Adriana Szili (born 6 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Biography

Szili, who comes from Adelaide, started playing tennis aged five and was coached by Graeme Neville. As a junior her most noted performance came at the

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where she and

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won the girls' doubles title. She also was a quarter-finalist in the girls' singles draw and received a wildcard into the women's doubles draw with Jaslyn Hewitt. Szili and Hewitt were beaten in the opening round by eventual quarter-finalists Amanda Coetzer and Lori McNeil. A week later she won a $10,000 ITF circuit tournament in Wellington, with a win over local player

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in the final. At the

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she played in the women's singles event for the only time and was beaten by 28th seed

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in the first round. In the doubles event she and partner Hewitt were again eliminated by Coetzer, who on this occasion was partnering Jessica Steck.

ITF finals

Singles (1-3)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Szili, Adriana 1985 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Adelaide Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles