Tina Pisnik

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Tina Pisnik
Country (sports)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Residence Maribor, Slovenia
Born (1981-02-19) 19 February 1981 (age 44)
Maribor, Yugoslavia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2005
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$931,077
Singles
Career record185–172
Career titles1 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 29 (12 January 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2001, 2002)
French Open 3R (2003)
Wimbledon 3R (2000)
US Open 3R (2003)
Doubles
Career record60–65
Career titles2 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 63 (3 April 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2000, 2001, 2002)
French Open 1R (2000, 2001, 2002)
Wimbledon 3R (1999, 2001)
US Open 1R (1999, 2000, 2001)

Tina Pisnik (born 19 February 1981) is a former professional tennis player and current pickleball player from Slovenia.

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In tennis, Pisnik turned professional in 1999. Pisnik's highest singles ranking was world No. 29, which she reached on 12 January 2004. Her career-high doubles ranking is world No. 63 on 3 April 2000. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

Biography

Her father Boris is a former Slovenian national team soccer player and a soccer coach and he traveled with her on tour. Her mother Saska is an economic technician. Other sports interests include basketball and soccer. She moved to United States in 2015 and was a High Performance director at CPAC, Lincolnshire until early 2020.

As a tennis player, Pisnik was a baseliner who played a serve-and-volley style game on grass. She owns a business called Smash Tennis and currently coaches privately at Bradenton Tennis Center in Bradenton, Florida.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Tier I
Tier II
Tier III (1–0)
Tier IV & V
ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win7 May 2000 Bol Ladies Open, CroatiaClay Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentScore
Win1.14 November 1999 Kuala Lumpur Classic, MalaysiaHard Flag of Croatia.svg Jelena Kostanić Flag of Japan.svg Rika Hiraki
Flag of Japan.svg Yuka Yoshida
3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss1.6 May 2001 Bol Ladies Open, CroatiaClay Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova Flag of Spain.svg María José Martínez Sánchez
Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues
5–7, 4–6
Win2.20 February 2005 Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Emmanuelle Gagliardi Flag of Slovakia.svg Ľubomíra Kurhajcová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
6–4, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (1–0)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.18 August 1997 Maribor, SloveniaClay Flag of Austria.svg Nina Schwarz 6–0, 6–2

Doubles (3–1)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.9 June 1997 Velenje, SloveniaClay Flag of Slovenia.svg Tina Hergold Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Fremuthová
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Aneta Soukup
w/o
Winner2.18 August 1997 Maribor, SloveniaClay Flag of Slovenia.svg Tina Hergold Flag of Slovenia.svg Nives Ćulum
Flag of Slovenia.svg Tina Hojnik
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up3.15 February 1998 Rogaška Slatina, SloveniaHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Miriam Schnitzer Flag of Slovenia.svg Tina Križan
Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik
0–6, 3–6
Winner4.1 February 2005 Ortisei, ItalyCarpet (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Flag of Croatia.svg Darija Jurak
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mervana Jugić-Salkić
6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
Sporting positions
Preceded by Orange Bowl Girls' Singles Champion
Category: 18 and under

1997
Succeeded by