Klaudia Jans-Ignacik

Summary

Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (née Jans; born 24 September 1984) is a retired Polish tennis player. On 16 August 2004, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 410. On 10 September 2012, she peaked at No. 28 in the doubles rankings.

Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
Country (sports) Poland
Born (1984-09-24) 24 September 1984 (age 39)
Gdynia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$866,663
Singles
Career record60–82 (42.3%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest ranking410 (16 August 2004)
Doubles
Career record265–295 (47.3%)
Career titles3 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking28 (10 September 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2015)
French Open2R (2007, 2009)
Wimbledon2R (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014)
US Open3R (2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2012)
French OpenF (2012)
Wimbledon2R (2010, 2015)
US Open2R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup20–12
Medal record
Representing  Poland
Women's Tennis
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2009 Belgrade Singles
Silver medal – second place 2009 Belgrade Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2009 Belgrade Team

Jans-Ignacik won three WTA doubles tournaments, 2009 Andalucia Tennis Experience with Alicja Rosolska, 2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg with Olga Govortsova, and 2012 Rogers Cup with Kristina Mladenovic.

In 2012, she advanced to her first Grand Slam final at the French Open, with Santiago Gonzalez in the mixed-doubles tournament. Jans-Ignacik is one of ten Polish tennis players in history who played in a Grand Slam final, others being Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Wojciech Fibak, Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Łukasz Kubot, Marcin Matkowski, Agnieszka Radwańska, Alicja Rosolska,Iga Świątek and Jan Zieliński.

She represented Poland in the Fed Cup and both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Playing for Poland at the Fed Cup, Jans-Ignacik has a win–loss record of 20–12.

Klaudia married Bartosz Ignacik in 2011 and added his surname to her own. On 31 December 2012, Jans-Ignacik announced that she was pregnant with her first child and would miss the entire 2013 WTA Tour. On 1 August 2013, she gave birth to her first daughter Aniela Ignacik.

In 2014, she returned to professional competitions and reached six doubles semifinals, one of them in her home country, at the Katowice Open.

In January 2015, Jans-Ignacik advanced to her first women's doubles Grand Slam quarterfinal, with Andreja Klepač, at the Australian Open. They lost in straight sets to Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie.

On 1 September 2016, Jans-Ignacik announced her retirement from professional tennis.[1]

Significant finals edit

Grand Slam tournaments edit

Mixed doubles: 1 runner-up edit

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2012 French Open Clay   Santiago González   Sania Mirza
  Mahesh Bhupathi
6–7(3–7), 1–6

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments edit

Doubles: 1 title edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 2012 Montreal Hard   Kristina Mladenovic   Nadia Petrova
  Katarina Srebotnik
7–5, 2–6, [10–7]

WTA career finals edit

Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5 (1–0)
Premier (0–2)
International (2–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2004 Orange Prokom Open, Poland Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Nuria Llagostera Vives
  Marta Marrero
4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2005 J&S Cup, Poland Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Tatiana Perebiynis
  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2005 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Giulia Casoni
  Mariya Koryttseva
6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 0–4 Jan 2009 Brisbane International, Australia Hard   Alicja Rosolska   Anna-Lena Grönefeld
  Vania King
6–3, 5–7, [5–10]
Win 1–4 Apr 2009 Andalucia Tennis Experience, Spain Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–5 Oct 2009 Generali Ladies Linz, Austria Hard   Alicja Rosolska   Anna-Lena Grönefeld
  Katarina Srebotnik
1–6, 4–6
Loss 1–6 Jan 2011 Brisbane International, Australia Hard   Alicja Rosolska   Alisa Kleybanova
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
3–6, 5–7
Loss 1–7 May 2011 Brussels Open, Belgium Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Andrea Hlaváčková
  Galina Voskoboeva
6–3, 0–6, [5–10]
Win 2–7 May 2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay   Olga Govortsova   Natalie Grandin
  Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–3]
Win 3–7 Aug 2012 Rogers Cup, Canada Hard   Kristina Mladenovic   Nadia Petrova
  Katarina Srebotnik
7–5, 2–6, [10–7]

WTA 125 finals edit

Doubles: 1 runner-up edit

Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 14 March 2016 San Antonio Open, US Hard   Anastasia Rodionova   Anna-Lena Grönefeld
  Nicole Melichar
1–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles (1–1) edit

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 15 September 2003 Chieti, Italy Clay   Aleksandra Srndovic 5–7, 1–6
Win 1. 23 May 2004 Gdynia, Poland Clay   Magdalena Kiszczyńska 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles (11–8) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (7–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result No. Date Tier Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 10 August 2003 10,000 Gdynia, Poland Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Irina Kuzmina
  Monika Schneider
7–5, 6–2
Loss 1. 15 September 2003 10,000 Chieti, Italy Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Kika Hogendoorn
  Betina Pirker
3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 2. 22 September 2003 10,000 Gdynia, Poland Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Claudia Ivone
  Giulia Meruzzi
6–0, 6–3
Loss 2. 1 February 2004 10,000 Tipton, Great Britain Hard (i)   Alicja Rosolska   Rebecca Llewellyn
  Melanie South
6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win 3. 9 February 2004 25,000 Warsaw, Poland Hard (i)   Alicja Rosolska   Zsófia Gubacsi
  Kira Nagy
6–4, 6–3
Loss 3. 7 July 2004 25,000 Grado, Italy Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
  Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
2–6, 2–6
Win 4. 8 August 2004 10,000 Gdynia, Poland Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Natalia Bogdanova
  Valeria Bondarenko
6–2, 6–4
Win 5. 31 August 2004 10,000 Warsaw, Poland Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Martina Babáková
  Iveta Gerlová
6–2, 6–3
Loss 4. 7 February 2005 25,000 Capriolo, Italy Hard (i)   Alicja Rosolska   Mariya Koryttseva
  Emma Laine
6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win 6. 8 April 2006 75,000 Dinan, France Clay (i)   Henrieta Nagyová   Mădălina Gojnea
  Agnieszka Radwańska
3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 5. 15 April 2006 25,000 Open de Biarritz, France Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Nina Bratchikova
  Yaroslava Shvedova
3–6, 2–6
Loss 6. 9 September 2006 75,000 Open Denain, France Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Romina Oprandi
  Jasmin Woehr
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Win 7. 8 October 2006 75,000 Barcelona, Spain Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Edina Gallovits-Hall
  Vanessa Henke
6–1, 6–2
Win 8. 28 October 2006 75,000 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i)   Alicja Rosolska   Lucie Hradecká
  Michaela Paštiková
6–1, 6–3
Win 9. 1 December 2006 50,000 Milan, Italy Carpet (i)   Alicja Rosolska   Mariya Koryttseva
  Emma Laine
6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4
Loss 7. 18 May 2007 75,000 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Emma Laine
  Ágnes Szávay
1–6, 2–6
Win 10. 13 October 2007 $50,000 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i)   Alicja Rosolska   Petra Cetkovská
  Barbora Strýcová
6–3, 7–5
Loss 8. 24 November 2007 100,000 ITF Poitiers, France Hard (i)   Alicja Rosolska   Alla Kudryavtseva
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
6–2, 4–6, [1–10]
Win 11. 6 June 2008 75,000 Rome, Italy Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Alina Jidkova
  Marie-Ève Pelletier
6–3, 6–1

Doubles performance timeline edit

Key
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.
Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R A A QF 1R 7–8
French Open 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R 1R 2–9
Wimbledon 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R A 2R 1R 1R 4–9
US Open 2R 3R 2R 2R 1R 2R A A 1R A 6–7
Win–loss 2–4 3–4 4–4 2–4 1–4 3–4 0–0 1–2 3–4 0–3 19–33
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH 1R Not Held 1R Not Held 1R 0–3

References edit

  1. ^ "Klaudia Jans Ignacik Official on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.[user-generated source]

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