Edina Gallovits-Hall

Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall (née Gallovits; born December 10, 1984) is a Romanian-born American tennis player. Her career-high ranking of No. 54 she achieved on April 28, 2008. She represented Romania until April 2015, then started playing for the United States.

Edina Gallovits-Hall
Edina Gallovits-Hall at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Full nameKlaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall
Country (sports) Romania (1999–2014)
 United States (2015–present)
ResidenceAtlanta, Georgia, United States
Born (1984-12-10) December 10, 1984
Timișoara, Romania
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro1999
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$1,294,978
Singles
Career record419–262
Career titles0 WTA, 19 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 54 (28 April 2008)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2008, 2009)
French Open2R (2007, 2011)
Wimbledon2R (2008, 2010)
US Open2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record159–133
Career titles3 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 63 (6 April 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2009)
French Open3R (2012)
Wimbledon1R (2005, 2008, 2009)
US Open1R (2007)

Personal life

She married her American coach and manager Bryce Hall in November 2010.[1] Her father was in the 1980 Olympics representing Romania in the Modern Pentathlon. [2] Her sister played tennis at Florida State University. [3]

Career

In June 2007, she reached the final of the inaugural Barcelona KIA event.

In February 2010, she won her first WTA title in doubles at the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in Bogotá. Her second doubles title came in September 2010 at the Guangzhou International Women's Open.

In 2011, she defended her 2010 Bogotá title, winning the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas with Anabel Medina Garrigues.

At the 2015 US Open, she played her last match on the tour. She was beaten in the first round of qualifying by Japanese Mayo Hibi in three sets.

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Before 2009Starting in 2009
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0) Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (0/0) Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (0/0) Premier (0/0)
Tier IV & V (0/1) International (0/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 16 June 2007 Barcelona, Spain Clay Meghann Shaughnessy 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

Before 2009Starting in 2009
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0) Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (0/1) Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (0/0) Premier (0/0)
Tier IV & V (0/0) International (3/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 20 April 2008 Charleston, United States Green Clay Olga Govortsova Katarina Srebotnik
Ai Sugiyama
2–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 21 February 2010 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Gisela Dulko Olga Savchuk
Anastasiya Yakimova
6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Winner 2. 19 September 2010 Guangzhou, China Hard Sania Mirza Han Xinyun
Liu Wanting
7–5, 6–3
Winner 3. 20 February 2011 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues Sharon Fichman
Laura Pous Tió
2–6, 7–6(8–6), 11–9

ITF Finals

Singles (19–9)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 6 August 2000 Bucharest, Romania Clay Raluca Ciochină 6-3 6-3
Winner 2. 15 April 2001 Cavtat, Croatia Clay Daniela Salomon 6-0 6-0
Runner-up 3. 30 April 2001 Taranto, Italy Clay Eleni Daniilidou 5-7 2-6
Winner 4. 21 April 2002 Hvar, Croatia Clay Sandra Klemenschits 6-2 6-1
Winner 5. 12 May 2002 Szeged, Hungary Clay Daniela Casanova 6-3 6-0
Winner 6. 16 June 2002 Grado, Italy Clay Bahia Mouhtassine 6-3 6-3
Runner-up 7. 25 August 2002 Maribor, Slovenia Clay Mara Santangelo 2-6 3-6
Runner-up 8. 28 September 2003 Raleigh, United States Clay Tiffany Dabek 6-3 5-7 3-6
Winner 9. 5 October 2003 Greenville, United States Clay Kristen Schlukebir 6-0 6-4
Winner 10. 5 April 2005 Tunica Resorts, United States Clay (i) Varvara Lepchenko 6-3 4-6 6-3
Winner 11. 1 May 2005 Lafayette, United States Clay Olga Lazarchuk 6–2 7–6(8–6)
Winner 12. 6 May 2006 Indian Harbour Beach, United States Clay Rossana de los Ríos 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–0)
Runner-up 13. 25 July 2006 Monteroni D'Arbia, Italy Clay Karin Knapp 2–6 1–6
Winner 14. 25 October 2006 Augusta, United States Hard Ekaterina Afinogenova 6-0 6-2
Runner-up 15. 28 January 2007 Waikoloa, United States Hard Melinda Czink 2-6 3-6
Winner 16. 3 April 2007 Pelham, United States Clay Gréta Arn 6-3 7-5
Winner 17. 1 May 2007 Charlottesville, United States Clay Angelika Bachmann 6–3 6–3
Winner 18. 9 November 2008 Auburn, United States Hard Julie Ditty 6–0 6–7(7–9) 7–5
Winner 19. 16 November 2008 San Diego, United States Hard Julie Ditty 4–6 6–3 6–2
Winner 20. 4 April 2010 Pelham, United States Clay Ajla Tomljanović 6-2 6-0
Winner 21. 19 April 2010 Dothan, United States Clay Anastasiya Yakimova 6-1 6-4
Winner 22. 4 May 2010 Indian Harbour Beach, United States Clay Shelby Rogers 2-6 6-3 6-4
Runner-up 23. 4 October 2010 Kansas City, United States Hard Rebecca Marino 7–6(7–4) 0–6 2–6
Winner 24. 28 June 2011 Torun, Poland Clay Stéphanie Foretz 6-4 6-3
Runner-up 25. 15 April 2012 Pelham, United States Clay Heidi El Tabakh 6-3 2-6 4-6
Runner-up 26. 22 April 2012 Dothan, United States Clay Camila Giorgi 2-6 6-4 4-6
Runner-up 27. 22 September 2014 Amelia Island, United States Clay Ingrid Neel 4–4 ret.
Runner-up 28. 9 November 2014 Captiva Island, United States Hard Petra Martić 6–2 6–2

Doubles (9–13)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 6 August 2000 Bucharest, Romania Clay Liana Ungur Zuzana Kučová
Dominika Luzarová
7–5, 4–0 ret.
Runner-up 2. 25 September 2000 Makarska, Croatia Clay Ramona But Natasha Galouza
Zuzana Hejdová
5-7 3-6
Runner-up 3. 29 July 2001 Civitanova, Italy Clay Gisela Dulko Gloria Pizzichini
Antonella Serra Zanetti
3-6 6-3 1-6
Runner-up 4. 29 April 2002 Maglie, Italy Carpet (i) Magda Mihalache Yan Zi
Zheng Jie
4–6 1–6
Winner 5. 9 June 2002 Galatina, Italy Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Bahia Mouhtassine
Sylvia Plischke
6–3 6–2
Winner 6. 29 September 2002 Lecce, Italy Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Elisa Balsamo
6–7(5–7) 6–3 6–3
Winner 7. 3 May 2003 Maglie, Italy Clay Delia Sescioreanu Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez
6–4 4–6 6–3
Runner-up 8. 28 September 2003 Raleigh, United States Clay Maureen Drake Maria Fernanda Alves
Tiffany Dabek
6–2 3–6 1–6
Winner 9. 5 July 2004 Cuneo, Italy Clay Zsófia Gubacsi Eva Hrdinová
Sandra Záhlavová
7–5 6–3
Winner 10. 8 August 2004 Louisville, United States Hard Julie Ditty Claire Curran
Natalie Grandin
1–6 6–4 6–2
Runner-up 11. 5 April 2005 Tunica Resorts, United States Clay (i) Varvara Lepchenko Tatiana Poutchek
Anastasia Rodionova
2–6 4–6
Runner-up 12. 18 April 2006 Dothan, United States Clay Varvara Lepchenko Monique Adamczak
Soledad Esperón
4–6 6–3 4–6
Winner 13. 14 May 2006 Indian Harbour Beach, United States Hard Jessica Kirkland Maria Fernanda Alves
Marie-Ève Pelletier
6-3 6-2
Runner-up 14. 11 July 2006 Toruń, Poland Clay Lenka Tvarošková Andreja Klepač
Ekaterina Dzehalevich
6–7(5–7) 4–6
Runner-up 15. 31 July 2006 Martina Franca, Italy Clay Mervana Jugić-Salkić Ivana Abramović
Aurélie Védy
3–6 2–6
Runner-up 16. 8 October 2006 Barcelona, Spain Clay Vanessa Henke Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
Alicja Rosolska
1–6 2–6
Winner 17. 4 February 2007 Palm Desert, United States Hard Julie Ditty Natalie Grandin
Raquel Kops-Jones
6–2 6–1
Runner-up 18. 10 June 2007 Přerov, Czech Republic Clay Rossana de los Ríos Lucie Hradecká
Renata Voráčová
7–5 3–6 2–6
Runner-up 19. 5 October 2009 Troy, United States Hard Jorgelina Cravero Petra Rampre
Nicole Rottmann
3–6 6–3 [8–10]
Winner 20. 12 February 2010 Cali, Colombia Clay Polona Hercog Estrella Cabeza Candela
Laura Pous Tió
3-6 6-3 [10-8]
Runner-up 21. 28 June 2011 Torun, Poland Clay Andreja Klepač Stéphanie Foretz
Tatjana Malek
2–6 5–7
Runner-up 22. 30 September 2012 Las Vegas, United States Hard Elena Bovina Anastasia Rodionova
Arina Rodionova
2–6 6–2 [6–10]

Singles Performance Timeline

 Romania  United States
Tournament200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132015W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A LQ LQ 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R A 1R A 2–6
French Open 1R LQ LQ LQ 2R 1R 1R LQ 2R 1R A A 2–6
Wimbledon 1R LQ LQ 1R 2R 1R 2R LQ 1R A 1R 2–7
US Open LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R 1R 1R 1R LQ 2R A LQ 1–5
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–4 2–4 1–4 1–3 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–1 7–24
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH A Not held A Not held A Not held 0–0
Year end ranking 187 186 129 111 87 84 93 75 124 109 744 542

Doubles Performance Timeline

Tournament200520062007200820092010201120122013W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 2R 1R 1R A A 1–4
French Open A A A 2R 1R 2R 1R 3R A 4–5
Wimbledon 1R A A 1R 1R 1R A A A 0–4
US Open A A 1R A 2R 2R 1R A A 2–4
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–4 2–4 0–3 2–1 0–0 7–17

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-01-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. https://www.olympic.org/gyula-laszlo-gallovits
  3. https://seminoles.com/alida-gallovits-a-senior-to-remember/
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