Tamira Paszek
Tamira Paszek ( born December 6, 1990 in Dornbirn) is an Austrian tennis player.
- 3.1 Individual 3.1.1 World Ranking position at year-end
- 3.1.2 WTA Tournament Win
- 3.1.3 ITF Tournament Win
- 3.1.4 finals WTA
- 3.1.5 finals ITF
- 3.2.1 ITF Tournament Win
- 4.1 Single
- 4.2 double
Career
Season 2005
On 2 July 2005 Paszek made her final of the junior competition at Wimbledon for the first time for international attention. The then 14 -year-old had to Agnieszka Radwańska in the final, however, 3:6, 4:6 beaten.
Also in July 2005, she was with two wins against Switzerland (over Timea Bacsinszky and Myriam Casanova) instrumental in Austria that could play in the highest class of Nations competition ( World Group I) in the Fed Cup in 2006.
In September 2005, she won the Challenger tournament in Sofia her first title - it was only her second appearance on the ITF Women's Circuit. After surviving qualifying she defeated in the final of the older German Kristina Barrois nine years. The day before, she had already won at the side of Sanja Ančić the doubles competition.
In October 2005, Paszek made her debut on the WTA Tour and won the doped with 585,000 U.S. dollars " Generali Ladies " in Linz her first match against Jelena Wesnina with 7:66, 1:6, 7:5. This victory made her almost overnight the biggest rising star in the Austrian women's tennis.
Season 2006
This year they reached the final, top-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of where she was beaten narrowly ( 6:3, 4:6, 5:7 ) at the U.S. Open junior tournament.
On 24 September 2006, succeeded at the WTA tournament Banka Koper Slovenia Open her up to that greatest success. Already in its third tournament she played as a qualifier to the final, where she placed at number 6 Maria Elena Camerin 7-5, 6-1 defeat. In this tournament, it was only one sentence from ( first round, at 4:6, 6:2 and 6:1 against Karolina Kosińska ). This Paszek is 15 years, 9 months and 24 days as the seventh youngest tournament winner in the WTA statistics. This season, she won the only qualifier a title on the tour.
Season 2007
The end of 2006 announced Paszek along with her coach that she would deny, 2007, all four Grand Slam tournaments. At the Australian Open she beat after successful qualification Séverine Bremond 6-1, 6-4. However, in the second round, she defeated the number 22 to set Wera Swonarjowa with 1:6, 3:6. She started then also in the Junior Women, where she was eliminated in round three against Urszula Radwanska 3:6, 3:6.
The Dubai Duty Free Women's Open started successfully for Paszek. Again, she won all three qualifying rounds and defeating in the first round Katarina Srebotnik 7-5, 6-3. The strongest match of her young career, she played in round two against the world number two and top seed Justine Henin. Paszek dominated against the five -time Grand Slam winner in the first set with powerful ground strokes and very good tactics. Henin could finally after a running time of 2:25 hours their first match to 4:6, 7:5, 6:1 transform. Through this match Paszek advanced in the world ranking of 128 square before to 101.
After her successful appearance in the Fed Cup against Australia, Paszek played in the main draw of the J & S Cup in Warsaw, where they lost in the first round against Kateryna Bondarenko qualifier with 1:6, 7:63, 1:6. At the Qatar Total German Open in Berlin, she failed in the third qualifying round Zuzana Ondraskova with 6:4, 4:6, 3:6.
With a three-set victory over Michaëlla Krajicek in the second qualifying round Paszek reached the main draw of the Internazionali BNL d' Italia in Rome. In round one they defeated Nicole Pratt with 6:71, 6:0 and 6:2, but then lost against the seeded 3 later tournament champion Jelena Janković ( 3:6, 4:6 ).
At the French Open Paszek defeated in the second round again defending champion Justine Henin. They delivered a terrific comeback, as they made up for a 0:5 residue in the first set - the score of 5:6 it was just a point from a tie-break decision. In the prior of 3-0 for the Belgian the game in the second set had to be interrupted due to rain for more than an hour. After the break Paszek no longer found his way back into the game; they lost the match after a running time of 1:23 hours with 5:7, 1:6.
At Wimbledon, she reached the second round and was eliminated there against the seeded 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova 3:6, 2:6 from. Also reached the U.S. Open Paszek the knockout stages, which she lost to Anna Chakvetadze with 1:6, 5:7. In the " Open Generali Ladies " they came to round two.
Season 2008
To the beginning of the season they reached the semi-finals, which she lost to Lindsay Davenport 4:6, 3:6 in Auckland. At the Australian Open she lost in the first round against the seeded Jelena Janković 3. In 3 hours and 10 -minute game Paszek missed three match points and eventually was beaten 6:2, 2:6, [ 10:12 ].
At the Indian Wells Masters in California, she was forced to retire in her third round match against Casey Dellacqua at the registry of 1:6 and 0:4. As a basic physical weakness was called ( she had a long time to fight with stomach problems). After a dry spell, she reached the quarterfinals at a tournament in Montreal. Their only playoff participation of the year in Bali went with 3:6, 0:6 lost to Patty Schnyder.
Due to the unsatisfactory season opener Paszek was not nominated for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Season 2009
The season began with a series of Erstrundenniederlagen. Only in March reached Paszek in the second round of the tournaments of Indian Wells and Miami.
Due to back problems, you start at Wimbledon was in jeopardy. Their first round game they had to promptly cancel.
At a press conference on July 21, 2009 declared Paszek that they could treat the back injury in an alternative physician. This took her first blood from, enriched it with homeopathic remedies and injected her with this blood then again. However, since self-blood treatments are reportable, a doping process was initiated. The suspension was finally lifted in early August, there is no clear breach was found. A month later, the process of NADA against Paszek has been set. In September, however, they had to because of the back injury the season to write off final, she asked at the WTA on a protected ranking.
Season 2010
The year 2010 did not start well for Paszek. After a first round victory in Hobart she lost her opening match at the Australian Open. There were other Erstrundenniederlagen, making them even fell out of the "Top 300 ". In May, she won the ITF tournament in Izmir. At the U.S. Open she retired on lap two against Chan Yung- jan. In Quebec City, she won eight games with the qualification and secured with a final victory ( 7:66, 2:6, 7:5 ) over Bethanie Mattek -Sands her second WTA title. At the end of the season Paszek was with position 90 in the WTA ranking second best Austrian Sybille Bammer after.
Season 2011
In contrast to the last Grand Slam tournaments, she was back directly qualified for the main draw at the Australian Open and the French Open. However, they failed in each case in the first round. Including the French Open, she came in the spring never beyond the second round. Then they reached the ITF tournament in Nottingham and at the WTA tournament in Birmingham the third round. In June she was the only Austrian in the top 100 in the WTA world rankings. At Wimbledon, Paszek finally marked a new career high point. Among other things, by beating the title holder of 2010 and a finalist in 2011, Francesca Schiavone, they moved for the first time in her career in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament one. There, she lost to the set of 4 Wiktoryja Azarenka. On August 6, Paszek had to give up in the second round of the Mercury Insurance Open after a stomach muscle injury, but equalized on August 8 with 35th place but their best quotation in the world rankings from July 2007. At the U.S. Open she retired ( still slightly chipped ) already in the first round.
Season 2012
Paszek lost in the Australian Open and the French Open each in round 1 only in Indian Wells (March) and in Strasbourg (May) they survived their first match. She celebrated her biggest success then in June at the grass tournament in Eastbourne, as they claimed defense of five match points in turn could transform the third match point in the final against Angelique Kerber. At Wimbledon, she won her first round match against Caroline Wozniacki set to 7 5:7, 7:64, 6:4, and in the second round against Alizé Cornet 6-2, 6-1. With a 6-2 -, 6-2 win over Roberta Vinci drew Paszek on July 2, the quarter-finals of the tournament, having in the previous round Yanina Wickmayer in three sets ( 2:6, 7:64, 7:5 ) had been able to conquer. Against Azarenka, she was, however, a chance in the last eight. At the Olympic Games, for which she was later nominated, she went as Geheimfavoritin for a medal in the race. However, she left against Alizé Cornet made already in round one. Also at the U.S. Open, where she was first set at a Grand Slam tournament, already in round one was closing.
Season 2013
The year began with ten Erstrundenniederlagen in eleven tournaments. Only in the Australian Open she reached the second round. By this victory she reached on February 11, 2013 their best ever placement as interim number 26 of the WTA rankings. However, the negative series lasted until the end. Only the $ 50,000 ITF tournament in Limoges, she won more than a match; they even reached the final, which they lost to but Kristyna Pliskova in three sets. In the world rankings, they rushed up to the end of the year from number 181.
2014 season
Paszek retired in the second round of qualifying for the Australian Open against Duan Yingying and slipped in the world rankings ranked 218th in February she performed successfully two $ 25,000 ITF tournaments, she won the tournament in Rancho Santa Fe, and stood in Surprise in final.
Personal
Paszeks father, whose parents are Indian, was born in Tanzania and raised in Kenya; he lived for 15 years in Canada and moved to Austria in 1994. Paszeks mother was born in Chile and came to Austria as a child. Her mother was Austrian, and their father for a half Frenchman, to the other pole; from hence its Polish name. Tamira Paszek has a younger brother.