Karen Cross Explained

Karen Cross
Country: Great Britain
Birth Date:1974 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Exeter, Devon
Turnedpro:1993
Retired:2001
Careerprizemoney:US$196,033
Singlesrecord:156–184
Singlestitles:0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 134 (22 June 1998)
Australianopenresult:Q1 (1999)
Frenchopenresult:Q3 (1998)
Wimbledonresult:3R (1997)
Usopenresult:Q1 (1997, 1998, 1999)
Doublesrecord:76–102
Doublestitles:0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 196 (5 October 1998)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (1998, 1999)
Wimbledonmixedresult:1R (1999)

Karen Cross (born 19 February 1974) is a left-handed British former tennis player who competed at eight Wimbledon Championships during the 1990s and early 2000s, as well as for the Great Britain Fed Cup team in both 1994 and 1998. During the course of her career Cross won six titles on the ITF circuit (3 in singles and 3 in doubles) and she achieved her highest Women's Tennis Association singles ranking of world number 134 on 22 June 1998. She is currently a part-time tennis coach at the Roehampton Club and since retirement from the professional circuit she has regularly competed on the ITF senior circuit, reaching a career-high ranking of world no.4 in the women's over-35's age group.[1] [2]

At the Grand Slams, Cross's best result came at Wimbledon in 1997 when she won three matches to qualify before defeating Linda Wild and María Sánchez Lorenzo to reach the third round where she was defeated by the reigning French Open champion, Iva Majoli, in three close sets.[3]

Cross gained victories over a number of players who would go on to achieve (or had already experienced) great success on the WTA tour, the most notable being future two-time Australian Open champion and world number 2 Li Na (in December 1999)[4] and future multiple Grand Slam doubles champion and doubles world number 1, Roberta Vinci (in July 2000).[5] Other notable defeated opponents included future two-time WTA titlist and world number 19 Sybille Bammer,[6] future world number 32 Jelena Kostanić,[7] future one-time WTA titlist and world number 48 Milagros Sequera[8] and former one-time WTA titlist and world number 56, Monique Javer.[9]

ITF circuit finals

Singles (3–0)

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Finals by category
$100,000 tournaments (0/0)
$75,000 tournaments (0/0)
$50,000 tournaments (0/0)
$25,000 tournaments (0/0)
$10,000 tournaments (3/0)
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Finals by surface
Hard (0/0)
Clay (2/0)
Grass (1/0)
Carpet (0/0)
ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
WinnerITF $10,000Istanbul, TurkeyClay Gülberk Gültekin4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
WinnerITF $10,000Lee-on-Solent, Great BritainClay Jo Durie6–4, 6–4
WinnerITF $10,000Felixstowe, Great BritainGrass Surina De Beer6–1, 7–5

Doubles (3–3)

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Finals by category
$100,000 tournaments (0/0)
$75,000 tournaments (0/0)
$50,000 tournaments (0/0)
$25,000 tournaments (1/0)
$10,000 tournaments (2/3)
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Finals by surface
Hard (1/1)
Clay (1/1)
Grass (1/1)
Carpet (0/0)
ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Runner-upITF $10,000Edinburgh, United KingdomClay Lizzie Jelfs Robyn Mawdsley
Lorna Woodroffe
3–6, 1–6
WinnerITF $10,000Edinburgh, United KingdomClay Lizzie Jelfs Kaye Hand
Claire Taylor
3–6, 6–3, 6–0
WinnerITF $10,000Southsea, United KingdomGrass Jane Wood Nataly Cahana
Oshri Shashua
6–4, 7–5
Runner-upITF $10,000Frinton, United KingdomGrass Natalia Egorova Joanne Ward
Lorna Woodroffe
4–6, 6–2, 0–6
Runner-upITF $10,000Nottingham, United KingdomHard (i) Lizzie Jelfs Lucie Ahl
Joanne Ward
6–7(8–6), 2–6
WinnerITF $25,000Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceHard Amanda Grahame Louise Pleming
Catherine Tanvier
6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Openstyle=text-align:center; colspan="6"AbsentQ1style=text-align:center; colspan="2"Absent0–00 / 0
French Openstyle=text-align:center; colspan="5"AbsentQ3Q1Q1A0–00 / 0
Wimbledon1R1R1RQ13R2R2R1R2R5–80 / 8
US Openstyle=text-align:center; colspan="4"AbsentQ1Q1Q1style=text-align:center; colspan="2"Absent0–00 / 0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–10–10–10–02–11–11–10–11–15–80 / 8
Year-end ranking325[10] 295241[11] 305[12] 146[13] 162[14] 198[15] 311[16] UNR[17]

Doubles

Tournament
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Openstyle=text-align:center; colspan="10"Absent0–00 / 0
French Openstyle=text-align:center; colspan="10"Absent0–00 / 0
WimbledonQ2AQ2style=text-align:center; colspan="2"AbsentQ1A1R1RQ10–20 / 2
US Openstyle=text-align:center; colspan="10"Absent0–00 / 0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–10–00–20 / 2

Mixed doubles

Tournament 1999
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Openstyle=text-align:center; colspan="1"A0–00 / 0
French Openstyle=text-align:center; colspan="1"A0–00 / 0
Wimbledon1R0–10 / 1
US Openstyle=text-align:center; colspan="1"A0–00 / 0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–10–10 / 1

Fed Cup

1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone
Date Venue Surface Round Opponents Final match score Match Opponent Rubber score
20 Apr 1994Bad WaltersdorfClayRR2–1Doubles(with Julie Pullin)Lutrova/Panova5–7, 5–7 (L)
1998 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone
14–16 Apr 1998MurciaClayalign=center rowspan="3" RR1–2SinglesSofia Prazeres6–2, 2–6, 4–6 (L)
1–2SinglesMagdalena Grzybowska1–6, 2–6 (L)
3–0SinglesFaratiana Rasoarilalao6–1, 6–3 (W)

Notes and References

  1. http://www.itftennis.com/seniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=20003455 Karen Cross
  2. http://www.roehamptonclub.co.uk/media/50624/tennis_team.pdf Roehampton Club Tennis Team
  3. Web site: Wimbledon 1997: Unqualified joy for Cross . Nick Callow . 29 June 1997 . 12 February 2015 . The Independent.
  4. http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/head-to-head/result.aspx?player1=20003455&player2=20010231 Head-to-Head vs Li Na
  5. http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/head-to-head/result.aspx?player1=20003455&player2=35011866 Head-to-Head vs Roberta Vinci
  6. http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/head-to-head/result.aspx?player1=20003455&player2=20007333 Head-to-Head vs Sybille Bammer
  7. http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/head-to-head/result.aspx?player1=20003455&player2=20008013 Head-to-Head vs Jelena Kostanić
  8. http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/head-to-head/result.aspx?player1=20003455&player2=20006805 Head-to-Head vs Milagros Sequera
  9. http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/head-to-head/result.aspx?player1=20003455&player2=20002675 Head-to-Head vs Monique Javer
  10. http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_1993.pdf 1993 Year-end singles rankings
  11. http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_1995.pdf 1995 Year-end singles rankings
  12. http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_1996.pdf 1996 Year-end singles rankings
  13. http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_1997.pdf 1997 Year-end singles rankings
  14. http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_1998.pdf 1998 Year-end singles rankings
  15. http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_1999.pdf 1999 Year-end singles rankings
  16. http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_2000.pdf 2000 Year-end singles rankings
  17. http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Singles_Numeric_2001.pdf 2001 Year-end singles rankings