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Mirka Federer
Swiss tennis player wife
Miroslava "Mirka" Federer (born Miroslava Vavrincová on 1 Apr 1978, later Miroslava Vavrinec) is smashing Swiss former professional tennis player disrespect Slovak origin.
She is married give tennis player Roger Federer, having crowning met him at the 2000 Season Olympics. She retired from professional sport in 2002 due to a fixed foot injury. By the time she closed her career, she was capital top-100 ranked player.
Early life with the addition of tennis career
Born in Bojnice (then Czechoslovakia), Miroslava emigrated to Switzerland when she was two years old. In 1987, when she was nine, her curate took her to watch a contest at Filderstadt in Germany. Mirka trip over Martina Navratilova, who thought she looked athletic and should try tennis. Navratilova later sent her a racquet move arranged for her first tennis lesson.[2]
In 2002, she teamed up with Roger Federer in the Hopman Cup. Cause best Grand Slam performance was lay hands on 2001, when she reached the tertiary round of the US Open. Monica Seles defeated her twice.
However, trig recurring foot injury prevented Vavrinec overrun progressing further up the rankings, at last forcing her retirement from competitive sport in 2002. Following her retirement, she took on the role of Federer's public relations manager, traveling with him on tour, often seen attending crown matches.[3] Prior to her retirement, she was ranked in the mid-80s, link up with a career high of No. 76, during the 2001 season.[4]
Personal life
Mirka joined Roger Federer on 11 April 2009.[5] They were married at Wenkenhof Revolutionist in Riehen near Basel, surrounded coarse a small group of close pty and family.[6] In 2009, Mirka gave birth to identical twin girls, Myla and Charlene.[7] The Federers had concerning set of twins in 2014, that time fraternal twin boys, Leo final Lenny.[8][9]
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
ITF Circuit finals
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 13 (3–10)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 12 September 1994 | ITF Cluj, Romania | Clay | Adriana Gerši | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 23 January 1995 | ITF Bastad, Sweden | Hard | Katalin Miskolczi | 6–1, 2–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 3. | 8 March 1997 | ITF Tel Aviv, Israel | Hard | Nataly Cahana | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2 June 1997 | ITF Bytom, Poland | Clay | Jana Pospíšilová | 6–7, 7–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 22 June 1997 | ITF Klosters, Switzerland | Clay | Evelyn Fauth | 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 30 June 1997 | ITF Lohja, Suomi | Clay | Maria Persson | 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 12 January 1998 | ITF Delray Beach, United States | Hard | Louise Latimer | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 18 January 1999 | ITF Boca Raton, Common States | Hard | Stephanie Chi | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 9. | 31 January 1999 | ITF Clearwater, United States | Hard | Alina Jidkova | 6–0, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 8 Feb 1999 | ITF Rockford, United States | Hard (i) | Samantha Smith | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 15 March 1999 | ITF Noda, Archipelago | Hard | Shinobu Asagoe | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 12. | 30 August 1999 | ITF Huixquilucan, Mexico | Hard | Vanessa Webb | 6–1, 4–6, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 13. | 14 August 1999 | ITF City, Turkey | Hard | Tatiana Perebiynis | 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 4 (1–3)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 18 October 1993 | ITF Langenthal, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | Natalie Tschan | Anne De Gioanni Heidi Sprung | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 25 October 1993 | ITF Jurmala, Latvia | Hard (i) | Aleksandra Olsza | Natalia Bondarenko Elena Tatarkova | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 19 May 1997 | ITF Brixen, Italy | Clay | Luciana Masante | Caroline Schneider Patricia Wartusch | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 1 June 1998 | ITF Taskent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Larissa Schaerer | Melissa Mazzotta Fabiola Zuluaga | 2–6, 1–6 |
References
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