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Sarah Gronert Full name Sarah Gronert Country Germany Born 6 July 1986
Linnich, West GermanyTurned pro 2008 Career prize money $63,934 Singles Career record 144–89 Career titles 7 ITF Highest ranking 195 (12 July 2010) Current ranking 203 (21 November 2011) Doubles Career record 4–1 Career titles 1 ITF Highest ranking — Current ranking — Last updated on: 21 November 2011. Sarah Gronert (born 6 July 1986 in Linnich[1]) is a professional German tennis player who plays on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has won 8 ITF titles and her best world ranking of 195 came on 12 July 2010.
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Gender
Gronert was born intersex, with both male and female genitalia. She had surgery at the age of 19 and is now legally and medically considered to be a woman.[2][3][4]
ITF titles (8)
Singles (7)
$100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. 25 January 2009 Kaarst Carpet (i) Irina Kuzmina 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 2. 7 March 2009 Ra'anana Hard Lavinia Lobbinger 6–0, 6–1 3. 19 July 2009 Darmstadt Clay Zuzana Kučová 6–1, 6–1 4. 16 September 2009 Versmold Clay Darija Jurak 6–3, 3–6, 7–6 5. 17 January 2010 Glasgow Hard Julia Babilon 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 6. 30 January 2011 Kaarst Carpet (i) Anna Zaja 6–74, 7–65, 6–3 7. 24 July 2011 Wrexham Hard Lenka Wienerová 6–4, 6–4 Doubles (1)
$100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score 1. 6 March 2009 Ra'anana Hard Keren Shlomo Lucia Kovarčíková
Zuzana Linhová7–5, 7–5 References
- ^ Witt, Christian (26 January 2009). "Hohn, Spott, bittere Tränen" (in German). Focus. http://www.focus.de/sport/mehrsport/tennis-hohn-spott-bittere-traenen_aid_364868.html. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ Hodgkinson, Mark (27 March 2009). "Sarah Gronert passes gender test to play on women's circuit". Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wtatour/5063065/Sarah-Gronert-passes-gender-test-to-play-on-womens-circuit.html. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "Warum Sarah Gronert ihre Karriere unterbricht" (in German). Die Welt. 27 July 2008. http://www.welt.de/sport/article2253480/Warum-Sarah-Gronert-ihre-Karriere-unterbricht.html. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ Schröder, René (29 July 2008). "Tennisspielerin Sarah Gronert als Mann angefeindet" (in German). Der Westen. http://www.derwesten.de/sport/tennis/Tennisspielerin-Sarah-Gronert-als-Mann-angefeindet-id83579.html. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
External links
- Sarah Gronert at the Women's Tennis Association
- Sarah Gronert at the International Tennis Federation
- Sarah Gronert at CoreTennis.net
Women's Tennis Association: Top German female singles tennis players as of 14 November 2011 1. Andrea Petkovic (10 ) · 2. Sabine Lisicki (15 ) · 3. Julia Görges (21 ) · 4. Angelique Kerber (32 ) · 5. Mona Barthel (67 )6. Kristina Barrois (91 ) · 7. Kathrin Wörle (140 1) · 8. Tatjana Malek (190 1) · 9. Sarah Gronert (204 ) · 10. Annika Beck (235 1)Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from the District of Düren
- German female tennis players
- Intersex people
- German tennis biography stubs
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