Angela Kerek

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Angela Kerek
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Born (1972-01-25) 25 January 1972 (age 51)
Prize money$84,658
Singles
Career record106–105
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 149 (23 March 1992)
Doubles
Career record33–44
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 147 (29 April 1996)

Angela Kerek (born 25 January 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. A lawyer by profession, she is now a partner with Morrison & Foerster in Berlin. [1]

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Kerek, who emigrated to Germany from Romania, played professional tennis with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 8 years and German Bundesliga for 11 years. [2] She achieved a career high singles ranking of 149 in the world and was featured in the qualifying draws of all four grand slam tournaments. [3] Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance at Auckland in 1993.

ITF finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–2)

ResultNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.27 February 1989 Jaffa, IsraelHard Flag of Israel.svg Yael Segal 2–6, 1–6
Win1.1 August 1994 Munich, GermanyClay Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Nannie de Villiers 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss2.27 February 1995 Southampton, Great BritainCarpet (i) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dominique Monami 6–0, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles (1–4)

ResultNo.DateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.30 November 1992 Le Havre, FranceClay (i) Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lohmann Flag of Romania.svg Irina Spîrlea
Flag of Romania.svg Ruxandra Dragomir 		3–6, 6–7
Loss2.14 June 1993 Brindisi, ItalyClay Flag of Romania.svg Irina Spîrlea Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lara Bitter
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Petra Kamstra 		5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Loss3.29 November 1993 Ramat HaSharon, IsraelHard Flag of Ukraine.svg Olga Lugina Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Egorova
Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Parkhomenko 		2–6, 3–6
Loss4.24 July 1994 Rheda-Wiedenbrück, GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Kirstin Freye Flag of the Netherlands.svg Seda Noorlander
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Annemarie Mikkers 		3–6, 2–6
Win1.1 October 1995 Bucharest, RomaniaClay Flag of Germany.svg Maja Živec-Škulj Flag of Bulgaria.svg Dora Djilianova
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Pavlina Nola 		6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3

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References

  1. ↑ "Neue Partnerin für die Finance-Praxis". Legal Tribune Online (in German). 3 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Angela Kerek | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  3. ↑ "Ein Teller Burrata mit Anwältin Kerek von Morrison & Foerster: "Warum haben Deutsche im Business so wenig Interesse an ihrem Nachwuchs?" (in German). Wirtschaftswoche. 12 June 2016.
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