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Lina Stančiūtė

Lithuanian tennis player

Lina Stančiūtė (born 7 February 1986) is a retired Lithuanian tennis player.

In her career, she won four singles *les and three doubles *les on the ITF Women's Circuit. 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, Stančiūtė has a win–loss record of 37–31.

Contents

  • 1 Personal life
  • 2 Career
  • 3 ITF finals
    • 3.1 Singles (4–1)
    • 3.2 Doubles (3–4)
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

Personal life

Lina Stančiūtė was born on 7 February 1986 in Vilnius, Lithuania. She started playing tennis at age eight, her favourite surface is clay. In June 2016, she married Lithuanian professional Basketball player Martynas Gecevičius.

Career

Stančiūtė had a successful junior career, winning one ITF singles and doubles *les. Her career-high world 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 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

    • Lina Stančiūtė at the Women's Tennis *ociation
    • Lina Stančiūtė at the International Tennis Federation
    • Lina Stančiūtė at the Billie Jean King Cup