Renata Kolbovic (born July 30, 1976) is a former

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player, who was born in

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

but competed for

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. Kolbovic had a professional career from 1996 to 2002. A resident of

Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

, Kolbovic reached her highest individual ranking in the

WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tourna ...

on December 4, 2000, when she became the No. 159 in the world. Alongside

Aneta Soukup Aneta Soukup (born December 30, 1978) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Biography Soukup was raised in Kitchener, Ontario via Prague, having emigrated to Canada from Czechoslovakia. Coached by her father Milos, she began competi ...

, she won the bronze medal at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

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, Canada.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ITF finals

Singles (1–9)

Doubles (12–13)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolbovic, Renata 1976 births Living people Canadian female tennis players Czech female tennis players Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada Sportspeople from Brno Sportspeople from Vancouver Racket sportspeople from British Columbia Tennis players at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games