Tamira Paszek realized her greatest success so far when she reached quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament twice, 2011 and 2012 at the Wimbledon Championships.
84 Facts About Tamira Paszek
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Tamira Paszek was introduced to tennis by her mother, Francoise Tamira Paszek, at age four-and-a-half.
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Tamira Paszek's mother is a Chilean-born Austrian of Polish and French descent; and her father, Ariff Mohamed, a Tanzanian-born, Kenyan-raised Canadian of Indian descent.
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Tamira Paszek finished 2006 as world No 181 in the WTA rankings.
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Tamira Paszek started at the Australian Open, where she qualified for the main draw and defeated top-40 player Severine Bremond in straight sets in the first round, before losing to No 22 seed Vera Zvonareva.
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Tamira Paszek played for Austria Fed Cup team, and won her first two matches in the group stage against Australia but lost both her matches in the World Group play-offs against Israel: a singles match against Shahar Pe'er and a doubles match, partnering Melanie Klaffner.
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Tamira Paszek debuted on the US Open, reaching the fourth round, beating the No 24 and No 11 seeds, Francesca Schiavone and Patty Schnyder, on the way.
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Tamira Paszek decided against defending her title at the Slovenia Open, in favour of the China Open tournament in Beijing.
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At the Auckland Open, Tamira Paszek made it to the semifinals, losing to veteran Lindsay Davenport.
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At the US Open, Tamira Paszek defeated the 23rd seed Maria Kirilenko, only then to lose to the lower ranked opponent Magdalena Rybarikova.
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Tamira Paszek reached the final, after taking out the seventh seed Flavia Pennetta and the top seed Daniela Hantuchova where she lost against Patty Schnyder.
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Tamira Paszek then withdrew from the Linz Open due to injury.
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Tamira Paszek ended her professional relationship with coach Lari Passos and started with Angel Giminez.
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Tamira Paszek passed the first round at Indian Wells, winning in straight sets against Mara Santangelo, and lost in the second round against 21st seed Alisa Kleybanova.
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Tamira Paszek began 2010 season at the Auckland Open where she retired during her second round of qualifying match against Rebecca Marino.
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Tamira Paszek beat qualifier Roberta Vinci in the first round.
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At the Australian Open, Tamira Paszek was defeated in the first round by Julia Gorges.
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At the WTA indoor event in Paris, Tamira Paszek lost in the first round to eventual finalist Lucie Safarova.
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Tamira Paszek was defeated in the second round of qualifying by Anna-Lena Gronefeld.
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Tamira Paszek lost in the first round to Julie Coin.
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Tamira Paszek lost in early rounds of Marbella, Barcelona and Fes, and didn't enter the French Open.
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Tamira Paszek qualified, defeating Vanda Lukacs and Jana Cepelova, and reached the second round, losing to Lenka Wienerova.
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Tamira Paszek then entered the Wimbledon Championships and qualified, but lost to Kurumi Nara in the second round.
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Tamira Paszek tried to qualify in Budapest defeating Eleni Daniilidou and Jessica Moore but lost to Andreja Klepac.
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Tamira Paszek defeated Tadeja Majeric and then crushed top seed Anastasia Rodionova but then lost to Liana Ungur.
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But, because Gisela Dulko withdrew, Tamira Paszek gained her chance to enter to the main draw.
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Tamira Paszek faced Frenchwoman Alize Cornet and lost in a match that lasted three hours and 40 minutes.
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Tamira Paszek defeated Michaella Krajicek, Kim So-jing and Evgeniya Rodina to reach the main draw.
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Tamira Paszek then crushed Christina McHale in the semifinal to book her place in the final, where she won the title by beating Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
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Tamira Paszek began the 2011 season at the Auckland Open where she lost in the first round to eighth seed Sofia Arvidsson.
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Tamira Paszek was defeated in the second round by sixth seed and eventual champion Jarmila Groth.
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Tamira Paszek lost in the final round of qualifying at the Dubai Championships to Nuria Llagostera Vives.
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Tamira Paszek lost her first-round match to Anabel Medina Garrigues.
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Tamira Paszek lost in the first round of qualifying at the Miami Open to Nuria Llagostera Vives.
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Tamira Paszek lost in the second round to third seed Jelena Jankovic.
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Tamira Paszek was defeated in the first round by German Andrea Petkovic.
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Tamira Paszek retired during her first-round match versus Anastasiya Yakimova.
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Tamira Paszek played at the Italian Open where she qualified for the tournament beating Casey Dellacqua and Virginie Razzano.
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Tamira Paszek lost her third-round match to eventual champion Sabine Lisicki.
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Tamira Paszek lost her quarterfinal match to fourth seed Victoria Azarenka.
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Tamira Paszek began the US Open Series at the first edition of the Washington Open.
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Tamira Paszek lost in her semifinal match to top seed Shahar Pe'er.
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At the Carlsbad Open, Tamira Paszek retired during her third-round match against Sloane Stephens due to a left abdominal injury.
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Tamira Paszek then had a three-set victory over Petra Cetkovska in the second round.
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Tamira Paszek was defeated in the third round by Maria Kirilenko.
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Tamira Paszek played her final tournament of the year at the Luxembourg Open.
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Tamira Paszek was defeated in the second round by sixth seed Julia Gorges.
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Tamira Paszek began the year at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Ana Ivanovic.
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At the Qatar Open, Tamira Paszek lost in the first round to qualifier Anne Keothavong.
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Tamira Paszek was defeated in the first round of qualifying at the Dubai Tennis Championships by Anastasia Rodionova.
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Tamira Paszek lost in the second round to Johanna Larsson.
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Tamira Paszek lost in her quarterfinal match for the second successive year to second seed Victoria Azarenka.
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Tamira Paszek lost in her quarterfinal match to sixth seed Varvara Lepchenko.
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Tamira Paszek lost in the second round to qualifier Elena Vesnina.
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Tamira Paszek lost in the first round to Urszula Radwanska.
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Tamira Paszek was eliminated in the first round by lucky loser and eventual semifinalist, Kiki Bertens.
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Tamira Paszek was beaten in the second round by American qualifier Mallory Burdette.
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Tamira Paszek lost in the first round to Monica Niculescu.
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Tamira Paszek elected to contest at the Nottingham Trophy where she was the top seed.
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Tamira Paszek opened her grass-court season with a hard-fought win over wildcard Anne Keothavong in the first round.
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At Birmingham, Tamira Paszek was seeded fourth and was given a first-round bye.
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Tamira Paszek drew Riske again in the second round and lost.
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Tamira Paszek entered the Eastbourne International as the defending champion, but again went out at the first hurdle, losing to fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki; she had to retire in the second set due to a thigh injury.
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Tamira Paszek was defeated in the first round by Alexandra Cadantu.
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Tamira Paszek started her US Open Series at the Stanford Classic.
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Tamira Paszek lost in the second round to sixth seed Varvara Lepchenko.
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Tamira Paszek suffered a double bagel thrashing in the first round at the hands of Daniela Hantuchova.
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Tamira Paszek entered the Challenge Bell in Quebec City where she lost in the first round to Christina McHale.
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Tamira Paszek then played two ITF events in the United States.
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At the first tournament, the ITF Albuquerque, Tamira Paszek got a three-set victory over Olivia Rogowska in the first round.
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Tamira Paszek was then defeated in the second by eventual finalist Anna Tatishvili.
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At the Las Vegas Open, Tamira Paszek defeated Adriana Perez in the first round.
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Tamira Paszek was then defeated in the second round by seventh seed and eventual finalist, Kristyna Pliskova.
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Tamira Paszek was defeated in the second round of qualifying by Duan Yingying.
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Tamira Paszek elected to contest the $25k event in Rancho Santa Fe.
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Tamira Paszek won the tournament defeating Shuko Aoyama in the final.
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In Florida at the Innisbrook Open, Tamira Paszek was defeated in the first round by Mathilde Johansson.
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In Poland at the Katowice Open, Tamira Paszek retired during her second round of qualifying match to Aleksandra Krunic.
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At the Wiesbaden Tennis Open, Tamira Paszek reached the final where she was defeated by Ekaterina Alexandrova.
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At the 2014 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, Tamira Paszek lost in her quarterfinal match to fifth seed and eventual champion Sharon Fichman.
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Tamira Paszek retired during her first-round match against British wildcard Naomi Broady.
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At the Cincinnati Open, Tamira Paszek lost in the first round of qualifying to Monica Puig.
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Tamira Paszek played her final tournament of the season at the Open de Touraine in Joue-les-Tours, France.
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Tamira Paszek returned to the ITF Circuit in August 2020, after having competed in only seven tournaments since the beginning of 2017.