Katarzyna Nowak
Katarzyna Nowak 
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| Katarzyna Nowak at the Australian Open | |||||||||||||
| Nickname: | Kasia | ||||||||||||
| Nation: |
 Poland
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| Birthday: | January 13, 1969 | ||||||||||||
| Size: | 173 cm | ||||||||||||
| Prize money: | $ 292,033 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 203: 178 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 0 WTA , 6 ITF | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 47 (September 11 1995) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 24:42 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 0 WTA, 0 ITF | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 225 (August 14 1989) | ||||||||||||
| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||||||
Katarzyna Nowak (born January 13, 1969 in Łódź ) is a former Polish tennis player .
Career
Nowak became a professional player at the age of 19. She won three singles titles in the ITF Women's Circuit during her career and reached three finals in doubles. For the first time in the main draw of a WTA tournament stood at the Athens Open in 1989 , which she had reached through qualification. She lost in the first round to Julie Halard 3: 6 and 2: 6. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was the semi-finals in Barcelona in 1995 , which she lost to Iva Majoli 3: 6 and 1: 6.
For her country of birth, she took part in the 1992 Summer Olympics in singles in Barcelona . She lost in the first round to Julie Halard 4-6 and 6-7 1 .
Her last tournament participation she had in December 1998 in Průhonice , where she gave up in the first round against Karen Cross when the score was 1: 3.
Between 1988 and 1995 she played for the Polish Fed Cup team , for which she won ten of their 21 games.
Their home club was the MKT Łódź.
Tournament victories
singles
| No. | date | competition | category | Topping | Final opponent | Result |
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| 1. | July 1988 |
 Sezze
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ITF $ 10,000 | sand |
Katia Piccolini
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6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4 |
| 2. | April 1990 |
Caserta
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ITF $ 25,000 | sand |
 Olena Bryukhovets
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1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3 |
| 3. | December 1994 |
 Cergy
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ITF $ 50,000 | Hard court (hall) |
Isabelle Demongeot
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6: 3, 6: 3 |
| 4th | October 1997 |
Joué-lès-Tours
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ITF $ 10,000 | Hard court (hall) |
 Katalin Miskolczi
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6: 1, 6: 2 |
| 5. | May 1998 |
Le Touquet
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ITF $ 10,000 | sand |
 Maaike Koutstaal
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7: 6, 6: 2 |
| 6th | October 1998 |
Saint-Raphaël
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ITF $ 10,000 | Hard court (hall) |
 Magdalena Kučerová
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6: 1, 7: 6 |
Performing in Grand Slam tournaments
singles
| competition | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| French Open | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Wimbledon | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| US Open | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Personal
She works as a commentator for Polsat Sport .
Web links
- WTA profile Katarzyna Nowak (English)
- ITF profile of Katarzyna Nowak (English)
- Fed Cup stats by Katarzyna Nowak (English)
- Katarzyna Nowak in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Katarzyna Nowak: Kobiecy tenis to dziwne zjawisko. Radwańska nie ma z kim przegrywać. In: polskatimes.pl. February 11, 2013, accessed March 27, 2020 (Polish).
- ↑ a b WIELKIE "ŁÓDZKIE" BRAWA DLA MAGDY FRĘCH! In: przegladsportowy.pl. January 15, 2018, accessed March 27, 2020 (Polish).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nowak, Katarzyna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Łódź , Poland |