Nicole Kriz

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Nicole Kriz
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceSydney
Born (1983-12-13) 13 December 1983 (age 38)
Bankstown, New South Wales
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2001
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$86,177
Singles
Career record114–119
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 332 (4 August 2008)
Doubles
Career record202–115
Career titles23 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 104 (9 July 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2008, 2009, 2010)
WimbledonQ1 (2007)

Nicole Kriz (born 13 December 1983) is a retired Australian tennis player. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is No. 104, achieved on 9 July 2007. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 332, which she reached on 4 August 2008.

Early life[]

Kriz was born on 13 December 1983, in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, to Mike and Seija Kriz.[1] She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, in Croydon, leaving at the end of Year 10, in 1999, to focus on her tennis career.[2]

Kriz won the $25k Australian Challenger event in Berri, beating top-100 player Marina Erakovic in the final. She also defeated the No. 2 seed Monique Adamczak in the semifinals. Both wins were by third set tiebreakers.

Kriz retired in 2010.

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5
Premier
International
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Tier Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 27 September 2009 International Hansol Open, South Korea Hard United States Carly Gullickson Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
United States Abigail Spears
3–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals[]

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

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 23 September 2001 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard Australia Samantha Stosur 0–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 10 August 2003 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay Montenegro Danica Krstajić 3–6, 6–0, 6–1
Winner 2. 17 February 2008 ITF Berri, Australia Grass Australia Marina Erakovic 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 35 (23 titles, 12 runner-ups)[]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 18 September 2000 ITF Greenville, United States Clay Belarus United States
United States Elizabeth Schmidt
6–2, 6–2
Winner 2. 25 September 2000 ITF Raleigh, United States Clay Belarus Evgenia Subbotina United States
United States Jacqueline Trail
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 1. 3 February 2002 ITF Wellington, New Zealand Hard Australia Sarah Stone Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
6–4, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Winner 3. 11 March 2002 ITF Benalla, Australia Grass Australia Sarah Stone Australia Casey Dellacqua
Germany Svenja Weidemann
7–5, 6–1
Winner 4. 23 March 2002 ITF Bendigo, Australia Grass Australia Sarah Stone Australia
Germany
3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner 5. 4 August 2002 ITF Dublin, Ireland Grass United Kingdom Anna Hawkins United Kingdom
Serbia Višnja Vuletić
6–2, 7–5
Winner 6. 25 August 2002 ITF Westende, Belgium Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Ukraine Valeria Bondarenko
Lithuania Edita Liachovičiūtė
6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 2. 21 September 2003 ITF Sunderland, England Hard Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk Republic of Ireland Claire Curran
Sweden Helena Ejeson
2–6, 1–6
Winner 7. 28 September 2003 ITF Glasgow, Scotland Hard Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk New Zealand Leanne Baker
Italy Francesca Lubiani
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 3 February 2004 ITF Wellington, New Zealand Grass Australia Emily Hewson New Zealand Shelley Stephens
Australia Kristen van Elden
1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 21 March 2004 ITF Yarrawonga, Australia Grass Australia Emily Hewson Australia Beti Sekulovski
Australia Cindy Watson
3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner 8. 28 March 2004 ITF Yarrawonga, Australia Grass Australia Emily Hewson Australia Mireille Dittmann
Australia Kristen van Elden
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 5. 9 May 2004 ITF Fukuoka, Japan Carpet Australia Monique Adamczak Japan Rika Fujiwara
Japan Saori Obata
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 17 October 2004 ITF Mackay, Australia Hard Australia Monique Adamczak Australia Daniella Dominikovic
Australia Evie Dominikovic
w/o
Runner-up 7. 20 March 2005 ITF Yarrawonga, Australia Grass Australia Emily Hewson Australia
Russia Julia Efremova
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 8. 17 March 2006 ITF Canberra, Australia Clay New Zealand Leanne Baker Australia Monique Adamczak
Australia Christina Horiatopoulos
6–7, 1–6
Winner 9. 25 June 2006 ITF Fort Worth, United States Hard United States Christina Fusano Argentina
United States Story Tweedie-Yates
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner 10. 23 July 2006 ITF Hamilton, Canada Clay United States Story Tweedie-Yates Argentina Soledad Esperón
Canada Aleksandra Wozniak
6–4, 6–1
Winner 11. 6 August 2006 ITF Vancouver, Canada Hard United States Story Tweedie-Yates United States
United States Courtney Nagle
7–5, 6–3
Winner 12. 8 October 2006 ITF Troy, United States Hard New Zealand Leanne Baker South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
United States Neha Uberoi
6–7(1–7), 7–5, 6–3
Winner 13. 29 October 2006 ITF Augusta, United States Hard New Zealand Leanne Baker South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
United States Neha Uberoi
7–6(7–3), 6–1
Runner-up 9. 19 November 2006 ITF Port Pirie, Australia Hard Australia Christina Horiatopoulos South Africa Natalie Grandin
United States Raquel Kops-Jones
2–6, 1–6
Winner 14. 7 April 2007 ITF Pelham, United States Clay United States Carly Gullickson Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
Czech Republic Hana Šromová
6–2, 2–6, 6–0
Runner-up 10. 13 May 2007 ITF Catania, Italy Clay New Zealand Leanne Baker Belgium Debbrich Feys
Belarus Darya Kustova
4–6, 4–6
Winner 15. 7 February 2008 ITF Mildura, Australia Grass New Zealand Marina Erakovic Australia Monique Adamczak
Australia Christina Wheeler
6–4, 6–4
Winner 16. 17 February 2008 ITF Berri, Australia Grass New Zealand Marina Erakovic Australia Shannon Golds
Australia Emelyn Starr
2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–3]
Winner 17. 13 July 2008 ITF Allentown, United States Hard United States Carly Gullickson Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
South Africa Natalie Grandin
6–2, 6–3
Winner 18. 2 August 2008 ITF Vancouver, Canada Hard United States Carly Gullickson United States Christina Fusano
Japan Junri Namigata
6–7(4–7), 6–1, [10–5]
Winner 19. 3 May 2009 ITF Charlottesville, United States Clay United States Carly Gullickson United States Angela Haynes
Russia Alina Jidkova
7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up 11. 18 July 2009 ITF Carson, United States Hard Australia Monique Adamczak United States Laura Granville
United States Riza Zalameda
3–6, 4–6
Winner 20. 24 July 2009 ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Australia Monique Adamczak Ukraine Kristina Antoniychuk
Ukraine Irina Buryachok
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Winner 21. 14 August 2009 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Australia Shannon Golds Sweden Johanna Larsson
United Kingdom Anna Smith
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Winner 22. 18 September 2009 ITF Darwin, Australia Clay Australia Alicia Molik Australia Tyra Calderwood
Australia Olivia Rogowska
6–3, 6–4
Winner 23. 3 October 2009 ITF Hamanako, Japan Carpet United States Carly Gullickson Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Chinese Taipei Hwang I-hsuan
4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–5]
Runner-up 12. 3 April 2010 ITF Pelham, United States Clay Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei United States Mallory Cecil
United States Jamie Hampton
4–6, 3–6

WTA doubles highlights[]

  • 2007 – SF Tier IV Prague, Czech Republic w/ New Zealand Leanne Baker
  • 2007 – QF Tier IV Fes, Morocco w/ New Zealand Leanne Baker
  • 2007 – QF Tier III Acapulco, Mexico w/ New Zealand Leanne Baker
  • 2007 – QF Tier III Bogotá, Colombia w/ New Zealand Leanne Baker
  • 2007 – QF Tier IV Auckland, New Zealand w/ New Zealand Leanne Baker

Top five career singles wins[]

  1. 138– Australia Samantha Stosur – 2003
  2. 150– New Zealand Marina Erakovic – 2008
  3. 168– United Kingdom Melanie South – 2006
  4. 173– Australia Monique Adamczak – 2008
  5. 181– Japan Junri Namigata – 2008

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "KRIZ, Nicole (AUS)". Women's Circuit – Player Biography. ITF Tennis. 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  2. ^ Aurora Australis: The Magazine of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney. February 1999. Missing or empty |title= (help).

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