Matea Mezak

Matea Mezak (Croatian pronunciation: [mězak];^[1] born 5 March 1985) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. 2004, she started on the ITF Circuit, where she won six singles and six doubles titles.

Matea Mezak

Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	(1985-03-05) 5 March 1985 (age 38) Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$68,820
Singles
Career record	171–108
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 208 (4 July 2005)
Doubles
Career record	86–61
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 135 (2 October 2006)

Her preferred surface is hardcourt, and her coach was Ivan Humić.

Along with Svetlana Kuznetsova, she reached 2002 Australian Open junior doubles competition, where they lost to Indonesian Angelique Widjaja and Argentine Gisela Dulko.

Mezak also was on the Croatia Fed Cup team, in 2005 and 2006.

In April 2014, she played her last match on the pro circuit.

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 12 (6–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1	Feb 2003	ITF Tipton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Galina Voskoboeva	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1	Apr 2003	ITF Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Natalia Garbellotto	6–7^(5), 5–7
Loss	2	May 2003	ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy	Clay	Silvia Disderi	1–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win	2	May 2004	ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy	Clay	Romina Oprandi	2–0 ret.
Loss	3	May 2004	ITF Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Mandy Minella	5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Win	3	Oct 2008	ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy	Clay	Silvia Disderi	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	4	Oct 2008	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Darina Sedenkova	6–4, 0–6, 4–6
Loss	5	Aug 2009	ITF Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Korina Perkovic	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Win	4	Sep 2009	ITF Doboj, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Clay	Tamara Čurović	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	5	Oct 2009	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	0–6, 7–5, 7–6^(4)
Loss	6	Nov 2009	ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Tímea Babos	6–7^(2), 4–6
Win	6	Nov 2009	ITF Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Tímea Babos	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 14 (6–8)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	24 November 2002	ITF Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Mervana Jugić-Salkić   Karolina Šprem	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	27 July 2003	ITF Ancona, Italy	Clay	Petra Dizdar	María José Argeri   Giulia Meruzzi	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	18 July 2004	ITF Monteroni, Italy	Clay	Nadja Pavić	Valentina Sulpizio   Sandra Záhlavová	5–7, 6–4, 6–7^(5)
Win	4.	16 October 2005	ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Zsófia Gubacsi   Darya Kustova	6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	2 February 2006	ITF Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Katie O'Brien   Melanie South	6–3, 6–1
Win	6.	1 April 2006	ITF Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Zsófia Gubacsi   Kyra Nagy	6–2, 1–0 ret.
Win	7.	15 April 2006	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Zsófia Gubacsi	Joana Cortez   María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	8.	7 May 2006	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	İpek Şenoğlu	Tzipi Obziler   Romina Oprandi	6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Loss	9.	26 May 2006	ITF La Palma, Spain	Hard	Nadja Pavić	Petra Kvitová   Karolina Kosińska	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	10.	22 July 2006	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Nika Ožegović	Darija Jurak   Kyra Nagy	6–2, 6–3
Loss	11.	29 July 2006	ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy	Clay	Nika Ožegović	Valentina Sassi   Aurélie Védy	7–5, 4–6, 0–6
Win	12.	16 September 2006	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Nika Ožegović	Danica Krstajić   Maša Zec Peškirič	6–4, 6–3
Loss	13.	18 February 2013	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Silvia Njirić	Timea Bacsinszky   Xenia Knoll	3–6, 2–6
Loss	14.	12 May 2013	ITF Athens, Greece	Hard	Silvia Njirić	Erin Clark   Francesca Stephenson	7–5, 3–6, [8–10]

References

1. "mèze". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2018. Mèzak

External links

• Matea Mezak at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Matea Mezak at the International Tennis Federation