Karen Cross Explained
| Karen Cross |
| Country: |  Great Britain |
| Birth Date: | 1974 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Exeter, Devon |
| Turnedpro: | 1993 |
| Retired: | 2001 |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$196,033 |
| Singlesrecord: | 156–184 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 WTA, 3 ITF |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 134 (22 June 1998) |
| Australianopenresult: | Q1 (1999) |
| Frenchopenresult: | Q3 (1998) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 3R (1997) |
| Usopenresult: | Q1 (1997, 1998, 1999) |
| Doublesrecord: | 76–102 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 WTA, 3 ITF |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 196 (5 October 1998) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (1998, 1999) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult: | 1R (1999) |
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. During the course of her career Cross won 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. 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.[1] [2]
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 María Sánchez Lorenzo to reach the third round where she was defeated by the reigning French Open champion, Iva Majoli, in three close sets.[3]
Cross gained 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)[4] and future multiple Grand Slam doubles champion and doubles world number 1, Roberta Vinci (in July 2000).[5] Other notable defeated opponents included future two-time WTA titlist and world number 19 Sybille Bammer,[6] future world number 32 Jelena Kostanić,[7] future one-time WTA titlist and world number 48 Milagros Sequera[8] and former one-time WTA titlist and world number 56, Monique Javer.[9]
ITF circuit finals
Singles (3–0)
| valign=top width=33% align=left | | Finals by category |
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| $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) | |
| valign=top width=33% align=left | | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0/0) | | Clay (2/0) | | Grass (1/0) | | Carpet (0/0) | |
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| Result | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Winner | | ITF $10,000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Clay |  Gülberk Gültekin | 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4) |
| Winner | | ITF $10,000 | Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain | Clay | Jo Durie | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | | ITF $10,000 | Felixstowe, Great Britain | Grass | Surina De Beer | 6–1, 7–5 | |
Doubles (3–3)
| valign=top width=33% align=left | | Finals by category |
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| $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) | |
| valign=top width=33% align=left | | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (1/1) | | Clay (1/1) | | Grass (1/1) | | Carpet (0/0) | |
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| Result | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | | ITF $10,000 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Clay | Lizzie Jelfs |  Robyn Mawdsley
Lorna Woodroffe | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | | ITF $10,000 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Clay | Lizzie Jelfs | Kaye Hand
Claire Taylor | 3–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
| Winner | | ITF $10,000 | Southsea, United Kingdom | Grass | Jane Wood |  Nataly Cahana
Oshri Shashua | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | | ITF $10,000 | Frinton, United Kingdom | Grass |  Natalia Egorova | Joanne Ward
Lorna Woodroffe | 4–6, 6–2, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | | ITF $10,000 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Lizzie Jelfs | Lucie Ahl
Joanne Ward | 6–7(8–6), 2–6 |
| Winner | | ITF $25,000 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Hard | Amanda Grahame | Louise Pleming
 Catherine Tanvier | 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6) | |
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
| Tournament | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Australian Open | style=text-align:center; colspan="10" | Absent | 0–0 | 0 / 0 |
| French Open | style=text-align:center; colspan="10" | Absent | 0–0 | 0 / 0 |
| Wimbledon | Q2 | A | Q2 | style=text-align:center; colspan="2" | Absent | Q1 | A | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 0–2 | 0 / 2 |
| US Open | style=text-align:center; colspan="10" | Absent | 0–0 | 0 / 0 |
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0 / 2 | |
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Mixed doubles
| Tournament | 1999 | | |
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| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Australian Open | style=text-align:center; colspan="1" | A | 0–0 | 0 / 0 |
| French Open | style=text-align:center; colspan="1" | A | 0–0 | 0 / 0 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 0–1 | 0 / 1 |
| US Open | style=text-align:center; colspan="1" | A | 0–0 | 0 / 0 |
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | |
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Fed Cup
| 1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone |
| Date | Venue | Surface | Round | Opponents | Final match score | Match | Opponent | Rubber score |
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| 20 Apr 1994 | Bad Waltersdorf | Clay | RR | | 2–1 | Doubles(with Julie Pullin) | Lutrova/Panova | 5–7, 5–7 (L) |
| 1998 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone |
| 14–16 Apr 1998 | Murcia | Clay | align=center rowspan="3" | RR | | 1–2 | Singles | Sofia Prazeres | 6–2, 2–6, 4–6 (L) |
| 1–2 | Singles | Magdalena Grzybowska | 1–6, 2–6 (L) |
| 3–0 | Singles | Faratiana Rasoarilalao | 6–1, 6–3 (W) | |
Notes and References
- http://www.itftennis.com/seniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=20003455 Karen Cross
- http://www.roehamptonclub.co.uk/media/50624/tennis_team.pdf Roehampton Club Tennis Team
- Web site: Wimbledon 1997: Unqualified joy for Cross . Nick Callow . 29 June 1997 . 12 February 2015 . The Independent.
- http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/head-to-head/result.aspx?player1=20003455&player2=20010231 Head-to-Head vs Li Na
- http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/head-to-head/result.aspx?player1=20003455&player2=35011866 Head-to-Head vs Roberta Vinci
- http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/head-to-head/result.aspx?player1=20003455&player2=20007333 Head-to-Head vs Sybille Bammer
- http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/head-to-head/result.aspx?player1=20003455&player2=20008013 Head-to-Head vs Jelena Kostanić
- http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/head-to-head/result.aspx?player1=20003455&player2=20006805 Head-to-Head vs Milagros Sequera
- http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/head-to-head/result.aspx?player1=20003455&player2=20002675 Head-to-Head vs Monique Javer
- http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_1993.pdf 1993 Year-end singles rankings
- http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_1995.pdf 1995 Year-end singles rankings
- http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_1996.pdf 1996 Year-end singles rankings
- http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_1997.pdf 1997 Year-end singles rankings
- http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_1998.pdf 1998 Year-end singles rankings
- http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_1999.pdf 1999 Year-end singles rankings
- http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_2000.pdf 2000 Year-end singles rankings
- http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_2001.pdf 2001 Year-end singles rankings
