# Kristina Barrois

Kristina Barrois (born 30 September 1981) is a German former tennis player.
Barrois won 15 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 9 May 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 57. On 20 February 2012, she peaked at No. 55 in the doubles rankings.

## Early life

Barrois began playing tennis at the age of nine in 1991 when she took the sport up herself and began to play at a tennis club. She completed her training as a government inspector at the Saarland Ministry of Justice before turning professional in 2005.

## Career

Barrois was trained by Patrick Schmidt, and later by Andreas Spaniol, and her stamina-trainer was the footballer Bernd Franke.
She played in the German Fed Cup team in 2006, losing her singles match to Li Na, and also losing her doubles match. In the same year, she won the German Tennis Championship. She also qualified for the main draws of the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open. At Wimbledon, she lost to Shenay Perry. At the US Open, she lost to the world No. 1, Amélie Mauresmo.
On 14 December 2008, she won her second German Tennis Championship, with a win in the final against the unseeded Lydia Steinbach.
In 2009, she started off well as she qualified for Auckland but lost to up-and-coming Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. She then fell in the qualifying round of the Hobart event to British player Melanie South. She also reached the first round of the Australian Open, where she pushed the fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva, but eventually lost in three sets. In February, she reached the second round in Memphis, but fell short against former world No. 30, Michaëlla Krajicek. In March, she played an ITF event where she lost in the quarterfinals to British player Katie O'Brien. At the Premier Mandatory event in Indian Wells, she beat Alizé Cornet in the second round, but lost to Ágnes Szávay in the next round. She reached the second round of the French Open, where Victoria Azarenka beat her and of the US Open, where she lost to Dinara Safina.
In 2010, she reached the second round on the Australian Open, losing to Samantha Stosur. She qualified for her first ever final in a WTA tournament, the Internationaux de Strasbourg, which Maria Sharapova won in straight sets. She reached the second round of Wimbledon, being knocked out by Justine Henin.
In 2011, she reached the second round of the Australian Open, this time losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
After losing to Lucie Hradecká at the Luxembourg Open in October 2014, Barrois announced her retirement from professional tennis.

## WTA Tour finals
### Singles: 2 (runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments
* Premier M & Premier 5
* Premier
* International (0–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 22 May 2010 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | Clay | Maria Sharapova | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 30 April 2011 | Estoril Open, Portugal | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 1–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments
* Premier M & Premier 5
* Premier (0–1)
* International (1–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (0–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 24 April 2011 | Stuttgart Grand Prix, Germany | Clay (i) | Jasmin Wöhr | Sabine Lisicki Samantha Stosur | 1–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Runner-up | 2. | 21 July 2013 | Gastein Ladies, Austria | Clay | Eleni Daniilidou | Sandra Klemenschits Andreja Klepač | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 20 October 2013 | Luxembourg Open | Hard (i) | Laura Thorpe | Stephanie Vogt Yanina Wickmayer | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 18 October 2014 | Luxembourg Open | Hard (i) | Timea Bacsinszky | Lucie Hradecká Barbora Krejčíková | 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] |

## ITF Circuit finals

* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles: 22 (15–7)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 29 August 2004 | ITF Bielefeld, Germany | Clay | Nicole Seitenbecher | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner | 2. | 24 January 2005 | ITF Oberhaching, Germany | Carpet (i) | Sabine Klaschka | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 14 February 2005 | ITF Albufeira, Portugal | Hard | Lisanna Balk | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 4. | 21 February 2005 | Biberach Open, Germany | Hard (i) | Lucie Hradecká | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | 14 March 2005 | ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Anet Kaasik | 7–6$^{(2)}$, 6–3 |
| Winner | 6. | 31 July 2005 | ITF Horb, Germany | Clay | Andrea Hlaváčková | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 18 September 2005 | ITF Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Tamira Paszek | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 3–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 25 September 2005 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK | Hard (i) | Gréta Arn | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 9. | 9 October 2005 | Open Nantes Atlantique, France | Hard (i) | Alberta Brianti | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 10. | 6 February 2006 | ITF Belfort, France | Hard (i) | Kirsten Flipkens | 6–2, 3–6, 7–6$^{(6)}$ |
| Winner | 11. | 28 February 2006 | Biberach Open, Germany | Hard (i) | Tatjana Maria | 6–4, 5–7, 7–6$^{(5)}$ |
| Runner-up | 12. | 29 October 2006 | ITF Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard (i) | Dominika Cibulková | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 13. | 14 October 2007 | Open de Touraine, France | Hard (i) | Sofia Arvidsson | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 14. | 24 March 2008 | ITF La Palma, Spain | Hard | Mervana Jugić-Salkić | 5–1 ret. |
| Winner | 15. | 6 April 2008 | ITF Hamburg, Germany | Hard (i) | Ana Vrljić | 6–2, ret. |
| Winner | 16. | 7 September 2008 | Open Denain, France | Clay | Kinnie Laisné | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 17. | 19 October 2008 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | Carpet (i) | Mara Santangelo | 3–6, ret. |
| Runner-up | 18. | 9 November 2008 | Ismaning Open, Germany | Carpet (i) | Tatjana Maria | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 19. | 29 August 2009 | Bronx Open, United States | Hard | Tatjana Maria | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 20. | 8 November 2009 | Ismaning Open, Germany | Carpet (i) | Barbora Strýcová | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7$^{(5)}$ |
| Winner | 21. | 7 April 2013 | ITF Dijon, France | Hard (i) | Elitsa Kostova | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Winner | 22. | 25 August 2013 | ITF Braunschweig, Germany | Clay | Myrtille Georges | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 30 (16–14)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 17 January 2005 | ITF Oberhaching, Germany | Carpet (i) | Korina Perkovic | Lucie Hradecká Zuzana Zálabská | 6–3, 5–7, 7–6$^{(6)}$ |
| Runner-up | 2. | 21 February 2005 | Biberach Open, Germany | Hard (i) | Stefanie Weis | Lucie Hradecká Sandra Záhlavová | 7–5, 2–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 27 June 2005 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Kathrin Wörle-Scheller | Yuliya Beygelzimer Vanessa Henke | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 1–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 14 August 2005 | Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany | Clay | Jasmin Wöhr | Renata Voráčová Sandra Záhlavová | 4–6, 7–6$^{(3)}$, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | 22 August 2005 | ITF Bielefeld, Germany | Clay | Korina Perkovic | Justine Ozga Andrea Sieveke | 7–6$^{(1)}$, 6–3 |
| Winner | 6. | 30 January 2006 | ITF Belfort, France | Hard (i) | Kathrin Wörle-Scheller | Ekaterina Ivanova Irina Kuzmina | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 14 March 2006 | ITF Fuerteventura, Spain | Clay | Angelika Bachmann | Yuliya Beygelzimer Angelika Rösch | 6–3, 6–7$^{(5)}$, 6–4 |
| Winner | 8. | 11 November 2007 | Ismaning Open, Germany | Carpet (i) | Julia Görges | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 2–6, 6–2, [10–7] |
| Winner | 9. | 6 July 2008 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Laura Siegemund | Katalin Marosi Marina Tavares | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 8 September 2008 | ITF Athens, Greece | Clay | Julia Schruff | Sorana Cîrstea Galina Voskoboeva | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 11. | 6 October 2008 | Open de Touraine, France | Hard | Mervana Jugić-Salkić | Julie Coin Violette Huck | 6–2, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 12. | 23 February 2009 | Biberach Open, Germany | Hard (i) | Yvonne Meusburger | Melanie Klaffner Sandra Klemenschits | 6–3, 4–6, [15–17] |
| Runner-up | 13. | 19 September 2009 | Save Cup, Italy | Clay | Yvonne Meusburger | Romina Oprandi Sandra Klemenschits | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 14. | 27 September 2009 | GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK | Hard (i) | Yvonne Meusburger | Johanna Larsson Anna Smith | 3–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| Winner | 15. | 29 August 2010 | Bronx Open, United States | Hard | Yvonne Meusburger | Natalie Grandin Abigail Spears | 1–6, 6–4, [15–13] |
| Runner-up | 16. | 31 October 2010 | ITF Poitiers, France | Hard (i) | Akgul Amanmuradova | Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 2–6 [5–10] |
| Winner | 17. | 1 November 2010 | Ismaning Open, Germany | Carpet (i) | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Tetyana Arefyeva Yuliana Fedak | 6–1, 7–6$^{(3)}$ |
| Runner-up | 18. | 24 July 2011 | ITF Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Johanna Larsson Jasmin Wöhr | 6–7$^{(2)}$, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 19. | 6 November 2011 | Ismaning Open, Germany | Carpet (i) | Yvonne Meusburger | Kiki Bertens Anne Keothavong | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 20. | 11 June 2012 | Open de Marseille, France | Clay | Olga Savchuk | Séverine Beltrame Laura Thorpe | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 21. | 13 November 2012 | ITF Zawada, Poland | Carpet (i) | Sandra Klemenschits | Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 22. | 12 April 2013 | ITF Edgbaston, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Ana Vrljić | Richèl Hogenkamp Stephanie Vogt | 6–4, 7–6$^{(2)}$ |
| Winner | 23. | 21 June 2013 | ITF Ystad, Sweden | Clay | Lina Stančiūtė | Monique Adamczak Pemra Özgen | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 24. | 30 July 2013 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Laura Siegemund | Stephanie Vogt Sandra Zaniewska | 7–6$^{(1)}$, 6–4 |
| Winner | 25. | 10 November 2013 | ITF Équeurdreville, France | Hard (i) | Timea Bacsinszky | Diāna Marcinkēviča Eva Wacanno | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 26. | 24 November 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Clay | Timea Bacsinszky | Anna Morgina Kateřina Siniaková | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 6–0, [10–4] |
| Runner-up | 27. | 25 January 2014 | ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | Hard (i) | Timea Bacsinszky | Yuliya Beygelzimer Kateryna Kozlova | 3–6, 6–3, [8–10] |
| Runner-up | 28. | 8 March 2014 | ITF Preston, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Timea Bacsinszky | Tara Moore Marta Sirotkina | 6–3, 1–6, [11–13] |
| Runner-up | 29. | 24 March 2014 | ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France | Hard (i) | Eleni Daniilidou | Margarita Gasparyan Lyudmyla Kichenok | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 30. | 15 June 2014 | Bredeney Ladies Open, Germany | Clay | Tatjana Maria | Ysaline Bonaventure Elitsa Kostova | 6–2, 6–2 |

## Grand Slam performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L |
| Australian Open | Q1 | Q3 | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 2–4 |
| French Open | Q2 | A | Q3 | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | 1–3 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | Q1 | Q3 | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | 1–4 |
| US Open | 1R | A | Q3 | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | 1–4 |
| Win–loss | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–15 |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L |
| Australian Open | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0–3 |
| French Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 2–5 |
| Wimbledon | QF | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | 3R | 9–5 |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1R | 1–4 |
| Win–loss | 3–4 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 12–17 |