Eirini Georgatou

Eirini Georgatou
Ειρήνη Γεωργάτου
Country (sports)	Greece
Residence	Athens, Greece
Born	1 February 1990 (age 34)
Turned pro	2005
Retired	2011
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$86,122
Singles
Career record	122–84 (59.2%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 176 (16 May 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2011)
French Open	Q2 (2011)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2011)
US Open	Q2 (2011)
Doubles
Career record	41–48 (46.1%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 171 (31 January 2011)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	10–4 (71.4%)

Eirini Georgatou (Greek: Ειρήνη Γεωργάτου; born 1 February 1990) is a Greek former tennis player.

On 16 May 2011, she reached her career-high singles ranking of 176. Her highest doubles ranking of 171 she achieved on 31 January 2011. Most of her success came in tournaments in Greece, Israel, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.^[1]^[2]

In September 2010, she qualified for her first WTA Tour event, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She won three qualifying matches in straight sets, and then lost to second-seeded and hometown favorite Akgul Amanmuradova in the first round of the main draw. She played doubles with Russian partner Elena Bovina, and they reached the quarterfinals before falling 9–11 in the third set super tiebreaker to fourth-seeded Maria Kondratieva of Russia and Sophie Lefèvre of France.

Fed Cup edit

In February 2011, she represented Greece in Group One Euro/African Zone of the fed cup which took place in Eilat, Israel. In the round-robin stage on 2 February 2011, she won over Jelena Pandžić from Croatia (2–6, 6–1, 6–4), and with the Greek Eleni Daniilidou, she beat Ani Mijacika and Silvia Njiric in the doubles, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2, and completed 3–0 win of Greece over Croatia. On 3 February 2011 she lost to Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (6–4, 3–6, 3–6), and lost with Despina Papamichail to Melanie Klaffner and Sandra Klemenschits whom represented Austria. On 4 February 2011, she lost to Olga Govortsova 2–6, 3–6. In the relegation round against Denmark, on 5 February 2011, she defeated Karen Barbat 6–1, 7–6⁽²⁾ in singles, and in the doubles with Eleni Daniilidou, she defeated Danish double Mai Grage and Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 7–5. This win made sure Greece will stay in Group 1 of the Fed cup.

ITF Circuit finals edit

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

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups) edit

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	15 March 2008	ITF Ramat HaSharon, İsrael	Hard	Lenka Juríková	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	24 May 2008	ITF Raanana, İsrael	Hard	Manana Shapakidze	2–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 1–6
Win	3.	5 October 2008	ITF Mytilene, Greece	Hard	Ganna Piven	6–4, 6–2
Win	4.	6 April 2009	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Katerina Avdiyenko	3–2 ret.
Win	5.	13 April 2009	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Tetyana Arefyeva	6–3, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 7–5
Win	6.	8 June 2009	ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Kristina Antoniychuk	6–1, 3–1 ret.
Win	7.	5 June 2010	ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Sofia Shapatava	1–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	8.	24 October 2010	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard	Karolína Plíšková	3–6, 6–0, 6–3

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) edit

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	5 October 2008	ITF Mytilene, Greece	Hard	Jade Hopper	Renata Bakieva Diāna Marcinkēviča	1–6, 3–6
Win	2.	7 February 2010	ITF Sutton, United Kingdom	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	Naomi Cavaday Anna Smith	7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Win	3.	16 April 2010	Soweto Open, South Africa	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	Marina Erakovic Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–3, 5–7, [16–14]
Loss	4.	24 October 2010	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	Hard (i)	Valeria Savinykh	Karen Barbat Julia Mayr	w/o
Loss	5.	10 October 2011	Open de Touraine, France	Hard (i)	Irena Pavlovic	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	2–6, 0–6