Tina Križan


Tina Križan is a former Slovenian professional tennis player.
Known primarily for her achievements playing doubles, as the first Slovenian in the 90' she reached a career-high singles ranking of 95, including a win over Jana Novotna and a career-high doubles ranking of 19 in 2002, including wins over Martina Navratilova, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Ana Ivanović, Flavia Penetta... She has won 6 WTA doubles titles and has been Runner-up in more than 10 WTA doubles events, she has also won 10 ITF tournaments.
Tina represented Slovenia in doubles at the Olympics in 1992, 2000 and 2004. She qualified twice for the doubles season end Masters Championships in Munich and Los Angeles.
Tina Križan holds the record for FED CUP appearances for her country, representing Slovenia in 46 ties playing a record 72 matches.
She graduated from Maribor University in 2004.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 20 (6–14)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.8 October 1995Surabaya, IndonesiaHard Petra Kamstra Nana Miyagi
Stephanie Reece
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up1.13 October 1996Surabaya, IndonesiaHard Noëlle van Lottum Alexandra Fusai
Kerry-Anne Guse
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.24 November 1996Pattaya, ThailandHard Nana Miyagi Miho Saeki
Yuka Yoshida
2–6, 3–6
Winner2.19 April 1998Makarska, CroatiaClay Katarina Srebotnik Eugenia Kulikovskaya
Karin Kschwendt
7–6, 6–1
Runner-up3.12 July 1998Maria Lankowitz, AustriaClay Katarina Srebotnik Laura Montalvo
Paola Suárez
1–6, 2–6
Winner3.18 July 1999Palermo, ItalyClay Katarina Srebotnik Sonya Jeyaseelan
Åsa Svensson
4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up4.26 September 1999LuxembourgCarpet Katarina Srebotnik Irina Spîrlea
Caroline Vis
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up5.31 October 1999Linz, AustriaCarpet Larisa Savchenko Irina Spîrlea
Caroline Vis
4–6, 3–6
Winner4.16 April 2000Estoril, PortugalClay Katarina Srebotnik Amanda Hopmans
Cristina Torrens Valero
6–0, 7–6
Runner-up6.7 May 2000Bol, CroatiaClay Katarina Srebotnik Julie Halard-Decugis
Corina Morariu
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up7.15 October 2000Japan Open, JapanHard Katarina Srebotnik Julie Halard-Decugis
Corina Morariu
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up8.19 November 2000Pattaya, ThailandHard Katarina Srebotnik Yayuk Basuki
Carolina Vis
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up9.15 April 2001Estoril, PortugalClay Katarina Srebotnik Květa Hrdličková
Barbara Rittner
6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up10.19 August 2001Canadian Open, CanadaHard Katarina Srebotnik Kimberly Po-Messerli
Nicole Pratt
3–6, 1–6
Winner5.16 September 2001Waikoloa, Hawaii, USAHard Katarina Srebotnik Els Callens
Nicole Pratt
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up11.24 February 2002Bogota, ColombiaClay Katarina Srebotnik Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up12.2 March 2002Acapulco, MexicoClay Katarina Srebotnik Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
5–7, 1–6
Runner-up13.23 February 2003Bogota, ColombiaClay Tatiana Perebiynis Katarina Srebotnik
Åsa Carlsson
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up14.22 May 2004Strasbourg, FranceClay Katarina Srebotnik Lisa McShea
Milagros Sequera
4–6, 1–6
Winner6.16 January 2005Canberra, AustraliaHard Tathiana Garbin Gabriela Navrátilová
Michaela Paštiková
7–5, 1–6, 6–4

ITF finals

Singles Finals (1-0)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the final
Winner1.13 February 2000Ljubljana, SloveniaCarpet Miriam Schnitzer6–2, 6–3

Doubles (10–11)