Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Tennis player
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, née Jans (born 24 September 1984 in Gdynia, Poland) is a Polish professional tennis player. She reached her highest world ranking at World No. 410 in singles (2004) and World No. 28 in doubles (2012).In 2012 she advanced to her first Grand Slam final at 2012 French Open – Mixed Doubles with Santiago Gonzalez. Jans-Ignacik is one of seven Polish tennis players in history who played in a Grand Slam final, others being Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Wojtek Fibak, Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Marcin Matkowski, Agnieszka Radwańska and Łukasz Kubot.She has won 3 WTA doubles tournaments, 2009 Andalucia Tennis Experience with Alicja Rosolska, 2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg with Olga Govortsova and 2012 Rogers Cup with Kristina Mladenovic.Jans-Ignacik represented Poland at Fed Cup and both 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She plays right handed with a double handed backhand.Klaudia married Bartosz Ignacik in 2011 and added his surname to her own. On December 31, 2012 Jans-Ignacik announced via her Facebook account that she is pregnant with her first child and will miss all 2013 WTA Tour season but plans to return in 2014. On August 1, 2013 she gave birth to her first daughter Aniela Ignacik.In 2014 she returned to professional competition and reached six doubles semifinals, one of them at the 2014 BNP Paribas Katowice Open in her home country.In January 2015 Jans-Ignacik with Andreja Klepač advanced to her first doubles Grand Slam quarterfinal at Australian Open. They lost 1-6 2-6 to Chan Yung-jan and Jie Zheng.
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