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Edina Gallovits-Hall
Romanian tennis player

Edina Gallovits-Hall

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
Romanian tennis player
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Timișoara, Timiș County, Romania
Age
40 years
Residence
Atlanta
Stats
Height:
165
Weight:
53
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall (née Gallovits; born December 10, 1984) is a Romanian female tennis player, living in the United States. Her career highest ranking of No. 54 was achieved on April 28, 2008. In juniors, she reached a career high of No. 7 and made the final of the Orange Bowl Championships, losing to Vera Zvonareva. Edina married her American coach and manager, Bryce Hall, in November 2010. She represented her home country, Romania, until April 2015, when she started playing for the United States of America.

Career

In June 2007, she reached the final of the inaugural Barcelona KIA event. Ranked at No. 91 in the world, she beat Virginia Ruano Pascual, fifth seed Lourdes Domínguez Lino, fourth seed Kaia Kanepi and in the semifinals she prevailed over Virginie Razzano 6–3 6–4. However, her run came to an end courtesy of Meghann Shaughnessy who won 6–3 6–2 in the final.

In February 2010 she won her first WTA title in doubles at the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia. In the final she and her partner, Gisela Dulko, defeated the pair of Olga Savchuk and Anastasiya Yakimova in straight sets .

Her second doubles title came in September 2010 at the Guangzhou International Women's Open. She partnered with Indian Sania Mirza, defeating the Chinese duo of Han Xinyun and Liu Wan-ting in straight sets in the final.

In 2011, she continued her good doubles game by defending her 2010 Bogotá title. At the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas she paired with Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues and won the final against the Canadian Sharon Fichman and Laura Pous Tió from Spain.

At the 2013 Australian Open, Gallovits-Hall faced Serena Williams in the first round, and was heavily defeated, losing 0–6, 0–6.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend: Before 2009Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam (0/0)
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)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the final
Runner-up1.16 June 2007Barcelona Ladies Open, Barcelona, SpainClayUnited States Meghann Shaughnessy6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

Before 2009Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
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)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore in the final
Runner-up1.20 April 2008Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United StatesGreen ClayBelarus Olga GovortsovaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–2, 6–2
Winner1.21 February 2010Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia (1)ClayArgentina Gisela DulkoUkraine Olga Savchuk
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Winner2.19 September 2010Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, ChinaHardIndia Sania MirzaChina Han Xinyun
China Liu Wanting
7–5, 6–3
Winner3.20 February 2011Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia (2)ClaySpain Anabel Medina GarriguesCanada Sharon Fichman
Spain Laura Pous Tió
2–6, 7–6(8–6), 11–9

Singles performance timeline

Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian OpenAALQLQ1R2R2R1R1RA1R2–6
French Open1RLQLQLQ2R1R1RLQ2R1RA2–6
Wimbledon1RLQLQ1R2R1R2RLQ1RA2–6
US OpenLQLQLQLQ1R1R1R1RLQ2RA1–5
Win–Loss0–10–10–00–01–42–41–41–31–21–30–17–23
Olympic Games
Summer OlympicsNHANot HeldANot HeldANH0–0
Year End Ranking1871861291118784937512498

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament200520062007200820092010201120122013W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian OpenAAA1R2R1R1RAA1–4
French OpenAAA2R1R2R1R3RA4–5
Wimbledon1RAA1R1R1RAAA0–4
US OpenAA1RA2R2R1RAA2–4
Win–Loss0–10–00–11–32–42–40–32–10–07–17

Head vs. Head

  • Agnieszka Radwańska 0–1
  • Serena Williams 0–2
  • Victoria Azarenka 0–1
  • Venus Williams 0–1
  • Nadia Petrova 0–2
  • Dinara Safina 1–0
  • Jelena Dokic 0–1
  • Jelena Janković 1–3
  • Caroline Wozniacki 0–1
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