Edina Gallovits-Hall

Klaudia Edina Gallovits

Edina Gallovits-Hall at the 2010 US Open
Country	Romania
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Born	December 10, 1984 (1984-12-10) (age 27) Timişoara, Romania
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	53 kg (120 lb)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$937,984
Singles
Career record	334–205
Career titles	0 WTA, 17 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 54 (April 28, 2008)
Current ranking	No. 124 (October 31, 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (2008, 2009)
French Open	2R (2007, 2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2008, 2010)
US Open	1R (2007–2010)
Doubles
Career record	136–114
Career titles	3 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 63 (April 6, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 125 (October 31, 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2009)
French Open	2R (2008, 2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2005, 2008, 2009)
US Open	1R (2007)
Last updated on: February 19, 2011.

Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall (née Gallovits; born December 10, 1984 in Timişoara) is a Romanian female tennis player of Hungarian descent on her father's side. She is currently ranked 75th in the world and her career highest ranking of No. 54 was achieved on April 28, 2008. She achieved her best Grand Slam performance at the 2007 French Open and 2008 Australian Open by making the second round. In juniors, she reached a career high of No. 7 and made the final of the prestigious Orange Bowl Championships, losing to Vera Zvonareva. Edina married her American coach and manager, Bryce Hall, in November 2010.^[1]

Career

In June 2007, she reached the final of the inaugural Barcelona KIA event. Ranked at No. 91 in the world, she beat Virginia Ruano Pascual, fifth seed Lourdes Domínguez Lino, fourth seed Kaia Kanepi and in the semifinals she prevailed over Virginie Razzano 6–3 6–4. However, her run came to an end courtesy of Meghann Shaughnessy who won 6–3 6–2 in the final.

In February 2010 she won her first WTA title in doubles at the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia. In the final she and her partner, Gisela Dulko, defeated in straight sets the pair Olga Savchuk – Anastasiya Yakimova.

Her second doubles title came in September 2010 at the Guangzhou International Women's Open. Partnering Indian Sania Mirza they defeated in the final in straight sets the Chinese duo Han Xinyun – Liu Wan-ting.

in 2011 she continued her good doubles game by defending her 2010 Bogotá title. At the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas she paired with Spanish Anabel Medina Garrigues and won the final against the Canadian Sharon Fichman and Laura Pous Tió from Spain.

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	16 June 2007	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (3-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	14 April 2008	Charleston, United States	Green Clay	Olga Govortsova	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 6–2
Winner	1.	19 September 2010	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Sania Mirza	Han Xinyun Liu Wan-ting	7–5, 6–3
Winner	2.	20 November 2010	Bogotá, Colombia (1)	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Olga Savchuk Anastasiya Yakimova	6–2, 7–6(6)
Winner	3.	19 February 2011	Bogotá, Colombia (2)	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Sharon Fichman Laura Pous Tió	2–6, 7–6(6), 11–9

Singles performance timeline

References

External links

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• Edina Gallovits-Hall at the Women's Tennis Association
• Edina Gallovits-Hall at the International Tennis Federation
• Edina Gallovits-Hall at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Edina Gallovits-Hall at the Fed Cup
• Edina Gallovits-Hall activity at Tenis Romania website

v d e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Romanian female singles tennis players as of February 13, 2012 1. Monica Niculescu (31 1) · 2. Sorana Cîrstea (49 5) · 3. Irina-Camelia Begu (51 6) · 4. Alexandra Dulgheru (53 8) · 5. Simona Halep (63 3) 6. Alexandra Cadanțu (111 1) · 7. Edina Gallovits-Hall (128 2) · 8. Mihaela Buzărnescu (153 ) · 9. Mădălina Gojnea (185 ) · 10. Elena Bogdan (203 2)

v d e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Romanian female doubles tennis players as of February 13, 2012 1. Monica Niculescu (41 ) · 2. Irina-Camelia Begu (45 2) · 3. Alexandra Dulgheru (65 1) · 4. Sorana Cîrstea (77 2) · 5. Ioana Raluca Olaru (98 11) 6. Elena Bogdan (122 20) · 7. Edina Gallovits-Hall (153 1) · 8. Alexandra Cadanțu (166 25) · 9. Mihaela Buzărnescu (168 3) · 10. Simona Halep (173 1)