Annika Svenja Kirschwasser
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Annika Svenja Kirschwasser, born October 9, 1980 in Leipzig
, Germany
, (then East Germany) is a former professional tennis
player who had a career high ranking of 179 in 2002. Kirschwasser had a short lived career, retiring after only three years on tour due to an unexpected pregnancy. When she was touring, she used Babolat
racquets.
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, (then East Germany) is a former professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player who had a career high ranking of 179 in 2002. Kirschwasser had a short lived career, retiring after only three years on tour due to an unexpected pregnancy. When she was touring, she used Babolat
Babolat
Babolat is a French tennis, badminton and squash equipment company, best known for its strings and tennis racquets which are used by several top players such as Li Na, Rafael Nadal, Kim Clijsters, Andy Roddick, Fernando González, Igor Andreev, Fabio Fognini, Leander Paes, Nicolás Lapentti,...
racquets.