Sanda Mamić

Infobox Tennis player
playername = Sanda Mamic


country = CRO
residence = Zagreb, Croatia
datebirth = birth date and age|1985|03|22
placebirth = Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
now Croatia
height = height|m=1.79
weight = convert|60|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = 2004
plays = Left (two-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney = 176,184
singlesrecord = 131–78
singlestitles = 3 ITF
highestsinglesranking = No. 83 (July 18, 2005)
AustralianOpenresult = 1R (2005)
FrenchOpenresult = 2R (2005, 2008)
Wimbledonresult = 1R (2005)
USOpenresult = 1R (2005)
doublesrecord = 21–23
doublestitles = 1 ITF
highestdoublesranking = No. 298 (February 16, 2004)
updated = January 15, 2008

Sanda Mamic (Sanda Mamić) (born March 22, 1985 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a professional female tennis player from Croatia.

Early career

*2001 - Reached final at ITF/Hvar-CRO

*2002 - Reached final at ITF/Sopron-HUN

*2003 - Won first ITF Circuit title at ITF/Yamaguchi-JPN; also reached final at ITF/Makarska 1-CRO

*2004 - Best career finish, reaching QF at Budapest. Sanda, ranking number 201, entering the main draw as a qualifier. Budapest was her WTA tour main draw debut, whereupon she defeated Leondn, Garcia and Garbin en route, eventually losing to Pennetta in 3 sets.

In Seoul she would qualify and lose again in the quarterfinals to Kremer.

After qualifying at Moscow, Sanda notched her best win to date vs. No.28 Mary Pierce, winning in straight sets, 60 64. She would later lose in the second round to Dementieva.

In May 2004, Sanda had her Grand Slam debut, reaching the main draw at Roland Garros through qualifying. She would lose in the first round.

Later in the year she had her Top 100 debut on October 18 at No.96, reaching career-high at the time to No.95 a week later.

*2005 - Reached third Tour singles QF at Modena losing in a third set tiebreaker to eventual finalist Garbin.

She managed to reach the second round four times, including Rome, where she defeated No.23 Hantuchova, and later losing to Pierce and Roland Garros, where she eventually lost in the second round to Dementieva

Unfortunately for the rest of the year she would fall in the first round six times, including the other three majors.

In September she was invited to the Croatian Fed Cup team in their match against Thailand. Although she lost both singles rubbers, to Tanasugarn and Viratprasert respectively, Croatia would prevail 3–2.

Late career

Later in her career, Sanda had problems with her wrist, which at first was thought to be a regular sport injury, that would require a short term break. Her ranking was protected for the next 10 months, and it seemed that that period of time would be more than enough to heal and come back to the tennis courts. But further complications with her injury, talk about a mysterious bacteria that infected her wrist wound and liver complications took her off the courts for more than two years. Her tennis career seemed almost over, and she moved on and started to work for a web design company.

But in 2008 she came back to the courts. Her comeback at Bangalore Open in March 2008 was noticed as a real surprise by the croatian journalists, where she won against Chan Yung-jan (6–2, 6–2) in the first round, but lost in the second round against Jelena Jankovic (6–2, 6–2).Sanda made the 2nd round in her Grand Slam comeback at Roland Garros beating Dutchwoman Michaella Krajicek (6-4, 6-3) before falling to Italy's Francesca Schiavone in the next match.

Tennis career

Titles (4 ITF)

ingles (3)

Doubles (1)

Performance timeline

Trivia

Sanda is also a big fan and an avid player of World of Warcraft, Warcraft III Defense of the Ancients scenario [AKA Dota] , and many other video games, which is somewhat unusual for (professional) athletes.

References

External links

*http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/players/playerprofiles/Playerbio.asp?PlayerID=130760
*http://www.inside-tennis.net/gal.php?gd=mysopot&