Silvija Talaja

Country	Croatia
Residence	Makarska, Croatia
Date of birth	14 January 1978 (1978-01-14) (age 31)
Place of birth	Imotski, Croatia (then SFRY)
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	57 kg (130 lb)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$1,135,876
Singles
Career record	300–273
Career titles	2 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 18 (29 May 2000)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (2002)
French Open	3R (1999, 2004)
Wimbledon	3R (2000)
US Open	2R (2001, 2003)
Doubles
Career record	69–120
Career titles	1 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 54 (7 June 2004)
Last updated on: 27 February 2009.

Silvija Talaja (born on 14 January 1978 in Imotski) is a former Croatian professional tennis player.

Her most successful year was 2000, when she won two WTA tournaments and received career-high ranking of number 18 (on 29 May). She also won one WTA title in doubles, and won a gold medal in 1993 Mediterranean Games in doubles.

When she married in 2006 to Tonći Tolja, she retired from professional tennis.

Contents 1 WTA Tour Titles (3) 1.1 Singles (2) 1.2 Doubles (1) 2 WTA Tour Finalist (7) 2.1 Singles (4) 2.2 Doubles (3) 3 External links

[edit] WTA Tour Titles (3)

[edit] Singles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	3 January 2000	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Conchita Martínez	6–0, 0–6, 6–4
2.	22 May 2000	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Rita Kuti-Kis	7–5, 4–6, 6–3

[edit] Doubles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	28 July 2003	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Tatiana Perebiynis	Maret Ani & Libuše Prusová	6–4, 6–2

[edit] WTA Tour Finalist (7)

[edit] Singles (4)

1996 - Bol (lost to Gloria Pizzichini) 1999 - ‘s-Hertogenbosch (lost to Kristina Brandi)

1999 - Portschach (lost to Karina Habšudová) 2002 - Tokyo (lost to Jill Craybas)

[edit] Doubles (3)

• 2002 - Warsaw (with Evgenia Kulikovskaya)
• 2003 - Helsinki (with Tatiana Perebiynis)
• 2005 - Pattaya (with Marta Domachowska)

[edit] External links

• Silvija Talaja profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• "Ništa se ne može mjeriti s rođenjem djeteta" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20061201/sport03.asp.  (Silvija Talaja's life after retirement)

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