32 Facts About Katarina Srebotnik

Katarina Srebotnik was born on 12 March 1981 and is a Slovenian retired professional tennis player.

Katarina Srebotnik reached her career-high singles ranking of world No 20 on 7 August 2006.

Katarina Srebotnik has won five Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles, at the French Open in 1999,2006 and 2010, the US Open in 2003 and the Australian Open in 2011.

Katarina Srebotnik was ranked No 2 in the junior rankings in 1997 and 1998.

Katarina Srebotnik made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in 1995, winning the singles tournaments in Ismailia in 1996, Zadar in 1997 and Sibenik in 1998.

In 1998, Katarina Srebotnik won the doubles title on her WTA Tour debut at the Makarska Open, and later that year reached the doubles final at the Austrian Open, with Tina Krizan.

Katarina Srebotnik broke into the top 100 on April 12,1999 at No 88.

In May 1999, Katarina Srebotnik played in her first Grand Slam singles main draw at Roland Garros, losing to Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the second round.

Katarina Srebotnik won her first Grand Slam title in the mixed doubles with Piet Norval, becoming the first woman ever to win her first tour event in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

Katarina Srebotnik reached her first Tier-I semifinal in Tokyo at the Pan Pacific Open, which she lost to Sandrine Testud.

On 7 February 2000, Katarina Srebotnik broke into the top 50 at No 49.

Katarina Srebotnik won her fourth career doubles title at Estoril.

In 2002, Katarina Srebotnik reached the finals at Bogota and Acapulco in the final.

Katarina Srebotnik reached the fourth round at Roland Garros, which is her career-best Grand Slam.

Katarina Srebotnik later achieved her then-best win at Los Angeles by defeating world No 6, Kim Clijsters.

Katarina Srebotnik achieved her second appearance at the doubles season-ending championships with Krizan.

Katarina Srebotnik won the Bogota doubles title with Asa Svensson, and reached her second Tier I quarterfinals in Toronto at the Canadian Open.

Katarina Srebotnik won her second Grand Slam mixed-doubles title at the US Open, this time with Bob Bryan.

Katarina Srebotnik won her seventh doubles title in Tokyo at the Japan Open.

Katarina Srebotnik captured her third and fourth career WTA Tour singles titles at Auckland and in Stockholm.

Katarina Srebotnik was the only player in 2005 to sweep singles and doubles titles twice.

Katarina Srebotnik finished runner-up at Portoroz, losing to Klara Zakopalova in three sets in the final.

Katarina Srebotnik reached the quarterfinals five times: at Tier II at Antwerp, Tier I Charleston, Budapest, Tier I Zurich, and Hasselt.

Katarina Srebotnik's best finish in a major was a third-round loss at Wimbledon to Maria Sharapova.

Katarina Srebotnik reached the US Open mixed-doubles final.

Katarina Srebotnik opened the 2006 season with an early exit at the Auckland Open.

Katarina Srebotnik won doubles titles in Antwerp and Amelia Island.

At the Zurich Open, Katarina Srebotnik reached the semifinals of a Tier I tournament for the first time in six years.

At the French Open, Katarina Srebotnik caused an upset when she defeated Serena Williams, whom she had never beaten in four previous attempts, in the third round.

In that year, Katarina Srebotnik teamed with Kveta Peschke, and won the WTA tournaments of Indian Wells and New Haven, and reached the final of the WTA Championships in Doha.

Katarina Srebotnik had an excellent doubles outing at the French Open.

Katarina Srebotnik partnered with Nenad Zimonjic to win the mixed doubles title with a thrilling tiebreak win against Yaroslava Shvedova and Julian Knowle.