Lana Popadić

Lana Popadić (born 24 April 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia.

Lana Popadić
Country (sports) Croatia
Born (1983-04-24) 24 April 1983
Prize money$50,689
Singles
Career record111–102
Highest rankingNo. 182 (5 July 2004)
Doubles
Career record35–33
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 277 (29 September 2003)

Tennis career

Popadić is most noted for her performance at the 2004 Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar, a WTA Tour tournament held in Bogota. Going into the event with a ranking of 235, Popadić won her way through qualifying, then had wins in two main-draw matches, over world No. 61 Arantxa Parra Santonja and Antonella Serra Zanetti of Italy. She was beaten in the quarterfinals by second seed María Sánchez Lorenzo in three sets.[1]

Most of her career was played on the ITF circuit and she won one title in 2001, the doubles of a $10,000 tournament in Athens, where she was also runner-up in the singles that year.[2] She never made a Grand Slam main draw but participated in the qualifying draws for the Australian, French and US Opens. In 2005, she retired from professional tennis.

She now works as a lawyer in Zagreb as owner at Odvjetnički ured Lana Popadić Katić.[3]

ITF finals
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 1 July 2001 Athens, Greece Clay Germany Jacqueline Froehlich 0–6, 7–5, 4–6

Doubles (1–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 1 July 2001 Athens, Greece Clay Serbia and Montenegro Dina Milošević Greece Irini Alevizopoulou
Russia Irina Kornienko		 7–6(3), 6–3
Runner-up 1. 23 September 2001 Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain María José Sánchez Alayeto Spain Anna Font
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja		 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 14 April 2003 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay France Kildine Chevalier Argentina Jorgelina Cravero
Argentina Vanina García Sokol		 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 22 June 2003 Périgueux, France Clay Madagascar Natacha Randriantefy Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues		 0–6, 3–6

References
  1. "Henin-Hardenne advances in Dubai". Taipei Times. 29 February 2004. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - $10,000 Athens 2 - 25 June - 01 July 2001". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. "Lana Popadić" (in Croatian). Croatian Bar Association. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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