Katarzyna Nowak

Katarzyna Nowak
Full name Katarzyna Nowak
Country (sports)  Poland
Born (1969-01-13) 13 January 1969
Łódź, Poland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Prize money $292,033
Singles
Career record 203–178
Career titles 0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking No. 47 (11 September 1995)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1993, 1996)
French Open 3R (1995)
Wimbledon 2R (1992)
US Open 1R (1991, 1992, 1995)
Doubles
Career record 24–42
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 225 (14 August 1989)

Katarzyna Nowak (born 13 January 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Poland.

Biography

Professional tour

Nowak, who comes from Łódź, turned professional at the age of 19.[1]

On the WTA Tour her best performance was a semi-final appearance at the 1995 Barcelona Open.[2] Soon after she beat Kimberly Po and Meredith McGrath to make the third round of the 1995 French Open, then months later reached her career best ranking of 47 in the world.[3]

Representative

Nowak first played for the Poland Fed Cup team in 1988. She won a total of nine singles matches in the Fed Cup, the most famous of which came in 1991, over Nathalie Tauziat in Nottingham, to help Poland eliminate sixth seeded France from the tournament.[4] It was against Nowak that Steffi Graf achieved the only double bagel of her Fed Cup career.

In addition to Fed Cup representation, Nowak also competed for Poland at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She lost in the first round of the singles to Julie Halard-Decugis and didn't feature in the doubles draw.[5]

ITF finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 11 (6–5)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 11 July 1988 Sezze, Italy Clay Italy Katia Piccolini 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 30 October 1988 Baden, Switzerland Clay Bulgaria Elena Pampoulova 1–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 23 April 1990 Caserta, Italy Clay Soviet Union Elena Brioukhovets 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 4. 5 November 1990 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Hard France Sandrine Testud 6-2, 3-6, 4-6
Runner-up 5. 12 August 1991 Pisticci, Italy Hard Italy Nathalie Baudone 0-6, 1-6
Winner 6. 12 December 1994 Cergy, France Hard (i) France Isabelle Demongeot 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 7. 14 September 1997 Kiev, Ukraine Clay Hungary Anna Földényi 2-6, 0-3 ret.
Winner 8. 29 October 1997 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard Hungary Katalin Miskolczi 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 9. 16 November 1997 Le Havre, France Clay Austria Melanie Schnell 2-6, 5-7
Winner 10. 17 May 1998 Le Touquet, France Clay Netherlands Maaike Koutstaal 7-6, 6-2
Winner 11. 18 October 1998 Saint-Raphaël, France Hard Germany Magdalena Kučerová 6-1, 7-6

Doubles (0-3)

Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 18 July 1988 Cava Tirr, Italy Clay West Germany Christiane Hofmann Hungary Virág Csurgó
Hungary Reeka Szikszay		 1-6, 1-6
Runner-up 24 October 1988 Linz, Austria Hard (i) Switzerland Cristina Casini Austria Marion Maruska
Austria Petra Ritter		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 30 October 1988 Baden, Switzerland Hard (i) Finland Petra Thorén Australia Kate McDonald
Australia Rennae Stubbs		 2–6, 0–6

References

  1. ↑ "Katarzyna Nowak: Kobiecy tenis to dziwne zjawisko". Polska Metropolia Warszawska (in Polish). 11 February 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Some Good Guesses Give Hoch Lead by Two Shots at Houston". Los Angeles Times. 29 April 1995. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - French Open - 29 May - 11 June 1995". ITF. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Without Seles, Yugoslavia Can't Stay With Indonesia". Los Angeles Times. 23 July 1991. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Katarzyna Nowak Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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