Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall (née Gallovits; born December 10, 1984) is a Romanian-born American former tennis player. Her career-high ranking of No. 54 she achieved on 28 April 2008. She represented Romania until April 2015, then started playing for the United States.

Edina Gallovits-Hall
Gallovits-Hall at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Full nameKlaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall
Country (sports) Romania (1999–2014)
 United States (2015)
ResidenceAtlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Born (1984-12-10) December 10, 1984 (age 39)
Timișoara, Romania
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro1999
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,294,978
Singles
Career record419–262 (61.5%)
Career titles19 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 54 (28 April 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2008, 2009)
French Open2R (2007, 2011)
Wimbledon2R (2008, 2010)
US Open2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record159–133 (54.5%)
Career titles3 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 63 (6 April 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2009)
French Open3R (2012)
Wimbledon1R (2005, 2008, 2009, 2010)
US Open2R (2009, 2010)

Playing for the Romania Fed Cup team, she accumulated a win–loss record of 4–8.

Personal life edit

She married her American coach and manager Bryce Hall in November 2010.[1] Her father was in the 1980 Olympics representing Romania in the Modern Pentathlon. [2] Her sister played tennis at Florida State University. [3]

Career edit

In June 2007, she reached the final of the inaugural Barcelona KIA event.

In February 2010, she won her first WTA Tour title in doubles, at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá. Her second doubles title came in September 2010 at the Guangzhou International Women's Open.

In 2011, she defended her Bogotá title, winning the Copa Colsanitas alongside Anabel Medina Garrigues.

At the 2015 US Open, she played her last match on the professional tour. She was beaten in the first round of qualifying by Mayo Hibi, in three sets.

Grand Slam performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Note: Gallovits-Hall played under Romanian flag until 2015.

Singles edit

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q2 Q1 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R A 1R A 0 / 6 2–6 25%
French Open A A 1R Q3 Q2 Q3 2R 1R 1R Q2 2R 1R A A 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Wimbledon A A A 1R Q2 Q2 1R 2R 1R 2R Q2 1R A 1R 0 / 7 2–7 22%
US Open A A Q1 Q1 Q3 Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R Q3 2R A Q1 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–4 2–4 1–4 1–3 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–1 0 / 24 7–24 23%
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 + former
Indian Wells Open A A A A A Q1 Q1 2R 2R 1R 1R Q2 A Q1 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Miami Open A A A A A A Q2 2R 1R Q1 1R Q1 A Q1 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Cincinnati Open NMS A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Charleston Open (former) A A A A A A A 2R NMS 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 8 4–8 33%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0[a] 1 1 3 4 0 12 14 15 9 9 8 2 2 Career total: 80
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Overall win-loss 3–0 1–1 0–4 0–3 0–4 0–0 9–12 13–14 10–15 9–9 2–9 6–8 0–2 0–2 0 / 80 53–83 39%
Year-end ranking 291 204 187 186 129 111 87 84 93 75 124 109 744 542 $1,294,978

Doubles edit

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Win
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 1R 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open A A A A A A A 2R 1R 2R 1R 3R A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Wimbledon A A A A 1R A Q1 1R 1R 1R A A A 0 / 4 0–4 0%
US Open A A A A A A 1R A 2R 2R 1R A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–4 2–4 0–3 2–1 0–0 0 / 17 7–17 29%
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 + former
Miami Open A A A A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Open NMS A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Charleston Open (former) A A A A A A F A NMS 0 / 1 4–1 80%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 0[a] 1 4 0 6 9 14 11 6 5 1 Career total: 58
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 Career total: 3
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 Career total: 4
Overall win-loss 0–4 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–4 0–0 3–6 6–9 10–14 11–9 6–5 5–5 0–1 3 / 58 44–60 42%
Year-end ranking 351 254 246 208 285 151 176 97 77 73 125 126 n/a

Significant finals edit

Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 tournaments edit

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2008 Charleston Open Clay   Olga Govortsova   Katarina Srebotnik
  Ai Sugiyama
2–6, 2–6

WTA Tour finals edit

Singles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2007 Barcelona Open, Spain Tier IV[b] Clay   Meghann Shaughnessy 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5 (0–1)
Premier
International (3–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2008 Charleston Open,
United States
Tier I[c] Clay   Olga Govortsova   Katarina Srebotnik
  Ai Sugiyama
2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2010 Copa Colsanitas,
Colombia
International Clay   Gisela Dulko   Olga Savchuk
  Anastasiya Yakimova
6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Win 2–1 Sep 2010 Guangzhou Open, China International Hard   Sania Mirza   Han Xinyun
  Liu Wanting
7–5, 6–3
Win 3–1 Feb 2011 Copa Colsanitas,
Colombia (2)
International Clay   Anabel Medina Garrigues   Sharon Fichman
  Laura Pous Tió
2–6, 7–6(8–6), [11–9]

ITF finals edit

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

Singles: 28 (19 titles, 9 runner-ups) edit

Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2000 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay   Raluca Ciochină 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 Apr 2001 ITF Cavtat, Croatia 10,000 Clay   Daniela Salomon 6–0, 6–0
Loss 2–1 Apr 2001 ITF Taranto, Italy 25,000 Clay   Eleni Daniilidou 5–7, 2–6
Win 3–1 Apr 2002 ITF Hvar, Croatia 10,000 Clay   Sandra Klemenschits 6–2, 6–1
Win 4–1 May 2002 ITF Szeged, Hungary 10,000 Clay   Daniela Casanova 6–3, 6–0
Win 5–1 Jun 2002 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy 25,000 Clay   Bahia Mouhtassine 6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–2 Aug 2002 Maribor Open, Slovenia 25,000 Clay   Mara Santangelo 2–6, 3–6
Loss 5–3 Sep 2003 ITF Raleigh, United States 25,000 Clay   Tiffany Dabek 6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Win 6–3 Oct 2003 ITF Greenville, United States 25,000 Clay   Kristen Schlukebir 6–0, 6–4
Win 7–3 Apr 2005 ITF Tunica Resorts, United States 25,000 Clay (i)   Varvara Lepchenko 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win 8–3 May 2005 ITF Lafayette, United States 50,000 Clay   Olga Lazarchuk 6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Win 9–3 May 2006 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States 50,000 Clay   Rossana de los Ríos 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–0)
Loss 9–4 Jul 2006 ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy 25,000 Clay   Karin Knapp 2–6, 1–6
Win 10–4 Oct 2006 ITF Augusta, United States 25,000 Hard   Ekaterina Afinogenova 6–0, 6–2
Loss 10–5 Jan 2007 ITF Waikoloa, United States 50,000 Hard   Melinda Czink 2–6, 3–6
Win 11–5 Apr 2007 ITF Pelham, United States 25,000 Clay   Gréta Arn 6–3, 7–5
Win 12–5 May 2007 Charlottesville Open, United States 50,000 Clay   Angelika Bachmann 6–3, 6–3
Win 13–5 Nov 2008 ITF Auburn, United States 50,000 Hard   Julie Ditty 6–0, 6–7(7–9), 7–5
Win 14–5 Nov 2008 ITF San Diego, United States 50,000 Hard   Julie Ditty 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 15–5 Apr 2010 ITF Pelham, United States 25,000 Clay   Ajla Tomljanović 6–2, 6–0
Win 16–5 Apr 2010 Dothan Pro Classic, United States 50,000 Clay   Anastasiya Yakimova 6–1, 6–4
Win 17–5 May 2010 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States (2) 50,000 Clay   Shelby Rogers 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 17–6 Oct 2010 ITF Kansas City, United States 50,000 Hard   Rebecca Marino 7–6(7–4), 0–6, 2–6
Win 18–6 Jun 2011 Bella Cup, Poland 50,000 Clay   Stéphanie Foretz 6–4, 6–3
Loss 18–7 Apr 2012 ITF Pelham, United States 25,000 Clay   Heidi El Tabakh 6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 18–8 Apr 2012 Dothan Pro Classic, United States 50,000 Clay   Camila Giorgi 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 18–9 Sep 2014 ITF Amelia Island, United States 10,000 Clay   Ingrid Neel 4–4 ret.
Win 19–9 Nov 2014 ITF Captiva Island, United States 50,000 Hard   Petra Martić 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 22 (9 titles, 13 runner-ups) edit

Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2000 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay   Liana Ungur   Zuzana Kučová
  Dominika Luzarová
7–5, 4–0 ret.
Loss 1–1 Sep 2000 ITF Makarska, Croatia 10,000 Clay   Ramona But   Natasha Galouza
  Zuzana Hejdová
5–7, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Jul 2001 ITF Civitanova, Italy 25,000 Clay   Gisela Dulko   Gloria Pizzichini
  Antonella Serra Zanetti
3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss 1–3 Apr 2002 ITF Maglie, Italy 25,000 Carpet (i)   Magda Mihalache   Yan Zi
  Zheng Jie
4–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 Jun 2002 ITF Galatina, Italy 25,000 Clay   Andreea Ehritt-Vanc   Bahia Mouhtassine
  Sylvia Plischke
6–3, 6–2
Win 3–3 Sep 2002 ITF Lecce, Italy 25,000 Clay   Andreea Ehritt-Vanc   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
  Elisa Balsamo
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–3 May 2003 ITF Maglie, Italy 25,000 Clay   Delia Sescioreanu   Nuria Llagostera Vives
  María José Martínez Sánchez
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 4–4 Sep 2003 ITF Raleigh, United States 25,000 Clay   Maureen Drake   Maria Fernanda Alves
  Tiffany Dabek
6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Win 5–4 Jul 2004 International Country Cuneo, Italy 50,000 Clay   Zsófia Gubacsi   Eva Hrdinová
  Sandra Záhlavová
7–5, 6–3
Win 6–4 Aug 2004 ITF Louisville, United States 50,000 Hard   Julie Ditty   Claire Curran
  Natalie Grandin
1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 6–5 Apr 2005 ITF Tunica Resorts,
United States
25,000 Clay (i)   Varvara Lepchenko   Tatiana Poutchek
  Anastasia Rodionova
2–6, 4–6
Loss 6–6 Apr 2006 Dothan Pro Classic, United States 75,000 Clay   Varvara Lepchenko   Monique Adamczak
  Soledad Esperón
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 7–6 May 2006 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States 50,000 Hard   Jessica Kirkland   Maria Fernanda Alves
  Marie-Ève Pelletier
6–3, 6–2
Loss 7–7 Jul 2006 Bella Cup, Poland 25,000 Clay   Lenka Tvarošková   Andreja Klepač
  Ekaterina Dzehalevich
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 7–8 Jul 2006 ITF Martina Franca, Italy 50,000 Clay   Mervana Jugić-Salkić   Ivana Abramović
  Aurélie Védy
3–6, 2–6
Loss 7–9 Oct 2006 ITF Barcelona, Spain 75,000 Clay   Vanessa Henke   Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
  Alicja Rosolska
1–6, 2–6
Win 8–9 Feb 2007 ITF Palm Desert, United States 25,000 Hard   Julie Ditty   Natalie Grandin
  Raquel Kops-Jones
6–2, 6–1
Loss 8–10 Jun 2007 ITF Přerov, Czech Republic 75,000 Clay   Rossana de los Ríos   Lucie Hradecká
  Renata Voráčová
7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 8–11 Oct 2009 Tennis Classic of Troy, United States 50,000 Hard   Jorgelina Cravero   Petra Rampre
  Nicole Rottmann
3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win 9–11 Feb 2010 Copa Bionaire, Colombia 75,000 Clay   Polona Hercog   Estrella Cabeza Candela
  Laura Pous Tió
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 9–12 Jun 2011 Bella Cup, Poland 50,000 Clay   Andreja Klepač   Stéphanie Foretz
  Tatjana Malek
2–6, 5–7
Loss 9–13 Sep 2012 Las Vegas Open,
United States
50,000 Hard   Elena Bovina   Anastasia Rodionova
  Arina Rodionova
2–6, 6–2, [6–10]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Fed Cup that is not counted as a played tournament but matches counted.
  2. ^ In 2009, the WTA Tier II tournaments were reclassified as WTA Premier tournaments, while the Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V were reclassifed as International tournaments.
  3. ^ In 2009, the WTA Tier I tournaments were reclassified as Premier M & Premier 5.

References edit

  1. ^ "Edina Gallovits s-a măritat în America!". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  2. ^ "Gyula-Laszlo GALLOVITS".
  3. ^ "Alida Gallovits: A Senior to Remember". 11 April 2002.

External links edit