Katarzyna Kawa

Katarzyna Kawa

Katarzyna Kawa at Wimbledon, 2019
Country (sports)	Poland
Residence	Poznań, Poland
Born	(1992-11-17) 17 November 1992 (age 28) Krynica-Zdrój, Poland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 414,783
Singles
Career record	307–227 (57.5%)
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 112 (9 November 2020)
Current ranking	No. 136 (31 May 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2020, 2021)
French Open	Q1 (2019, 2021)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2019)
US Open	1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record	138–98 (58.5%)
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 139 (14 June 2021)
Current ranking	No. 139 (14 June 2021)
Last updated on: 12 June 2021.

Katarzyna Kawa (Polish pronunciation: [kataˈʐɨna ˈkava]; born 17 November 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 112, which she reached on 9 November 2020. Kawa has won one WTA Challenger doubles title, and also seven singles and 16 doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit.

Personal[]

Katarzyna Kawa was born in Krynica-Zdrój, but moved in 2013 to Poznań, Poland, where she currently resides. She started tennis at age seven and is coached by Grzegorz Garczyński.^[1] Parents are Anna and Jacek, two sisters are Monika and Weronika, and brother is Radomir. Hobbies include reading and traveling. Idolizes Justine Henin and Novak Djokovic. Favorite shot is her backhand and her favorite surfaces to compete on are both clay and grass.^[2]

Career[]

2019: First WTA final and breakthrough[]

Kawa playing at the 2019 Roland Garros

In July, Kawa made it through the qualifying rounds at the Baltic Open to book her spot in the final with a straight-sets victory over Bernarda Pera.^[3] Kawa reached the semifinal after beating Anna Danilina, Naiktha Bains, Ysaline Bonaventure, Jana Fett, Chloe Paquet. In the final, she lost to the top seed Anastasija Sevastova, in three sets.^[4]

2021: QF at WTA Poland Open in Gdynia[]

At the 2021 Polish National Tennis Championships in Bytom Katarzyna Kawa was the runner-up in singles and won the title in doubles partnered with Weronika Falkowska.^[5] Kawa continued at the 2021 WTA Poland Open in Gdynia where she upset No. 3 seed Irina-Camelia Begu in the second round. ^{[6] [7]} She lost to Kateryna Kozlova in the quarterfinals.

Grand Slam performance timelines[]

Singles[]

WTA career finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2019	Baltic Open, Latvia	International	Clay	Anastasija Sevastova	6–3, 5–7, 4–6

WTA 125K series finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2021	Bol Open, Croatia	Clay	Aliona Bolsova	Ekaterine Gorgodze Tereza Mihalíková	6–1, 4–6, [10–6]

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2009	ITF Warsaw, Poland	10,000	Clay	Iveta Gerlová	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Feb 2010	ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Garbiñe Muguruza	6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 2010	ITF Iława, Poland	10,000	Clay	Zuzana Zlochová	6–7(2), 7–5, 2–6
Loss	0–4	May 2012	ITF Warsaw, Poland	10,000	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–4	Aug 2012	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Renata Voráčová	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1–5	April 2013	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Alison Van Uytvanck	6–7(2), 3–6
Win	2–5	Mar 2015	ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Nadia Podoroska	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	3–5	Apr 2015	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Amanda Carreras	7–5, 6–1
Win	4–5	Oct 2015	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Grass	Riko Sawayanagi	6–7(6), 6–2, 7–6(6)
Win	5–5	Jan 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Zhang Kailin	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win	6–5	Jun 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Clay	Dejana Radanović	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Oct 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Tereza Martincová	6–7(3), 3–6
Win	7–6	Apr 2019	ITF Jackson, United States	25,000	Clay	Ann Li	6–3, 6–2
Loss	7–7	Nov 2020	ITF Charleston, United States	100,000	Clay	Mayar Sherif	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 26 (16 titles, 10 runner-ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2009	ITF Warsaw, Poland	10,000	Clay	Katarzyna Kaleta	Iveta Gerlová Karolina Kosińska	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2009	Palić Open, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Simona Parajová	Dunja Antunovic Ani Mijacika	4–6, 0–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2009	ITF Iława, Poland	10,000	Clay	Aleksandra Rosolska	Veronika Domagała Anna Niemiec	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Aug 2010	ITF Iława, Poland	10,000	Clay	Veronika Domagała	Martina Borecká Martina Kubičíková	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–3	Aug 2010	ITF Gliwice, Poland	10,000	Clay	Justyna Jegiołka	Olga Brózda Veronika Domagała	6–2, 7–6(4)
Win	3–3	Oct 2010	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Natalia Kołat	Anja Prislan Eva Wacanno	5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	3–4	Mar 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Darija Jurak	Liang Chen Tian Ran	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Win	4–4	Jul 2011	ITF Horb, Germany	10,000	Clay	Paula Kania	Vaszilisza Bulgakova Christina Shakovets	1–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Win	5–4	Jan 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Natalia Kołat	Aleksandrina Naydenova Ekaterina Yashina	6–1, 6–4
Win	6–4	Aug 2013	ITF Craiova, Romania	50,000	Clay	Alice Balducci	Diana Buzean Christina Shakovets	3–6, 7–6(3), [10–8]
Loss	6–5	Jan 2016	ITF Bertioga, Brazil	25,000	Hard	Sandra Zaniewska	Cristina Dinu Indy de Vroome	3–6, 3–6
Loss	6–6	Apr 2016	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Olga Brózda	Antonia Lottner Anne Schäfer	1–6, 1–6
Loss	6–7	Jun 2016	ITF Puszczykowo, Poland	10,000	Hard	Olga Brózda	Weronika Foryś Valeria Savinykh	6–7(4), 4–6
Win	7–7	Aug 2016	ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Cornelia Lister	Ema Burgić Bucko Georgina García Pérez	6–1, 7–6(6)
Win	8–7	Sep 2016	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Laura Pigossi	Kamonwan Buayam Lee Pei-chi	7–5, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]
Loss	8–8	Oct 2016	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Sandra Zaniewska	Alison Bai Lizette Cabrera	5–7, 7–5, [10–12]
Win	9–8	May 2017	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	25,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Dea Herdželaš Tereza Mrdeža	7–5, 6–4
Loss	9–9	Jun 2017	Warsaw Open, Poland	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Priscilla Hon Vera Lapko	6–7(3), 4–6
Win	10–9	Feb 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Laura-Ioana Andrei Hélène Scholsen	6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Win	11–9	Mar 2018	ITF Solarino, Italy	15,000	Carpet	Shalimar Talbi	Laura Ashley Quinn Gleason	6–3, 6–4
Win	12–9	Jun 2018	Bella Cup Torun, Poland	25,000	Clay	Maja Chwalińska	Albina Khabibulina Hélène Scholsen	6–1, 6–4
Win	13–9	Apr 2019	ITF Jackson, United States	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Hanna Chang Caitlin Whoriskey	7–5, 6–1
Loss	13–10	Apr 2019	ITF Charlottesville, United States	80,000	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend	6–4, 5–7, [3–10]
Win	14–10	Oct 2020	ITF Macon, United States	80,000	Hard	Magdalena Fręch	Francesca Di Lorenzo Jamie Loeb	7–5, 6–1
Win	15–10	Nov 2020	ITF Charleston, United States	100,000	Clay	Magdalena Fręch	Astra Sharma Mayar Sherif	4–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Win	16–10	Apr 2021	Zagreb Open, Croatia	60,000	Clay	Barbara Haas	Andreea Prisăcariu Nika Radišić	7–6(1), 5–7, [10–6]

References[]

External links[]

• Katarzyna Kawa at the Women's Tennis Association
• Katarzyna Kawa at the International Tennis Federation