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.Karen Cross at the International Tennis Federation Senior profile
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.
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)Head-to-Head vs Li Na and future multiple Grand Slam doubles champion and doubles world number 1, Roberta Vinci (in July 2000).Head-to-Head vs Roberta Vinci Other notable defeated opponents included future two-time WTA titlist and world number 19 Sybille Bammer,Head-to-Head vs Sybille Bammer future world number 32 Jelena Kostanić,Head-to-Head vs Jelena Kostanić future one-time WTA titlist and world number 48 Milagros SequeraHead-to-Head vs Milagros Sequera and former one-time WTA titlist and world number 56, Monique Javer.Head-to-Head vs Monique Javer
ITF circuit finals
Singles (3–0) 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) Finals by surface Hard (0/0) Clay (2/0) Grass (1/0) Carpet (0/0) ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinITF $10,000Istanbul, TurkeyClay Gülberk Gültekin4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)WinITF $10,000Lee-on-Solent, Great BritainClay Jo Durie6–4, 6–4WinITF $10,000Felixstowe, Great BritainGrass Surina De Beer6–1, 7–5
Doubles (3–3) 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) Finals by surface Hard (1/1) Clay (1/1) Grass (1/1) Carpet (0/0) ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScoreLossITF $10,000Edinburgh, United KingdomClay Lizzie Jelfs Robyn Mawdsley Lorna Woodroffe3–6, 1–6WinITF $10,000Edinburgh, United KingdomClay Lizzie Jelfs Kaye Hand Claire Taylor3–6, 6–3, 6–0WinITF $10,000Southsea, United KingdomGrass Jane Wood Nataly Cahana Oshri Shashua6–4, 7–5LossITF $10,000Frinton, United KingdomGrass Natalia Egorova Joanne Ward Lorna Woodroffe4–6, 6–2, 0–6LossITF $10,000Nottingham, United KingdomHard (i) Lizzie Jelfs Lucie Ahl Joanne Ward6–7(8–6), 2–6WinITF $25,000Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceHard Amanda Grahame Louise Pleming Catherine Tanvier6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAbsentQ1Absent 0–0 0 / 0 French OpenAbsentQ3Q1Q1A 0–0 0 / 0 Wimbledon1R1R1RQ13R2R2R1R2R 5–8 0 / 8 US OpenAbsentQ1Q1Q1Absent 0–0 0 / 0Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 5–8 0 / 8 Year-end ranking3251993 Year-end singles rankings 2952411995 Year-end singles rankings 3051996 Year-end singles rankings 1461997 Year-end singles rankings 1621998 Year-end singles rankings 1981999 Year-end singles rankings 3112000 Year-end singles rankingsUNR2001 Year-end singles rankings
Doubles Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAbsent 0–0 0 / 0 French OpenAbsent 0–0 0 / 0 WimbledonQ2AQ2AbsentQ1A1R1RQ1 0–2 0 / 2 US OpenAbsent 0–0 0 / 0Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0 / 2
Mixed doubles Tournament 1999 Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenA 0–0 0 / 0 French OpenA 0–0 0 / 0 Wimbledon1R 0–1 0 / 1 US OpenA 0–0 0 / 0Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0 / 1
Fed Cup 1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone Date Venue Surface Round Opponents Final match score Match Opponent Rubber score 20 Apr 1994 Bad Waltersdorf Clay RR 2–1 Doubles(with Julie Pullin) Lutrova/Panova 5–7, 5–7 (L) 1998 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone 14–16 Apr 1998 Murcia Clay RR 1–2 Singles Sofia Prazeres 6–2, 2–6, 4–6 (L) 1–2 Singles Magdalena Grzybowska 1–6, 2–6 (L) 3–0 Singles Faratiana Rasoarilalao 6–1, 6–3 (W)
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