Edina Gallovits

Country	Romania
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Date of birth	December 10, 1984 (1984-12-10) (age 24)
Place of birth	Timişoara, Romania
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	53 kg (120 lb)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$688,450
Singles
Career record	288–175
Career titles	0 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 54 (April 28, 2008)
Current ranking	No. 86 (November 2, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (2005, 2008, 2009)
French Open	3R (2004, 2006)
Wimbledon	2R (2005, 2006, 2008)
US Open	3R (2005)
Doubles
Career record	110–96
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 63 (April 6, 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2009)
French Open	2R (2008)
Wimbledon	1R (2005, 2008, 2009)
US Open	1R (2007)
Last updated on: July 13, 2009.

Edina Gallovits (born December 10, 1984 in Timişoara, Romania) is a Romanian female tennis player of Hungarian descent. She is currently at her career high ranking of No. 54, a ranking achieved on April 28, 2008. She achieved her best Grand Slam performance at the 2007 French Open and 2008 Australian Open by making the second round. In juniors, she reached a career high of No. 7 and made the final of the prestigious Orange Bowl Championships, losing to Vera Zvonareva.

Contents 1 Career 2 WTA Tour finals (2) 2.1 Singles runner-up (1) 2.2 Doubles runner-up (1) 3 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] WTA Tour finals (2)

Legend

Grand Slam

WTA Championships

Tier I

Tier II

Tier III

Tier IV

[edit] Singles runner-up (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	June 16, 2007	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	6–3, 6–2

[edit] Doubles runner-up (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	April 14, 2008	Charleston, USA	Green Clay	Olga Govortsova	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 6–2

[edit] External links

• Edina Gallovits profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Edina Gallovits at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile

v • d • e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Romanian female singles tennis players as of November 2, 2009 1. Sorana Cîrstea (43 ▬)  2. Alexandra Dulgheru (52 ▬)  3. Ioana Raluca Olaru (71 ▬)  4. Edina Gallovits (86 ▲1)  5. Monica Niculescu (91 ▼7) 6. Simona Halep (209 ▲4)  7. Irina Begu (217 ▼25)  8. Agnes Szatmari (245 ▼22)  9. Elora Dabija (305 ▲8)  10. Liana Ungur (355 ▲5)

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