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Karolina Sprem

CRO Age 41 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2002–2011

Karolina Sprem represented Croatia on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 17. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 93–104 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

17 (Oct 11, 2004)

Elo peak

1855 (81st percentile)

Singles record

93–104 (47.2%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,298,606

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Karolina Sprem's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Chanelle Scheepers #107	6-4 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2011*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Beatrice Capra #371	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 2010*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Romina Oprandi #90	1-5 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 15, 2010*	R32	Palermo	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Lucie Safarova #25	6-2 5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 9, 2010*	R16	Bastad	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Maria Elena Camerin #127	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 8, 2010*	R32	Bastad	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay

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Karolina Sprem's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Kim Clijsters	1	4	5	Jun 24, 2010	H2H
Lindsay Davenport	0	5	5	Apr 11, 2008	H2H
Meghann Shaughnessy	3	2	5	Apr 4, 2007	H2H
Anna Smashnova	4	1	5	Oct 14, 2004	H2H
Anabel Medina Garrigues	3	1	4	Jan 20, 2010	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Karolina Sprem Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2004	Athens Olympics	Round of 16	2	1	Ai Sugiyama #13 def. Karolina Sprem #18 7-6(6) 6-1	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Karolina Sprem career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2002	17	0	1	1	0.0%	534	273
2003	18	12	8	20	60.0%	273	59
2004	19	32	23	55	58.2%	59	18
2005	20	15	23	38	39.5%	18	65
2006	21	12	16	28	42.9%	65	89
2007	22	4	5	9	44.4%	89	209
2008	23	7	7	14	50.0%	209	174
2009	24	3	8	11	27.3%	174	92
2010	25	8	12	20	40.0%	92	94
2011	26	0	1	1	0.0%	94	817
Career		93	104	197	47.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Karolina Sprem career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2002	17	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	18	0	2	2	0.0%	11	5	16	68.8%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	12	8	20	60.0%
2004	19	17	14	31	54.8%	8	5	13	61.5%	5	2	7	71.4%	2	2	4	50.0%	32	23	55	58.2%
2005	20	12	15	27	44.4%	3	5	8	37.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	15	23	38	39.5%
2006	21	2	10	12	16.7%	8	5	13	61.5%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	12	16	28	42.9%
2007	22	0	2	2	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%
2008	23	1	1	2	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	7	14	50.0%
2009	24	1	2	3	33.3%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
2010	25	4	4	8	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	8	12	20	40.0%
2011	26	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	37	51	88	42.0%	42	38	80	52.5%	10	10	20	50.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	93	104	197	47.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Karolina Sprem career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2002	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	18	1	0	1	100.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	5	3	8	62.5%	3	1	4	75.0%	12	8	20	60.0%
2004	19	2	4	6	33.3%	10	10	20	50.0%	16	6	22	72.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	32	23	55	58.2%
2005	20	0	5	5	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	7	11	18	38.9%	6	1	7	85.7%	15	23	38	39.5%
2006	21	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	8	9	17	47.1%	2	2	4	50.0%	12	16	28	42.9%
2007	22	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
2008	23	1	0	1	100.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	7	7	14	50.0%
2009	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
2010	25	0	1	1	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	8	12	20	40.0%
2011	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		4	13	17	23.5%	19	35	54	35.2%	48	39	87	55.2%	22	17	39	56.4%	93	104	197	47.2%

Performance Stats

Karolina Sprem performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	18	2/20	2.5	6.0	49.5%	62.9%	34.7%	46.4%	27.5%	48.7%	35.2%
2004	19	7/55	3.0	6.0	53.9%	63.7%	41.1%	57.9%	39.2%	53.4%	40.6%
2005	20	7/38	1.0	4.9	42.9%	51.0%	42.0%	28.6%	37.0%	46.0%	47.8%
2006	21	17/28	3.3	5.5	52.7%	63.5%	46.6%	60.8%	57.7%	55.2%	43.4%
2007	22	7/9	2.4	6.0	50.3%	65.9%	41.1%	64.4%	45.9%	53.6%	40.1%
2008	23	12/14	3.9	4.6	54.4%	68.0%	47.0%	58.2%	44.7%	58.6%	45.0%
2009	24	10/11	3.9	6.2	53.2%	66.7%	44.2%	44.0%	40.1%	56.3%	38.6%
2010	25	19/20	4.6	4.8	51.2%	70.9%	48.0%	46.1%	35.3%	59.7%	39.9%
2011	26	1/1	8.0	11.0	54.1%	67.9%	31.1%	66.7%	45.5%	51.0%	42.7%
Career		82/197	3.5	5.4	51.7%	65.4%	44.9%	52.0%	43.2%	55.6%	41.9%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 82/197 (41.6%) of Karolina Sprem's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Karolina Sprem advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2002	17	1483	93.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	+0.14
2003	18	1604	127.0	-1.05	-1.09	0.686	41.7%	—	+85	—	51.0%	+0.04	8–3 (73%)	2–3 (40%)	108.1	-0.54
2004	19	1761	145.8	-0.31	-1.03	0.870	47.2%	-93	-1	-10	58.1%	+0.55	6–10 (38%)	6–2 (75%)	101.9	-1.22
2005	20	1659	133.4	-3.79	+1.69	0.885	46.7%	+25	+35	—	42.7%	-0.76	5–8 (38%)	3–1 (75%)	97.8	-0.42
2006	21	1626	122.4	-0.58	-0.67	0.970	49.8%	-80	+129	+85	43.8%	-0.23	4–6 (40%)	2–3 (40%)	95.6	-0.32
2007	22	1613	105.7	-1.15	-1.26	0.864	47.0%	—	+130	—	47.6%	-0.33	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	98.8	+0.37
2008	23	1624	118.5	+1.82	+0.88	1.087	52.2%	—	+63	—	54.3%	+0.43	2–5 (29%)	1–2 (33%)	94.8	-0.54
2009	24	1569	117.7	+0.90	-2.06	0.883	47.8%	-19	+54	—	40.7%	-0.70	0–5 (0%)	—	—	-0.09
2010	25	1563	118.6	+2.17	-2.28	0.992	49.6%	+13	-2	+117	44.4%	+0.02	3–4 (43%)	2–5 (29%)	97.3	+0.13
2011	26	1545	98.1	+0.35	-2.30	0.871	47.2%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	—	—	+0.18
Career		1855	135.4	+0.29	-0.90	0.944	48.9%	-39	+66	+51	48.8%	-0.08	29–44 (40%)	18–17 (51%)	95.7	-1.18

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Karolina Sprem Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2003	18	—	—	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
2004	19	R128	R128	QF	R128	4–4 (50%)
2005	20	R16	R64	R128	R128	4–4 (50%)
2006	21	R64	R32	R32	R128	5–4 (56%)
2007	22	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2008	23	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2009	24	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
2010	25	R64	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
2011	26	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		5–7 (42%)	3–6 (33%)	8–6 (57%)	0–5 (0%)	16–24 (40%)

WTA 1000

Karolina Sprem WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	ITA	SDG	BER	CAN	CHA	MOS	ZUR	W-L Win %
2004	19	R64	QF	R32	R32	SF	QF	R32	R16	R32	14–9 (61%)
2005	20	R64	R16	R64	R64	R64	R64	—	—	—	2–6 (25%)
2006	21	R128	R128	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	2–3 (40%)
2007	22	R128	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2009	24	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2010	25	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		1–5 (17%)	6–4 (60%)	2–4 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	4–2 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	21–23 (48%)

WTA 500

Karolina Sprem WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	EAS	PAR	POR	AME	POR	LIN	LOS	STA	SYD	W-L Win %
2003	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2004	19	SF	R16	R16	—	R16	R32	R32	—	—	—	7–6 (54%)
2005	20	R32	R32	R32	—	R64	R16	—	R32	R32	R32	2–8 (20%)
2006	21	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
2007	22	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
2008	23	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
2009	24	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2010	25	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		3–3 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	3–4 (43%)	0–2 (0%)	7–5 (58%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	16–24 (40%)

WTA 250

Karolina Sprem WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAD	BAR	VIE	BAD	BAL	BIR	BOL	BUD	CAN	GOL	HAS	HEL	IST	KOL	MEM	PAL	POR	PRA	SOP	STR	W-L Win %
2002	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	18	—	—	F	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	F	11–5 (69%)
2004	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–3 (62%)
2005	20	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	QF	7–5 (58%)
2006	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R16	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	4–6 (40%)
2007	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2008	23	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	5–5 (50%)
2009	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2010	25	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	3–2 (60%)	1–3 (25%)	3–3 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	6–2 (75%)	38–32 (54%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Oct 11, 2004

First Top 100

May 26, 2003

First Top 50

Jan 19, 2004

First Top 20

Jul 5, 2004

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Karolina Sprem ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2002	17	—	454	449	403	405	405	322	257	270	272	272	273
2003	18	266	236	166	163	99	71	64	66	66	63	59	59
2004	19	49	36	38	28	28	30	20	20	18	18	18	18
2005	20	17	19	18	26	28	31	61	86	67	65	65	65
2006	21	81	73	77	74	74	69	47	51	76	94	87	89
2007	22	103	110	108	105	105	134	182	179	180	186	206	209
2008	23	211	219	222	270	345	328	183	184	171	174	174	174
2009	24	167	131	114	87	91	94	120	120	99	95	94	92
2010	25	92	87	86	108	103	104	93	95	113	106	96	94
2011	26	113	136	152	153	166	188	300	325	324	812	815	817
2012	27	921	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Karolina Sprem's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	W1000	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Alexandra Stevenson	USA	#18	1,844	214	86	128	40.2%	$1,472,403	0	0	1996–2011	Rivalries	Match log
Virginie Razzano	FRA	#16	1,854	418	201	217	48.1%	$3,510,457	2	0	1999–2016	Rivalries	Match log
Anne Kremer	LUX	#18	1,810	333	148	185	44.4%	$1,567,313	2	0	1995–2011	Rivalries	Match log
Sybille Bammer	AUT	#19	1,846	273	133	140	48.7%	$2,108,725	2	0	2000–2011	Rivalries	Match log
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni	CRO	#20	1,798	302	136	166	45.0%	$4,253,458	3	0	1997–2018	Rivalries	Match log
Anna-Lena Groenefeld	GER	#14	1,856	239	109	130	45.6%	$4,662,620	1	0	2003–2011	Rivalries	Match log
Alona Bondarenko	UKR	#19	1,873	299	155	144	51.8%	$2,785,303	2	0	2003–2011	Rivalries	Match log
Varvara Lepchenko (active player)	USA	#19	1,802	377	156	221	41.4%	$5,864,284	0	0	2001–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	ESP	#19	1,894	208	107	101	51.4%	$4,409,059	5	1	2001–2013	Rivalries	Match log
Tamarine Tanasugarn	THA	#19	1,825	544	268	276	49.3%	$3,491,770	4	0	1993–2015	Rivalries	Match log
Anabel Medina Garrigues	ESP	#16	1,834	588	310	278	52.7%	$5,956,607	11	0	2000–2014	Rivalries	Match log
Barbora Strycova	CZE	#16	1,888	588	288	300	49.0%	$12,747,182	2	0	2003–2023	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Karolina Sprem?: Karolina Sprem is 41 years old, born on October 25, 1984.
Which country does Karolina Sprem represent?: Karolina Sprem represents Croatia in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Karolina Sprem?: Karolina Sprem is 175 cm / 5'9".
Does Karolina Sprem use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Karolina Sprem uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Karolina Sprem left-handed or right-handed?: Karolina Sprem plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Karolina Sprem won?: Karolina Sprem has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Karolina Sprem won?: TennisDB does not group any of Karolina Sprem's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Karolina Sprem's highest WTA ranking?: Karolina Sprem's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 17, first achieved on October 11, 2004.
What is Karolina Sprem's career win-loss record?: Karolina Sprem has a career WTA singles record of 93 wins and 104 losses (47.2%).
How much career prize money has Karolina Sprem earned?: Karolina Sprem has earned at least $1,298,606 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Karolina Sprem's career appear in TennisDB?: Karolina Sprem appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2002 through 2011.
On which surface does Karolina Sprem have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Karolina Sprem's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 52.5% (42–38).
Who has Karolina Sprem faced most often?: Karolina Sprem's most frequent opponent is Kim Clijsters, with a head-to-head record of 1–4 across 5 meetings.