2007)
FrenchOpenresult = 3rd round (2008)
Wimbledonresult = 2nd round (2008)
USOpenresult = 1st round (2007, 2008)
doublesrecord = 23–34
doublestitles = 0 WTA, 0 ITF
highestdoublesranking = No. 268 (October 16, 2006)
grandslamsdoublesresults = yes
AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1st round (2007)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult = -
WimbledonDoublesresult = -
USOpenDoublesresult = -
updated = October 6, 2008Aleksandra Wozniak (born
September 7 ,1987 ) is a professional tennis player fromCanada . Wozniak is Canada's highest-ranked women's singles player at number 37 in the world (October 6 2008 ), and is the only Quebecer ever to have won a WTA tournament. She has won one WTA and seven ITF tournaments. According to her website, she speaks six languages, learned Polish first and she is coached by her father, Antoni. She beat 20th seedSybille Bammer at Roland Garros and then went on to defeatAkgul Amanmuradova until she lost to 11th seedVera Zvonareva 6–2 6–2, it was by far her best performance at any of the Grand Slams.Career
2008
In July, Wozniak won the first WTA singles title of her career at the
Bank of the West Classic atStanford ,California , defeating an injured sixth seedMarion Bartoli of France 7–5, 6–3 in the final. She was a qualifier to the tournament, so she had to win 3 qualifying matches and then 5 main draw matches in nine days, including a 6–2, 3–1 (retired) semifinals win over top seedSerena Williams on the way to the title. Wozniak became the first Canadian in 20 years to win a WTA singles title. [ [http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080720.wspt-tennis-wozniak20/GSStory/GlobeSportsOther/home The Globe and Mail - Canada's Wozniak wins first career WTA title] ] The victory vaulted her WTA singles ranking from 85 to 45 in the world.WTA Finals (2 )
ingles (2)
Won (1)
External links
* [http://www.aleksandrawozniak.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.wtaquebec.com/ www.wtaquebec.com]
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