Trīna Šlapeka (born 20 May 1988 in Cēsis) is a retired Latvian tennis player.

Trīna Šlapeka
Šlapeka in 2013
Full nameTrīna Šlapeka
Country (sports) Latvia
Born (1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 (age 35)
Cēsis, Latvia
Prize money$991
Singles
Career record0–9
Highest ranking1400 (28 May 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open JuniorQ2 (2006)
US Open JuniorQ1 (2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record3–6
Highest ranking948 (23 April 2007)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–1

Šlapeka never won a professional ITF tournament in her career, but, on 28 May 2007, reached her best singles ranking of world number 1400. On 23 April 2007, she peaked at world number 948 in the doubles rankings. She holds a win–loss record of 4–1 for Latvia in Fed Cup competition, having represented her country in 2007 and 2008 in Mauritius and Armenia respectively. Her latter appearances helped the team get promoted to Group II of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone.

Šlapeka attended Lindsey Wilson College, in Kentucky, United States, where she gained an undergraduate degree. As of 2013, she was studying for a master's degree in business at the Holy Names University in Oakland, California.[1]

Fed Cup participation edit

Singles edit

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2008 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
R/R 24 April 2008   Yerevan, Armenia   Iceland Clay   Rebekka Pétursdóttir W 6–0, 6–0
25 April 2008   Norway   Ulrikke Eikeri L 1–6, 3–6
26 April 2008   Mauritius   Astrid Tixier W 6–1, 6–1

Doubles edit

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2007 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
R/R 25 April 2007   Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius   Montenegro Hard   Diāna Bukājeva   Danica Krstajić
  Vanja Radunović
W 6–2, 6–4
2008 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
R/R 24 April 2008   Yerevan, Armenia   Iceland Clay   Diāna Bukājeva   Sandra Kristjánsdóttir
  Iris Staub
W 6–1, 6–1

References edit

  1. ^ "Women's tennis". Holy Names University. Retrieved 17 September 2013.

External links edit