Lina Stančiūtė (born 7 February 1986) is a Lithuanian former
tennis
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player.
In her career, she won four singles titles and three doubles 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
It serves as a developmenta ...
. On 28 September 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 197. On 15 May 2006, she peaked at No. 138 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for
Lithuania Fed Cup team
The Lithuania Billie Jean King Cup team represents Lithuania in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Lithuanian Tennis Association.
In 2016-2017, Lithuania played in Group II of Europe/Africa zone, but dropped to ...
, Stančiūtė has a win–loss record of 37–31.
Personal life
Lina Stančiūtė was born on 7 February 1986 in
Vilnius
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, Lithuania. She started playing tennis at age eight, her favourite surface is clay. In June 2016, she married Lithuanian professional
Basketball
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player
Martynas Gecevičius.
Career
Stančiūtė had a successful junior career, winning one singles and one doubles ITF Circuit title. Her career-high ranking as a junior was world No. 63, and she finished her junior career with a record of 72–49.
In 2003, she reached her first ITF singles final, winning in Italy. She also reached two ITF doubles finals. In 2004, she won the tournament in
Lafayette, United States, endowed with $25k, by beating
Karolina Kosińska in three sets.
In July 2015, Stančiūtė announced her retirement from professional tennis.
ITF finals
Singles (4–1)
Doubles (3–4)
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
Tennis players from Vilnius
Lithuanian female tennis players
21st-century Lithuanian sportswomen
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