Aleksandra Wozniak

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Aleksandra Wozniak Tennis player
Aleksandra Wozniak
Aleksandra Wozniak at Wimbledon 2014
Nickname: Aleks
Nation: CanadaCanada Canada
Birthday: September 7, 1987
Size: 175 cm
Weight: 60 kg
1st professional season: 2005
Resignation: 2018
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer: Nathalie Tauziat
Prize money: $ 2,028,797
singles
Career record: 363: 246
Career title: 1 WTA , 11 ITF
Highest ranking: 21 (June 22, 2009)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (2012)
French Open AF (2009)
Wimbledon 2R (2008, 2010, 2012)
US Open 3R (2009)
Double
Career record: 35:58
Career title: 0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking: 136 (June 7, 2010)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 1R (2009, 2010)
French Open 2R (2010, 2012)
Wimbledon 2R (2009, 2010)
US Open 2R (2013)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open VF (2009)
French Open -
Wimbledon -
US Open -
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Aleksandra Wozniak (born September 7, 1987 in Montreal ) is a former Canadian tennis player .

Career

Wozniak started playing tennis at the age of three. In 2002, at the age of 14, she won the Canadian U16 and U18 championships, and in 2004 she won the Kentucky International junior tournament . In 2005 she reached number 3 in the junior world rankings. She also won the Tevlin Challenger in Toronto , Hamilton Challenger in Canada , Victoria Challenger and the Junior Casablanca Cup (also in doubles) in Mexico and (also in doubles) the Junior del Cafe Cup in Costa Rica . Also in 2006 she won three Challenger tournaments.

In February 2006 she defeated Li Na, who was then in world number 63, a top 100 player 6: 3, 6: 1 in Thailand for the first time, before she was also a top 50 player in Pittsburgh for the first time in November At the time, Olga Putschkowa, who was in world number 40, was able to defeat 3: 6, 7: 5, 7: 5. In July 2008 she won her first and so far only title on the WTA Tour . In the Stanford final , she had the upper hand against Marion Bartoli 7: 5, 6: 3.

Between September 2012 and August 2013 she played a single match (in Key Biscayne), so that she fell far behind in the world rankings.

Wozniak has played for the Canadian Fed Cup team since 2004 , for which she has already played 52 games and scored 40 wins.

On December 19, 2018, she announced the end of her career.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. July 20, 2008 United StatesUnited States WTA Stanford WTA Tier II Hard court FranceFrance Marion Bartoli 7: 5, 6: 3

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Career
Australian Open 1 - 1 1 - 2 - - - - 2
French Open 1 2 AF 3 2 3 - 1 - 1 AF
Wimbledon 1 2 1 2 1 2 - 1 - - 2
US Open 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 - - 3

Double

competition 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Career
Australian Open - - 1 1 - - - - 1
French Open 1 - 1 2 - 2 - - 2
Wimbledon - - 2 2 - - - - 2
US Open - 1 1 - - 1 2 - 2

Personal

Wozniak's parents emigrated from Poland to Canada with their sister . Inspired by her sister, she started playing tennis at the age of three and is still looked after by her father Antoni, a former professional footballer. In addition to her native Polish , Wozniak speaks five other languages ​​( French and English fluently, as well as Spanish , Czech and Slovak ).

Web links

Commons : Aleksandra Wozniak  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Biography. In: aleksandrawozniak.com. Accessed April 2, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Former World No.21 Aleksandra Wozniak announces retirement. In: wtatennis.com. December 19, 2018, accessed December 21, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Aleksandra Wozniak: Aleksandra Wozniak's Québec City Blog. (No longer available online.) In: Official website of the WTA (wtatennis.com). September 19, 2009, formerly in the original ; accessed on August 26, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / origin-www.wtatennis.com  
  4. ↑ Player profile of Aleksandra Wozniak. (No longer available online.) In: Official website at the WTA (wtatennis.com). Archived from the original on September 27, 2013 ; accessed on August 26, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wtatennis.com
personal data
SURNAME Wozniak, Aleksandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Canada