Yugoslavian tennis player
Renata Šašak-Ružir (born 14 June 1964) is a former Yugoslavian professional tennis player.
Biography [ edit ] Born in Zagreb , Šašak debuted for the Yugoslavia Federation Cup team in 1979. One of her Federation Cup doubles teammates was Mima Jaušovec , who Šašak teamed up with to win a gold medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games . She won a further gold medal four years in Casablanca at the 1983 Mediterranean Games , beating Laura Golarsa to win the women's singles.
Šašak competed in the main draw of both the French Open and US Open during her career. Her best performance came at the 1983 French Open , where she made it to the second round, then took fifth seed Pam Shriver to a third set before being eliminated.[1] Croatian Sportswoman of the Year award from Sportske novosti in 1983.
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Šašak represented Yugoslavia in the women's singles event, for what was then a demonstration sport. She fell in the second round, after beating third seed Laura Arraya .[2]
Šašak played Federation Cup tennis until 1987, in a total of 15 ties. This included Yugoslavia's run to the 1984 semi-finals , which they lost to eventual champions Czechoslovakia.
ITF Circuit finals [ edit ] Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) [ edit ] Legend $10,000 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface Clay (0–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Aug 1984 ITF Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany 10,000 Clay Isabelle Demongeot 6–7, 5–7 Loss 0–2 Jun 1986 ITF Rabac, Yugoslavia 10,000 Clay Linda Ferrando 2–6, 3–6
Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups) [ edit ] Legend $25,000 tournaments (0–2) $10,000 tournaments (3–2)
Finals by surface Clay (3–4)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 Sep 1982 ITF Bad Hersfeld, West Germany 10,000 Clay Beatriz Villaverde Nataša Piskáčková Dorota Dziekońska 6–2, 6–3 Loss 1–1 Mar 1983 ITF Taranto, Italy 10,000 Clay Sabrina Goleš Elizabeth Minter Bernadette Randall 5–7, 1–6 Loss 1–2 Apr 1983 ITF Bari, Italy 10,000 Clay Anne Minter 4–6, 2–6 Win 2–2 Apr 1984 ITF Caserta, Italy 10,000 Clay Larisa Neiland Marie Pinterová Renáta Tomanová 6–1, 6–3 Win 3–2 Aug 1984 ITF Bad Hersfeld, West Germany 10,000 Clay Beatriz Villaverde Vicki Marler Miranda Yates 6–4, 7–6 Loss 3–3 Oct 1984 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Regina Maršíková Alice Noháčová Regina Rajchrtová 2–6, 5–7 Loss 3–4 Sep 1986 ITF Zagreb, Yugoslavia 25,000 Clay Karmen Škulj Natalia Egorova Viktoria Milvidskaia 2–6, 3–6
References [ edit ] https://issuu.com/hrvatskiolimpijskiodbor/docs/hrvatska_i_sportasice_na_olimpijski/106
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Yugoslav era Since independence
Yugoslavia
Isabelle Demongeot 
Linda Ferrando 
Beatriz Villaverde 
Nataša Piskáčková
Dorota Dziekońska 
Elizabeth Minter 
Larisa Neiland 
Natalia Egorova 