Daniela Klemenschits

Daniela Klemenschits
Country (sports)	Austria
Born	13 November 1982; Vienna, Austria
Died	9 April 2008 (aged 25); Salzburg, Austria
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$72,257
Singles
Career record	80–91
Highest ranking	No. 356 (9 July 2001)
Doubles
Career record	234–155
Career titles	23 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 95 (22 August 2005)

Daniela Klemenschits (13 November 1982 – 9 April 2008) was an Austrian professional tennis player.^[1] She won a total of 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career.

Early life

Daniela and twin sister Sandra (fellow pro-player) were born in Vienna, Austria.

Tennis career

Daniela played doubles with sister Sandra on the WTA Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit.^[1] The team dominated doubles tennis in Austria in the mid-2000s, becoming the country's No. 1 team in 2006. She won a total of 23 titles on the ITF-level and reached one final on the WTA Tour-level. She reached the top 100 of the WTA doubles rankings in 2005.^[1] Daniela also represented Austria on the Fed Cup in 2005, where they defeated Switzerland.

Daniela played her final professional match on 14 December 2006, at the tournament in Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic. She had partnered sister Sandra, losing in round one against Eva Hrdinová and Stanislava Hrozenská, 5–7, 2–6.

Death

In January 2007, both Klemenschits twins were diagnosed with a rare form of abdominal cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, forcing their retirement.^[1] Fellow tennis players rallied for Klemenschits and donated money to pay off the removal of several tumours and the expensive medical care required.^[1] Daniela died on 9 April 2008 in Salzburg, aged 25.^[1] Sandra, however, survived and returned to the doubles tour in July 2008.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	21 May 2005	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	Hard	Sandra Klemenschits	Marta Marrero Antonella Serra Zanetti	4–6, 0–6

ITF finals

$75,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (0–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 October 2000	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Aliénor Tricerri	4-5, 0-5, 2-4
Runner-up	2.	5 November 2000	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Adrienn Hegedűs	0–4, 0–4, 3–5
Runner-up	3.	3 December 2000	ITF Arad, Israel	Hard	Hannah Collin	3-5, 0-4, 0-4
Runner-up	4.	13 May 2001	ITF Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Capucine Rousseau	3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 56 (23–33)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	31 July 2000	ITF Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Bianca Kamper Ekaterina Kozhokina	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	21 August 2000	ITF Kastoria, Greece	Carpet	Sandra Klemenschits	Eleni Daniilidou Evagelia Roussi	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	2 October 2000	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Andrea Masaryková Aliénor Tricerri	4–1, 4–1, 4–2
Winner	3.	9 October 2000	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Barbora Blahutiaková Zuzana Kučová	4–0, 4–0, 4–0
Runner-up	2.	30 October 2000	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Ayako Suzuki	Katarína Bašternáková Alena Paulenková	4-1, 4-5, 1-4
Winner	4.	11 November 2000	Mansoura, Egypt	Clay	Adrienn Hegedűs	Giulia Meruzzi Monica Scartoni	5–4⁽⁵⁾, 4–2, 4–0
Winner	5.	18 November 2000	Beersheba, Israel	Hard	Sandra Klemenschits	Giulia Meruzzi Leonne Muller Van Moppe	4–0, 4–0, 5–3
Runner-up	3.	27 November 2000	Arad, Israel	Hard	Sandra Klemenschits	Giulia Meruzzi Leonne Muller Van Moppe	4–5⁽⁴⁾, 1–4, 2–4
Runner-up	4.	12 February 2001	Faro, Portugal	Hard	Sandra Klemenschits	Olga Vymetálková Gabriela Navrátilová	0–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	5 March 2001	Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Sandra Klemenschits	Adrienn Hegedűs Eszter Molnár	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 7–6⁽⁸⁾
Winner	7.	2 April 2001	Athens, Greece	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Marijana Kovačević Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova	6–3, 7–5
Winner	8.	16 April 2001	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Dragana Ilić Ana Timotić	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	23 April 2001	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Maki Arai Julia Smith	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	7 May 2001	Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Severine Beltrame Capucine Rousseau	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	28 May 2001	Biella, Italy	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Joana Cortez Vanessa Menga	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	23 June 2001	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Leanne Baker Manisha Malhotra	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	8.	6 August 2001	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Magdalena Kučerová Lydia Steinbach	7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	1 October 2001	Plzeň, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Sandra Klemenschits	Olga Vymetálková Gabriela Navrátilová	2–6, 3–6
Winner	10.	15 October 2001	Giza, Egypt	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Olena Antypina Yuliana Fedak	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	22 October 2001	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Elena Yaryshka	6–7⁽²⁾, 3–6
Winner	11.	19 November 2001	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Silvia Disderi Anna Floris	7–5, 6–4
Winner	12.	26 November 2001	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Silvia Disderi Anna Floris	6–3, 6–4
Winner	13.	15 April 2002	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Olena Antypina Lenka Tvarošková	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	11.	22 April 2002	Cavtat, Croatia	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Susanne Trik Suzanne van Hartingsveldt	1–6, 3–6
Winner	14.	6 May 2002	Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Tina Hergold Sanda Mamić	6–4, 6–4
Winner	15.	17 June 2002	Velp, Netherlands	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Helena Ejeson Kika Hogendoorn	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	12.	19 August 2002	Enschede, Netherlands	Clay	Debby Haak	Daniela Kix Annette Kolb	1–6, 5–7
Winner	16.	23 September 2002	Sopron, Hungary	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová	6–7⁽²⁾, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	17.	10 March 2003	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Gabriela Niculescu Monica Niculescu	3–6, 7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–4
Winner	18.	30 March 2003	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Chanelle Scheepers	Helena Ejeson Helena Norfeldt	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	13.	7 April 2003	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Zuzana Černá Vladimíra Uhlířová	3–6, 2–6
Winner	19.	28 April 2003	Pula, Croatia	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Jana Macurová Zuzana Zemenová	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	14.	26 May 2003	Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	15.	28 July 2003	Gardone Val Trompia, Italy	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Kildine Chevalier Silvia Disderi	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	16.	4 August 2003	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Angelika Bachmann Jasmin Wöhr	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	17.	15 September 2003	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Dessislava Topalova Dragana Zarić	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	18.	12 January 2004	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Sandra Klemenschits	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Hana Šromová	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	19.	8 March 2004	Rome, Italy	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Alice Canepa Emily Stellato	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	20.	29 March 2004	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Maria Fernanda Alves Carla Tiene	1–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Winner	20.	26 April 2004	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Stefanie Haidner Patricia Wartusch	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	21.	16 August 2004	Enschede, Netherlands	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Susanne Trik Tessy van de Ven	6–4, 0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	22.	23 August 2004	Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Leslie Butkiewicz Eveline Vanhyfte	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	23.	4 October 2004	Girona, Spain	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Erica Krauth Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	21.	13 December 2004	Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Sandra Klemenschits	Lucie Hradecká Eva Hrdinová	w/o
Winner	22.	12 January 2005	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Sandra Klemenschits	Kristina Grigorian Oxana Lyubtsova	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	24.	24 January 2005	Belfort, France	Hard (i)	Sandra Klemenschits	Michelle Gerards Anousjka van Exel	1–6, 2–4 ret.
Runner-up	25.	15 March 2005	Morelia, Mexico	Hard	Sandra Klemenschits	Jorgelina Cravero Veronica Spiegel	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	26.	29 March 2005	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Sandra Klemenschits	Seda Noorlander Mara Santangelo	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	27.	30 May 2005	Raanana, Israel	Hard	Sandra Klemenschits	Tzipora Obziler Shahar Pe'er	6–7⁽²⁾, 6–1, 2–6
Runner-up	28.	6 June 2005	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Lucie Hradecká Vladimíra Uhlířová	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	29.	24 April 2006	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Sophie Lefèvre Aurélie Védy	6–2, 4–6, 6–7⁽¹⁾
Runner-up	30.	21 June 2006	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Andrea Hlaváčková Renata Voráčová	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	31.	26 June 2006	ITF Anif, Austria	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Katalin Marosi Marina Tavares	6–3, 6–7⁽²⁾, 3–6
Runner-up	32.	18 July 2006	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Monica Niculescu Yevgenia Savransky	6–1, 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	33.	22 August 2006	ITF Bielefeld, Germany	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Carmen Klaschka Justine Ozga	7–6⁽¹⁾, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	23.	31 October 2006	ITF Erding, Germany	Carpet (i)	Sandra Klemenschits	Carmen Klaschka Annette Kolb	1–6, 6–3, 6–2