Līga Dekmeijere

Līga Dekmeijere
	Dekmeijere in 2008
Country (sports)	Latvia
Born	21 May 1983 (age 38); Riga, Latvia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Prize money	$488,572
Singles
Career record	182–282 (39.2%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 287 (26 August 2002)
Doubles
Career record	297–328 (47.5%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 54 (5 April 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005, 2010, 2011)
French Open	3R (2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2012)
US Open	2R (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	14–16

Līga Dekmeijere (born 21 May 1983) is a Latvian former tennis player.

In her career, she won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 26 August 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 287. On 5 April 2010, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings.

Dekmeijere won her only WTA tournament title at the 2008 Cachantún Cup, where she entered the doubles draw with Poland's Alicja Rosolska, defeating Mariya Koryttseva and Julia Schruff in the final.^[1]

Playing for Latvia Fed Cup team, Dekmeijere has a win/loss record of 14–16.

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups)[]

showLegend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Elite Trophy (1–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–1)
International (1–5)

showFinals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	6 November 2005	Tournoi de Québec Canada	Hard (i)	Ashley Harkleroad	Anastasia Rodionova Elena Vesnina	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	13 January 2006	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	Claire Curran	Marta Domachowska Roberta Vinci	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Win	1.	17 February 2008	Cachantún Cup, Chile	Clay	Alicja Rosolska	Mariya Koryttseva Julia Schruff	7–5, 6–3
Loss	3.	20 June 2008	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Grass	Angelique Kerber	Marina Erakovic Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4.	19 April 2009	Family Circle Cup, U.S.	Clay	Patty Schnyder	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–2, [11–9]
Loss	5.	15 January 2011	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Kateryna Bondarenko	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	6–3, 7–5
Loss	6.	25 August 2012	Texas Tennis Open, U.S.	Hard	Irina Falconi	Marina Erakovic Heather Watson	6–3, 6–0

ITF finals[]

Singles (0–1)[]

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

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 October 2010	ITF Williamsburg, United States	Clay	Lauren Davis	0–6, 0–6

Doubles (19–10)[]

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

Finals by surface
Hard (9–8)
Clay (10–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	12 July 1999	ITF Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Liudmila Nikoyan	Ségolène Berger Victoria Courmes	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	8 July 2001	ITF Périgueux, France	Clay	Margit Rüütel	Kildine Chevalier Daniela Olivera	6–4, 6–1
Winner	3.	29 July 2001	ITF Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Irina Kornienko	Chiaki Nakajima Ayako Suzuki	6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	11 November 2001	ITF Le Havre, France	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	Daniela Olivera Natacha Randriantefy	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	19 November 2001	ITF Deauville, France	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	Yvonne Doyle Eva Erbová	6–1, 7–6⁽⁷⁾
Runner-up	1.	15 October 2002	ITF Southampton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Yvonne Doyle	Amanda Hopmans Dragana Zarić	2–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	6 May 2003	ITF Fukuoka, Japan	Clay	Nana Smith	Saori Obata Rika Fujiwara	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	7.	12 October 2003	ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Bianka Lamade	Leslie Butkiewicz Caroline Maes	6–1, 6–2
Winner	8.	22 March 2004	ITF Athens, Greece	Hard	Martina Müller	Zsófia Gubacsi Kira Nagy	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Winner	9.	23 May 2004	ITF Beijing, China	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Rui Du Liu Nannan	4–6, 6–4, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Winner	10.	30 May 2004	ITF Tongliao, China	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Anna Bastrikova Nina Bratchikova	7–5, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Runner-up	2.	13 June 2004	ITF Beijing, China	Hard (i)	İpek Şenoğlu	Chuang Chia-jung Wynne Prakusya	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	26 September 2004	ITF Tunica, United States	Clay	Natallia Dziamidzenka	Tetiana Luzhanska Aneta Soukup	2–6, 1–6
Winner	11.	3 October 2004	ITF Pelham, United States	Clay	Natallia Dziamidzenka	Sarah Riske Aleke Tsoubanos	6–3, 6–1
Winner	12.	16 November 2004	ITF Tucson, United States	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Krysty Marcio Jessica Nguyen	6–4, 6–4
Winner	13.	30 November 2004	ITF Palm Beach Gardens, United States	Clay	Nana Smith	Kelly McCain Kaysie Smashey	6–3, 6–2
Winner	14.	12 June 2005	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Caroline Dhenin	Maria Fernanda Alves Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–2, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	21 May 2006	ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Chuang Chia-jung Napaporn Tongsalee	6–4, 1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	5.	23 May 2006	ITF Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Nina Bratchikova	Chuang Chia-jung Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	9 June 2006	ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic	Clay	Alicja Rosolska	Jarmila Gajdošová Akiko Morigami	3–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Winner	15.	29 September 2006	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Ayami Takase	Yurika Sema Mari Tanaka	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–3
Winner	16.	19 October 2006	ITF Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Veronika Chvojková	Katie O'Brien Margit Rüütel	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	27 January 2007	ITF Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Julie Ditty	Natalie Grandin Raquel Kops-Jones	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	20 Mar 2007	ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Story Tweedie-Yates	Chanelle Scheepers Robin Stephenson	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	17 July 2007	ITF Boston, United States	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Melinda Czink Natalie Grandin	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	18 September 2007	ITF Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	Melinda Czink Angela Haynes	5–7, 4–6
Winner	17.	28 September 2008	ITF Ashland, United States	Hard	Jelena Pandžić	Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Winner	18.	13 March 2011	ITF Clearwater, United States	Hard	Kimberly Couts	Heidi El Tabakh Arina Rodionova	6–1, 6–4
Winner	19.	2 April 2011	ITF Pelham, United States	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Kimberly Couts Heidi El Tabakh	2–6, 6–4, [12–10]

Doubles performance timeline[]

**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)

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Australian Open	2R	1R			1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	3–8
French Open		2R			1R		2R	3R	2R	A	5–5
Wimbledon		1R			1R	1R		2R	1R	A	1–5
US Open	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	A	5–9
Win–Loss	1–2	1–4	0–1	1–1	1–4	1–3	3–3	4–4	2–4	0–1	14–27

References[]

^ "Alicja, Liga Triumph in Vina del Mar Doubles". Women's Tennis Association. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2008.

External links[]

Līga Dekmeijere at the Women's Tennis Association
Līga Dekmeijere at the International Tennis Federation
Līga Dekmeijere at the Billie Jean King Cup
Official website
ESPN Profile

[1] "Alicja, Liga Triumph in Vina del Mar Doubles". Women's Tennis Association. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2008.

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