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Joannette Kruger

Joannette Kruger
  • Residence: Benoni, South Africa
  • Date of Birth: 03 Sep 1973
  • Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Height: 5' 10 1/2'' (1.79 m)
  • Weight: 130 lbs. (59 kg)
  • Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
  • Status: Pro
  • Pronounced: yoo-uh-NETT

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Joannette Kruger Biography

Married Abri Kruger in November 2001...Father, Gerrit, is an engineer; mother, Petro, coaches Joannette now and did from ages 6 to 25; younger sister, Etresia, played tennis at Clemson University and now is a marketing manager in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA; older sister, Ronel, and her husband are pastors in South Africa...Other sports interests include golfing, aerobics, hiking and fishing...Enjoys art, movies, music, reading and shopping...Favorite book is the Bible...Favorite movie is Dances With Wolves.
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YTD Career
WTA Singles Titles - 2
WTA Doubles Titles - 1
ITF Women's Circuit Singles Titles - -
ITF Women's Circuit Doubles Titles - -
Prize Money $0 $1,083,908
W/L - Singles - - - 257 - 226
W/L - Doubles - - - 65 - 111
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Rankings

Singles Race to Istanbul Doubles
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Career-high Singles Career-high Doubles
04-May-1998 (21) 29-Apr-2002 (91)
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1989-91 - Played first six ITF Circuit events, reaching final of ITF/Haifa 2-ISR
1990 - Won first professional singles title at ITF/Bournemouth-GBR
1991 - Reached three ITF Circuit SF
1992 - Won three more ITF titles and broke into Top 100 on Nov. 30 at No. 99; played first WTA Tour main draw in San Marino, reaching 2r; season-ending ranking improved 169 spots
1993 - Played 13 Tour main draws, including first Grand Slam at Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon; reached SF at San Marino, l. 76 third set to No. 1 seed Rittner
1994 - First Top 100 finish; qualified for Hilton Head, stretching world No. 3 and eventual champion C. Martinez to 75 final set; qualified for Amelia Island, reaching 2r; reached 3r at Roland Garros, stretching No. 1 seed Graf to 3s (only sixth set Graf dropped in 91 played there); reached QF at Birmingham; improved her ranking from No. 122 to 59 in two months; qualified for Brighton, pushing world No. 4 and eventual champion Novotna to 3s in 1r
1995 - Unseeded at Puerto Rico, d. three seeds en route to career-first WTA Tour singles title; ranking cracked Top 50 first time afterwards on March 6 at No. 50; reached QF at Houston, Italian Open (d. world No. 10 Huber in 1r for first Top 10 win), Leipzig (d. world No. 9 Davenport) and Zurich; first Top 50 season-finish
1996 - Hit ranking of No. 27 in Feb.; illness kept her off the Tour for much of the remainder of the year and her ranking dropped to No. 176
1997 - Unseeded, won first singles title in two years at Prague (d. Maruska in final); scored six Top 20 wins, incl. three over Habsudova; reached five QF - Budapest (as a qualifier; d. world No. 20 Dragomir Ilie), Bol, Italian Open (d. world No. 14 Schultz-McCarthy and No. 12 Habsudova), Warsaw (d. No. 18 Habsudova) and Luxembourg (d. world No. 13 Testud); upset No. 14 seed Paulus in US Open 1r en route to 4r for career-best Grand Slam performance; rebounded from illness for second Top 30 finish
1998 - Scored first Top 5 win, d. countrywoman world No. 5 Coetzer en route to Indian Wells QF; reached Oklahoma City final, d. S. Williams in QF (l. to V. Williams); d. world No. 10 Spirlea in San Diego 1r and No. 20 Majoli to reach QF; reached SF in Hobart and Bol losing to eventual winners, Schnyder and Lucic, respectively; after Bol, reached career-best ranking of No. 21; finished season in Top 30 for third time
1999 - Missed four-and-a-half months of the season, including Australian Open, due to right foot stress fracture and returned in May; finished season with Kuala Lumpur SF and Pattaya City QF in consecutive weeks
2000 - Scored biggest win of career at German Open, d. world No. 3 Tauziat 62 60 en route to first Tier I SF; also reached SF in Sao Paulo and Tokyo [Japan Open]; l. in US Open 1r to world No. 9 Sanchez-Vicario after leading 5-3 third set
2001 - Played all four Grand Slams for first time in three years; at Bali, reached fourth career singles final and first in three years, d. world No. 18 Sanchez-Vicario in SF (l. to Widjaja); reached two doubles finals, winning first title at Sopot w/Schiavone (first-time partner) and finishing runners-up at Basel (w/Marrero); d. world No. 11 Tauziat en route to third Italian Open QF
2002 - D. Majoli in Gold Coast 1r in 3s before falling to No. 7 seed Bedanova after leading 63 52; seeded No. 6, l. 1r to qualifier Muller at Hobart; fell 1r Australian Open to Tu; lost 1r at Antwerp to qualifier Dyrberg in 3s; withdrew from tournaments for remainder of year with a strained abdominal muscle and had two ribs removed
2003 - In Acapulco, returned to action with a SR of No. 63 after a year off the Tour during which she had two ribs removed; l. 1r to No. 7 seed Loit; still competing with a special ranking of No. 63, suffered two 1r losses: at Indian Wells to Talaja and at Miami to WC Gullickson; competing with SR of No. 63, eliminated in 1r of Strasbourg by No. 8 seed and world No. 29 Likhovtseva; fell in 1r at Roland Garros to No. 7 seed Capriati
SINGLES
Winner (2 WTA Tour): 1997 - Prague; 1995 - Puerto Rico; 1992 - ITF/Bournemouth-GBR, ITF/Modena-ITA, ITF/Vaihingen-GER; 1990 - ITF/Bournemouth-GBR. Finalist (2): 2001 - Bali; 1998 - Oklahoma City.
Semifinalist (8): 2001 - Tokyo [Japan Open]; 2000 - Sao Paulo, German Open, Tokyo [Japan Open]; 1999 - Kuala Lumpur; 1998 - Hobart, Bol; 1993 - San Marino.

DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2001 - Sopot (w/Schiavone).
Finalist (2): 2001 - Basel (w/Marrero); 1998 - Bol (w/Lucic).
Semifinalist (2): 2000 - Sopot (w/Maruska); 1996 - Bol (w/Nagyova).

ADDITIONAL
South African Fed Cup Team 1992, 1994-97, 2001. South African Olympic Team 1996.

Overall Stats

YTD Career
WTA Singles Titles - 2
WTA Doubles Titles - 1
ITF Women's Circuit Singles Titles - -
ITF Women's Circuit Doubles Titles - -
Prize Money $0 $1,083,908
W/L - Singles - - - 257 - 226
W/L - Doubles - - - 65 - 111

Grand Slam History

Singles

W/L   2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
5 / 8 AUSTRALIAN OPEN - 1r 1r - - 3r 2r 2r
5 / 9 FRENCH OPEN 1r - 2r 1r 1r 2r 1r -
1 / 9 WIMBLEDON - - 1r 1r 1r 1r 2r 1r
5 / 7 US OPEN - - 1r 1r - 2r 4r 1r
W/L   1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
5 / 8 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2r 1r 1r - - - -
5 / 9 FRENCH OPEN 2r 3r 1r - - - -
1 / 9 WIMBLEDON 1r 1r 1r - - - -
5 / 7 US OPEN 2r 1r - - - - -

Doubles

W/L   2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
1 / 3 AUSTRALIAN OPEN - 1r - - - - - 1r
1 / 1 FRENCH OPEN - - - - - - - -
0 / 1 WIMBLEDON - - - - - - - -
0 / 5 US OPEN 1r - 1r - - - - 1r
W/L   1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
1 / 3 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2r - - - - - -
1 / 1 FRENCH OPEN 2r - - - - - -
0 / 1 WIMBLEDON 1r - - - - - -
0 / 5 US OPEN 1r 1r - - - - -
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Joannette Kruger Results

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FRENCH OPEN

Grand Slam // FRANCE // 26-May-2003 // $5,363,011 // Clay (Outdoor) // Draw: 128M/128Q/64D // Rank: 1012 // Seed/Entry: /S

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R128 Loss [7] Jennifer Capriati (USA) 7 6-2 6-1

WTA Rankings PTS

+2

Prize Money

$10,873

STRASBOURG

WTA // FRANCE // 19-May-2003 // $170,000 // Clay (Outdoor) // Draw: 32M/32Q/16D // Rank: 1081 // Seed/Entry: /S

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R32 Loss [8] Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 29 7-5 6-4

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$1,300

MIAMI

WTA // USA // 19-Mar-2003 // $2,960,000 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 128M/64Q/32D // Rank: - // Seed/Entry: /S

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R128 Loss [W] Carly Gullickson (USA) 344 2-6 6-3 6-2

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$4,200

INDIAN WELLS

WTA // USA // 05-Mar-2003 // $2,100,000 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 128M/64Q/32D // Rank: - // Seed/Entry: 63/MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R128 Loss Silvija Talaja (CRO) 94 6-2 3-6 6-2

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$2,325

ACAPULCO

WTA // MEXICO // 24-Feb-2003 // $170,000 // Clay (Outdoor) // Draw: 32M/32Q/16D // Rank: - // Seed/Entry: /S

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R32 Loss [7] Emilie Loit (FRA) 54 6-3 6-0

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$1,300
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Current WTA Rankings

Singles Race to Istanbul Doubles
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Rankings Breakdown

Grand Slams

Date Tournament Round Points
26/05/2003 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
14/01/2002 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
27/08/2001 US OPEN 1R 2
25/06/2001 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
28/05/2001 FRENCH OPEN 2R 46
15/01/2001 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
28/08/2000 US OPEN 1R 2
26/06/2000 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
29/05/2000 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
30/08/1999 US OPEN Q - 1R 2
Date Tournament Round Points
21/06/1999 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
24/05/1999 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
31/08/1998 US OPEN 2R 42
22/06/1998 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
25/05/1998 FRENCH OPEN 2R 42
19/01/1998 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 3R 60
25/08/1997 US OPEN 4R 163
23/06/1997 WIMBLEDON 2R 32
26/05/1997 FRENCH OPEN 1R 25
13/01/1997 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 32
Date Tournament Round Points
26/08/1996 US OPEN 1R 2
24/06/1996 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
15/01/1996 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 31
28/08/1995 US OPEN 2R 27
26/06/1995 WIMBLEDON 1R 14
29/05/1995 FRENCH OPEN 2R 27
16/01/1995 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 27
29/08/1994 US OPEN 1R 14
20/06/1994 WIMBLEDON 1R 14
23/05/1994 FRENCH OPEN 3R 55
Date Tournament Round Points
17/01/1994 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 14
21/06/1993 WIMBLEDON 1R 14
24/05/1993 FRENCH OPEN 1R 14
18/01/1993 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 14
22/06/1992 WIMBLEDON Q - 2R 0
25/05/1992 FRENCH OPEN Q - 3R 0
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Rankings History

Year Season-ending Singles Season-ending Doubles
2003 844 761
2002 449 955
2001 46 99
2000 59 201
1999 130 188
1998 30 245
1997 27 317
1996 126 295
1995 30 179
1994 79 144
1993 128 721
1992 97 195
1991 274 268
1990 370 443
1989 453 482
Career-high Singles Career-high Doubles
04-May-1998 (21) 29-Apr-2002 (91)

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Ranking Points
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Rankings Breakdown

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Grand Slams

Date Tournament Round Points
26/05/2003 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
14/01/2002 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
27/08/2001 US OPEN 1R 2
25/06/2001 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
28/05/2001 FRENCH OPEN 2R 46
15/01/2001 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
28/08/2000 US OPEN 1R 2
26/06/2000 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
29/05/2000 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
30/08/1999 US OPEN Q - 1R 2
Date Tournament Round Points
21/06/1999 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
24/05/1999 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
31/08/1998 US OPEN 2R 42
22/06/1998 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
25/05/1998 FRENCH OPEN 2R 42
19/01/1998 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 3R 60
25/08/1997 US OPEN 4R 163
23/06/1997 WIMBLEDON 2R 32
26/05/1997 FRENCH OPEN 1R 25
13/01/1997 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 32
Date Tournament Round Points
26/08/1996 US OPEN 1R 2
24/06/1996 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
15/01/1996 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 31
28/08/1995 US OPEN 2R 27
26/06/1995 WIMBLEDON 1R 14
29/05/1995 FRENCH OPEN 2R 27
16/01/1995 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 27
29/08/1994 US OPEN 1R 14
20/06/1994 WIMBLEDON 1R 14
23/05/1994 FRENCH OPEN 3R 55
Date Tournament Round Points
17/01/1994 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 14
21/06/1993 WIMBLEDON 1R 14
24/05/1993 FRENCH OPEN 1R 14
18/01/1993 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 14
22/06/1992 WIMBLEDON Q - 2R 0
25/05/1992 FRENCH OPEN Q - 3R 0

Tier 1-5

Date Tournament Round Points
19/05/2003 STRASBOURG 1R 1
19/03/2003 MIAMI 1R 1
05/03/2003 INDIAN WELLS 1R 1
24/02/2003 ACAPULCO 1R 1
11/02/2002 ANTWERP 1R 1
06/01/2002 HOBART 1R 1
30/12/2001 GOLD COAST 2R 26
08/10/2001 SHANGHAI 1R 1
01/10/2001 TOKYO - JAPAN OPEN 4R 87
24/09/2001 BALI QF 147
Date Tournament Round Points
17/09/2001 TOKYO (TOYOTA) 2R 34
10/09/2001 BAHIA 2R 36
30/07/2001 BASEL 1R 1
23/07/2001 SOPOT 1R 1
16/07/2001 KNOKKE-HEIST 1R 1
18/06/2001 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH 2R 28
14/05/2001 ROME 4R 114
07/05/2001 BERLIN 1R 1
30/04/2001 BOL 1R 1
16/04/2001 CHARLESTON 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
09/04/2001 AMELIA ISLAND 1R 1
21/03/2001 MIAMI 1R 1
19/02/2001 DUBAI 2R 36
12/02/2001 DOHA 3R 45
07/01/2001 CANBERRA 3R 56
31/12/2000 GOLD COAST 3R 42
06/11/2000 KUALA LUMPUR 3R 45
09/10/2000 TOKYO - JAPAN OPEN 4R 85
02/10/2000 TOKYO (TOYOTA) 1R 17
17/07/2000 SOPOT 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
10/07/2000 KLAGENFURT 3R 53
22/05/2000 STRASBOURG 1R 1
15/05/2000 ROME 1R 1
08/05/2000 BERLIN QF 213
18/04/2000 HILTON HEAD 1R 1
10/04/2000 AMELIA ISLAND 1R 1
20/03/2000 MIAMI 1R 1
15/11/1999 PATTAYA CITY 3R 34
08/11/1999 KUALA LUMPUR 4R 90
01/11/1999 LEIPZIG 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
25/10/1999 LINZ 1R 1
18/10/1999 BRATISLAVA 1R 1
16/08/1999 TORONTO 2R 32
02/08/1999 KNOKKE-HEIST 2R 14
12/07/1999 PALERMO 1R 1
05/07/1999 PORTSCHACH 2R 12
14/06/1999 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH 1R 1
17/05/1999 STRASBOURG 2R 22
26/10/1998 LUXEMBOURG 1R 1
19/10/1998 MOSCOW 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
12/10/1998 ZURICH 2R 56
24/08/1998 NEW HAVEN 1R 1
03/08/1998 SAN DIEGO 3R 116
27/07/1998 STANFORD 2R 30
13/07/1998 WARSAW 3R 36
06/07/1998 PRAGUE 1R 1
04/05/1998 ROME 2R 24
27/04/1998 BOL 4R 48
06/04/1998 AMELIA ISLAND 1R 1
30/03/1998 HILTON HEAD 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
16/03/1998 MIAMI 3R 30
09/03/1998 INDIAN WELLS 4R 138
23/02/1998 OKLAHOMA CITY QF 126
02/02/1998 TOKYO (PAN PACIFIC) 2R 59
12/01/1998 HOBART 4R 62
05/01/1998 GOLD COAST 1R 1
10/11/1997 PHILADELPHIA 3R 11
03/11/1997 CHICAGO 2R 36
27/10/1997 MOSCOW 1R 1
20/10/1997 LUXEMBOURG 3R 80
Date Tournament Round Points
13/10/1997 ZURICH Q - 3R 22
22/09/1997 LEIPZIG 2R 34
18/08/1997 ATLANTA Q - 3R 11
11/08/1997 TORONTO 1R 1
28/07/1997 MARIA LANKOWITZ 2R 33
21/07/1997 WARSAW 3R 62
14/07/1997 PRAGUE W 104
12/05/1997 BERLIN 1R 16
05/05/1997 ROME 4R 150
28/04/1997 BOL 3R 32
Date Tournament Round Points
21/04/1997 BUDAPEST 3R 56
07/04/1997 AMELIA ISLAND 2R 24
31/03/1997 HILTON HEAD 1R 1
17/03/1997 MIAMI Q - 1R 1
30/12/1996 AUCKLAND Q - 1R 1
20/05/1996 MADRID 1R 25
13/05/1996 BERLIN 1R 1
06/05/1996 ROME 2R 25
29/04/1996 BOL 3R 30
01/04/1996 HILTON HEAD 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
11/03/1996 INDIAN WELLS 1R 1
19/02/1996 OKLAHOMA CITY 3R 49
29/01/1996 TOKYO (PAN PACIFIC) 1R 1
01/01/1996 AUCKLAND 2R 17
16/10/1995 BRIGHTON 1R 18
02/10/1995 ZURICH 3R 105
25/09/1995 LEIPZIG 3R 70
14/08/1995 TORONTO 1R 13
07/08/1995 LOS ANGELES 1R 9
31/07/1995 SAN DIEGO 3R 35
Date Tournament Round Points
08/05/1995 ROME 4R 105
10/04/1995 HOUSTON 3R 70
03/04/1995 AMELIA ISLAND 1R 9
27/03/1995 HILTON HEAD 2R 28
20/03/1995 MIAMI 1R 8
27/02/1995 SAN JUAN W 190
07/11/1994 PHILADELPHIA 3R 55
31/10/1994 OAKLAND 1R 18
24/10/1994 ESSEN 3R 35
17/10/1994 BRIGHTON 1R 18
Date Tournament Round Points
15/08/1994 MONTREAL 1R 13
08/08/1994 LOS ANGELES 1R 9
13/06/1994 EASTBOURNE 2R 18
06/06/1994 BIRMINGHAM 4R 45
02/05/1994 ROME 3R 55
04/04/1994 AMELIA ISLAND 2R 18
28/03/1994 HILTON HEAD 2R 28
21/03/1994 HOUSTON Q - 2R 0
14/03/1994 MIAMI 2R 15
31/01/1994 AUCKLAND 1R 6
Date Tournament Round Points
09/08/1993 LOS ANGELES 2R 18
26/07/1993 SAN MARINO 4R 50
07/06/1993 BIRMINGHAM 2R 10
17/05/1993 STRASBOURG Q - 1R 0
03/05/1993 ROME 2R 28
26/04/1993 TARANTO 1R 6
05/04/1993 AMELIA ISLAND 2R 18
29/03/1993 HILTON HEAD 2R 28
15/03/1993 MIAMI Q - 1R 0
22/02/1993 INDIAN WELLS 2R 18
Date Tournament Round Points
15/02/1993 OKLAHOMA CITY 1R 10
11/01/1993 MELBOURNE Q - 2R 0
04/01/1993 BRISBANE 1R 5
28/09/1992 BAYONNE 1R 10
14/09/1992 PARIS 2R 20
20/07/1992 SAN MARINO 2R 10
27/04/1992 TARANTO Q - 3R 0
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