Kristina Brandi
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | San Juan, Puerto Rico | March 29, 1977
Turned pro | 1995 |
Retired | 2007 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $1,248,528 |
Singles | |
Career record | 441–333 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 16 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 27 (December 4, 2000) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (2000) |
French Open | 2R (2000, 2005) |
Wimbledon | 4R (2000) |
US Open | 2R (1996, 2000, 2004) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (2004) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 48–86 |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 246 (June 19, 1995) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2006) |
French Open | 1R (2005) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2005) |
US Open | 1R (1999, 2005) |
Kristina Brandi (born March 29, 1977) is a former Puerto Rican tennis player. She was the first tennis player representing Puerto Rico to win a singles match in an Olympic tennis tournament.
Some of Brandi's career highlights: She achieved her best ranking in singles of 27 on 4 December 2000, and her high rank for doubles of 246 in June 1995. Brandi won one career singles title, in 1999 on grass at 's Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.
Career[]
Early years[]
Brandi was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she became interested in the sport of tennis at an early age. She made her professional debut in 1995 when she was 17 years old.[1] Her father is Joe Brandi, who coached Pete Sampras.
USTA Circuit[]
In 2003, Brandi won the most titles of any woman on the "USTA Circuit".[citation needed] She took home trophies from six events. Brandi was a member of the 2003 Puerto Rican Fed Cup team where she captured the singles championship at the $75k event in Albuquerque, New Mexico plus, the $50k event in Troy, Alabama and $25k in Peachtree City, Georgia.[2]
2004 Olympics[]
Brandi represented Puerto Rico in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She became the first tennis player representing Puerto Rico to win a singles match in an Olympic tournament when she beat Jelena Kostanić from Croatia (7–5, 6–1). She lost in the second round to Russian Anastasia Myskina.[3]
Later years[]
Kristina Brandi resides in Tampa, Florida and continued to be active on the WTA Tour for many years after the 2004 Olympic Games.
Brandi defended her ITF-Surbiton title defeating Laura Granville from the U.S. Brandi's grass-court season plans for 2006 at the WTA Tour-level included the main draw of the Birmingham tournament as well as the qualifying tournament at Eastbourne before heading to compete in the Wimbledon Championships main draw.
Brandi, who has since retired, is the niece of Andy Brandi who played for the Trinity Tigers men's tennis team in NCAA Division I competition.[4]
WTA career finals[]
Singles: 1 (1 title)[]
Result | Date | Tier | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 20 June 1999 | Tier III | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands | Grass | ![]() |
6–0, 3–6, 6–1 |
ITF Circuit finals[]
Singles: 25 (16 titles, 9 runner-ups)[]
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 4 July 1994 | ITF Indianapolis, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 25 July 1994 | ITF Roanoke, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 9 October 1995 | ITF Sedona, United States | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 6 April 1997 | ITF Phoenix, United States | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 5. | 26 January 1998 | ITF Clearwater, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 5 April 1998 | ITF Phoenix, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 20 July 1998 | ITF Peachtree City, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 8. | 2 August 1998 | ITF Salt Lake City, United States | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 9. | 1 November 1998 | ITF Austin, United States | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 10. | 1 August 1999 | ITF Salt Lake City, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 11. | 30 April 2000 | ITF Sarasota, United States | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 12. | 4 June 2001 | ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 13. | 13 May 2003 | ITF Charlottesville, United States | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 14. | 8 June 2003 | ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 15. | 8 July 2003 | ITF College Park, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 16. | 28 July 2003 | ITF Louisville, United States | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 17. | 14 September 2003 | ITF Peachtree City, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–1 |
Winner | 18. | 22 September 2003 | ITF Albuquerque, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 19. | 5 October 2003 | ITF Troy, United States | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 20. | 19 October 2003 | ITF Sedona, United States | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 6–1, 4–6 |
Winner | 21. | 4 June 2005 | ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 22. | 2 October 2005 | ITF Ashland, United States | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
Winner | 23. | 16 October 2005 | ITF San Francisco, United States | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 24. | 10 June 2006 | ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
7–5, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 25. | 19 September 2006 | ITF Albuquerque, United States | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)[]
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 20 June 1994 | ITF Hilton Head, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 2–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 2. | 4 July 1994 | ITF Indianapolis, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 4–6, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 25 July 1994 | ITF Roanoke, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1 February 1998 | ITF Clearwater, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 10 September 2002 | ITF Peachtree City, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–7(3) |
Runner-up | 6. | 8 July 2003 | ITF College Park, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
See also[]
- List of Puerto Ricans
- Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico
- History of women in Puerto Rico
- Sports in Puerto Rico
References[]
- ^ Tennis
- ^ Sports Illustrated
- ^ Olympic results
- ^ Paul Jenkins, "Gators hire new women's tennis coach," The Gainesville Sun, pp. 1D & 4D (August 22, 1984). Retrieved June 16, 2011.
External links[]
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Olympic tennis players of Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican people of Corsican descent
- Puerto Rican female tennis players
- Sportspeople from San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico
- Pan American Games medalists in tennis
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games