Kristina Mladenovich is a famous French tennis player. Twice winner of the Grand Slam tournaments in doubles and once in the mixed doubles. She won 18 WTA series doubles and one single-handedly.
Consider the biography of the French tennis player.
Childhood
The girl was born in the glorious town of Saint-Paul-sur-Mer, May 14, 1993. It is a Serb by nationality, however, it has spent its whole life in France. The girl grew up in a sports family. Father is a former professional handball player. Mother is a former professional volleyball player. From birth it was obvious that the girl would connect her future with sports. Christina has a younger brother, who also went to sports, namely, football. At seven years old, the girl was given tennis.
Career
The young athlete began taking her first steps in tennis in 2008, playing at the Grand Slam tournament in doubles. At the beginning of next year, the French tennis player made her debut alone, playing at the Grand Slam tournament in Australia. However, in the first round she was defeated. Three months later, in the doubles category, she won the first title by winning the ITF tournament in Foggia. At the Grand Slam tournament in France, the young athlete played in the main draw, but once again was defeated in the first round.
In 2012, the first success in the career of a young tennis player was outlined. In late summer, the Frenchwoman won the first WTA title, which allowed her to get into the first hundred of the world ranking.
In the following seasons, the young athlete showed stable results, but failed to win the titles in singles.
In 2017, the peak of the career of the French tennis player came. In early March, Kristina reached the finals at the tournament in Acapulco, losing to Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko. A week later, at a tournament in Indiana Wells, the Frenchwoman reached the semifinals. A month later, at a dirt tournament, Christina reached the final stage of the tournament in Stuttgart. Similar success was expected at the competition in Madrid, where Christina lost in the final Romanian Simone Halep. At the Grand Slam tournament in France, the Frenchwoman was able to get to the quarterfinals of the battle. As a result, at the end of the season, Kristina took the highest ranking line in her career - 11.
The year 2018 was not the best for an athlete, since the tennis player did not show anything outstanding alone. Christina lost most of the tournaments in the first round. Only at Wimbledon was the athlete able to get to the third round.
To date, the French tennis player is ranked 42nd in the world singles ranking.
Grand Slam Performances
For most of her career, Christine focused exclusively on doubles. Five times the young tennis player reached the final of the Grand Slam battles, but only two times could win. In 2016, with compatriot Caroline Garcia, Cristina won the clay tournament in France, beating the famous Russian couple Vesnina - Makarova in the final.
Two years later, at a hard tournament in Australia, the French tennis player won the second title, beating the same Russian couple. However, in the companions there was already the Hungarian Timea Babos, who recently has been the main rival in all competitions.
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Three times, Christina was defeated in the finals: in 2014 at Wimbledon, in 2016 and 2018 at US OPEN.
Rating
Kristina Mladenovich in 2017 received the highest rating alone, taking 11th place. In the doubles rating, the Frenchwoman took second place in 2016.
Awards and Achievements
During her long career in tennis, Kristina Mladenovic was able to win 19 titles in adult tournaments. The only trophy alone occurred in February 2017, when the Frenchwoman won the final against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva at the tournament in St. Petersburg. Also, the athlete lost seven times in the finals of the loner.
The remaining 18 titles Christina won in doubles. The best partners for Christina were Hungarian Timea Babos and compatriot Caroline Garcia. Five titles were won with the Hungarian, including the Australian Open in 2018. With Carolyn Garcia, Christina won one less title (four).
Personal life
French tennis player is one of the most attractive tennis players. Thanks to her height of 184 cm, Christina has model data. After the end of her professional career, the Frenchwoman can calmly go to the film industry.
On tennis courts, the athlete always tries to look stylish, dressing the most attractive outfits.
Her idol in the movie is the famous actress Julia Roberts. Besides French, Cristina speaks English, Italian and Serbian. He also understands the Russian language well, but is not fluent in it.
At the beginning of her career, the Frenchwoman was lonely, trying to focus exclusively on sports achievements.
Last year, there were rumors in the media that a Frenchwoman was meeting with the famous Austrian tennis player Dominic Tim. Not even a couple of weeks had passed, as they were confirmed. Kristina Mladenovich and Dominic Tim together began to upload joint photos on Instagram, thereby confirming the seriousness of their relationship.
In an interview, the Frenchwoman diligently denies that relationships affect athletic performance. According to Christina, meetings with the Austrian began long before statistics began to deteriorate.
Due to the different travel schedule, athletes practically do not intersect. And the couple is not going to sacrifice a career for the sake of a relationship. Only occasionally do they meet and spend time together, until the next tournaments.