Tina Križan

Tina Križan
Country (sports)	Yugoslavia (1989–1991); Slovenia (1991–2007)
Residence	London, Ljubljana
Born	18 March 1974; Maribor, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$868,461
Singles
Career record	211–210
Career titles	0 WTA 1 ITF
Highest ranking	95 (16 January 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R 1995,2R (1996)
French Open	1R (1995)
Wimbledon	1R (1995)
US Open	2R (1996, 1999)
Doubles
Career record	286–277
Career titles	6 WTA 10 ITF
Highest ranking	19 (18 March 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2002)
French Open	2R (1998–99, 2000, 2003–04)
Wimbledon	QF (2002)
US Open	QF (2001)

Tina Križan (born 18 March 1974) is a former Slovenian professional tennis player.

Known primarily for her achievements playing doubles, as the first Slovenian in the 90' she reached a career-high singles ranking of 95, including a win over Jana Novotna and a career-high doubles ranking of 19 in 2002, including wins over Martina Navratilova, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Ana Ivanovic and Flavia Pennetta. She has won 6 WTA doubles titles and has been runner-up in more than 10 WTA doubles events, she has also won 10 ITF tournaments.

Tina represented Slovenia in doubles at the Olympics in 1992, 2000 and 2004 (both latter years partnered with Katarina Srebotnik). She qualified twice for the doubles season end Masters Championships in Munich and Los Angeles.

Tina Križan holds the record for Fed Cup appearances for her country, representing Slovenia in 46 ties playing a record 72 matches.

She graduated from Maribor University in 2004.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 20 (6–14)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0)	International (0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Oct 1995	Surabaya, Indonesia	Hard	Petra Kamstra	Nana Miyagi Stephanie Reece	2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	1.	Oct 1996	Surabaya, Indonesia	Hard	Noëlle van Lottum	Alexandra Fusai Kerry-Anne Guse	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Nov 1996	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida	2–6, 3–6
Win	2.	Apr 1998	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Eugenia Kulikovskaya Karin Kschwendt	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
Loss	3.	Jul 1998	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	1–6, 2–6
Win	3.	Jul 1999	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Sonya Jeyaseelan Åsa Svensson	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	4.	Sep 1999	Luxembourg	Carpet	Katarina Srebotnik	Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis	1–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	Oct 1999	Linz, Austria	Carpet	Larisa Savchenko	Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis	4–6, 3–6
Win	4.	Apr 2000	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Amanda Hopmans Cristina Torrens Valero	6–0, 7–6^(11–9)
Loss	6.	May 2000	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Julie Halard-Decugis Corina Morariu	2–6, 2–6
Loss	7.	Oct 2000	Japan Open, Japan	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Julie Halard-Decugis Corina Morariu	1–6, 2–6
Loss	8.	Nov 2000	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	3–6, 3–6
Loss	9.	Apr 2001	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Květa Hrdličková Barbara Rittner	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	10.	Aug 2001	Canadian Open, Canada	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Kimberly Po-Messerli Nicole Pratt	3–6, 1–6
Win	5.	Sep 2001	Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Els Callens Nicole Pratt	6–2, 6–3
Loss	11.	Feb 2002	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	2–6, 1–6
Loss	12.	Mar 2002	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	5–7, 1–6
Loss	13.	Feb 2003	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Tatiana Perebiynis	Katarina Srebotnik Åsa Carlsson	2–6, 1–6
Loss	14.	May 2004	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera	4–6, 1–6
Win	6.	Jan 2005	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Tathiana Garbin	Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková	7–5, 1–6, 6–4

ITF finals

Singles (1-0)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	13 February 2000	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Carpet (i)	Miriam Schnitzer	6–2, 6–3

Doubles (10–11)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	15 June 1992	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Karin Lušnic	Renata Kochta Pavlína Rajzlová	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win	2.	20 July 1992	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Nicole Arendt	Anouschka Popp Sandra Wächtershäuser	6–2, 6–1
Loss	3.	12 July 1993	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Laura Garrone	Magdalena Feistel Katarzyna Teodorowicz	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win	4.	8 August 1993	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Květa Peschke	Denisa Krajčovičová Katarína Studeníková	6–3, 6–1
Loss	5.	15 November 1993	Port Pirie, Australia	Clay	Eva Martincová	Lisa McShea Vanessa Webb	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Loss	6.	10 July 1994	Erlangen, Germany	Clay	Janette Husárová	Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund	2–6, 2–6
Loss	7.	31 July 1995	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Katarína Studeníková	Petra Kučová Lenka Němečková	0–2 ret.
Win	8.	14 August 1995	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Laura Garrone	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	9.	26 February 1996	Southampton, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Laura Golarsa	Valda Lake Clare Wood	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	10.	14 July 1996	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Olga Lugina	Laura Garrone Flora Perfetti	6–4, 6–2
Win	11.	14 December 1997	Bad Gögging, Germany	Carpet (i)	Sylvia Plischke	Emmanuelle Curutchet Sophie Georges	6–3, 6–3
Win	12.	15 February 1998	Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia	Hard (i)	Katarina Srebotnik	Tina Pisnik Miriam Schnitzer	6–0, 6–3
Loss	13.	15 March 1998	Biel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Nancy Feber	Kirstin Freye Noëlle van Lottum	3–6, 6–3, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	14.	25 October 1998	Welwyn, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Laurence Courtois	Louise Pleming Samantha Smith	7–6, 6–4
Loss	15.	5 december 1998	New Delhi, India	Hard	Karin Kschwendt	Lenka Cenková Amanda Hopmans	W/O
Win	16.	8 February 1999	Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia	Carpet (i)	Katarina Srebotnik	Eva Martincová Svetlana Krivencheva	7–5, 6–2
Loss	17.	22 February 1999	Bushey, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Svetlana Krivencheva	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Katalin Marosi	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, 6–7^(0–7)
Win	18.	9 May 1999	Bratislava, Slovakia	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Lenka Němečková Radka Zrubáková	6–1, 6–3
Win	19.	20 February 2000	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Alexandra Fusai	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 7–6^(7–1)
Loss	20.	3 April 2000	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Angelika Bachmann	Tathiana Garbin Katalin Marosi	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Loss	21.	11 February 2001	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Irina Selyutina	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	1–6, 3–6

External links

Tina Križan at the Women's Tennis Association
Tina Križan at the International Tennis Federation
Tina Križan at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
Tina Križan at Olympedia
Tina Križan at Olympics.com