Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petković (Serbian Cyrillic Андреа Петковић ) ( born September 9, 1987 in Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia ) is a German tennis player. She lives in Griesheim near Darmstadt.
In her career, she previously won two WTA tournaments in singles, 2009 in Bad Gastein and 2011 in Strasbourg. They also secured eight singles and three doubles titles on ITF tournaments. In 2007 and 2009 she was German champion.
Among the most prominent players who has defeated so far include Jelena Dokić (2009 in Bucharest and 2011 in Brisbane ), Daniela Hantuchova (2010 in Brisbane ), Ana Ivanović ( at the 2003 Australian Open junior indoor and 2010 in 's- Hertogenbosch ), Svetlana Kuznetsova (2009 and 2010 in Tokyo ), Nadia Petrova (U.S. Open 2010 ) and Marion Bartoli (2011, Brisbane ). In the second round of the Australian Open, she defeated former title in 2011, the winner of this Grand Slam tournament, Maria Sharapova, only weeks later in Miami, the former world number one Caroline Wozniacki.
- 4.1 Single 4.1.1 Tournament Win
- 4.1.2 finals
- 5.1 Individual
- 5.2 double
Career
Childhood and youth
When she was six months old, her family emigrated to Germany. Andrea Petković, daughter of a Bosnian Serb and a Bosniakin (father Zoran, mother, Amira ), in 2001 a German citizen. At the age of six, she began the sport of tennis. The initiative came from her father, a former professional tennis player, who in a tennis club in Darmstadt worked at this time as a coach.
In May 2004, she won her first ITF tournament in Antalya. This was followed by victories in Podgorica (2004), Davos and Alphen aan den Rijn (both in 2005 ), another title she won in September 2006 in Sofia.
2007
In April 2007, Petković was nominated for the Fed Cup against Croatia in Fürth from the German team manager Barbara Rittner first time. There she came in the doubles side of Tatjana Malek used; their victory against the pairing Jelena Kostanic Tosic and Sanja Ančić ( 6:3, 6:7, 6:3 ) helped Germany to a 4-1 victory.
At the French Open for the first time she took part in a Grand Slam tournament and managed there without dropping a set to qualify for the main draw. By a 4:6, 6:3, 6:3 victory over Jarmila Groth they reached the second round, where they defeated the later Wimbledon - finalist Marion Bartoli 6-0, 2:6, 3:6. In July Petkovic won her sixth ITF tournament in Contrexévillenear ( $ 50,000 ). So she stood on 30 July 2007 for the first time among the top 100 in the world tennis rankings. At the U.S. Open she was the first time qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. Even there they reached after a victory ( 6-4, 6-1 ) on the US-American Audra Cohen the second round, where she defeated Lucie Šafářová with 3:6 and 3:6.
In December 2007, she was the first time German champion in the assets. In Biberach they beat in the finals Julia Goerges 7-5, 6-7, 6-4.
2008
On January 15, 2008, she suffered in the first round of the Australian Open match against Anna Chakvetadze after only two minutes of playing time a torn ACL. She had to pause for almost eight months, and fell to a place beyond the first 400 in the world rankings. On 1 September 2008 in Maribor, she contested her first tournament after the injury and was able to work your way up to the end, among other things by a tournament victory in the doped $ 25,000 ITF - tournament in Istanbul again at # 315.
2009
Beginning of the year was able to attend the Australian Open Petković thanks to a Protected Ranking. With a win against Kathrin Worle she reached the second round, where she lost to Alizé Cornet. Mostly, she was successful in ITF tournaments; 10 May 2009, she won, for example, the title at the doped with $ 100,000 ITF tournament in Bucharest. In the semifinals she defeated the Australian Jelena Dokić and signed up to June back in the Top 100 in the WTA world rankings.
On July 26, Petković won in Bad Gastein her first title on the WTA Tour. On the way to the final, she defeated Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-2, 6-3, she suggested, among other things Iveta Benešová, Anna -Lena Grönefeld and the Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova. They also reached together with Tatjana Malek the final of the doubles competition. The following week, Petkovic reached the semifinals of the WTA tournament in Istanbul. There, she defeated Lucie Hradecká ( WTA 56) almost 7:6, 5:7, 5:7.
On August 3, 2009, she reached her until then best position in the WTA rankings with number 52. In the WTA tournament in Tokyo managed Petković about the qualification to the knockout stages, where they narrowly lost Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets. As the tournament they beat inter alia Svetlana Kuznetsova, their first victory over a current top 10 player. In Offenburg it was in December for the second time after 2007 German Champion. She won the tournament without dropping a set, defeating, among others, in the semifinals Julia Goerges.
2010
Their first tournament she played in 2010 in Brisbane. There they reached after beating Iveta Benešová ( 6:7, 6:2, 6:1 ), Vania King ( 4:6, 6:2, 6:1 ) and Daniela Hantuchova ( 6-4, 6-2 ) the semi-finals, where they later tournament champion Kim Clijsters with 4:6, 2:6 had to admit defeat. So she was for the first time among the top 50 in the WTA world rankings. At the Australian Open Petkovic survived the first round, but then failed to Carla Suárez Navarro. In February they played in the quarterfinals of the Fed Cup against the Czech Republic in Brno for the first time as the number one team of two single, but was in his own words the high pressure can not withstand and lost both matches.
In the following week, she succeeded in Paris with wins over Katarina Srebotnik and set to number 5 Aravane Rezai the quarter-finals, where they 6:3, 4:6, 2:6 defeated Elena Dementieva. At the French Open Petković reached by defeating Jelena Wesnina the second round, where they eliminated against defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6:4, 5:7, 4:6, 5:4 after placing three match points with the score at 6-4, had. Two weeks later, the grass tournament in 's- Hertogenbosch she reached her second final on the WTA Tour. On the way, she suggested, among others, Ana Ivanović. In the final, she had to Justine Henin just under 6:3, 3:6, 4:6 beaten. At Wimbledon, however, Petković was defeated in the first round of the Russian Anna Chakvetadze.
After their preparation for the U.S. Open was not proved very successful, they could achieve their best ever result at a Grand Slam tournament there after all. After victories over seeded Russian Nadia Petrova # 17 ( 6:2, 4:6, 7:6 ), Bethanie Mattek -Sands ( 3:6, 6:3, 7:5 ) and Peng Shuai ( walkover ) was them in the second round, where they defeated the later finalist Vera Swonarjowa.
2011
2011 started well for Petković: In Australia, they came at the WTA tournament in Brisbane - year prelude to the final, but it lost to Petra Kvitová significantly. At the Australian Open she went as No. 30 at the start and achieved their best result at a Grand Slam tournament (including through a victory over Maria Sharapova ) to the quarter-finals, where they the Chinese Li Na 2:6, 4:6 defeated. In the halls of Paris, she reached the quarterfinals ( wins over Angelique Kerber and Kristína Kucova ), where she defeated Bethanie Mattek -Sands in three sets. In Dubai, she failed in round two in three sets to Kaia Kanepi. At the big WTA event in Indian Wells she did not come on the third round out (two set defeat against Marion Bartoli ). At the tournament in Miami Petković hit as the first German since Steffi Graf at the French Open 1999, world number one. In the second round she defeated Caroline Wozniacki 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 and in the quarterfinal she defeated the former world number one Jelena Janković with 2:6, 6:2 and 6:4 before Maria Sharapova in the semifinals at 6: 3, 0:6 and 2:6 proved to be the stronger one. This Petković met for the first time in her career, one of the 20 best in the world (ranked 19) before.
In the Fed Cup play-off against the United States, she won her two singles in two sets ( 6-3, 6-4 against Christina McHale and 6:2, 6:3 against Melanie Oudin ). Overall, Germany won clearly 5-0 and rose again in the first World Group. Shortly thereafter, it reached a new three-set win over Jelena Janković at the WTA tournament in Stuttgart the quarter-finals, but then failed despite Brilliant start to Caroline Wozniacki. In the tournaments in Madrid and Rome, she parted from each in the second round. They then overcame the small depth in Strasbourg, where they before the French Open won her second title on the WTA tour one week. It benefited in the final, however, of the injury-related task her opponent Marion Bartoli.
At the French Open Petkovic moved into the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the second time in a row. There, however, she was defeated Maria Sharapova clearly with 0:6 and 3:6. At Wimbledon, she pushed Stephanie Foretz Gacon with wins over ( 6:3, 6:4 ) and Stéphanie Dubois ( 6:3, 4:6, 6:3 ) in the third round, where it does against the 20 - year-old Russian Xenia Pervak (No. 89 in the world rankings ) surprisingly 4:6, 6:7 lost. In the WTA tournament in San Diego they bowed out against Agnieszka Radwańska of 6:4, 0:6 and 4:6 after because of a slight food poisoning in sentence two had had to pass. According to their good results she got for the first time - even if only for a week - in the top ten of the WTA world rankings. In the quarterfinals, she lost to Toronto Radwańska ( 4:6, 3:6 ) and the fourth match against the Pole.
In New York, she came up with wins over Ekaterina Bytschkowa, Jie Zheng, Roberta Vinci and Carla Suarez Navarro for the first time in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open, where the world number one Caroline Wozniacki them but in the tiebreak of the second set 7-5 to the final result of 6:1, 7:6 low ranking. During the subsequent tournament in Beijing Petković moved to partially close matches against Šafářová, Suárez Navarro, Bartoli and Pavlyuchenkova and a smooth 6-2, 6-0 over Monica Niculescu from Romania even to the finals, where they get the chance, her third WTA to win the tournament, but could not use. They also defeated Radwańska at the fifth meeting ( 5:7, 6:0, 4:6 ) after the meantime with a furious second set produced the tie, but then had two chances left out on a break for 5-3 in the third.
2012
After the WTA tournament in Sydney a stress fracture was diagnosed in the sacroiliac joint in the lower back, so they had to cancel the Australian Open in January Petković.
After more than three months injury Petković went to the tournament in Stuttgart. In the second round match against the world number one Wiktoryja Azarenka they had the score of 2:6, 4:4 to give up an injury after she was bent over. She has suffered a double ligament tear, which required surgery and another long injury -related. In early June Petković could begin rehab and sought to participate in the Olympic Games in London. On 18 July, however, Petković had to cancel due to the injury suffered at the WTA tournament in Stuttgart to participate in the Olympic Games.
On August 20, Petković celebrated the hard court tournament in New Haven their renewed comeback, in which they beat in the first round Tímea Babos 6:3, 5:7 and 7:5.
During her debut at the Hopman Cup on December 29, 2012 There came the next setback. In the prior of 6:4 in the match against Ashleigh Barty she had to retire due to a knee injury again. In an MRI exam the next day, it turned out that the medial meniscus was torn. The Australian Open and the Fed Cup in February they had to cancel then.
2013
When WTA Indian Wells tournament Petković gave her comeback. She lost her match in the qualifying round against Mónica Puig with 6:72 and 3:6. Two weeks later she was thanks to a wildcard in the main draw of the Sony Open Tennis in Miami. Here she divorced only in the third round by a long low against Ajla Tomljanović. Since their World Ranking was not enough for direct participation in the French Open, she was able to get into the main draw only on the qualifications. However, in the second round she defeated Zhou Yimiao from China with 7:61, 6:72 and 4:6. After she was eliminated in the double of the French Open in the first round, she played the $ 100,000 ITF tournament in Marseille, which she won with a final victory of 6:4 and 6:2 over Anabel Medina Garrigues. In the following week, she could at the WTA tournament in Nuremberg confirmed their good form. Only in the final she had to admit defeat Simona Halep 3:6 and 3:6.
For Wimbledon Petković was given a wildcard by the organizer. After a victory over Pauline Parmentier they failed, however, in the second round with 6:72, 6:2 and 6:8 at Sloane Stephens.
On September 17, she was disqualified, placed at number 7 in the Korea Open in the first round against the later semi-finalist Francesca Schiavone from. A week later at the Toray Pan Pacific Open she came to a first round victory over Jelena Wesnina not have the second round addition, she lost to the seeded Simona Halep 13. At the China Open, she defeated defending champion first Wiktoryja Azarenka and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round before being eliminated after a hard fight against Lucie Šafářová 4:6, 7:64 and 6:72.
Training
Andrea Petković was trained early in her career by her father Zoran Petkovic, who played for Yugoslavia in the Davis Cup. By October 2010, they supported also Glen Schaap, who was replaced at the U.S. Open 2010 by Petar Popović. Since February 2014 Petković is maintained by Eric van Harpen.
In addition to the technical training they set out in the gym on the Argentine Juan Bernardo Carberol, who was also Rainer Schuettler aside. Since 2011, Petković trained in the founded by Rainer Schuettler and Alexander Waske shaker Waske Tennis University.
Others
In spring 2006, Petković made at the Georg- Büchner -Schule in Darmstadt, where she skipped the eleventh grade, a high school with a grade point average of 1.2. As a tennis player she studied alongside political science at the University of Hagen.
At irregular intervals they reported on the website of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about her life and her experiences on the tennis court.
After a lost bet with her coach Petar Popović at the U.S. Open in 2010 she made the " Petko Dance" her trademark. After winning the match, she presented briefly a few dance steps to say goodbye to the audience. Since this had led to irritation, Petković decided to abandon this ritual again.
Achievements
Singles
Tournament Win
Finals
Career statistics and tournament balance
Singles
Legend: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = finals / semifinals / quarterfinals / knockout stages; 1, 2, 3 = eliminated in the first / second / third main round; RR = Round Robin ( Group Stage ); n a = not discharged; a K. = other category; PO ( Playoff) = promotion and relegation round of Fed Cup; K1, K2, K3 = participation in the Continental Group I, II, III in the Fed Cup.
Were considered the tournaments Tier I ( to 2008), or the tournaments of categories Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 ( since 2009).
Doubles
Awards
2011:
- 2nd place in the selection Athlete of the Year
- Best Newcomer at the Best Human Brands Awards