Kristina Barrois (born 30 September 1981) is a German former tennis player.

Kristina Barrois
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1981-09-30) 30 September 1981 (age 42)
Ottweiler, West Germany
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2005
RetiredOctober 2014
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,088,997
Singles
Career record350–245 (58.8%)
Career titles15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 57 (9 May 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2010, 2011)
French Open2R (2009)
Wimbledon2R (2010)
US Open2R (2009)
Doubles
Career record200–139 (59.0%)
Career titles1 WTA, 16 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 55 (20 February 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2009, 2011, 2012)
French Open2R (2011, 2014)
WimbledonQF (2009)
US Open2R (2011)
Team competitions
Fed Cup0–3
Barrois at the 2012 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer

Barrois won 15 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 9 May 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 57. On 20 February 2012, she peaked at No. 55 in the doubles rankings.

Early life edit

Barrois began playing tennis at the age of nine in 1991 when she took the sport up herself and began to play at a tennis club. She completed her training as a government inspector at the Saarland Ministry of Justice before turning professional in 2005.

Career edit

Barrois was trained by Patrick Schmidt, and later by Andreas Spaniol, and her stamina-trainer was the footballer Bernd Franke.

She played in the German Fed Cup team in 2006, losing her singles match to Li Na, and also losing her doubles match. In the same year, she won the German Tennis Championship. She also qualified for the main draws of the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open. At Wimbledon, she lost to Shenay Perry. At the US Open, she lost to the world No. 1, Amélie Mauresmo.

On 14 December 2008, she won her second German Tennis Championship, with a win in the final against the unseeded Lydia Steinbach.

In 2009, she started off well as she qualified for Auckland but lost to up-and-coming Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. She then fell in the qualifying round of the Hobart event to British player Melanie South. She also reached the first round of the Australian Open, where she pushed the fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva, but eventually lost in three sets. In February, she reached the second round in Memphis, but fell short against former world No. 30, Michaëlla Krajicek. In March, she played an ITF event where she lost in the quarterfinals to British player Katie O'Brien. At the Premier Mandatory event in Indian Wells, she beat Alizé Cornet in the second round, but lost to Ágnes Szávay in the next round. She reached the second round of the French Open, where Victoria Azarenka beat her and of the US Open, where she lost to Dinara Safina.

In 2010, she reached the second round on the Australian Open, losing to Samantha Stosur. She qualified for her first ever final in a WTA tournament, the Internationaux de Strasbourg,[1] which Maria Sharapova won in straight sets.[2] She reached the second round of Wimbledon, being knocked out by Justine Henin.

In 2011, she reached the second round of the Australian Open, this time losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

After losing to Lucie Hradecká at the Luxembourg Open in October 2014, Barrois announced her retirement from professional tennis.[3]

WTA career finals edit

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 22 May 2010 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay   Maria Sharapova 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 30 April 2011 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay   Anabel Medina Garrigues 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier (0–1)
International (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 24 April 2011 Stuttgart Grand Prix, Germany Clay (i)   Jasmin Wöhr   Sabine Lisicki
  Samantha Stosur
1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up 2. 21 July 2013 Gastein Ladies, Austria Clay   Eleni Daniilidou   Sandra Klemenschits
  Andreja Klepač
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 20 October 2013 Luxembourg Open Hard (i)   Laura Thorpe   Stephanie Vogt
  Yanina Wickmayer
6–7(2–7), 4–6
Winner 1. 18 October 2014 Luxembourg Open Hard (i)   Timea Bacsinszky   Lucie Hradecká
  Barbora Krejčíková
3–6, 6–4, [10–4]

ITF Circuit finals edit

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 22 (15–7) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 29 August 2004 ITF Bielefeld, Germany Clay   Nicole Seitenbecher 6–4, 6–1
Winner 2. 24 January 2005 ITF Oberhaching, Germany Carpet (i)   Sabine Klaschka 7–5, 6–4
Winner 3. 14 February 2005 ITF Albufeira, Portugal Hard   Lisanna Balk 6–2, 6–2
Winner 4. 21 February 2005 Biberach Open, Germany Hard (i)   Lucie Hradecká 7–5, 6–4
Winner 5. 14 March 2005 ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Anet Kaasik 7–6(2), 6–3
Winner 6. 31 July 2005 ITF Horb, Germany Clay   Andrea Hlaváčková 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 7. 18 September 2005 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria Clay   Tamira Paszek 6–7(5), 3–6
Winner 8. 25 September 2005 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK Hard (i)   Gréta Arn 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Winner 9. 9 October 2005 Open Nantes, France Hard (i)   Alberta Brianti 6–4, 6–2
Winner 10. 6 February 2006 ITF Belfort, France Hard (i)   Kirsten Flipkens 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(6)
Winner 11. 28 February 2006 Biberach Open, Germany Hard (i)   Tatjana Maria 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(5)
Runner-up 12. 29 October 2006 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i)   Dominika Cibulková 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 13. 14 October 2007 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i)   Sofia Arvidsson 3–6, 2–6
Winner 14. 24 March 2008 ITF La Palma, Spain Hard   Mervana Jugić-Salkić 5–1 ret.
Winner 15. 6 April 2008 ITF Hamburg, Germany Hard (i)   Ana Vrljić 6–2, ret.
Winner 16. 7 September 2008 ITF Denain, France Clay   Kinnie Laisné 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 17. 19 October 2008 ITF Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i)   Mara Santangelo 3–6, ret.
Runner-up 18. 9 November 2008 Ismaning Open, Germany Hard (i)   Tatjana Maria 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 19. 29 August 2009 Bronx Open, United States Hard   Tatjana Maria 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 20. 8 November 2009 Ismaning Open, Germany Hard (i)   Barbora Strýcová 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(5)
Winner 21. 7 April 2013 ITF Dijon, France Hard (i)   Elitsa Kostova 6–3, 7–5
Winner 22. 25 August 2013 ITF Braunschweig, Germany Clay   Myrtille Georges 4–6, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 30 (16–14) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 17 January 2005 ITF Oberhaching, Germany Carpet (i)   Korina Perkovic   Lucie Hradecká
  Zuzana Zálabská
6–3, 5–7, 7–6(6)
Runner-up 2. 21 February 2005 Biberach Open, Germany Hard (i)   Stefanie Weis   Lucie Hradecká
  Sandra Záhlavová
7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 27 June 2005 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay   Kathrin Wörle-Scheller   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Vanessa Henke
6–7(5), 1–6
Winner 4. 14 August 2005 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany Clay   Jasmin Wöhr   Renata Voráčová
  Sandra Záhlavová
4–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
Winner 5. 22 August 2005 ITF Bielefeld, Germany Clay   Korina Perkovic   Justine Ozga
  Andrea Sieveke
7–6(1), 6–3
Winner 6. 30 January 2006 ITF Belfort, France Hard (i)   Kathrin Wörle-Scheller   Ekaterina Ivanova
  Irina Kuzmina
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 14 March 2006 ITF Fuerteventura, Spain Clay   Angelika Bachmann   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Angelika Rösch
6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4
Winner 8. 11 November 2007 Ismaning Open, Germany Carpet (i)   Julia Görges   Andrea Hlaváčková
  Lucie Hradecká
2–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Winner 9. 6 July 2008 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay   Laura Siegemund   Katalin Marosi
  Marina Tavares
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 10. 8 September 2008 ITF Athens, Greece Clay   Julia Schruff   Sorana Cîrstea
  Galina Voskoboeva
2–6, 4–6
Winner 11. 6 October 2008 Open de Touraine, France Hard   Mervana Jugić-Salkić   Julie Coin
  Violette Huck
6–2, 7–6
Runner-up 12. 23 February 2009 Biberach Open, Germany Hard (i)   Yvonne Meusburger   Melanie Klaffner
  Sandra Klemenschits
6–3, 4–6, [15–17]
Runner-up 13. 19 September 2009 ITF Mestre, Italy Clay   Yvonne Meusburger   Romina Oprandi
  Sandra Klemenschits
4–6, 1–6
Winner 14. 27 September 2009 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK Hard (i)   Yvonne Meusburger   Johanna Larsson
  Anna Smith
3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner 15. 29 August 2010 Bronx Open, United States Hard   Yvonne Meusburger   Natalie Grandin
  Abigail Spears
1–6, 6–4, [15–13]
Runner-up 16. 31 October 2010 ITF Poitiers, France Hard (i)   Akgul Amanmuradova   Lucie Hradecká
  Renata Voráčová
7–6(5), 2–6 [5–10]
Winner 17. 1 November 2010 Ismaning Open, Germany Carpet (i)   Anna-Lena Grönefeld   Tetyana Arefyeva
  Yuliana Fedak
6–1, 7–6(3)
Runner-up 18. 24 July 2011 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay   Anna-Lena Grönefeld   Johanna Larsson
  Jasmin Wöhr
6–7(2), 4–6
Runner-up 19. 6 November 2011 Ismaning Open, Germany Hard (i)   Yvonne Meusburger   Kiki Bertens
  Anne Keothavong
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 20. 11 June 2012 Open de Marseille, France Clay   Olga Savchuk   Séverine Beltrame
  Laura Thorpe
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 21. 13 November 2012 ITF Zawada, Poland Carpet (i)   Sandra Klemenschits   Karolína Plíšková
  Kristýna Plíšková
3–6, 1–6
Winner 22. 12 April 2013 ITF Edgbaston, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Ana Vrljić   Richèl Hogenkamp
  Stephanie Vogt
6–4, 7–6(2)
Winner 23. 21 June 2013 ITF Ystad, Sweden Clay   Lina Stančiūtė   Monique Adamczak
  Pemra Özgen
6–4, 7–5
Winner 24. 30 July 2013 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay   Laura Siegemund   Stephanie Vogt
  Sandra Zaniewska
7–6(1), 6–4
Winner 25. 10 November 2013 ITF Équeurdreville, France Hard (i)   Timea Bacsinszky   Diāna Marcinkēviča
  Eva Wacanno
6–4, 6–3
Winner 26. 24 November 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Clay   Timea Bacsinszky   Anna Morgina
  Kateřina Siniaková
6–7(5), 6–0, [10–4]
Runner-up 27. 25 January 2014 ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France Hard (i)   Timea Bacsinszky   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Kateryna Kozlova
3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Runner-up 28. 8 March 2014 ITF Preston, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Timea Bacsinszky   Tara Moore
  Marta Sirotkina
6–3, 1–6, [11–13]
Runner-up 29. 24 March 2014 ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France Hard (i)   Eleni Daniilidou   Margarita Gasparyan
  Lyudmyla Kichenok
2–6, 4–6
Winner 30. 15 June 2014 Bredeney Ladies Open, Germany Clay   Tatjana Maria   Ysaline Bonaventure
  Elitsa Kostova
6–2, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 W–L
Australian Open A LQ LQ A 1R 2R 2R 1R A A 2–4
French Open A LQ A LQ 2R 1R 1R LQ A A 1–3
Wimbledon A 1R LQ LQ 1R 2R 1R LQ A A 1–4
US Open LQ 1R A LQ 2R 1R 1R A A LQ 1–4
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–4 2–4 1–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 5–15

Doubles edit

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 W–L
Australian Open 1R A 1R 1R A A 0–3
French Open 1R 1R 2R 1R A 2R 2–5
Wimbledon QF 3R 2R 2R A 3R 9–5
US Open 1R 1R 2R A A 1R 1–4
Win–loss 3–4 2–3 3–4 1–3 0–0 3–3 12–17

References edit

  1. ^ "Barrois-Sharapova en finale à Strasbourg". sport.be (in French). Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  2. ^ Datla, Anand (23 May 2010). "Sharapova crowned Queen of Strasbourg, Dulgheru rules Warsaw". The Sports Campus. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Hobgarski weiter, Barrois beendet Karriere". Saarländischer Rundfunk (in German). 12 October 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

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