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Karina Habsudova

Career Highlights!
Won her first singles title on
the WTA Tour at 1999 Portschach, upsetting third seed Henrieta Nagyova and
fifth seed Anke Huber; also won the doubles title also won the doubles
title
Reached her second final in two weeks at 1999 Sopot, upsetting the seventh
seed in the first round before falling to third seed Conchita Martinez in
the final
As a qualifier at 1999 Sydney, defeated Elena Likhovtseva in the first round
and then pushed top 10 player Patty Schnyder to three sets before falling
In 1999, won her first match at Wimbledon since 1991
Helped Slovakia win its first Hopman Cup title in 1998 teamming up with
Karol Kucera, the pair played through qualifying to reach the main draw and
defeated France in the final Won both her matches, wins over Dominque Van
Roost and Sabine Appelmans, to lead Slovakia over Belgium in 1998 Fed Cup
play to qualify for 1999 World Group I.
Through 1998, is the only player to defeat Martina Hingis four consecutive
times
After reaching final at 1997 Linz, became one of the world's Top 10-ranked
players, checking in at No. 10, the first player from Slovakia to reach the
elite ranking also topped $1 million in career prize money Breakthrough year
in 1996 with five wins over Top 10 players Reached first Grand Slam
quarterfinal at 1996 Roland Garros upset 15th seed Martina Hingis in third
round and sixth seed Anke Huber in fourth round lost to eventual finalist
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-2, 6-7, 10-8 first player from Slovakia to reach a
Grand Slam quarterfinal and to crack the Top 20 in the world rankings
(previous Czechoslovakians hailed from the area now known as the Czech
Republic)
Ranked No. 54, reached first WTA TOUR final at the 1996 German Open,
upsetting fifth-ranked Anke Huber, No. 13 Mary Pierce and No. 17 Martina
Hingis fell to co-No. 1 Steffi Graf in final 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 reached second
final of 1996 in Luxembourg, falling to Huber
At 1996 Lipton, ranked No. 98, upset third-ranked Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in
second round (Sanchez' worst loss since a 1988 loss to No. 105 Eva Pfaff)
also defeated higher-ranked players Sandrine Testud (No. 37), Julie
Halard-Decugis (No. 18) and Irina Spirlea (No. 24) to reach the semifinals,
where she fell to No. 9 Chanda Rubin in three sets Qualified for
season-ending tour championships in 1996 for first time as one of the top 16
players of the year
As a qualifier, reached semifinals of 1994 Italian Open included third-round
upset over Mary Pierce
At 1994 Filderstadt, as a qualifier, upset No. 3-ranked Conchita Martinez in
quarterfinals to become one of two qualifiers to reach semifinals last time
two qualifiers reached semifinals was at 1986 Virginia Slims of Arkansas
Won 1995 ITF Women's Circuit satellite event in Prostejov, CzechRepublic,
defeating Martina Hingis in final
Nominated for 1992 WTA TOUR Most Impressive Newcomer
Nominated for 1994 WTA TOUR Comeback Player of the Year Award
Named 1990 ITF Junior World Champion
In junior competition, won the 1991 U.S. Open juniors singles, 1991
Australian Open junior doubles with Barbara Rittner and 1990 Wimbledon
junior doubles with Andrea Strnadova
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