Tina Pisnik

Tina Pisnik
Country (sports) Slovenia
ResidenceMaribor, Slovenia
Born (1981-02-19) 19 February 1981 (age 43)
Maribor, Yugoslavia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2005
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$931,077
Singles
Career record185–172
Career titles1 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 29 (12 January 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2001, 2002)
French Open3R (2003)
Wimbledon3R (2000)
US Open3R (2003)
Doubles
Career record60–65
Career titles2 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 63 (3 April 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2000, 2001, 2002)
French Open1R (2000, 2001, 2002)
Wimbledon3R (1999, 2001)
US Open1R (1999, 2000, 2001)

Tina Pisnik (born 19 February 1981) is a former professional tennis player and current pickleball player from Slovenia. Pisnik turned professional in 1999. Pisnik's highest singles ranking was world No. 29, which she reached on 12 January 2004. Her career-high doubles ranking is world No. 63 on 3 April 2000. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

Biography

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Pisnik is a baseliner who plays a serve-and-volley style game on grass. Her father Boris is a former Slovenian national team soccer player and a soccer coach and he traveled with her on tour. Her mother Saska is an economic technician. Other sports interests include basketball and soccer. She moved to United States in 2015 and was a High performance director at CPAC, Lincolnshire until early 2020. She owns a business called Smash Tennis and currently coaches privately at Bradenton Tennis Center in Bradenton, Florida.

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Tier I
Tier II
Tier III (1–0)
Tier IV & V
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 7 May 2000 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay France Amélie Mauresmo 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent Score
Win 1. 14 November 1999 Kuala Lumpur Classic, Malaysia Hard Croatia Jelena Kostanić Japan Rika Hiraki
Japan Yuka Yoshida
3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 1. 6 May 2001 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Russia Nadia Petrova Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
5–7, 4–6
Win 2. 20 February 2005 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi Slovakia Ľubomíra Kurhajcová
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6–4, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles (1–0)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 18 August 1997 Maribor, Slovenia Clay Austria Nina Schwarz 6–0, 6–2

Doubles (3–1)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 9 June 1997 Velenje, Slovenia Clay Slovenia Tina Hergold Czech Republic Helena Fremuthová
Canada Aneta Soukup
w/o
Winner 2. 18 August 1997 Maribor, Slovenia Clay Slovenia Tina Hergold Slovenia Nives Ćulum
Slovenia Tina Hojnik
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 15 February 1998 Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia Hard (i) Germany Miriam Schnitzer Slovenia Tina Križan
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
0–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 1 February 2005 Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i) Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Croatia Darija Jurak
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Orange Bowl Girls' Singles Champion
Category: 18 and under

1997
Succeeded by