Kristina Barrois

• Residence: Urexweiler, Germany
• DOB: September 30, 1981
• Birthplace: Ottweiler, Germany
• Height: 6' (1.83 m)
• Weight: 157 lbs. (71 kg)
• Plays: Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

Biography

Kristina Barrois's career high rank is 69, achieved on June 15, 2009. She was trained by Patrick Schmidt, but is now trained by Andreas Spaniol and her condition trainer is the footballer Bernd Franke.

In 2009 she started off well as she qualified for Auckland but lost to up and coming russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3 6-1. She then fell in qualifiing of Hobart to britain Melanie South 7-5 6-0. She also reached the 1st round of the Australian Open where she pushed the No.4 seeded Russian, Elena Dementieva but eventually lost 6-7 6-2 1-6. In February she reached the 2nd round of Memphis but fell short against dutch former world No.30 Michaella Krajicek 3-6 6-3 7-6. In March, she played an itf event where she lost in the quarter-finals to britain Katie O'Brien 6-7 3-6. She did extremly well at the premier Mandatory event in Indian Wells where she beat french star Alize Cornet 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round. She lost however to Hungarian Agnes Szavay in the next round 6-3 6-4.

Career History