Karen Cross

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Karen Cross
Country (sports) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Born (1974-02-19) 19 February 1974 (age 50)
Exeter, Devon
Turned pro 1993
Retired 2001
Prize moneyUS$196,033
Singles
Career record156–184
Career titles0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 134 (22 June 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (1999)
French Open Q3 (1998)
Wimbledon 3R (1997)
US Open Q1 (1997, 1998, 1999)
Doubles
Career record76–102
Career titles0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 196 (5 October 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (1998, 1999)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 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. [1] 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. [2] [3] 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. [4] [5]

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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. [6]

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) [7] and future multiple Grand Slam doubles champion and doubles world number 1, Roberta Vinci (in July 2000). [8] Other notable defeated opponents included future two-time WTA titlist and world number 19 Sybille Bammer, [9] future world number 32 Jelena Kostanić, [10] future one-time WTA titlist and world number 48 Milagros Sequera [11] and former one-time WTA titlist and world number 56, Monique Javer. [12]

ITF circuit finals

Singles (3–0)

Finals by category
$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)
Finals by surface
Hard (0/0)
Clay (2/0)
Grass (1/0)
Carpet (0/0)
ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner26 July 1993ITF $10,000 Istanbul, TurkeyClay Flag of Turkey.svg Gülberk Gültekin 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Winner8 May 1995ITF $10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great BritainClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jo Durie 6–4, 6–4
Winner8 July 1997ITF $10,000 Felixstowe, Great BritainGrass Flag of South Africa.svg Surina De Beer 6–1, 7–5

Doubles (3–3)

Finals by category
$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)
Finals by surface
Hard (1/1)
Clay (1/1)
Grass (1/1)
Carpet (0/0)
ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Runner-up24 April 1995ITF $10,000 Edinburgh, United KingdomClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lizzie Jelfs Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robyn Mawdsley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lorna Woodroffe
3–6, 1–6
Winner8 May 1995ITF $10,000 Edinburgh, United KingdomClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lizzie Jelfs Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kaye Hand
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Claire Taylor
3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Winner7 August 1995ITF $10,000 Southsea, United KingdomGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jane Wood Flag of Israel.svg Nataly Cahana
Flag of Israel.svg Oshri Shashua
6–4, 7–5
Runner-up14 July 1997ITF $10,000 Frinton, United KingdomGrass Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Egorova Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joanne Ward
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lorna Woodroffe
4–6, 6–2, 0–6
Runner-up29 September 1997ITF $10,000 Nottingham, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lizzie Jelfs Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucie Ahl
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joanne Ward
6–7(8–6), 2–6
Winner12 April 1999ITF $25,000 Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Amanda Grahame Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louise Pleming
Flag of France.svg Catherine Tanvier
6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 W–LSR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Absent Q1 Absent0–00 / 0
French Open Absent Q3 Q1 Q1 A0–00 / 0
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R Q1 3R 2R 2R 1R 2R 5–80 / 8
US Open Absent Q1 Q1 Q1 Absent0–00 / 0
Win–loss0–10–10–10–02–11–11–10–11–15–80 / 8
Year-end ranking325 [13] 295 [2] 241 [14] 305 [15] 146 [16] 162 [17] 198 [18] 311 [19] UNR [20]

Doubles

Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 W–LSR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Absent0–00 / 0
French Open Absent0–00 / 0
Wimbledon Q2 A Q2 Absent Q1 A 1R 1R Q1 0–20 / 2
US Open Absent0–00 / 0
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–10–00–20 / 2

Mixed doubles

Tournament1999W–LSR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A0–00 / 0
French Open A0–00 / 0
Wimbledon 1R 0–10 / 1
US Open A0–00 / 0
Win–loss0–10–10 / 1

Fed Cup

1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone
DateVenueSurfaceRoundOpponentsFinal match scoreMatchOpponentRubber score
20 Apr 1994 Bad Waltersdorf ClayRRFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 2–1Doubles(with Julie Pullin) Lutrova/Panova 5–7, 5–7 (L)
1998 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone
14–16 Apr 1998 Murcia ClayRRFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1–2Singles Sofia Prazeres 6–2, 2–6, 4–6 (L)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1–2Singles Magdalena Grzybowska 1–6, 2–6 (L)
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 3–0Singles Faratiana Rasoarilalao 6–1, 6–3 (W)

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References

  1. Karen Cross at the Billie Jean King Cup
  2. 1 2 Karen Cross at the Women's Tennis Association
  3. Karen Cross at the International Tennis Federation OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. Karen Cross at the International Tennis Federation Senior profile
  5. Roehampton Club Tennis Team
  6. Nick Callow (29 June 1997). "Wimbledon 1997: Unqualified joy for Cross". The Independent . Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  7. Head-to-Head vs Li Na
  8. Head-to-Head vs Roberta Vinci
  9. Head-to-Head vs Sybille Bammer
  10. Head-to-Head vs Jelena Kostanić
  11. Head-to-Head vs Milagros Sequera
  12. Head-to-Head vs Monique Javer
  13. 1993 Year-end singles rankings Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  14. 1995 Year-end singles rankings Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  15. 1996 Year-end singles rankings Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  16. 1997 Year-end singles rankings Archived 15 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  17. 1998 Year-end singles rankings Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  18. 1999 Year-end singles rankings Archived 18 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  19. 2000 Year-end singles rankings
  20. 2001 Year-end singles rankings Archived 4 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine