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] During the course of her career Cross managed to win six titles on the 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] She is currently a part-time tennis coach at the 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]
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] and future multiple Grand Slam doubles champion and doubles world number 1, Roberta Vinci (in July 2000).[8] Other notable defeated opponents included future two-time WTA titlist and world number 19 Sybille Bammer,[9] future world number 32 Jelena Kostanić,[10] future one-time WTA titlist and world number 48 Milagros Sequera[11] and former one-time WTA titlist and world number 56, Monique Javer.[12]
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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 During the course of her career Cross managed to win six titles on the 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 She is currently a part time tennis coach at the 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 Karen CrossCountry sports Great BritainBorn 1974 02 19 19 February 1974 age 48 Exeter DevonTurned pro1993Retired2001Prize moneyUS 196 033SinglesCareer record156 184Career titles0 WTA 3 ITFHighest rankingNo 134 22 June 1998 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian OpenQ1 1999 French OpenQ3 1998 Wimbledon3R 1997 US OpenQ1 1997 1998 1999 DoublesCareer record76 102Career titles0 WTA 3 ITFHighest rankingNo 196 5 October 1998 Grand Slam doubles resultsWimbledon1R 1998 1999 Grand Slam mixed doubles resultsWimbledon1R 1999 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 Maria Sanchez 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 and future multiple Grand Slam doubles champion and doubles world number 1 Roberta Vinci in July 2000 8 Other notable defeated opponents included future two time WTA titlist and world number 19 Sybille Bammer 9 future world number 32 Jelena Kostanic 10 future one time WTA titlist and world number 48 Milagros Sequera 11 and former one time WTA titlist and world number 56 Monique Javer 12 Contents 1 ITF circuit finals 1 1 Singles 3 0 1 2 Doubles 3 3 2 Performance timelines 2 1 Singles 2 2 Doubles 2 3 Mixed doubles 2 4 Fed Cup 3 References 4 External linksITF circuit finals EditSingles 3 0 Edit 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 surfaceHard 0 0 Clay 2 0 Grass 1 0 Carpet 0 0 Result Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreWinner 26 July 1993 ITF 10 000 Istanbul Turkey Clay Gulberk Gultekin 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 4Winner 8 July 1997 ITF 10 000 Felixstowe Great Britain Grass Surina De Beer 6 1 7 5Doubles 3 3 Edit 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 surfaceHard 1 1 Clay 1 1 Grass 1 1 Carpet 0 0 Result Date Category Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents ScoreRunner up 24 April 1995 ITF 10 000 Edinburgh United Kingdom Clay Lizzie Jelfs Robyn Mawdsley Lorna Woodroffe 3 6 1 6Winner 8 May 1995 ITF 10 000 Edinburgh United Kingdom Clay Lizzie Jelfs Kaye Hand Claire Taylor 3 6 6 3 6 0Winner 7 August 1995 ITF 10 000 Southsea United Kingdom Grass Jane Wood Nataly Cahana Oshri Shashua 6 4 7 5Runner up 14 July 1997 ITF 10 000 Frinton United Kingdom Grass Natalia Egorova Joanne Ward Lorna Woodroffe 4 6 6 2 0 6Runner up 29 September 1997 ITF 10 000 Nottingham United Kingdom Hard i Lizzie Jelfs Lucie Ahl Joanne Ward 6 7 8 6 2 6Winner 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 Performance timelines EditKey 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 Edit Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 W L SRGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open Absent Q1 Absent 0 0 0 0French Open Absent Q3 Q1 Q1 A 0 0 0 0Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R Q1 3R 2R 2R 1R 2R 5 8 0 8US Open Absent Q1 Q1 Q1 Absent 0 0 0 0Win loss 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 5 8 0 8Year end ranking 325 13 295 2 241 14 305 15 146 16 162 17 198 18 311 19 UNR 20 Doubles Edit Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 W L SRGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open Absent 0 0 0 0French Open Absent 0 0 0 0Wimbledon Q2 A Q2 Absent Q1 A 1R 1R Q1 0 2 0 2US Open Absent 0 0 0 0Win loss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2Mixed doubles Edit Tournament 1999 W L SRGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open A 0 0 0 0French Open A 0 0 0 0Wimbledon 1R 0 1 0 1US Open A 0 0 0 0Win loss 0 1 0 1 0 1Fed Cup Edit 1994 Federation Cup Europe Africa ZoneDate Venue Surface Round Opponents Final match score Match Opponent Rubber score20 Apr 1994 Bad Waltersdorf Clay RR Russia 2 1 Doubles with Julie Pullin Lutrova Panova 5 7 5 7 L 1998 Federation Cup Europe Africa Zone14 16 Apr 1998 Murcia Clay RR Portugal 1 2 Singles Sofia Prazeres 6 2 2 6 4 6 L Poland 1 2 Singles Magdalena Grzybowska 1 6 2 6 L Madagascar 3 0 Singles Faratiana Rasoarilalao 6 1 6 3 W References Edit Karen Cross at the Billie Jean King Cup 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 Kostanic 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 MachineExternal links EditKaren Cross at the Women s Tennis Association Karen Cross at the Billie Jean King Cup Karen Cross at the International Tennis Federation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Karen Cross amp oldid 1084929613, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
