Matea Mezak
Country (sports) | Croatia |
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Residence | Zagreb, Croatia |
Born | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | 5 March 1985
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 2002 |
Retired | 2014 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $68,820 |
Singles | |
Career record | 171–108 |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 208 (4 July 2005) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 86–61 |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 135 (2 October 2006) |
Matea Mezak (Croatian pronunciation: [mězak];[1] born 5 March 1985) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. 2004, she started on the ITF Circuit, where she won six singles and six doubles titles.
Her preferred surface is hardcourt, and her coach was Ivan Humić.
Along with Svetlana Kuznetsova, she reached 2002 Australian Open junior doubles competition, where they lost to Indonesian Angelique Widjaja and Argentine Gisela Dulko.
Mezak also was on the Croatia Fed Cup team, in 2005 and 2006.
In April 2014, she played her last match on the pro circuit.
ITF Circuit finals
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 12 (6–6)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1 | Feb 2003 | ITF Tipton, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Galina Voskoboeva | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 1 | Apr 2003 | ITF Makarska, Croatia | Clay | Natalia Garbellotto | 6–7(5), 5–7 |
Loss | 2 | May 2003 | ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy | Clay | Silvia Disderi | 1–6, 6–1, 2–6 |
Win | 2 | May 2004 | ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy | Clay | Romina Oprandi | 2–0 ret. |
Loss | 3 | May 2004 | ITF Zadar, Croatia | Clay | Mandy Minella | 5–7, 7–5, 4–6 |
Win | 3 | Oct 2008 | ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy | Clay | Silvia Disderi | 7–5, 2–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 4 | Oct 2008 | ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia | Clay | Darina Sedenkova | 6–4, 0–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 5 | Aug 2009 | ITF Braunschweig, Germany | Clay | Korina Perkovic | 6–2, 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 4 | Sep 2009 | ITF Doboj, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Clay | Tamara Čurović | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 5 | Oct 2009 | ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia | Clay | Réka Luca Jani | 0–6, 7–5, 7–6(4) |
Loss | 6 | Nov 2009 | ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Tímea Babos | 6–7(2), 4–6 |
Win | 6 | Nov 2009 | ITF Jersey, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Tímea Babos | 6–2, 6–3 |
Doubles: 14 (6–8)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 24 November 2002 | ITF Zagreb, Croatia | Hard (i) | Jelena Kostanić Tošić | Mervana Jugić-Salkić Karolina Šprem |
2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2. | 27 July 2003 | ITF Ancona, Italy | Clay | Petra Dizdar | María José Argeri Giulia Meruzzi |
3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 3. | 18 July 2004 | ITF Monteroni, Italy | Clay | Nadja Pavić | Valentina Sulpizio Sandra Záhlavová |
5–7, 6–4, 6–7(5) |
Win | 4. | 16 October 2005 | ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France | Hard (i) | Jelena Kostanić Tošić | Zsófia Gubacsi Darya Kustova |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 5. | 2 February 2006 | ITF Jersey, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Andrea Hlaváčková | Katie O'Brien Melanie South |
6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 6. | 1 April 2006 | ITF Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Renata Voráčová | Zsófia Gubacsi Kyra Nagy |
6–2, 1–0 ret. |
Win | 7. | 15 April 2006 | ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Clay | Zsófia Gubacsi | Joana Cortez María José Martínez Sánchez |
4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 8. | 7 May 2006 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Clay | İpek Şenoğlu | Tzipi Obziler Romina Oprandi |
6–4, 4–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 9. | 26 May 2006 | ITF La Palma, Spain | Hard | Nadja Pavić | Petra Kvitová Karolina Kosińska |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 10. | 22 July 2006 | ITF Rome, Italy | Clay | Nika Ožegović | Darija Jurak Kyra Nagy |
6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 11. | 29 July 2006 | ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy | Clay | Nika Ožegović | Valentina Sassi Aurélie Védy |
7–5, 4–6, 0–6 |
Win | 12. | 16 September 2006 | ITF Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Nika Ožegović | Danica Krstajić Maša Zec Peškirič |
6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 13. | 18 February 2013 | ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | Silvia Njirić | Timea Bacsinszky Xenia Knoll |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 14. | 12 May 2013 | ITF Athens, Greece | Hard | Silvia Njirić | Erin Clark Francesca Stephenson |
7–5, 3–6, [8–10] |
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