Bea Bielik

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Bea Bielik
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Residence Valley Stream, NY, United States of America
Born (1980-11-28) November 28, 1980 (age 43)
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2002
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
College Wake Forest (1999–02)
Prize moneyUS $83,216
Singles
Career record29-35
Career titles0 (ITF)
Highest ranking130 (August 25, 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open -
French Open Q1 (2003)
Wimbledon 1R (2003)
US Open 3R (2002)
Doubles
Career record5-10
Career titles0 (ITF)
Highest ranking302 (September 29, 2003)
Last updated on: April 29, 2011.

Beatrix Bielik (born November 28, 1980), is an American former professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 130, which she reached on August 25, 2003. [1] In 2002, she won the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) women's tennis singles championships representing Wake Forest University; [2] subsequently Bielik was given a Wild Card into the Main Draw of the US Open. She entered the tournament ranked 1,102 in the world. In the first round she defeated world number 148 Renata Voráčová of the Czech Republic in straight sets, 6–4, 6–4, [3] but the major upset came in the 2nd round, when she defeated comfortably Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn, who was a top 30 player at the time, 6–4, 6–2. She then lost in the 3rd round to world number 6 Justine Henin 7–5, 6–1. She was named the 2002 female ACC Athlete of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Conference. [4] In 2003, she failed to qualify for the French Open, but qualified for Wimbledon's Main Draw, [5] losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round. She also lost in the first round of the US Open, this time to Patty Schnyder. Bielik's main weapon was her powerful serve.

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While at Wake Forest, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female tennis player in 2002. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bea Bielik", WTA, retrieved 2011-07-12
  2. ↑ "National Champion! Bea Bielik Wins NCAA Singles". DemonDeaconDigest.com. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  3. ↑ Williams, Jeff (August 26, 2002). "U.S. OPEN / No Place Like Home / Valley Stream's Bielik rolls in pro debut". Newsday. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  4. ↑ "Bea Bielik Named ACC Player of the Year". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  5. ↑ "Bielik Qualifies For Wimbledon". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  6. ↑ "Bea Bielik Wins 2002 Honda Award". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  7. ↑ "Tennis". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-03-25.


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