Edina Gallovits-Hall

Edina Gallovits-Hall
	Edina Gallovits-Hall at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall
Country (sports)	Romania (1999–2014) ; United States (2015–present)
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Born	December 10, 1984 (age 37); Timișoara, Romania
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,294,978
Singles
Career record	419–262
Career titles	0 WTA, 19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 54 (28 April 2008)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2008, 2009)
French Open	2R (2007, 2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2008, 2010)
US Open	2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	159–133
Career titles	3 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 63 (6 April 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2009)
French Open	3R (2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2005, 2008, 2009, 2010)
US Open	2R (2009, 2010)

Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall (née Gallovits; born December 10, 1984) is a Romanian-born American tennis player. Her career-high ranking of No. 54 she achieved on April 28, 2008. She represented Romania until April 2015, then started playing for the United States.

Personal life[]

She married her American coach and manager Bryce Hall in November 2010.^[1] Her father was in the 1980 Olympics representing Romania in the Modern Pentathlon. ^[2] Her sister played tennis at Florida State University. ^[3]

Career[]

In June 2007, she reached the final of the inaugural Barcelona KIA event.

In February 2010, she won her first WTA title in doubles at the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in Bogotá. Her second doubles title came in September 2010 at the Guangzhou International Women's Open.

In 2011, she defended her 2010 Bogotá title, winning the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas with Anabel Medina Garrigues.

At the 2015 US Open, she played her last match on the tour. She was beaten in the first round of qualifying by Japanese Mayo Hibi in three sets.

WTA Career finals[]

Singles: 1 (0–1)[]

Before 2009	Starting in 2009
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)	Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)	Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)	Premier (0/0)
Tier IV & V (0/1)	International (0/0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2007	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 4 (3–1)[]

Before 2009	Starting in 2009
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)	Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (0/1)	Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)	Premier (0/0)
Tier IV & V (0/0)	International (3/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2008	Charleston, United States	Green Clay	Olga Govortsova	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Olga Savchuk Anastasiya Yakimova	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	2–1	Sep 2010	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Sania Mirza	Han Xinyun Liu Wanting	7–5, 6–3
Win	3–1	Feb 2011	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Sharon Fichman Laura Pous Tió	2–6, 7–6^(8–6), 11–9

ITF finals[]

Singles (19–9)[]

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	6 August 2000	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Raluca Ciochină	6-3 6-3
Winner	2.	15 April 2001	Cavtat, Croatia	Clay		6-0 6-0
Runner-up	3.	30 April 2001	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Eleni Daniilidou	5-7 2-6
Winner	4.	21 April 2002	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	6-2 6-1
Winner	5.	12 May 2002	Szeged, Hungary	Clay	Daniela Casanova	6-3 6-0
Winner	6.	16 June 2002	Grado, Italy	Clay	Bahia Mouhtassine	6-3 6-3
Runner-up	7.	25 August 2002	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Mara Santangelo	2-6 3-6
Runner-up	8.	28 September 2003	Raleigh, United States	Clay	Tiffany Dabek	6-3 5-7 3-6
Winner	9.	5 October 2003	Greenville, United States	Clay	Kristen Schlukebir	6-0 6-4
Winner	10.	5 April 2005	Tunica Resorts, United States	Clay (i)	Varvara Lepchenko	6-3 4-6 6-3
Winner	11.	1 May 2005	Lafayette, United States	Clay	Olga Lazarchuk	6–2 7–6^(8–6)
Winner	12.	6 May 2006	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–0)
Runner-up	13.	25 July 2006	Monteroni D'Arbia, Italy	Clay	Karin Knapp	2–6 1–6
Winner	14.	25 October 2006	Augusta, United States	Hard	Ekaterina Afinogenova	6-0 6-2
Runner-up	15.	28 January 2007	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Melinda Czink	2-6 3-6
Winner	16.	3 April 2007	Pelham, United States	Clay	Gréta Arn	6-3 7-5
Winner	17.	1 May 2007	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Angelika Bachmann	6–3 6–3
Winner	18.	9 November 2008	Auburn, United States	Hard	Julie Ditty	6–0 6–7^(7–9) 7–5
Winner	19.	16 November 2008	San Diego, United States	Hard	Julie Ditty	4–6 6–3 6–2
Winner	20.	4 April 2010	Pelham, United States	Clay	Ajla Tomljanović	6-2 6-0
Winner	21.	19 April 2010	Dothan, United States	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova	6-1 6-4
Winner	22.	4 May 2010	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Shelby Rogers	2-6 6-3 6-4
Runner-up	23.	4 October 2010	Kansas City, United States	Hard	Rebecca Marino	7–6^(7–4) 0–6 2–6
Winner	24.	28 June 2011	Torun, Poland	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz	6-4 6-3
Runner-up	25.	15 April 2012	Pelham, United States	Clay	Heidi El Tabakh	6-3 2-6 4-6
Runner-up	26.	22 April 2012	Dothan, United States	Clay	Camila Giorgi	2-6 6-4 4-6
Runner-up	27.	22 September 2014	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	Ingrid Neel	4–4 ret.
Runner-up	28.	9 November 2014	Captiva Island, United States	Hard	Petra Martić	6–2 6–2

Doubles (9–13)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	6 August 2000	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Liana Ungur	Zuzana Kučová Dominika Luzarová	7–5, 4–0 ret.
Runner-up	2.	25 September 2000	Makarska, Croatia	Clay		Zuzana Hejdová	5-7 3-6
Runner-up	3.	29 July 2001	Civitanova Marche, Italy	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Gloria Pizzichini Antonella Serra Zanetti	3-6 6-3 1-6
Runner-up	4.	29 April 2002	Maglie, Italy	Carpet (i)	Magda Mihalache	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	4–6 1–6
Winner	5.	9 June 2002	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Bahia Mouhtassine Sylvia Plischke	6–3 6–2
Winner	6.	29 September 2002	Lecce, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Elisa Balsamo	6–7^(5–7) 6–3 6–3
Winner	7.	3 May 2003	Maglie, Italy	Clay	Delia Sescioreanu	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	6–4 4–6 6–3
Runner-up	8.	28 September 2003	Raleigh, United States	Clay	Maureen Drake	Maria Fernanda Alves Tiffany Dabek	6–2 3–6 1–6
Winner	9.	5 July 2004	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Zsófia Gubacsi	Eva Hrdinová Sandra Záhlavová	7–5 6–3
Winner	10.	8 August 2004	Louisville, United States	Hard	Julie Ditty	Claire Curran Natalie Grandin	1–6 6–4 6–2
Runner-up	11.	5 April 2005	Tunica Resorts, United States	Clay (i)	Varvara Lepchenko	Tatiana Poutchek Anastasia Rodionova	2–6 4–6
Runner-up	12.	18 April 2006	Dothan, United States	Clay	Varvara Lepchenko	Monique Adamczak Soledad Esperón	4–6 6–3 4–6
Winner	13.	14 May 2006	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Hard	Jessica Kirkland	Maria Fernanda Alves Marie-Ève Pelletier	6-3 6-2
Runner-up	14.	11 July 2006	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Lenka Tvarošková	Andreja Klepač Ekaterina Dzehalevich	6–7^(5–7) 4–6
Runner-up	15.	31 July 2006	Martina Franca, Italy	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Ivana Abramović Aurélie Védy	3–6 2–6
Runner-up	16.	8 October 2006	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Vanessa Henke	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Alicja Rosolska	1–6 2–6
Winner	17.	4 February 2007	Palm Desert, United States	Hard	Julie Ditty	Natalie Grandin Raquel Kops-Jones	6–2 6–1
Runner-up	18.	10 June 2007	Přerov, Czech Republic	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	7–5 3–6 2–6
Runner-up	19.	5 October 2009	Troy, United States	Hard	Jorgelina Cravero	Petra Rampre Nicole Rottmann	3–6 6–3 [8–10]
Winner	20.	12 February 2010	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Polona Hercog	Estrella Cabeza Candela Laura Pous Tió	3-6 6-3 [10-8]
Runner-up	21.	28 June 2011	Torun, Poland	Clay	Andreja Klepač	Stéphanie Foretz Tatjana Malek	2–6 5–7
Runner-up	22.	30 September 2012	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Elena Bovina	Anastasia Rodionova Arina Rodionova	2–6 6–2 [6–10]

Performance timelines[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) Won; (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)

Singles[]

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2015	W–L
	Romania											United States
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	LQ	LQ	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	2–6
French Open	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	1R	1R	LQ	2R	1R	A	A	2–6
Wimbledon		1R	LQ	LQ	1R	2R	1R	2R	LQ	1R	A	1R	2–7
US Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	1R	1R	LQ	2R	A	LQ	1–5
Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–4	2–4	1–4	1–3	1–2	1–3	0–1	0–1	7–24
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	A	Not held			A	Not held			A	Not held		0–0
Year-end ranking	187	186	129	111	87	84	93	75	124	109	744	542

Doubles[]

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	1–4
French Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	3R	A	4–5
Wimbledon	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0–4
US Open	A	A	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A	2–4
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	2–4	2–4	0–3	2–1	0–0	7–17

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Gyula-Laszlo GALLOVITS".
^ "Alida Gallovits: A Senior to Remember". 11 April 2002.

External links[]

Edina Gallovits-Hall at the Women's Tennis Association
Edina Gallovits-Hall at the International Tennis Federation
Edina Gallovits-Hall at the Billie Jean King Cup

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Gyula-Laszlo GALLOVITS".

[3] "Alida Gallovits: A Senior to Remember". 11 April 2002.

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