Liga Dekmeijere

Līga Dekmeijere (born May 21, 1983 in Riga) is a professional tennis player from Latvia who has won sixteen International Tennis Federation doubles titles and one Women's Tennis Association doubles title. Dekmeijere has been as high as World Number 54 in the overall women's doubles rankings, a ranking that she achieved on April 5, 2010. The Latvian has also played in twelve various Grand Slam tennis events (as at March 2010).

Dekmeijere won her only WTA title at the 2008 Cachantún Cup, where she entered the doubles event with Poland's Alicja Rosolska. The team reached the final after defeating the number two seeded doubles team on the way to the finals, where the team defeated Mariya Koryttseva and Julia Schruff.


statics
Country : Latvia
Residence : Riga, Latvia
Date of birth : May 21, 1983 (1983-05-21)
Place of birth : Riga, Soviet Union
Height : 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight : 65 kg (140 lb; 10.2 st)
Retired : Active
Plays : Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money : US$283,676

Singles
Career record : 162–242
Career titles : 0 WTA; 0 ITF
Highest ranking : No. 287 (August 26, 2002)

Doubles
Career record : 240-232
Career titles : 1 WTA; 17 ITF
Highest ranking : No. 54 (April 5, 2010)

Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open : 2R (2005, 2010)
French Open : 2R (2006)
Wimbledon : 1R (2006, 2009)
US Open : 2R (2008, 2009)

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