Sarah Gronert (born 6 July 1986)
is a German former professional
tennis
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player. She won a total of ten titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
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in her career and her best
WTA ranking
The WTA rankings are the Sports rating system, ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975.
Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1.
Ranking method
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of 164 came on 14 May 2012.
Intersex condition
Gronert was born
intersex
Intersex people are individuals born with any of several sex characteristics including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical bina ...
, with both male and female genitalia. She had
surgery
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at the age of 19 and is legally and competitively considered to be a woman.
ITF finals
Singles (9–5)
Doubles (1–0)
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
People from Düren (district)
Sportspeople from Cologne (region)
German female tennis players
Tennis people from North Rhine-Westphalia
Intersex sportspeople
Intersex women
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