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Nicole Kriz

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$85,736
Singles
Career record	114–119
Career titles	2 (ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 332 (4 August 2008)
Doubles
Career record	199–113
Career titles	23 (ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 104 (9 July 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1r (2008-10)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2007)
Last updated on: February 21, 2010.

Nicole Kriz (born 13 December 1983, in Bankstown, New South Wales) is an Australian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 104, set at 9 July 2007. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 332, which she reached on 4 August 2008. She is currently the 3rd highest ranked Australian on the WTA doubles rankings.

Early life

Kriz was born on 13 December 1983, in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, to Mike and Seija Kriz. She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, in Croydon, leaving at the end of Year 10, in 1999, to focus on her tennis career.

Kriz won the US $25,000, Australian Challenger event in Berri, beating top 100 player Marina Erakovic in the final. She also defeated the #2 seed Monique Adamczak in the Semi Final. Both wins were by 3rd set tiebreakers.

WTA doubles runner-up (1)

• 2009 – Seoul, KOR w/ Carly Gullickson

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 3 (2-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 23, 2001	Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Samantha Stosur	0-6 1-6
Winner	2.	August 10 2003	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Danica Krstajic	3-6 6-0 6-1
Winner	2.	February 17, 2008	Berri, Australia	Grass	Marina Erakovic	6-4 4-6 7-6(3)

Doubles 30 (18-12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	February 3, 2002	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Sarah Stone	Chin-Wei Chan Chia-Jung Chuang	6-4 6-7(3) 2-6
Winner	2.	August 4, 2002	Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Anna Hawkins	Rebecca Rankin Visnja Vuletic	6-2 7-5
Winner	3.	August 25, 2002	Westende, Belgium	Clay	Leslie Butkiewicz	Valeria Bondarenko Edita Liachoviciute	6-1 7-6(4)
Runner-up	4.	September 21, 2003	Sunderland, England	Hard	Kim Kilsdonk	Claire Curran Helena Ejeson	2-6 1-6
Winner	5.	September 28, 2003	Glasgow, Scotland	Hard	Kim Kilsdonk	Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani	7-5 6-2
Runner-up	6.	March 21, 2004	Yarrawonga, Australia	Grass	Emily Hewson	Beti Sekulovski Cindy Watson	3-6 6-4 4-6
Winner	7.	March 28, 2004	Yarrawonga, Australia	Grass	Emily Hewson	Mirielle Dittmann Kristen Van Elden	6-3 6-2
Runner-up	8.	May 9, 2004	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Monique Adamczak	Rika Fujiwara Saori Obata	2-6 4-6
Runner-up	9.	October 17, 2004	Mackay, Australia	Hard	Monique Adamczak	Daniella Dominikovic Evie Dominikovic	W/O
Runner-up	10.	March 20, 2005	Yarrawonga, Australia	Grass	Emily Hewson	Lara Picone Julia Efremova	4-6 3-6
Runner-up	11.	March 17, 2006	Canberra, Australia	Clay	Leanne Baker	Monique Adamczak Evie Dominikovic	W/O
Winner	12.	June 25, 2006	Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Hard	Christina Fusano	Maria-Victoria Domina Story Tweedie-Yates	2-6 6-4 6-1
Winner	13.	July 23, 2006	Hamilton, Canada	Clay	Story Tweedie-Yates	Soledad Esperon Aleksandra Wozniak	6-4 6-1
Winner	14.	August 6, 2006	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Story Tweedie-Yates	Jennifer Magley Courtney Nagle	7-5 6-3
Winner	15.	October 8, 2006	Troy, Alabama, USA	Hard	Leanne Baker	Chanelle Scheepers Neha Uberoi	6-7(1) 7-5 6-3
Winner	16.	October 29, 2006	Augusta, Georgia, USA	Hard	Leanne Baker	Chanelle Scheepers Neha Uberoi	7-6(3) 6-1
Runner-up	17.	November 19, 2006	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Christina Horiatopoulos	Natalie Grandin Raquel Kops-Jones	2-6 1-6
Winner	18.	April 7, 2007	Pelham, Alabama, USA	Clay	Carly Gullickson	Michaela Pastikova Hana Sromova	6-2 2-6 6-0
Runner-up	19.	May 13, 2007	Catania, Italy	Clay	Leanne Baker	Debbrich Feys Darya Kustova	4-6 4-6
Winner	20.	February 7, 2008	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Marina Erakovic	Monique Adamczak Christina Wheeler	6-4 6-4
Runner-up	21.	February 17, 2008	Berri, Australia	Grass	Marina Erakovic	Shannon Golds Emelyn Starr	2-6 7-6(4)
Winner	22.	July 13, 2008	Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Hard	Carly Gullickson	Chin-Wei Chan Natalie Grandin	6-2 6-3
Winner	23.	August 2, 2008	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Carly Gullickson	Christina Fusano Junri Namigata	6-7(4) 6-1
Winner	24.	May 3, 2009	Charlottesville, Virginia, USA	Clay	Carly Gullickson	Angela Haynes Alina Jidkova	7-5 3-6
Runner-up	25.	July 18, 2009	Carson, California, USA	Hard	Monique Adamczak	Laura Granville Riza Zalameda	3-6 4-6
Winner	26.	July 24, 2009	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Monique Adamczak	Kristina Antoniychuk Irina Buryachok	6-3 7-6(4)
Winner	27.	August 14, 2009	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Shannon Golds	Johanna Larsson Anna Smith	7-6(3) 6-2
Winner	28.	September 18, 2009	Darwin, Australia	Clay	Alicia Molik	Tyra Calderwood Olivia Rogowska	6-3 6-4
Winner	29.	October 3, 2009	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Carly Gullickson	Yayuk Basuki I-Hsuan Hwang	4-6 7-6(2)
Runner-up	30.	April 3, 2010	Pelham, Alabama, USA	Clay	Chiin-Wei Chan	Mallory Cecil Jamie Hampton	4-6 3-6

• 2008 – $25k Berri, Australia
• 2003 – $10k Rebecq, Belgium

ITF doubles winner (23)

• 2009 – $25k Hamanako, AUS w/ Carly Gullickson
• 2009 – $25k Darwin1, AUS w/ Alicia Molik
• 2009 – $25k Koksijde, BEL w/ Shannon Golds
• 2009 – $25k Kharkiv3, UKR w/ Monique Adamczak
• 2009 – $50k Charlottesville, USA w/ Carly Gullickson
• 2008 – $50k Vancouver, Canada w/ Carly Gullickson
• 2008 – $50k Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA w/ Carly Gullickson
• 2008 – $25k Mildura, Australia w/ Marina Erakovic
• 2008 – $25k Berri, Australia w/ Marina Erakovic
• 2007 – $25k Pelham, USA w/ Carly Gullickson
• 2006 – $10k Fort Worth, USA w/ Christina Fusano
• 2006 – $25k Hamilton, Canada w/ Story Tweedie-Yates
• 2006 – $25k Vancouver, Canada w/ Story Tweedie-Yates
• 2006 – $50k Troy, USA w/ Leanne Baker
• 2006 – $25k Augusta, USA w/ Leanne Baker
• 2004 – $10k Yarrawonga-2, Australia w/ Emily Hewson
• 2002 – $10k Benalla, Australia w/ Sarah Stone
• 2002 – $10k Bendigo, Australia w/ Sarah Stone
• 2002 – $10k Dublin, Ireland w/ Anna Hawkins
• 2002 – $10k Westende, Belgium w/ Leslie Butkiewicz
• 2002 – $25k Glasgow, United Kingdom w/ Kim Kilsdonk
• 2000 – $10k Raleigh, USA w/ Eugenia Subbotina
• 2000 – $10k Greenville, USA w/ Eugenia Subbotina

ITF singles runner-up (1)

• 2001 – $10k Ibaraki, Japan

ITF doubles runner-up (12)

• 2010 – $25k Pelham, USA w/ Chin-Wei Chan
• 2009 – $50k Carson, USA w/ Monique Adamczak
• 2007 – $25k Catania, Italy w/ Leanne Baker
• 2006 – $25k Port Pirie, Australia w/ Christina Horiatopoulos
• 2006 – $25k Canberra, Australia w/ Leanne Baker
• 2005 – $10k Yarrawonga-1, Australia w/ Emily Hewson
• 2004 – $25k Mackay, Australia w/ Monique Adamczak
• 2004 – $50k Fukuoka, Japan w/ Monique Adamczak
• 2004 – $10k Yarrawonga-1, Australia w/ Emily Hewson
• 2004 – $10k Wellington, New Zealand w/ Emily Hewson
• 2003 – $10k Sunderland, United Kingdom w/ Kim Kilsdonk
• 2002 – $10k Wellington, New Zealand w/ Sarah Stone

WTA doubles highlights

• 2007 – SF Tier IV Prague, Czech Republic w/ Leanne Baker
• 2007 – QF Tier IV Fes, Morocco w/ Leanne Baker
• 2007 – QF Tier III Acapulco, Mexico w/ Leanne Baker
• 2007 – QF Tier III Bogota, Colombia w/ Leanne Baker
• 2007 – QF Tier IV Auckland, New Zealand w/ Leanne Baker

Top five career singles wins

1. 138– Samantha Stosur - 2003
2. 150– Marina Erakovic - 2008
3. 168– Melanie South - 2006
4. 173– Monique Adamczak - 2008
5. 181– Junri Namigata - 2008

References

1. "KRIZ, Nicole (AUS)". Women's Circuit - Player Biography. ITF Tennis. 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
2. Aurora Australis: The Magazine of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney. February 1999. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link).

See also

• List of Old Girls of PLC Sydney

External links

• Sony Ericsson WTA Profile
• {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
• Official site for Sep 2007 Tokyo $50k. Includes Full Matches & Photos
• Oct 2006: Troy USA $50k Double Final - Kriz/Baker vs Scheepers/N.Uberoi

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• 1983 births
• Living people
• Australian female tennis players
• Former students of PLC Sydney
• People from Sydney
• Tennis people from New South Wales