Karen Cross

Karen Cross (born 19 February 1974) is a left-handed British former tennis player who competed at eight Wimbledon Championships during the 1990s and early 2000s, as well as for the Great Britain Fed Cup team in both 1994 and 1998.^[1] During the course of her career Cross won six titles on the ITF circuit (3 in singles and 3 in doubles) and she achieved her highest Women's Tennis Association singles ranking of world number 134 on 22 June 1998.^[2][3] She is currently a part-time tennis coach at the Roehampton Club and since retirement from the professional circuit she has regularly competed on the ITF senior circuit, reaching a career-high ranking of world no.4 in the women's over-35's age group.^[4][5]

At the Grand Slams, Cross's best result came at Wimbledon in 1997 when she won three matches to qualify before defeating Linda Wild and María Sánchez Lorenzo to reach the third round where she was defeated by the reigning French Open champion, Iva Majoli, in three close sets.^[6]

Cross gained victories over a number of players who would go on to achieve (or had already experienced) great success on the WTA tour, the most notable being future two-time Australian Open champion and world number 2 Li Na (in December 1999)^[7] and future multiple Grand Slam doubles champion and doubles world number 1, Roberta Vinci (in July 2000).^[8] Other notable defeated opponents included future two-time WTA titlist and world number 19 Sybille Bammer,^[9] future world number 32 Jelena Kostanić,^[10] future one-time WTA titlist and world number 48 Milagros Sequera^[11] and former one-time WTA titlist and world number 56, Monique Javer.^[12]

ITF circuit finals

Singles (3–0)

Doubles (3–3)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Fed Cup

References

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4. ^ Karen Cross at the International Tennis Federation Senior profile
5. ^ "Roehampton Club Tennis Team". Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
6. ^ Nick Callow (29 June 1997). "Wimbledon 1997: Unqualified joy for Cross". The Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
7. ^ Head-to-Head vs Li Na
8. ^ Head-to-Head vs Roberta Vinci
9. ^ Head-to-Head vs Sybille Bammer
10. ^ Head-to-Head vs Jelena Kostanić
11. ^ Head-to-Head vs Milagros Sequera
12. ^ Head-to-Head vs Monique Javer
13. ^ 1993 Year-end singles rankings Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
14. ^ 1995 Year-end singles rankings Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
15. ^ 1996 Year-end singles rankings Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
16. ^ 1997 Year-end singles rankings Archived 15 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
17. ^ 1998 Year-end singles rankings Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
18. ^ 1999 Year-end singles rankings Archived 18 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
19. ^ 2000 Year-end singles rankings
20. ^ 2001 Year-end singles rankings Archived 4 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine