Katarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska

Katarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska (born 28 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Poland. She was born Katarzyna Teodorowicz.

Katarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska
Full nameKatarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska
Country (sports) Poland
Born (1972-11-28) 28 November 1972 (age 51)
Ruda Śląska, Poland
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Prize money$65,080
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 198 (16 May 1994)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 111 (23 May 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1993)
French Open1R (1994)

Biography edit

Teodorowicz, who comes from Ruda Śląska in the south of Poland, played professionally in the 1990s.[1]

She partnered with Magdalena Mroz to win Poland a Fed Cup tie against France in her first Fed Cup campaign in 1991, winning a live doubles rubber over Mary Pierce and Nathalie Tauziat.[2] The same pair also won the decisive doubles match against Sweden in 1992 to put Poland into the World Group quarter-finals for the first time. They also teamed up together in the women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, losing in three sets to seventh seeded Argentines Mercedes Paz and Patricia Tarabini in the first round.[3] In the 1993 Fed Cup, Poland were sent to the World Group playoffs after losing to Indonesia. They were able to win the playoff against Great Britain, with Teodorowicz teaming up again with Mroz to win the deciding doubles rubber.

At grand slam level she twice competed in the main draw of the women's doubles, at the 1993 Australian Open and 1994 French Open.

She studied at the University of Physical Education in Katowice and won silver medals in the women's doubles at the Summer Universiade in both 1997 and 1999.[1]

Her last Fed Cup appearance came in 2000 and she retired having featured in a total of 22 ties for Poland.

ITF Circuit finals edit

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (2–0) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 24 May 1993 Barcelona, Spain Clay   Maria Fernanda Landa 0–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 2. 1 September 1997 Olsztyn, Poland Clay   Petra Plačková 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 27 (18–9) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1 October 1990 Šibenik, Yugoslavia Clay   Sylvia Czopek   Zdeňka Málková
  Eva Martincová
6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Win 2. 26 November 1990 Érd, Hungary Clay   Magdalena Feistel   Lucie Ludvigová
  Helena Vildová
5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win 3. 27 May 1991 Katowice, Poland Clay   Magdalena Feistel   Dominika Gorecká
  Zuzana Witzová
6–0, 5–7, 6–1
Win 4. 12 August 1991 Rebecq, Belgium Clay   Agata Werblińska   Seda Noorlander
  Sandra van der Aa
6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 1. 2 September 1991 Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay   Agata Werblińska   Hana Adámková
  Eva-Maria Schürhoff
6–7, 2–6
Loss 2. 16 March 1992 Zaragoza, Spain Clay   Agata Werblińska   Maja Murić
  Petra Rihtarić
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win 5. 23 March 1992 Santander, Spain Clay   Agata Werblińska   Amanda Evans
  Svetlana Parkhomenko
6–3, 6–3
Win 6. 18 May 1992 Tortosa, Spain Clay   Maria-Farnes Capistrano   Catherine Barclay
  Martina Crha
4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 7. 10 August 1992 Sopot, Poland Clay   Markéta Štusková   Jessica Emmons
  Maria Strandlund
6–4, 6–2
Loss 3. 28 September 1992 Salisbury, United States Hard   Magdalena Feistel   Beverly Bowes
  Tammy Whittington
5–7, 6–2, 0–6
Win 8. 19 October 1992 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Hard   Magdalena Feistel   Isabela Petrov
  Jolene Watanabe
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 9. 24 May 1993 Barcelona, Spain Clay   Agnese Blumberga   Robyn Mawdsley
  Shannon Peters
7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 10. 12 July 1993 Darmstadt, Germany Clay   Magdalena Feistel   Laura Garrone
  Tina Križan
4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win 11. 1 November 1993 Vilamoura, Portugal Hard   Magdalena Feistel   Gala León García
  Ana Segura
7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win 12. 6 February 1994 Coburg, Germany Carpet (i)   Helena Vildová   Ivana Jankovská
  Eva Melicharová
6–2, 7–6
Loss 4. 8 May 1994 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Hard   Michelle Jackson-Nobrega   Liezel Horn
  Mariaan de Swardt
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 13. 29 August 1994 Maribor, Slovenia Clay   Helena Vildová   Adriana Barna
  Andrea Noszály
7–5, 6–0
Win 14. 12 September 1994 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay   Caroline Schneider   Petra Kučová
  Kateřina Kroupová
6–1, 6–1
Loss 5. 27 February 1995 Prostějov, Czech Republic Hard (i)   Eva Melicharová   Martina Hingis
  Petra Langrová
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win 15. 12 June 1995 Bytom, Poland Clay   Teodora Nedeva   Evgenia Kulikovskaya
  Natalia Nemchinova
6–2, 6–2
Loss 6. 10 July 1995 Olsztyn, Poland Clay   Katarzyna Malec   Natalia Nemchinova
  Marina Stets
2–6, 2–6
Win 16. 22 July 1996 Rostock, Germany Clay   Elisabeth Habeler   Denisa Chládková
  Eva Martincová
6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 7. 20 October 1996 Šiauliai, Lithuania Carpet (i)   Anna Bieleń-Żarska   Natalia Bondarenko
  Marina Stets
1–6, 4–6
Loss 8. 8 June 1997 Bytom, Poland Clay   Anna Bieleń-Żarska   Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková
  Jana Ondrouchová
4–6, 2–6
Win 17. 14 June 1998 Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland Clay   Anna Bieleń-Żarska   Milena Nekvapilová
  Hana Šromová
7–6, 6–1
Loss 9. 23 August 1998 Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic Clay   Anna Bieleń-Żarska   Magdalena Kučerová
  Jana Pospíšilová
3–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win 18. 6 June 1999 Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland Clay   Anna Bieleń-Żarska   Alona Bondarenko
  Valeria Bondarenko
5–7, 6–4, 6–1

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Biografie" (in Polish). Polski Komitet Olimpijski. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Sport results and details". The Canberra Times. 24 July 1991. p. 37. Retrieved 10 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Olympic Report". The Canberra Times. 1 August 1992. p. 6 (Olympic Special Edition). Retrieved 10 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

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