Kristina Mladenovic

Kristina Mladenovic (Serbian: Кристина Младеновић / Kristina Mladenović) (born 14 May 1993 in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, Nord) is a French professional tennis player ofSerbian ancestry. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 36th, which she reached on 26 June 2013.[2]  She won the 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open mixed doubles titles with Canadian Daniel Nestor.



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[hide]  *1 Personal life  ==Personal life[ edit] == Kristina Mladenovic was born in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, in the Nord department of France.[3] [4]  Her father is Dragan Mladenovic, a former handball player for Yugoslavia, and her mother Dzenita (of Bosniak origin) is a former volleyball player. They moved to France in 1992 when Dragan was signed by Dunkirk.[5]  They are now naturalized French citizens.[6] [7]  Mladenovic has a brother Luka.[5]  She lives in Porrentruy, Switzerland. ==Tennis career[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Early career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Mladenovic started playing juniors in May 2006. In 2007 Mladanovic became the European Under 14 singles champion.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Getting_to_know_5-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  Her biggest junior achievement was at the 2009 Junior French Open Girls' Singles, where she beat Daria Gavrilova of Russia in two sets in the final.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  Her highest junior ranking was No. 1, on 8 June 2009. She advanced to both the Girls' Singles and Doubles finals at the 2009 Junior Wimbledon, losing to Noppawan Lertcheewakarnin the singles. In doubles, with partner Silvia Njiric, lost also to Lertcheewakarnin with partner Sally Peers.
 * 2 Tennis career
 * 2.1 Early career
 * 2.2 2011
 * 2.3 2012
 * 2.4 2013
 * 2.5 2014
 * 3 Significant finals
 * 3.1 Grand Slam finals
 * 3.1.1 Doubles: 1
 * 3.1.2 Mixed Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
 * 3.2 Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals
 * 3.2.1 Doubles: 1 (1 title)
 * 4 WTA career finals
 * 4.1 Singles: 1 (1 title)
 * 4.2 WTA 125s finals
 * 5 WTA career finals
 * 5.1 Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 5 runners-up)
 * 6 WTA 125s finals
 * 6.1 Doubles: 1 (1 title)
 * 7 ITF Circuit finals
 * 7.1 Singles: 6 (4–2)
 * 7.2 Doubles: 9 (7–2)
 * 7.3 Junior Grand Slam singles finals (1–0)
 * 8 Grand Slam performance timelines
 * 8.1 Singles
 * 8.2 Doubles
 * 9 WTA Tour career earnings
 * 10 Head-to-head record against other players
 * 11 References
 * 12 External links

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">She began playing on the ITF circuit in September 2007. On the WTA Tour she tried to qualify for Open Gaz de France, but lost her first match to Petra Kvitová.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  At the2009 Australian Open, Kristina received a wild card, but was defeated by the No. 14 seed, Patty Schnyder.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  In July Kristina qualified for the 2009 ECM Prague Openbut lost in the first round to Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">At the Internationaux de Strasbourg Mladenovic won her first match on the WTA Tour, coming back from 5–2 in the final set to win the tiebreak against Stefanie Vögele.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Mladenovic played for France at the 2011 Hopman Cup, partnering with Nicolas Mahut.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  France was drawn in the same group as the United States, Great Britain, and Italy. Mladenovic beat Francesca Schiavoneand Laura Robson while losing to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the singles matches. In the mixed doubles she and Mahut won one of their three matches. ===2011<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Mladenovic started 2011 year at 2011 Australian Open but lost in the first round of qualifying to Heather Watson. Mladenovic won her first Senior title at a $25,000 tournament in Sutton, defeating Mona Barthel.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15] This was followed with a win in Stockholm the following week, defeating Arantxa Rus in the final.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]  Padova defeating Karin Knapp in three sets. ===2012<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">At the start of the year Mladenovic linked up with Biljana Veselinovic but they split just before Wimbledon and since then she had been coached by Thierry Ascione.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Getting_to_know_5-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  Mladenovic claimed her first WTA Tour title of any type in Montreal when she and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik won the doubles title at the Rogers Cup.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  Mladenovic made it through to the third round of the US Open after defeating Pavlyuchenkova.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18]  At the Bell Classic in Quebec, Mladenovic reached her first WTA Semifinal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]  With Tatjana Malek, Mladenovic won her second WTA doubles title at the Bell Classic.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]  Following her run to the semifinals, Mladenovic entered the top 100 in the rankings for the first time.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21]  Mladenovic won the first ever WTA 125s event the Taipei WTA Ladies Open and took the doubles crown as well.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22] ===2013<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Mladenovic At 2013 US Open<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">At the 2013 Open GDF Suez, a WTA Premier tournament, Mladenovic made the semifinals, including defeating Petra Kvitová. Teaming with Daniel Nestor Mladenovic made it to the final of the 2013 French Open in mixed doubles where they were defeated. However, she and Nestor rebounded at the mixed doubles at the 2013 Wimbledon capturing her first grand slam title.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">At the 2013 U.S. Open, she beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-1 1-6 6-1 in the first round and then lost to the 23rd seed Jamie Hampton 7-5 6-4 in the second round. Mladenovic partnered up with Daniel Nestor to reach the semifinals of the Mixed Doubles, where they were defeated by the seventh seeded team of Max Mirnyi and Andrea Hlaváčková 7-5 6-7 [12-10]. ===2014<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Mladenovic would start 2014 off strong capturing her second Mixed Doubles Grand Slam title at the 2014 Australian Open partnering again with Daniel Nestor. At the Open GDF Suez, Mladenovic defeated Australian Open Quarter Finalist Simona Halep in the first round. At Roland Garros, she defeated Li Na (world No.2 and 2011 champion) in the first round, her first top 5 win. She continued her strong performance with a three-set win over American Alison Riske in the second round. She was, however, beaten in the round of 32 by eventual semifinalist Andrea Petkovic.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Mladenovic opened her grass court season in Birmingham, but lost her opening match to Shahar Pe'er of Israel. She then competed in 's-Hertogenbosch qualifying, managing to win a round but ultimately falling to Coco Vandeweghe, who would go on to qualify and win the entire tournament. At Wimbledon, she drew Zarina Diyas in the first round, but fell to the Kazakh in what was a rain delayed straight-set encounter. ==Significant finals<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Grand Slam finals<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Doubles: 1<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Mixed Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ===Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Doubles: 1 (1 title)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ==WTA career finals<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Singles: 1 (1 title)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===