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Nicole Kriz
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceSydney, Australia
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro2001
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$85,736
Singles
Career record114–119
Career titles2 (ITF)
Highest rankingNo. 332 (4 August 2008)
Doubles
Career record199–113
Career titles23 (ITF)
Highest rankingNo. 104 (9 July 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1r (2008-10)
WimbledonQ1 (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)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. September 23, 2001 Japan Ibaraki, Japan Hard Australia Samantha Stosur 0-6 1-6
Winner 2. August 10 2003 Belgium Rebecq, Belgium Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Danica Krstajic 3-6 6-0 6-1
Winner 2. February 17, 2008 Australia Berri, Australia Grass Australia Marina Erakovic 6-4 4-6 7-6(3)

Doubles 30 (18-12)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runner-up 1. February 3, 2002 New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Hard Australia Sarah Stone Chinese Taipei Chin-Wei Chan
Chinese Taipei Chia-Jung Chuang
6-4 6-7(3) 2-6
Winner 2. August 4, 2002 Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland Carpet United Kingdom Anna Hawkins United Kingdom Rebecca Rankin
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Visnja Vuletic
6-2 7-5
Winner 3. August 25, 2002 Belgium Westende, Belgium Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Ukraine Valeria Bondarenko
Lithuania Edita Liachoviciute
6-1 7-6(4)
Runner-up 4. September 21, 2003 United Kingdom Sunderland, England Hard Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk United Kingdom Claire Curran
Sweden Helena Ejeson
2-6 1-6
Winner 5. September 28, 2003 United Kingdom Glasgow, Scotland Hard Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk New Zealand Leanne Baker
Italy Francesca Lubiani
7-5 6-2
Runner-up 6. March 21, 2004 Australia Yarrawonga, Australia Grass Australia Emily Hewson Australia Beti Sekulovski
Australia Cindy Watson
3-6 6-4 4-6
Winner 7. March 28, 2004 Australia Yarrawonga, Australia Grass Australia Emily Hewson Australia Mirielle Dittmann
Australia Kristen Van Elden
6-3 6-2
Runner-up 8. May 9, 2004 Japan Fukuoka, Japan Carpet Australia Monique Adamczak Japan Rika Fujiwara
Japan Saori Obata
2-6 4-6
Runner-up 9. October 17, 2004 Australia Mackay, Australia Hard Australia Monique Adamczak Australia Daniella Dominikovic
Australia Evie Dominikovic
W/O
Runner-up 10. March 20, 2005 Australia Yarrawonga, Australia Grass Australia Emily Hewson Australia Lara Picone
Russia Julia Efremova
4-6 3-6
Runner-up 11. March 17, 2006 Australia Canberra, Australia Clay New Zealand Leanne Baker Australia Monique Adamczak
Australia Evie Dominikovic
W/O
Winner 12. June 25, 2006 United States Fort Worth, Texas, USA Hard United States Christina Fusano Argentina Maria-Victoria Domina
United States Story Tweedie-Yates
2-6 6-4 6-1
Winner 13. July 23, 2006 Canada Hamilton, Canada Clay United States Story Tweedie-Yates Argentina Soledad Esperon
Canada Aleksandra Wozniak
6-4 6-1
Winner 14. August 6, 2006 Canada Vancouver, Canada Hard United States Story Tweedie-Yates United States Jennifer Magley
United States Courtney Nagle
7-5 6-3
Winner 15. October 8, 2006 United States Troy, Alabama, USA Hard New Zealand Leanne Baker South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
United States Neha Uberoi
6-7(1) 7-5 6-3
Winner 16. October 29, 2006 United States Augusta, Georgia, USA Hard New Zealand Leanne Baker South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
United States Neha Uberoi
7-6(3) 6-1
Runner-up 17. November 19, 2006 Australia Port Pirie, Australia Hard Australia Christina Horiatopoulos South Africa Natalie Grandin
United States Raquel Kops-Jones
2-6 1-6
Winner 18. April 7, 2007 United States Pelham, Alabama, USA Clay United States Carly Gullickson Czech Republic Michaela Pastikova
Czech Republic Hana Sromova
6-2 2-6 6-0
Runner-up 19. May 13, 2007 Italy Catania, Italy Clay New Zealand Leanne Baker Belgium Debbrich Feys
Belarus Darya Kustova
4-6 4-6
Winner 20. February 7, 2008 Australia Mildura, Australia Grass New Zealand Marina Erakovic Australia Monique Adamczak
Australia Christina Wheeler
6-4 6-4
Runner-up 21. February 17, 2008 Australia Berri, Australia Grass New Zealand Marina Erakovic Australia Shannon Golds
Australia Emelyn Starr
2-6 7-6(4)
Winner 22. July 13, 2008 United States Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Hard United States Carly Gullickson Chinese Taipei Chin-Wei Chan
South Africa Natalie Grandin
6-2 6-3
Winner 23. August 2, 2008 Canada Vancouver, Canada Hard United States Carly Gullickson United States Christina Fusano
Japan Junri Namigata
6-7(4) 6-1
Winner 24. May 3, 2009 United States Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Clay United States Carly Gullickson United States Angela Haynes
Russia Alina Jidkova
7-5 3-6
Runner-up 25. July 18, 2009 United States Carson, California, USA Hard Australia Monique Adamczak United States Laura Granville
United States Riza Zalameda
3-6 4-6
Winner 26. July 24, 2009 Ukraine Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Australia Monique Adamczak Ukraine Kristina Antoniychuk
Ukraine Irina Buryachok
6-3 7-6(4)
Winner 27. August 14, 2009 Belgium Koksijde, Belgium Clay Australia Shannon Golds Sweden Johanna Larsson
United Kingdom Anna Smith
7-6(3) 6-2
Winner 28. September 18, 2009 Australia Darwin, Australia Clay Australia Alicia Molik Australia Tyra Calderwood
Australia Olivia Rogowska
6-3 6-4
Winner 29. October 3, 2009 Japan Hamanako, Japan Carpet United States Carly Gullickson Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Chinese Taipei I-Hsuan Hwang
4-6 7-6(2)
Runner-up 30. April 3, 2010 United States Pelham, Alabama, USA Clay Chinese Taipei Chiin-Wei Chan United States Mallory Cecil
United States Jamie Hampton
4-6 3-6
  • 2008 – $25k Berri, Australia
  • 2003 – $10k Rebecq, Belgium

ITF doubles winner (23)

ITF singles runner-up (1)

ITF doubles runner-up (12)

WTA doubles highlights

Top five career singles wins

  1. 138– Australia Samantha Stosur - 2003
  2. 150– New Zealand Marina Erakovic - 2008
  3. 168– United Kingdom Melanie South - 2006
  4. 173– Australia Monique Adamczak - 2008
  5. 181– Japan 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

External links

Women's Tennis Association: Australia Top Australian female doubles tennis players as of 14 October 2024
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