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Karen Cross (born 19 February 1974) is a left-handed British former tennis player who competed at eight Wimbledon Championships during the 1990s and early 2000s, as well as for the Great Britain Fed Cup team in both 1994 and 1998 .[1] ITF circuit (3 in singles and 3 in doubles) and she achieved her highest Women's Tennis Association singles ranking of world number 134 on 22 June 1998.[2] [3] Roehampton Club and since retirement from the professional circuit she has regularly competed on the ITF senior circuit, reaching a career-high ranking of world no.4 in the women's over-35's age group.[4] [5]
At the Grand Slams , Cross's best result came at Wimbledon in 1997 when she won three matches to qualify before defeating Linda Wild and María Sánchez Lorenzo to reach the third round where she was defeated by the reigning French Open champion, Iva Majoli , in three close sets.[6]
Cross managed to gain victories over a number of players who would go on to achieve (or had already experienced) great success on the WTA tour, the most notable being future two-time Australian Open champion and world number 2 Li Na (in December 1999)[7] Roberta Vinci (in July 2000).[8] Sybille Bammer ,[9] Jelena Kostanić ,[10] Milagros Sequera [11] Monique Javer .[12]
ITF circuit finals
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Finals by category
$100,000 tournaments (0/0)
$75,000 tournaments (0/0)
$50,000 tournaments (0/0)
$25,000 tournaments (0/0)
$10,000 tournaments (3/0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0/0)
Clay (2/0)
Grass (1/0)
Carpet (0/0)
Result
Date
Category
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Winner
26 July 1993
ITF $10,000
Istanbul , Turkey
Clay
Gülberk Gültekin
4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Winner
8 May 1995
ITF $10,000
Lee-on-Solent , Great Britain
Clay
Jo Durie
6–4, 6–4
Winner
8 July 1997
ITF $10,000
Felixstowe , Great Britain
Grass
Surina De Beer
6–1, 7–5
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Finals by category
$100,000 tournaments (0/0)
$75,000 tournaments (0/0)
$50,000 tournaments (0/0)
$25,000 tournaments (1/0)
$10,000 tournaments (2/3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1/1)
Clay (1/1)
Grass (1/1)
Carpet (0/0)
Result
Date
Category
Tournament
Surface
Partnering
Opponents
Score
Runner-up
24 April 1995
ITF $10,000
Edinburgh , United Kingdom
Clay
Lizzie Jelfs
Robyn Mawdsley Lorna Woodroffe
3–6, 1–6
Winner
8 May 1995
ITF $10,000
Edinburgh , United Kingdom
Clay
Lizzie Jelfs
Kaye Hand Claire Taylor
3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Winner
7 August 1995
ITF $10,000
Southsea , United Kingdom
Grass
Jane Wood
Nataly Cahana 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up
14 July 1997
ITF $10,000
Frinton , United Kingdom
Grass
Natalia Egorova
Joanne Ward Lorna Woodroffe
4–6, 6–2, 0–6
Runner-up
29 September 1997
ITF $10,000
Nottingham , United Kingdom
Hard (i )
Lizzie Jelfs
Lucie Ahl Joanne Ward
6–7(8–6) , 2–6
Winner
12 April 1999
ITF $25,000
Cagnes-sur-Mer , France
Hard
Amanda Grahame
Louise Pleming Catherine Tanvier
6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
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Key
W F
SF QF #R
RR Q#
DNQ
A NH
(W ) winner; (F ) finalist; (SF ) semifinalist; (QF ) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR ) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A ) absent; (NH ) not held; (SR ) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
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Doubles
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Mixed doubles
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Fed Cup
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References
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^ a b Karen Cross at the Women's Tennis Association
^ Karen Cross at the International Tennis Federation
^ Karen Cross at the International Tennis Federation Senior profile
^ Roehampton Club Tennis Team
^ Nick Callow (29 June 1997). "Wimbledon 1997: Unqualified joy for Cross" . The Independent . Retrieved 12 February 2015 .
^ Head-to-Head vs Li Na
^ Head-to-Head vs Roberta Vinci
^ Head-to-Head vs Sybille Bammer
^ Head-to-Head vs Jelena Kostanić
^ Head-to-Head vs Milagros Sequera
^ Head-to-Head vs Monique Javer
^ 1993 Year-end singles rankings Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1995 Year-end singles rankings Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1996 Year-end singles rankings Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1997 Year-end singles rankings Archived 15 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1998 Year-end singles rankings Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1999 Year-end singles rankings Archived 18 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ 2000 Year-end singles rankings
^ 2001 Year-end singles rankings Archived 4 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
Great Britain
Gülberk Gültekin
Surina De Beer
Robyn Mawdsley
Nataly Cahana
Natalia Egorova
Catherine Tanvier
Portugal
Poland
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