Adriana Szili Explained

Adriana Szili
Birth Date:6 January 1985
Birth Place:Adelaide, South Australia
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$39,195
Highestsinglesranking:No. 409 (21 October 2002)
Australianopenresult:1R (2003)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 468 (28 February 2005)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (2002, 2003)

Adriana Szili (born 6 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Biography

Szili, who comes from Adelaide, started playing tennis aged five and was coached by Graeme Neville. As a junior her most noted performance came at the 2002 Australian Open where she and Casey Dellacqua won the girls' doubles title. She also was a quarter-finalist in the girls' singles draw and received a wildcard into the women's doubles draw with Jaslyn Hewitt. Szili and Hewitt were beaten in the opening round by eventual quarter-finalists Amanda Coetzer and Lori McNeil. A week later she won a $10,000 ITF circuit tournament in Wellington, with a win over local player Ilke Gers in the final.[1] At the 2003 Australian Open she played in the women's singles event for the only time and was beaten by 28th seed Clarisa Fernández in the first round.[2] In the doubles event she and partner Hewitt were again eliminated by Coetzer, who on this occasion was partnering Jessica Steck.[3]

ITF finals

Singles (1-3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.29 January 2002Wellington, New ZealandHard Ilke Gers6–2, 6–2
Runner-up1.15 September 2002Kyoto, JapanHard (i) Shiho Hisamatsu6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up2.22 September 2002Kyoto, JapanHard (i) Shiho Hisamatsu5–7, 5–7
Runner-up3.10 September 2006Hope Island, AustraliaHard Shannon Golds2–6, 2–6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - $10,000 Wellington - 28 January - 03 February 2002. ITF. 5 November 2017.
  2. News: Hewitt, Serena enact a great escape. Shekar. Nirmal. 15 January 2003. The Hindu. 5 November 2017.
  3. News: Day three full results list. 16 January 2003. The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 November 2017.