Daniela Klemenschits (13 November 1982 – 9 April 2008) was an

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professional

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. She won a total of 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career.

Early life

Daniela and twin sister Sandra (fellow pro-player) were born in

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, Austria.

Tennis career

Daniela played doubles with sister Sandra on the

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and the

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. The team dominated

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in Austria in the mid-2000s, becoming the country's No. 1 team in 2006. She won a total of 23 titles on the ITF-level and reached one final on the WTA Tour-level. She reached the top 100 of the WTA doubles rankings in 2005. Daniela also represented Austria on the

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in 2005, where they defeated Switzerland. Daniela played her final professional match on 14 December 2006, at the tournament in Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic. She had partnered sister Sandra, losing in round one against

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and Stanislava Hrozenská, 5–7, 2–6.

Death

In January 2007, both Klemenschits twins were diagnosed with a rare form of abdominal cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, forcing their retirement. Fellow tennis players rallied for Klemenschits and donated money to pay off the removal of several tumours and the expensive medical care required. Daniela died on 9 April 2008 in

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, aged 25. Sandra, however, survived and returned to the doubles tour in July 2008.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF finals

Singles: 4 (0–4)

Doubles: 56 (23–33)

References

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