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Marina Erakovic (Croatian: Marina Eraković, born March 6, 1988) is a professional tennis player from New Zealand. She was born in Split, Croatia and emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand in 1994 as a 6 year old with her family. She attended Glendowie College in Auckland. Her career high WTA doubles ranking is World No. 43, achieved on October 27, 2008. As of June 15, 2009,she is World No. 229.
[edit] Junior careerShe teamed with Michaëlla Krajicek to win the 2004 US Open junior doubles title and Victoria Azarenka to win 2005 Australian Open junior doubles title. Erakovic was the runner-up in the 2004 and 2005 Wimbledon junior doubles with Monica Niculescu. [edit] Professional career[edit] 2005-2006In 2005 and 2006, Erakovic won five International Tennis Federation singles titles. She was a wildcard entry in the 2005 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand where she lost in the second round. She lost in the second round of qualifying for the 2006 French Open. [edit] 2007Erakovic lost in the second round of qualifying for the Australian Open, the first round of qualifying for the French Open, the first round of qualifying for Wimbledon, and the third round of qualifying for the U.S. Open. She was a wildcard entry in the ASB Classic in Auckland where she lost in the second round. [edit] 2008Erakovic received another wild card into the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand where she defeated World No. 67 American Ashley Harkleroad in the second round 7–6(5), 7–5 to reach the quarterfinals for the first time. This was the best result at this event by a New Zealand tennis player since 1990[1] and was the first time since 1990 that a New Zealand female tennis player had reached the singles semifinals of a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) event.[citation needed] In her quarterfinal match, Erakovic defeated the top seed and World No. 22 Russian Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(5)[2] but lost in the semifinals to World No. 90 French player Aravane Rezaï 6–3, 7–5.[3] Erakovic then lost in the first round of qualifying for the Australian Open. At the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee, Erakovic won five qualifying and main draw matches before defeating Russian Alla Kudryavtseva in the quarterfinals 4–6, 6–3, 6–3. She then lost to Lindsay Davenport in the semifinals 6–0, 6–3. Following this tournament, Erakovic's world ranking entered the top 100 for the first time.[4] Erakovic lost in the first round of qualifying for the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California. At the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Erakovic initially was awarded a wildcard into the qualifying portion of the tournament but was upgraded to a main draw wildcard after a withdrawal.[5] Erakovic defeated World No. 34 Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands in the second round 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 to set up a third round match with Venus Williams.[6] Erakovic then lost the match 6–2, 6–1. Erakovic then lost in the second round of the ITF Circuit tournament in Monzón, Spain, the first round of the Tier IV Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Fes, Morocco, and the first round of the Tier III Istanbul Cup. In doubles, Erakovic and Polona Hercog were the runners-up at the Istanbul Cup. At the French Open, World No. 80 Erakovic defeated World No. 56 Tathiana Garbin in the first round 6–7(9), 6–3, 6–3 before losing to third-seeded Jelena Janković in the second round 6–2, 7–6(5). She was the first New Zealand-raised player to make the main draw of a Grand Slam singles tournament since 1993.[7] On grass, Erakovic won the Surbiton tournament in London,[8] her ninth career ITF singles title, and then reached the semifinals at the DFS Classic in Birmingham, United Kingdom,[9] which was her third career WTA tournament semifinal. At the Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, Erakovic lost in the second round of the singles competition but won her first WTA doubles title with partner Michaella Krajicek.[10] At Wimbledon, Erakovic played her second career Grand Slam singles tournament.[10] She defeated Krajicek in the first round and Julia Goerges in the second round before losing to Tamarine Tanasugarn in the third round 4–6, 6–4, 6–4. She was the first New Zealand player to reach the third round at Wimbeldon since Belinda Cordwell in 1988.[11] Erakovic lost in the first round of five consecutive tournaments after Wimbledon. She played for New Zealand at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she lost in the first round to wildcard Ayumi Morita from Japan. At the US Open, Erakovic lost in the first round to Pauline Parmentier of France 6–3, 7–6(2) but reached the doubles quarterfinals with new partner Jelena Kostanić Tošić. This was the first time a New Zealander had reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament in either singles or doubles since 1994.[12] [edit] 2009Erakovic began her 2009 season by participating in the 2009 ASB Classic. Playing in Auckland, in her home country of New Zealand, she ended her run of first-round exits by defeating Nuria Llagostera Vives of Spain in the first round 7-5 6-4. In the second round, she lost to top-seed Elena Dementieva of Russia 6-2 6-3. At the Moorilla Hobart International, she was defeated by fourth-seeded Zheng Jie, 6-1 4-6 6-1 in the first round. At the 2009 Australian Open, in her first participation in the event, Erakovic advanced to the second round by beating Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 7-5. In the second round she was defeated in a lengthy 2hr and 16min 3 setter by Lucie Safarova 6-1, 3-6, 9-7. In February, at the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennesse, Erakovic defeated American players Julie Ditty 7-6(4), 6-0 and Melanie Oudin 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 before falling to Britain's Anne Keothavong 2-6, 6-1, 2-6 in the quarterfinals. At the 2009 Monterrey Open in Mexico, a new event on the WTA tour, she lost in the first round to Maria Kirilenko, 4-6, 3-6. She also played doubles at the event with Safarova, losing in the semifinals to the Czech pair of Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova. At the 2009 BNP Paribas Open, the first Premier Mandatory event of the year on the WTA Tour Erakovic lost in the first round to Tsvetana Pironkova 4-6, 1-6. She was then soundly beaten in the first round of the next Premier Mandatory event of the year, the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open by qualifier Karolina Sprem 0-6, 2-6. Due to an ongoing hip injury, Erakovic missed the 2009 French Open.[13] She has also withdrawn from Wimbledon with the same problem. [14] Erakovic launched an official website in June 2009, http://marinaerakovic.co.nz. [edit] ITF titles (14)[edit] Singles (9)
[edit] Doubles (5)
[edit] WTA Tour titles (3)[edit] Doubles (3)
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