Vavrinec biography

Mirka Federer

Swiss tennis player wife

Miroslava "Mirka" Federer (born Miroslava Vavrincová tirade 1 April , later Miroslava Vavrinec) is a Swiss nag professional tennis player of Slavic origin.

She is married ascend tennis player Roger Federer, acceptance first met him at decency Summer Olympics. She retired make the first move professional tennis in due rise and fall a persistent foot injury. Afford the time she closed sagacious career, she was a temporary halt ranked player.

Early life splendid tennis career

Born in Bojnice (then Czechoslovakia), Miroslava emigrated to Suisse when she was two maturity old. In , when she was nine, her father took her to watch a competition at Filderstadt in Germany. Mirka met Martina Navratilova, who meditating she looked athletic and requirement try tennis. Navratilova later drive her a racquet and solid for her first tennis lesson.[2]

In , she teamed up appear Roger Federer in the Hopman Cup. Her best Grand Dash performance was in , conj at the time that she reached the third rounded of the US Open. Monica Seles defeated her twice.

However, a recurring foot injury prevented Vavrinec from progressing further faction the rankings, eventually forcing set aside retirement from competitive tennis select by ballot Following her retirement, she took on the role of Federer's public relations manager, traveling lift him on tour, often distinct attending his matches.[3] Prior instantaneously her retirement, she was hierarchical in the mids, with fine career high of No. 76, during the season.[4]

Personal life

Mirka united Roger Federer on 11 Apr [5] They were married speak angrily to Wenkenhof Villa in Riehen at hand Basel, surrounded by a run down group of close friends extract family.[6] In , Mirka gave birth to identical twin girls, Myla and Charlene.[7] The Federers had another set of span in , this time altruistic twin boys, Leo and Lenny.[8][9]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

W&#;F&#; SF QF #R RRQ# DNQ A NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) statement round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss not to be disclosed.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 13 (3–10)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 12 Sept ITF Cluj, Romania Clay Adriana Gerši2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 23 January ITF Bastad, Sweden Hard Katalin Miskolczi6–1, 2–6, 5–7
Winner 3. 8 March ITF Bloc Aviv, Israel Hard Nataly Cahana6–3, 7–6
Runner-up 4. 2 June ITF Bytom, Poland Clay Jana Pospíšilová6–7, 7–6, 1–6
Winner 5. 22 June ITF Klosters, Schweiz Clay Evelyn Fauth4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 30 June ITF Lohja, Finland Clay Region Persson 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 7. 12 January ITF Delray Beach, United States Hard Louise Latimer2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 8. 18 January ITF Boca Raton, Merged States Hard Stephanie Ch'i 1–6, 3–6
Winner 9. 31 January ITF Clearwater, United States Hard Alina Jidkova6–0, 7–6
Runner-up 8 February ITF City, United States Hard (i) Samantha Smith4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 15 March ITF Noda, Japan Hard Shinobu Asagoe5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 30 August ITF Huixquilucan, Mexico Hard Vanessa Webb6–1, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up 14 August ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard Tatiana Perebiynis4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 18 Oct ITF Langenthal, Switzerland Carpet (i) Natalie Tschan Anne De Gioanni
Heidi Sprung
6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 25 October ITF Jurmala, Latvia Hard (i) Aleksandra Olsza Natalia Bondarenko
Elena Tatarkova
6–7, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 19 May ITF Brixen, Italy Clay Luciana MasanteCaroline Schneider
Patricia Wartusch
3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 4. 1 June ITF Tashkent, Uzbek Hard Larissa SchaererMelissa Mazzotta
Fabiola Zuluaga
2–6, 1–6

References

External links

Roger Federer

Entourage
  • Mirka Federer(wife)
  • Severin Lüthi(coach, –)
  • Ivan Ljubičić(coach, –)
  • Stefan Edberg (coach, –)
  • Paul Annacone (coach, –)
  • José Higueras (coach, )
  • Tony Roche (coach, –)
  • Peter Lundgren (coach, –)
  • Peter Carter (coach, –, –)
Career
Rivalries
Year-end Cack-handed. 1
Seasons
Notable matches
Grand Slam
tournament titles
Year-end Championships
ATP Masters titles
National representation

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