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Silvija Talaja was born on 14 January, 1978 in Imotski, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, is a Croatian tennis player. Discover Silvija Talaja's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?
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Imotski, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
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Croatia
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She is a member of famous player with the age 46 years old group. She one of the Richest player who was born in Croatia.
Silvija Talaja Height, Weight & Measurements
At 46 years old, Silvija Talaja height is 1.73 m and Weight 57 kg.
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1.73 m |
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57 kg |
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Silvija Talaja Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Silvija Talaja worth at the age of 46 years old? Silvija Talaja’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. She is from Croatia. We have estimated Silvija Talaja's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1,135,876 |
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Timeline
Silvija Talaja (born 14 January 1978) is a Croatian former professional tennis player.
Talaja won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title on the ITF Circuit.
Talaja debuted at the age of 13, representing Yugoslavia at the ITF Belgrade in 1991 but lost in the first round in three tight sets to Cătălina Cristea.
She played further ten ITF tournaments in 1992, reaching one quarterfinal and one semifinal, as well as scoring her first top-100 win (defeated Jenny Byrne).
She also won a gold medal at the 1993 Mediterranean Games in doubles.
In 1993, she qualified for a WTA tournament in Essen where she lost to top seed Sánchez Vicario in the first round.
She reached the second round at the WTA Palermo in 1994 and qualified for further three WTA tournaments in 1995 (Zagreb, Palermo and Vienna).
In March 1996, Talaja won her first ITF title at Makarska and soon after reached her first WTA Tour final at Bol (lost to Gloria Pizzichini).
In October the same year, she entered the top 100 for the first time.
In 1997, she debuted at a Grand Slam at the Australian Open (l. to ninth seed Habšudová in 1st round) and reached second round at Roland Garros.
She reached the semifinals at Pattaya in 1998 (d. Henrieta Nagyová in the 1st round, l. to Li Fang) but played mostly on the ITF Circuit.
At the 1999 Australian Open, Talaja lost to fifth seed Venus Williams 7–9 in the third set, being two points away from victory.
In May, she reached the semifinals at the Warsaw Open and then made it to third round at Roland Garros (d. Chanda Rubin, l. to fourth seed Jana Novotná in three sets).
Talaja then reached her second WTA final at s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Kristina Brandi in three sets) and entered top 50 for the first time.
The following month she reached another final, this time at WTA Vienna (l. to Habšudová in 3s).
The following week, she reached the semifinals at WTA Sopot, again losing to Habšudová.
In August, Talaja reached hear third semifinals of the season at WTA Brussels and in November her fourth semifinal at WTA Pattaya.
In November 1999, she entered top 30 for the first time.
In 1999, Talaja won career-best 32 WTA Tour matches (going 18–9 on clay) and finished the season at No. 29.
On 29 May 2000, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 18.
A powerful, fast baseline player, her best Grand Slam results were third-round appearances at Roland Garros (twice) and Wimbledon (once).
In January 2000, Talaja won the WTA Gold Coast, scoring three successive top-20 victories along the way (Anna Kournikova in quarterfinal, Sánchez Vicario in semifinal and C. Martinez in final).
At the German Open in Berlin, she lost to Martina Hingis in the third round, after having two set points in the first set.
The following week, her ranking rose to her career-high at No. 18.
Later that year, Talaja reached the third round at Wimbledon (def. Irina Spîrlea and Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, l. to Hingis).
In August, she reached the third round at the Du Maurier Open (def. Barbara Schett in the first round, her 6th top-20 victory of the year), but apart from the Sydney Olympics, failed to reach a second round at a tournament for the rest of the year.
She finished her most successful season ranked at No. 30.
She reached just one quarterfinal (at Gold Coast) and one semifinal (Porto) during the entire season (13 first-round losses).
Struggling with injuries, Talaja dropped out of top 100 by the end of the year.
She started the 2002 season by reaching the semifinals at the Auckland Open (having gone through qualifications).
2003 was the final top-100 season of Talaja's career.
After 15 seasons on the tour (five of which she finished in the top 100), in 2006, Talaja married her long-time partner and retired from professional tennis.
She reached the quarterfinals four times (at Hyderabad, Bol, Estoril and Nordic Open where she def. 17th ranked Patty Schnyder) and second round seven times, including at Indian Wells, Miami, Roland Garros and US Open.
Her year-end ranking was No. 93.
She reached another semifinal at the Warsaw Open in May, and reached the finals of WTA Tokyo (def. 19th ranked Ai Sugiyama but l. to Jill Craybas after leading 4–0 in the third set).
She finished the season at No. 75, having also reached quarterfinals at the WTA events in Pattaya and Memphis and the second round at Indian Wells and Scottsdale.