Kristina Barrois
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Kristina Barrois is a professional German
tennis
player who has won two German Tennis Championships and reached the second round of all four Grand Slam events, as well as the final of two WTA tournaments. She lives in Urexweiler, Marpingen
. Her career high rank is World No. 57, achieved on 9 May 2011.
Ministry of Justice before turning professional in 2005.
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She played in the German Fed Cup team
in 2006, losing her singles match to Li Na
, and also losing her doubles match. In the same year, she won the German Tennis Championship. She qualified for the main draw of the Wimbledon Championships
and the US Open
in 2006. At Wimbledon, she lost to Shenay Perry
5–7 7–5 6–7(6). At the US Open, she lost 1–6 5–7 to the world number one Amélie Mauresmo
after leading in the second set 5–2.
On 14 December 2008, she won her second German Tennis Championship 7–6 6–1 against the unseeded Lydia Steinbach.
In 2009 she started off well as she qualified for Auckland but lost to up-and-coming Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
6–3 6–1. She then fell in the qualifying round of the Hobart event to British player Melanie South
7–5 6–0. She also reached the 1st round of the Australian Open, where she pushed the No.4 seeded Russian, Elena Dementieva
but eventually lost 6–7(4) 6–2 1–6. In February she reached the 2nd round of Memphis but fell short against Dutch former world No.30 Michaëlla Krajicek
3–6 6–3 7–6(0). In March, she played an ITF event where she lost in the quarterfinals to British player Katie O'Brien
6–7(7) 3–6. She did extremely well at the premier mandatory event in Indian Wells, where she beat French star Alizé Cornet
6–2 6–2 in the 2nd round. She lost, however, to Hungarian Ágnes Szávay
in the next round 6–3 6–4. She reached the second round of the French Open
, where Victoria Azarenka
beat her 7–6 7–5, and the US Open, where Dinara Safina
beat her 6–7 6–2 6–3.
In 2010, she reached the second round on the Australian Open
, where Samantha Stosur
beat her 7–5 6–3. She qualified for her first ever final in a WTA tournament, the Internationaux de Strasbourg
, which Maria Sharapova
won 7–5 6–1. She reached the second round of Wimbledon
, where Justine Henin beat her 6–3 7–5.
In 2011, she reached the second round of the Australian Open
, where Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
beat her 6–2 6–2.
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...
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 has won two German Tennis Championships and reached the second round of all four Grand Slam events, as well as the final of two WTA tournaments. She lives in Urexweiler, Marpingen
Marpingen
Marpingen is a municipality in the district of Sankt Wendel , in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approx. 8 km west of Sankt Wendel, and 25 km north of Saarbrücken....
. Her career high rank is World No. 57, achieved on 9 May 2011.
Early life
She began playing tennis at the age of nine in 1991 when she took the sport up herself; began playing at a tennis club, Barrois completed her training as a government inspector in the SaarlandSaarland
Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...
Ministry of Justice before turning professional in 2005.
Career
Barrois was trained by Patrick Schmidt, but is now trained by Andreas Spaniol, and her condition trainer is the footballer Bernd FrankeBernd Franke
Bernd Franke is a former German football player.Also an outfield player in his youth, young Bernd Franke made his steps towards the professional game following his impressiveness in the ranks of Saar 05 Saarbrücken. Their manager, Otto Knefler, remembered the young goalkeeper during his spell at...
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She played in the German Fed Cup team
Germany Fed Cup team
The Germany Fed Cup team represents Germany in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by Deutscher Tennis Bund. They currently compete in the World Group.-Current Team:* Tatjana Malek* Julia Görges* Andrea Petkovic* Anna-Lena Grönefeld...
in 2006, losing her singles match to Li Na
Li Na (tennis)
Li Na , goes first before the equivalent of a first name in some other nations. Her name off court in China is Li Na. When listed on the , she is known as Na Li. However, in the match, the commentators call her Li Na, and when her full name is listed in text on court, it is also written as Li Na.;...
, and also losing her doubles match. In the same year, she won the German Tennis Championship. She qualified for the main draw of the Wimbledon Championships
2006 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles
Results of the Ladies' Singles at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.-Schedule:-Seeds:# Amélie Mauresmo # Kim Clijsters # Justine Henin-Hardenne # Maria Sharapova ...
and the US Open
2006 U.S. Open - Women's Singles
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year due to injury.Maria Sharapova won her second Grand Slam title, defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final...
in 2006. At Wimbledon, she lost to Shenay Perry
Shenay Perry
Shenay Perry is an American professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 40, which she reached on August 28, 2006...
5–7 7–5 6–7(6). At the US Open, she lost 1–6 5–7 to the world number one Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; is a French former professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....
after leading in the second set 5–2.
On 14 December 2008, she won her second German Tennis Championship 7–6 6–1 against the unseeded Lydia Steinbach.
In 2009 she started off well as she qualified for Auckland but lost to up-and-coming Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Pavlyuchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player and a multiple junior Grand Slam champion. Her career-high rank of World No. 13 was achieved on 4 July 2011. From July 2007 to September 2009 she was coached at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France...
6–3 6–1. She then fell in the qualifying round of the Hobart event to British player Melanie South
Melanie South
Melanie Jayne South is an English tennis player. She is currently the British number 7 and ranked 310 in the world...
7–5 6–0. She also reached the 1st round of the Australian Open, where she pushed the No.4 seeded Russian, Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...
but eventually lost 6–7(4) 6–2 1–6. In February she reached the 2nd round of Memphis but fell short against Dutch former world No.30 Michaëlla Krajicek
Michaëlla Krajicek
Michaëlla Krajicek is a Dutch professional tennis player. Her highest WTA ranking was number 30 on 11 February 2008. She currently is the second best ranked player from the Netherlands behind Arantxa Rus.-Personal life:...
3–6 6–3 7–6(0). In March, she played an ITF event where she lost in the quarterfinals to British player Katie O'Brien
Katie O'Brien
Katie Jill O'Brien is an English former professional tennis player from Beverley, Yorkshire. She was briefly the British No. 1 tennis player...
6–7(7) 3–6. She did extremely well at the premier mandatory event in Indian Wells, where she beat French star Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet is a French professional tennis player and the current French number three . She was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, and has a career-high ranking of No. 11, achieved on 16 February 2009; as of 4 July 2011 she is ranked World No. 69...
6–2 6–2 in the 2nd round. She lost, however, to Hungarian Ágnes Szávay
Ágnes Szávay
Ágnes Szávay is a professional tennis player from Hungary. She is the country's highest ranked tennis player. She was the WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2007. She achieved her career high ranking of World No. 13 on April 14, 2008.- Background :...
in the next round 6–3 6–4. She reached the second round of the French Open
2009 French Open – Women's Singles
Ana Ivanović was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Victoria Azarenka.Svetlana Kuznetsova won in the final 6–4, 6–2, against Dinara Safina in 74 minutes. It was the third all-Russian final in Grand Slam history, and the first since 2004...
, where Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Her career high and current ranking is world no. 3, which she first achieved on 12 September 2011. She became the highest-ranked Belarusian player ever, surpassing Natasha Zvereva by two spots....
beat her 7–6 7–5, and the US Open, where Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....
beat her 6–7 6–2 6–3.
In 2010, she reached the second round on the Australian Open
2010 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams defended her title after winning 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 against Justine Henin in the final.-Seeds:# Serena Williams # Dinara Safina ...
, where Samantha Stosur
Samantha Stosur
Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...
beat her 7–5 6–3. She qualified for her first ever final in a WTA tournament, the Internationaux de Strasbourg
Internationaux de Strasbourg
The Internationaux de Strasbourg is a tennis tournament held in Strasbourg, France. Held since 1987, this WTA Tour event is an International-level tournament played on outdoor clay courts....
, which Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...
won 7–5 6–1. She reached the second round of Wimbledon
2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
The Women's Singles event at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships saw defending champion and top seed Serena Williams successfully defend her title with a 6–3, 6–2 win over Vera Zvonareva in the final, whilst failing to lose a set throughout the entire tournament...
, where Justine Henin beat her 6–3 7–5.
In 2011, she reached the second round of the Australian Open
2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but could not defend her title due to a foot injury sustained in the middle of the 2010 season.Kim Clijsters won her first Australian Open title and fourth Grand Slam overall by beating Li Na 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the final match...
, where Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Pavlyuchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player and a multiple junior Grand Slam champion. Her career-high rank of World No. 13 was achieved on 4 July 2011. From July 2007 to September 2009 she was coached at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France...
beat her 6–2 6–2.
WTA Tour singles finals: 2 (0–2)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Location | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 22 May 2010 | Internationaux de Strasbourg Internationaux de Strasbourg The Internationaux de Strasbourg is a tennis tournament held in Strasbourg, France. Held since 1987, this WTA Tour event is an International-level tournament played on outdoor clay courts.... |
Strasbourg Strasbourg Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,... , France |
Clay |  Maria SharapovaMaria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open... |
7–5, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 30 April 2011 | Estoril Open Estoril Open The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA clay court tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal . The men's tournament was created in 1990 and since its inception, every champion except 2004 champion Juan Ignacio Chela and 2009–2010 champion Albert Montañés has been in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings,... |
Estoril Estoril Estoril is a seaside resort and civil parish of the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, Lisboa District. The Estoril coast is close to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. It starts in Carcavelos, 15 kilometres from Lisbon, and stretches as far as Guincho, often known as Costa de Estoril-Sintra or... , Portugal |
Clay |  Anabel Medina GarriguesAnabel Medina Garrigues Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual... |
6–1, 6–2 |
WTA Tour women's doubles finals: 1 (0–1)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 24 April 2011 | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Porsche Tennis Grand Prix The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is a tennis tournament held in Stuttgart, Germany . Held since 1978, the tournament is the oldest women's indoor tournament in Europe. Currently it is a Tier II tournament on the WTA Tour. The singles champion also receives a Porsche 911 Carrera sports car in addition... |
Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , 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... |
Clay |  Jasmin WöhrJasmin Wöhr Jasmin Wöhr is a German professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999.Wöhr was part of the Germany Fed Cup team in 2006. In the same year, she played solely in doubles competition, but has since returned to singles as well... |
Sabine Lisicki Sabine Lisicki Sabine Lisicki is a German professional tennis player of Polish background.Lisicki has won three WTA singles tournaments in her career and one doubles tournament . She reached the semifinals of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and also reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships...  Samantha StosurSamantha Stosur Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No... |
6–1, 7–6(5) |