Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik is a professional tennis player from Slovenia. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 7 August 2006. On 4 July 2011, she reached No. 1 of the WTA doubles rankings.
Srebotnik won four singles titles on the WTA Tour and was a steady top-30 player for several years. However, she had her best results on the doubles circuit, winning 39 titles, including one Grand Slam title as well as five Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles.
Career
As junior, she won the 1998 Wimbledon singles title and was singles runner-up at the US Open. Srebotnik attained the second spot on the junior rankings in 1997 and 1998. She was mentored by Gabriela Sabatini.Tour debut (1995–1999)
Srebotnik made her ITF debut in 1995.She won the ITF singles tournament in Ismailia, Zadar ; Šibenik and in Dubai. In 1998, Srebotnik won her first Tour doubles title at the Makarska Open, and later that year was a doubles finalist at Maria Lankowitz.
In 1999, her win at the ITF tournament in Dubai, gave her direct entry into her first singles Tour event at Estoril, where she became the fourth player to win her Tour debut event by defeating Rita Kuti-Kis in the final. She broke into the top 100 on April 12, 1999 at No. 88.
Srebotnik reached the semifinals at Palermo, and played in her first Grand Slam main draw at Roland Garros. She won the mixed-doubles tournament with Piet Norval.
2000–2004
Srebotnik reached her first Tier I semifinal in Tokyo at the Pan Pacific, which she lost to Sandrine Testud. On 7 February 2000, Srebotnik broke into the top 50 at No. 49. She won her fourth career doubles title at Estoril.Srebotnik and Križan won their only doubles title of 2001 at Hawaii. They reached their biggest doubles final of their career in Toronto at the Canadian Open by defeating Martina Navratilova and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the semifinals, and they were doubles finalists at Estoril. They qualified for their debut doubles season-ending championships. Srebotnik reached a career-high doubles of No. 19 on 8 October.
In 2002, Srebotnik reached the finals at Bogotá and Acapulco in the final. She reached the fourth round at Roland Garros, which is her career-best Grand Slam. Srebotnik later achieved her then-best win at Los Angeles by defeating No. 6 Kim Clijsters. She reached the semifinals in Luxembourg. She achieved her second appearance at the doubles season-ending championships with Krizan.
2003 saw Srebotnik reaching her fourth tour final at Palermo. She won the Bogotá doubles title with Asa Svensson, and reached her second Tier I quarterfinals in Toronto at the Canadian Open. She won her second Grand Slam mixed-doubles title at the US Open, this time with Bob Bryan.
Her 2004 season was highlighted by reaching the semifinals at Palermo and the quarterfinals at Strasbourg and Forest Hills.
Srebotnik won her seventh doubles title in Tokyo at the Japan Open.
2005
Her best season to date was highlighted by two singles and four doubles titles as well as a career-best victory over Amélie Mauresmo.Srebotnik captured her third and fourth career WTA Tour singles titles at Auckland and in Stockholm.
She was the only player in 2005 to sweep singles and doubles titles twice. She also finished runner-up at Portorož, losing to Klára Zakopalová in three sets in the final. She also became runner-up in doubles with Jelena Kostanic.
Srebotnik reached the quarterfinals five times: at Tier II at Antwerp, Tier I Charleston, Budapest, Tier I Zurich, and Hasselt.
Her best finish in a major was a third-round loss at Wimbledon to Maria Sharapova.
A new career-high singles ranking of No. 28 came on 7 November.
In addition to Auckland and Stockholm, Srebotnik won doubles titles at Budapest and Hasselt. She reached the US Open mixed-doubles final.
2006
Srebotnik opened the 2006 season with an early exit at the Auckland Open. Two weeks later at the Australian Open, with partner Shinobu Asagoe, she made it to the semifinals in doubles, losing to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie. She won doubles titles in Antwerp and Amelia Island. At the French Open, she won the mixed doubles championship with Nenad Zimonjić.At the US Open, she reached the doubles final partnering Dinara Safina. In Stuttgart, she reached the semifinals in doubles with Dinara Safina. At the Zurich Open, Srebotnik reached the semifinals of a Tier I tournament for the first time in six years. Also, Srebotnik and Liezel Huber reached the doubles final. In her final event of the season at the Linz Open, Srebotnikreached the doubles final with Corina Morariu.
2008
At the French Open, Srebotnik caused an upset when she defeated Serena Williams, whom she had never beaten in four previous attempts, in the third round. At the US Open in the same year, she upset former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round. On both occasions, she lost to Patty Schnyder in the next round.2010
In that year, Srebotnik teamed with Květa Peschke, and won the WTA tournaments of Indian Wells and New Haven, and reached the final of the WTA Championships in Doha.Srebotnik had an excellent doubles outing at the French Open. In the ladies' doubles, she and Peschke defeated the second seeds Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez in the semifinals, but lost to Serena and Venus Williams in the final. She also partnered with Nenad Zimonjić to win the mixed doubles title with a thrilling tiebreak win against Yaroslava Shvedova and Julian Knowle.
Srebotnik and Peschke reached the Rogers Cup doubles final. It was the second time this year that Srebotnik and Peschke reached a final of a Premier-5 tournament after Dubai in February.
At the end of the 2010 season, Srebotnik announced that she would focus on doubles for the remainder of her career.
Major finals
Women's doubles: 5 (1–4)
Mixed doubles: 11 (5–6)
WTA career finals
Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 11 April 1999 | Portugal Open, Estoril | Clay |  Rita Kuti-Kis | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 24 February 2002 | Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá | Clay |  Fabiola Zuluaga | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 3 March 2002 | Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco | Clay |  Paola Suárez | 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 13 July 2003 | Internazionali Femminili di Palermo | Clay |  Dinara Safina | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 8 January 2005 | Auckland Open | Hard |  Shinobu Asagoe | 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 4. | 14 August 2005 | Nordic Light Open, Stockholm | Hard | Anastasia Myskina | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 25 September 2005 | Slovenia Open, Portorož | Hard |  Klára Koukalová | 2–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 25 July 2006 | Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati | Hard | Vera Zvonareva | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 23 September 2007 | Slovenia Open, Portorož | Hard |  Tatiana Golovin | 6–2, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 25 May 2008 | Internationaux de Strasbourg | Clay |  Anabel Medina Garrigues | 6–4, 6–7, 0–6 |
Doubles: 82 (39 titles, 43 runner-ups)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 19 April 1998 | Makarska International Championships | Clay |  Tina Križan |  Karin Kschwendt Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 7–6, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 12 July 1998 | Austrian Open, Maria Lankowitz | Clay | Tina Križan | Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 16 May 1999 | Proximus Diamond Games, Antwerp | Hard |  Laura Golarsa |  Louise Pleming  Meghann Shaughnessy | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 3. | 18 July 1999 | Internazionali Femminili di Palermo | Clay | Tina Križan |  Åsa Carlsson  Sonya Jeyaseelan | 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 26 September 1999 | BGL Luxembourg Open | Hard | Tina Križan |  Irina Spîrlea  Caroline Vis | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 16 April 2000 | Portugal Open, Estoril | Clay | Tina Križan | Amanda Hopmans Cristina Torrens Valero | 6–0, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 7 May 2000 | Croatian Bol Ladies Open | Clay | Tina Križan | Julie Halard-Decugis Corina Morariu | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 15 October 2000 | Japan Open, Tokyo | Hard | Tina Križan | Julie Halard-Decugis Corina Morariu | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 19 November 2000 | PTT Pattaya Open, Pattaya City | Hard | Tina Križan |  Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 15 April 2001 | Portugal Open, Estoril | Clay | Tina Križan | Květa Hrdličková  Barbara Rittner | 6–3, 5–7, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 19 August 2001 | Canadian Open, Toronto | Hard | Tina Križan | Kimberly Po-Messerli Nicole Pratt | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 10 September 2001 | Waikoloa Championships, Hawaii | Hard | Tina Križan |  Els Callens Nicole Pratt | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 24 February 2002 | Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá | Clay | Tina Križan | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 3 March 2002 | Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco | Clay | Tina Križan | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 17 February 2003 | Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá | Clay | Åsa Svensson | Tina Križan  Tatiana Perebiynis | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 11 April 2004 | Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Casablanca | Clay | Els Callens | Marion Bartoli Émilie Loit | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 23 May 2004 | Internationaux de Strasbourg | Clay | Tina Križan | Lisa McShea  Milagros Sequera | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 7. | 4 October 2004 | Japan Open, Tokyo | Hard | Shinobu Asagoe | Jennifer Hopkins Mashona Washington | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 8. | 3 January 2005 | Auckland Open | Hard | Shinobu Asagoe |  Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 9. | 25 July 2005 | Budapest Grand Prix | Clay | Émilie Loit | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Marta Marrero | 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Winner | 10. | 8 August 2005 | Nordic Light Open, Stockholm | Hard | Émilie Loit | Eva Birnerová Mara Santangelo | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 12. | 25 September 2005 | Slovenia Open, Portorož | Hard |  Jelena Kostanić | Anabel Medina Garrigues Roberta Vinci | 4–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
| Winner | 11. | 24 October 2005 | Gaz de France Stars, Hasselt | Hard | Émilie Loit | Michaëlla Krajicek Ágnes Szávay | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 12. | 13 February 2006 | Proximus Diamond Games, Antwerp | Hard | Dinara Safina | Stéphanie Foretz Michaëlla Krajicek | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 13. | 3 April 2006 | Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia Island | Clay | Shinobu Asagoe |  Liezel Huber  Sania Mirza | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 13. | 7 May 2006 | Warsaw Open, Poland | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Elena Likhovtseva Anastasia Myskina | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 14. | 8 September 2006 | US Open | Hard | Dinara Safina | Nathalie Dechy Vera Zvonareva | 6–7, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 15. | 22 October 2006 | Zurich Open, Switzerland | Hard | Liezel Huber |  Cara Black Rennae Stubbs | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 16. | 29 October 2006 | Generali Ladies Linz, Austria | Hard | Corina Morariu | Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Winner | 14. | 1 January 2007 | Brisbane International, Gold Coast | Hard | Dinara Safina | Iveta Benešová Galina Voskoboeva | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 15. | 8 April 2007 | Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia Island | Clay | Mara Santangelo | Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 17. | 25 May 2007 | French Open | Clay | Ai Sugiyama | Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 18. | 24 June 2007 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | Ai Sugiyama | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 16. | 19 August 2007 | Canada Masters, Toronto | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 6–4, 2–6, |
| Runner-up | 19. | 28 October 2007 | Generali Ladies Linz | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 2–6, 6–3, |
| Runner-up | 20. | 5 November 2007 | WTA Tour Championships, Madrid | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 7–5, 3–6, |
| Winner | 17. | 6 April 2008 | Miami Masters, United States | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 7–5, 4–6, |
| Winner | 18. | 20 April 2008 | Family Circle Cup, Charleston | Clay | Ai Sugiyama |  Edina Gallovits  Olga Govortsova | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 19. | 12 October 2008 | Kremlin Cup, Moscow | Carpet | Nadia Petrova | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 20. | 26 October 2008 | Generali Ladies Linz | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 21. | 18 October 2009 | Generali Ladies Linz | Hard | Anna-Lena Grönefeld |  Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 21. | 21 February 2010 | Dubai Tennis Championships | Hard | Květa Peschke | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Winner | 22. | 20 March 2010 | BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells | Hard | Květa Peschke | Nadia Petrova Samantha Stosur | 6–4, 2–6, |
| Runner-up | 22. | 24 April 2010 | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart | Clay | Květa Peschke | Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta | 6–3, 6–7, |
| Runner-up | 23. | 25 May 2010 | French Open | Clay | Květa Peschke | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 24. | 19 June 2010 | Eastbourne International, UK | Grass | Květa Peschke | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 6–2, 2–6, |
| Runner-up | 25. | 23 August 2010 | Canadian Open, Montreal | Hard | Květa Peschke | Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta | 5–7, 6–3, |
| Winner | 23. | 28 August 2010 | Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven | Hard | Květa Peschke | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 26. | 17 October 2010 | Generali Ladies Linz | Hard | Květa Peschke | Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 5–7, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 27. | 31 October 2010 | WTA Tour Championships, Doha | Hard | Květa Peschke | Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Winner | 24. | 8 January 2011 | Auckland Open, Australia | Hard | Květa Peschke | Sofia Arvidsson Marina Erakovic | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 28. | 14 January 2011 | Medibank International Sydney | Hard | Květa Peschke | Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6–4, 4–6, |
| Runner-up | 29. | 20 February 2011 | Dubai Tennis Championships | Hard | Květa Peschke | Liezel Huber María José Martínez Sánchez | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Winner | 25. | 26 February 2011 | Qatar Ladies Open, Doha | Hard | Květa Peschke | Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova | 7–5, 6–7, |
| Runner-up | 30. | 7 May 2011 | Madrid Open, Spain | Clay | Květa Peschke | Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 26. | 18 June 2011 | Eastbourne International, UK | Grass | Květa Peschke | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Winner | 27. | 26 June 2011 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | Květa Peschke | Sabine Lisicki Samantha Stosur | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 28. | 7 August 2011 | Mercury Insurance Open, Carlsbad | Hard | Květa Peschke | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Winner | 29. | 8 October 2011 | China Open, Beijing | Hard | Květa Peschke | Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 31. | 30 October 2011 | WTA Tour Championships, Istanbul | Hard | Květa Peschke | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 30. | 13 January 2012 | Apia International Sydney | Hard | Květa Peschke | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | 6–1, 4–6, |
| Runner-up | 32. | 12 August 2012 | Canadian Open, Montreal | Hard | Nadia Petrova | Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Kristina Mladenovic | 5–7, 6–2, |
| Runner-up | 33. | 19 August 2012 | Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati | Hard |  Zheng Jie | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 31. | 11 January 2013 | Apia International Sydney | Hard | Nadia Petrova | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 34. | 17 February 2013 | Qatar Open, Doha | Hard | Nadia Petrova | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 6–2, 3–6, |
| Runner-up | 35. | 23 February 2013 | Dubai Tennis Championships | Hard | Nadia Petrova | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza | 4–6, 6–2, |
| Runner-up | 36. | 16 March 2013 | BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells | Hard | Nadia Petrova | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 0–6, 7–5, |
| Winner | 32. | 31 March 2013 | Miami Open, United States | Hard | Nadia Petrova | Lisa Raymond  Laura Robson | 6–1, 7–6 |
| Winner | 33. | 22 June 2013 | Aegon International, Eastbourne | Grass | Nadia Petrova | Monica Niculescu Klára Zakopalová | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 34. | 11 August 2013 | Canadian Open, Toronto | Hard |  Jelena Janković | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke | 5–7, 6–2, |
| Runner-up | 37. | 24 August 2013 | New Haven Open at Yale, U.S. | Hard | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Sania Mirza Zheng Jie | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 38. | 16 February 2014 | Qatar Open, Doha | Hard | Květa Peschke |  Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Winner | 35 | 18 May 2014 | Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome | Clay | Květa Peschke | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 4–0 ret. |
| Runner-up | 39. | 10 January 2015 | Brisbane International | Hard | Caroline Garcia |  Martina Hingis Sabine Lisicki | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 40. | 26 April 2015 | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart | Clay | Caroline Garcia | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 36. | 27 June 2015 | Aegon International, Eastbourne | Grass | Caroline Garcia | Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie | 7–6, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 41. | 16 August 2015 | Canadian Open, Toronto | Hard | Caroline Garcia | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 37. | 18 February 2017 | Qatar Open, Doha | Hard | Abigail Spears | Olga Savchuk  Yaroslava Shvedova | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 42. | 30 April 2017 | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart | Clay | Abigail Spears | Raquel Atawo  Jeļena Ostapenko | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 43. | 4 February 2018 | St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy | Hard | Alla Kudryavtseva | Timea Bacsinszky Vera Zvonareva | 6–2, 1–6, |
| Winner | 38. | 8 April 2018 | Charleston Open, U.S. | Clay | Alla Kudryavtseva | Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 39. | 26 May 2018 | Nuremberg Cup, Nürnberg | Clay | Demi Schuurs | Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson | 3–6, 6–3, |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (6–3)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 24 November 1996 | Ismailia, Egypt | Clay | Nina Schwarz | 7–5, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 21 September 1997 | Biograd na Moru, Croatia | Clay |  Ľudmila Cervanová | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 29 September 1997 | Zadar, Croatia | Clay | Jelena Kostanić Tošić | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2 November 1997 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | Adriana Serra Zanetti | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 12 April 1998 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | Clay | Nadia Petrova | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 3. | 21 September 1998 | Šibenik, Croatia | Clay | Eszter Molnár | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Winner | 4. | 1 March 1999 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard |  Anne Kremer | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 9 May 1999 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Clay | Kristie Boogert | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 6. | 30 July 2001 | Lexington, United States | Hard | Sabine Klaschka | 6–4, 7–5 |
Doubles: 22 (19–3)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Top 10 wins
Records
- In both singles and doubles, Srebotnik won the first WTA Tour events she entered, the second player to do so after Mirjana Lučić. Srebotnik is the only player to also win the first mixed doubles event she entered.
- In 2011, Srebotnik won seven titles, more than any other player on the WTA Tour.