Angela Kerek

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Angela Kerek
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1972-01-25) 25 January 1972 (age 52)
Prize money$84,658
Singles
Career record106–105
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 149 (23 March 1992)
Doubles
Career record33–44
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 147 (29 April 1996)

Angela Kerek (born 25 January 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. A lawyer by profession, she is now a partner with Morrison & Foerster in Berlin.[1]

Kerek, who emigrated to Germany from Romania, played professional tennis with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 8 years and German Bundesliga for 11 years.[2] She achieved a career high singles ranking of 149 in the world and was featured in the qualifying draws of all four grand slam tournaments.[3] Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance at Auckland in 1993.

ITF finals[edit]

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–2)[edit]

Result No. Date Location Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 27 February 1989 Jaffa, Israel Hard Israel Yael Segal 2–6, 1–6
Win 1. 1 August 1994 Munich, Germany Clay South Africa Nannie de Villiers 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 2. 27 February 1995 Southampton, Great Britain Carpet (i) Belgium Dominique Monami 6–0, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles (1–4)[edit]

Result No. Date Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 30 November 1992 Le Havre, France Clay (i) Germany Sabine Lohmann Romania Irina Spîrlea
Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
3–6, 6–7
Loss 2. 14 June 1993 Brindisi, Italy Clay Romania Irina Spîrlea Netherlands Lara Bitter
Netherlands Petra Kamstra
5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 3. 29 November 1993 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard Ukraine Olga Lugina Russia Natalia Egorova
Russia Svetlana Parkhomenko
2–6, 3–6
Loss 4. 24 July 1994 Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany Clay Germany Kirstin Freye Netherlands Seda Noorlander
Netherlands Annemarie Mikkers
3–6, 2–6
Win 1. 1 October 1995 Bucharest, Romania Clay Germany Maja Živec-Škulj Bulgaria Dora Djilianova
Bulgaria Pavlina Nola
6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Neue Partnerin für die Finance-Praxis". Legal Tribune Online (in German). 3 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Angela Kerek | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  3. ^ "Ein Teller Burrata mit Anwältin Kerek von Morrison & Foerster: "Warum haben Deutsche im Business so wenig Interesse an ihrem Nachwuchs?" (in German). Wirtschaftswoche. 12 June 2016.

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