Miroslava Vavrinec

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Miroslava Vavrinec Tennis player
Miroslava Vavrinec
Mirka Federer 2010 during the final of the Rogers Cup
Nickname: Mirka
Nation: SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Birthday: April 1, 1978
Size: 174 cm
1st professional season: 1998
Resignation: 2002
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 260,832
singles
Career record: 202: 159
Career title: 0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking: 76 (September 10, 2001)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (2000, 2001)
French Open 1R (1999-2001)
Wimbledon 1R (2000, 2001)
US Open 3R (2001)
Double
Career record: 38:68
Career title: 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 214 (August 24 1998)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Miroslava "Mirka" Federer-Vavrinec ( Slovak Miroslava Vavrincová ; born April 1, 1978 in Bojnice , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Swiss tennis player of Slovak origin.

Tennis career

Miroslava «Mirka» Federer-Vavrinec came to tennis in 1987 through her father, a fan of tennis player Martina Navrátilová . At the tournament in Filderstadt , her father was able to establish contact with Navrátilová, who then organized test training for her. In 1993 she was described in the magazine Schweizer Illustrierte as "Switzerland's greatest tennis hope".

Mirka Vavrinec has not won a title in her four-year professional career. Her best position in the WTA ranking was 76th place, the best result in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round at the 2001 US Open . At the Olympic Games in Sydney she was part of the Swiss tennis team alongside Emmanuelle Gagliardi . In 2002 she ended her tennis career due to a foot injury.

Personal

When she was 2 years old, her parents emigrated with her from Slovakia to Switzerland . She has been married to tennis player Roger Federer since April 11, 2009 , whom she met on the sidelines of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. The two have been parents to twin daughters Charlene Riva and Myla Rose since July 23, 2009. Their twin sons Leo and Lennart were born on May 6, 2014.

Mirka Vavrinec-Federer in conversation with Gwen Stefani (right) at the US Open in 2010

«Mirka» has considerable influence on Roger Federer, but always remains in the background and refused personal interviews with one exception between 2002 and 2009. She is present and supports him in most of his assignments on the ATP Tour . In addition to his agent Tony Godsick, she acts as Federer's manager and organizes appointments, etc. She takes on, among other things, travel organization, contacts to sponsors , public relations , coordination of appointments and the protection of the Federer's private life. Besides Lynette, Robert and Roger Federer as well as Tony Godsick, Christoph Schmocker and Urs Wüthrich , Mirka Vavrinec-Federer is a member of the board of trustees of the “Roger Federer Foundation”.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition Topping category Final opponent Result
1. March 8, 1997 IsraelIsrael Tel Aviv Hard court ITF $ 10,000 IsraelIsrael Natalie Cahana 6: 3, 7: 6
2. June 22, 1997 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Klosters-Serneus sand ITF $ 10,000 AustriaAustria Evelyn Fauth 4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
3. January 31, 1999 United StatesUnited States Clearwater Hard court ITF $ 25,000 RussiaRussia Alina Schidkova 6-0, 7-6

Double

No. date competition Topping category Partner Final opponents Result
1. October 10, 1993 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Langenthal Carpet (hall) ITF $ 10,000 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Nathalie Tschan FranceFrance Anne de Gioanni Heidi Leap
AustriaAustria 		6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 1

Web links

Commons : Mirka Vavrinec  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mother of the Nation. in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , August 2, 2009.
  2. ↑ tennis. Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad - Results on la84.org.
  3. ↑ Roger Federer secretly married. ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Tages-Anzeiger , April 11, 2009.
  4. ^ Spiegel online July 24, 2009
  5. ↑ Spiegel online May 7, 2014
  6. ↑ Mother of the Nation. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, August 2, 2009.
  7. ↑ Mikael Krogerus: The secret of his forehand. Das Magazin, Tamedia, Zurich September 5, 2015 (p. 11)
  8. ↑ Mirka Federer - She is Rogers Ass. Schweizer Illustrierte , July 19, 2012
  9. ↑ The power behind Roger Federer. Day Week , November 18, 2014.
  10. ^ Roger Federer Foundation - Organization , accessed January 24, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Vavrinec, Miroslava
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Federer-Vavrinec, Miroslava; Federer, Mirka; Vavrincová, Miroslava; Federerová, Miroslava (Slovak)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Bojnice , Czechoslovakia