Aleksandra Olsza

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Aleksandra Olsza Tennis player
Nation: PolandPoland Poland
Birthday: December 8, 1977
Prize money: $ 278,504
singles
Career record: 130: 133
Career title: 0 WTA , 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 72 (September 30 1996)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 1R (1997)
French Open 1R (1997)
Wimbledon 2R (1996, 1997)
US Open 2R (1996)
Double
Career record: 118: 112
Career title: 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 69 (September 13 1999)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (1999)
French Open 2R (1999)
Wimbledon 2R (1999)
US Open 2R (1996, 1999)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open -
Wimbledon 2R (1996)
US Open -
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Aleksandra Olsza (born December 8, 1977 in Katowice ) is a former Polish tennis player .

Career

Olsza triumphed in the finals of the jury singles and doubles of the Wimbledon Championships in 1995 . In individual struck Tamarine Tanasugarn with 7: 5 and 7: 6 and doubles alongside Cara Black pairing Trudi Musgrave / Jodi Richardson with 6: 0 and 7: 6

During her professional career she was able to win a single and a double title of the ITF Women's Circuit .

For her country of birth, she took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in singles and doubles in Atlanta . Only very shortly before the first round match in the individual, the originally drawn opponent withdrew her participation and was replaced by Virág Csurgó . For their part, she only had five minutes to appear on the pitch, ready to play. Olsza lost this encounter 2-6 and 5-7. In doubles she played alongside Magdalena Grzybowska . In the first round they lost against the French pairing Mary Pierce / Nathalie Tauziat with 2: 6, 6: 3 and 0: 6.

From 1996 to 1999 she played for the Polish Fed Cup team , for which she won 16 of her 25 games.

After an elbow injury in 2000, she ended her career.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. November 1997 AustraliaAustralia Nuriootpa ITF $ 25,000 Hard court ItalyItaly Adriana Serra Zanetti 6: 1, 6: 1

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. April 1998 United StatesUnited States Phoenix ITF $ 50,000 Hard court SwedenSweden Kristina Triska United StatesUnited States Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki
JapanJapan  		6: 4, 7: 6

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition 1996 1997 1998 Career
Australian Open - 1 - 1
French Open - 1 - 1
Wimbledon 2 2 - 2
US Open 2 1 1 2

Double

competition 1996 1997 1998 1999 Career
Australian Open 1 1 1 2 2
French Open 1 1 1 2 2
Wimbledon 1 1 1 2 2
US Open 2 1 - 2 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ XXVI. - 1996. Atlanta. In: baon.hu. July 30, 2008, accessed March 22, 2020 (Hungarian).
  2. ↑ 17 lat temu wygrała Wimbledon. A potem przepadła. Gdzie jest Aleksandra Olsza? In: slask.sport.pl. July 2, 2012, accessed March 22, 2020 (Polish).
personal data
SURNAME Olsza, Aleksandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Katowice , Poland