Stories
Biography
- Parents are Joze and Zlatka; older sister is Urska ... Nickname is Kata ... Relaxes by listening to music, reading books, watching movies, seeing friends ... Other sports interests include skiing, swimming ... Admires Monica Seles.
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
20Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)Birthday
Mar 12, 1981 March 12, 1981Birthplace
Slovenj Gradec, SloveniaCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (4): 2005 - Auckland, Stockholm; 2002 - Acapulco; 1999 - Oeiras.
Finalist (6): 2008 - Strasbourg; 2007 - Portoroz; 2006 - Cincinnati; 2005 - Portoroz; 2003 - Palermo; 2002 - Bogotá.
DOUBLES
Winner (39): 2018 - Charleston (w/Kudryavtseva), Nürnberg (w/Schuurs); 2017 - Doha (w/Spears); 2015 - Eastbourne (w/Garcia); 2014 - Rome (w/Peschke); 2013 - Sydney, Miami, Eastbourne (all w/Petrova), Toronto (w/Jankovic); 2012 - Sydney (w/Peschke); 2011 - Auckland, Doha, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Carlsbad, Beijing (all w/Peschke); 2010 - Indian Wells, New Haven (both w/Peschke); 2009 - Linz (w/Groenefeld); 2008 - Miami, Charleston, Linz (all w/Sugiyama), Moscow (w/Petrova); 2007 - Gold Coast (w/Safina), Amelia Island (w/Santangelo), Toronto (w/Sugiyama); 2006 - Antwerp (w/Safina), Amelia Island (w/Asagoe); 2005 - Auckland (w/Asagoe), Stockholm, Budapest, Hasselt (all w/Loit); 2004 - Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Asagoe); 2003 - Bogotá (w/Svensson); 2001 - Hawaii (w/Krizan); 2000 - Oeiras (w/Krizan); 1999 - Antwerp (w/Golarsa), Palermo (w/Krizan); 1998 - Makarska (w/Krizan).
Finalist (42): 2018 - St. Petersburg (w/Kudryavtseva); 2017 - Stuttgart (w/Spears); 2015 - Brisbane, Stuttgart, Toronto (all w/Garcia); 2014 - Doha (w/Peschke); 2013 - Doha, Dubai, Indian Wells (all w/Petrova), New Haven (w/Medina Garrigues); 2012 - Montréal (w/Petrova), Cincinnati (w/J.Zheng); 2011 - Sydney, Dubai, Madrid, WTA Finals (all w/Peschke); 2010 - Dubai, Stuttgart, Roland Garros, Eastbourne, Montréal, WTA Finals (all w/Peschke); 2007 - Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Linz, WTA Finals (all w/Sugiyama); 2006 - Warsaw (w/Medina Garrigues), US Open (w/Safina), Zürich (w/Huber), Linz (w/Morariu); 2005 - Portoroz (w/Kostanic Tosic); 2004 - Casablanca (w/Callens), Strasbourg (w/Krizan); 2002 - Bogotá, Acapulco (both w/Krizan); 2001 - Oeiras, Toronto (both w/Krizan); 2000 - Bol, Tokyo [Japan Open], Pattaya City (all w/Krizan); 1999 - Luxembourg (w/Krizan); 1998 - Maria Lankowitz (w/Krizan).
MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (5): 2011 - Australian Open (w/Nestor); 2010 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic); 2006 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic); 2003 - US Open (w/B.Bryan); 1999 - Roland Garros (w/Norval).
Finalist (6): 2011 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic); 2008 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic), Wimbledon (w/M.Bryan); 2007 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic); 2005 - US Open (w/Zimonjic); 2002 - US Open (w/B.Bryan).
ADDITIONAL
Slovenian Fed Cup Team, 1997, 1999-2001, 2003-05, 2010-12; Slovenian Olympic Team, 2000, 2004, 2012.