SREBOTNIK, KATERINA
Slovenia
Born 12 March 1981 in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
Height:
Nicknames: "Kata", "Kat"
Played: Right-handed with a two-handed backhand
[Active 1995-2020-doubles only after 2010]
While a steady top 20 something in singles, "Kat" will be best remembered as Slovenia's best doubles players ever. She won 3 out the 4 mixed championships, only missing out on Wimbledon.
In singles she notably upset Serena Williams at the 2008 French Open. She seems to have quietly retired after the 2020 season.
6 time Grand Slam doubles champion (1 women's doubles, 5 mixed) -
2011 Wimbledon doubles (with Kveta Peschke)
1999 French mixed (w/Piet Norval)
2003 US Open mixed (w/Bob Bryan)
2006 French mixed ( (w/ Nenad Zimonjic)
2010 French mixed (w/ Nenad Zimonjic)
2011 Australian mixed (w/Daniel Nester)
Also lost 4 slam doubles finals and 5 mixed finals.
Parents are Joze and Zlatka; older sister is Urska ... Nickname is Kata ...Favorite movie Hachiko, a dog's story and The Green Mile, favorite food is sushi and chocolate. Like other sports, such as skiing, swimming and table tennis idol is Monica Seles. Relaxes by listening to music, reading books, watching movies, seeing friends ... Other sports interests include skiing, swimming ... Admires Monica Seles.
Career Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (4): 2005 - Auckland, Stockholm; 2002 - Acapulco; 1999 - Oeiras.
Finalist (6): 2008 - Strasbourg; 2007 - Portoroz; 2006 - Cincinnati; 2005 - Portoroz; 2003 - Palermo; 2002 - Bogotá.
DOUBLES
Winner (39): 2018 - Charleston (w/Kudryavtseva), Nürnberg (w/Schuurs); 2017 - Doha (w/Spears); 2015 - Eastbourne (w/Garcia); 2014 - Rome (w/Peschke); 2013 - Sydney, Miami, Eastbourne (all w/Petrova), Toronto (w/Jankovic); 2012 - Sydney (w/Peschke); 2011 - Auckland, Doha, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Carlsbad, Beijing (all w/Peschke); 2010 - Indian Wells, New Haven (both w/Peschke); 2009 - Linz (w/Groenefeld); 2008 - Miami, Charleston, Linz (all w/Sugiyama), Moscow (w/Petrova); 2007 - Gold Coast (w/Safina), Amelia Island (w/Santangelo), Toronto (w/Sugiyama); 2006 - Antwerp (w/Safina), Amelia Island (w/Asagoe); 2005 - Auckland (w/Asagoe), Stockholm, Budapest, Hasselt (all w/Loit); 2004 - Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Asagoe); 2003 - Bogotá (w/Svensson); 2001 - Hawaii (w/Krizan); 2000 - Oeiras (w/Krizan); 1999 - Antwerp (w/Golarsa), Palermo (w/Krizan); 1998 - Makarska (w/Krizan).
Finalist (42): 2018 - St. Petersburg (w/Kudryavtseva); 2017 - Stuttgart (w/Spears); 2015 - Brisbane, Stuttgart, Toronto (all w/Garcia); 2014 - Doha (w/Peschke); 2013 - Doha, Dubai, Indian Wells (all w/Petrova), New Haven (w/Medina Garrigues); 2012 - Montréal (w/Petrova), Cincinnati (w/J.Zheng); 2011 - Sydney, Dubai, Madrid, WTA Finals (all w/Peschke); 2010 - Dubai, Stuttgart, Roland Garros, Eastbourne, Montréal, WTA Finals (all w/Peschke); 2007 - Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Linz, WTA Finals (all w/Sugiyama); 2006 - Warsaw (w/Medina Garrigues), US Open (w/Safina), Zürich (w/Huber), Linz (w/Morariu); 2005 - Portoroz (w/Kostanic Tosic); 2004 - Casablanca (w/Callens), Strasbourg (w/Krizan); 2002 - Bogotá, Acapulco (both w/Krizan); 2001 - Oeiras, Toronto (both w/Krizan); 2000 - Bol, Tokyo [Japan Open], Pattaya City (all w/Krizan); 1999 - Luxembourg (w/Krizan); 1998 - Maria Lankowitz (w/Krizan).
MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (5): 2011 - Australian Open (w/Nestor); 2010 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic); 2006 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic); 2003 - US Open (w/B.Bryan); 1999 - Roland Garros (w/Norval).
Finalist (6): 2011 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic); 2008 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic), Wimbledon (w/M.Bryan); 2007 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic); 2005 - US Open (w/Zimonjic); 2002 - US Open (w/B.Bryan).
ADDITIONAL
Slovenian Fed Cup Team, 1997, 1999-2001, 2003-05, 2010-12; Slovenian Olympic Team, 2000, 2004, 2012.
WTA Year-End Top 100 Rankings
1999: #63
2001: #98
2002: #36
2003: #39
2004: #89
2005: #28
2006: #23 [Career high ranking of #20 on 07 August 2006]
2007: #27
2008: #20
2009 Guide to Professional Tennis, pages 181-182
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