Līga Dekmeijere

Līga Dekmeijere

Dekmeijere in 2008
Country (sports)	Latvia
Born	(1983-05-21) 21 May 1983 Riga, Latvia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Prize money	US$493,871
Singles
Career record	204–308 (39.8%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 287 (26 August 2002)
Doubles
Career record	302–335 (47.4%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 54 (5 April 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005, 2010, 2011)
French Open	3R (2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2012)
US Open	2R (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	14–16
Last updated on: 7 May 2023.

Līga Dekmeijere (born 21 May 1983) is a Latvian tennis player.

She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 26 August 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 287. On 5 April 2010, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings.

Dekmeijere has won her only WTA tournament title at the 2008 Cachantún Cup, where she entered the doubles draw with Poland's Alicja Rosolska, defeating Mariya Koryttseva and Julia Schruff in the final.

Playing for the Latvia Fed Cup team, Dekmeijere has a win–loss record of 14–16.

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Australian Open	2R	1R			1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	3–8
French Open		2R			1R		2R	3R	2R	A	5–5
Wimbledon		1R			1R	1R		2R	1R	A	1–5
US Open	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	A	5–9
Win–loss	1–2	1–4	0–1	1–1	1–4	1–3	3–3	4–4	2–4	0–1	14–27

WTA career finals

Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 Premier / WTA 500 (0–1) International / WTA 250 (1–5)

Finals by surface Hard (0–4) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2005	Tournoi de Québec Canada	Tier III	Hard (i)	Ashley Harkleroad	Anastasia Rodionova Elena Vesnina	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2
Loss	0–2	Jan 2006	Canberra International, Australia	Tier IV	Hard	Claire Curran	Marta Domachowska Roberta Vinci	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	1–2	Feb 2008	Cachantún Cup, Chile	Tier III	Clay	Alicja Rosolska	Mariya Koryttseva Julia Schruff	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Jun 2008	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Tier III	Grass	Angelique Kerber	Marina Erakovic Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–4	Apr 2009	Family Circle Cup, U.S.	Premier	Clay	Patty Schnyder	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [11–9]
Loss	1–5	Jan 2011	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Kateryna Bondarenko	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–6	Aug 2012	Texas Tennis Open, U.S.	International	Hard	Irina Falconi	Marina Erakovic Heather Watson	6–3, 6–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2010	ITF Williamsburg, United States	10,000	Clay	Lauren Davis	0–6, 0–6

Doubles: 30 (20 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75/80,000 tournaments $50/60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (9–8) Clay (11–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1999	ITF Brussels, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Liudmila Nikoyan	Ségolène Berger Victoria Courmes	6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jul 2001	ITF Périgueux, France	10,000	Clay	Margit Rüütel	Kildine Chevalier Daniela Olivera	6–4, 6–1
Win	3–0	Jul 2001	ITF Casablanca, Morocco	10,000	Clay	Irina Kornienko	Chiaki Nakajima Ayako Suzuki	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–0	Nov 2001	ITF Le Havre, France	10,000	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	Daniela Olivera Natacha Randriantefy	6–4, 6–3
Win	5–0	Nov 2001	ITF Deauville, France	10,000	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	Yvonne Doyle Eva Erbová	6–1, 7–6(9–7)
Loss	5–1	Oct 2002	ITF Southampton, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Yvonne Doyle	Amanda Hopmans Dragana Zarić	2–6, 1–6
Win	6–1	May 2003	Fukuoka International, Japan	50,000	Carpet	Nana Smith	Saori Obata Rika Fujiwara	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win	7–1	Oct 2003	Open de Touraine, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Bianka Lamade	Leslie Butkiewicz Caroline Maes	6–1, 6–2
Win	8–1	Mar 2004	ITF Athens, Greece	25,000	Hard	Martina Müller	Zsófia Gubacsi Kira Nagy	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Win	9–1	May 2004	ITF Beijing, China	25,000	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Rui Du Liu Nannan	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win	10–1	May 2004	ITF Tongliao, China	25,000	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Anna Bastrikova Nina Bratchikova	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	10–2	Jun 2004	ITF Beijing, China	50,000	Hard (i)	İpek Şenoğlu	Chuang Chia-jung Wynne Prakusya	3–6, 1–6
Loss	10–3	Sep 2004	ITF Tunica, United States	25,000	Clay	Natallia Dziamidzenka	Tetiana Luzhanska Aneta Soukup	2–6, 1–6
Win	11–3	Oct 2004	ITF Pelham, United States	25,000	Clay	Natallia Dziamidzenka	Sarah Riske Aleke Tsoubanos	6–3, 6–1
Win	12–3	Nov 2004	ITF Tucson, United States	50,000	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Krysty Marcio Jessica Nguyen	6–4, 6–4
Win	13–3	Nov 2004	ITF Palm Beach Gardens, United States	50,000	Clay	Nana Smith	Kelly McCain Kaysie Smashey	6–3, 6–2
Win	14–3	Jun 2005	Open de Marseille, France	50,000	Clay	Caroline Dhenin	Maria Fernanda Alves Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–2, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	14–4	May 2006	ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	25,000	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Chuang Chia-jung Napaporn Tongsalee	6–4, 1–6, 0–6
Loss	14–5	May 2006	Beijing Challenger, China	50,000	Hard (i)	Nina Bratchikova	Chuang Chia-jung Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	14–6	Jun 2006	ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic	75,000	Clay	Alicja Rosolska	Jarmila Gajdošová Akiko Morigami	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	15–6	Sep 2006	ITF Tokyo, Japan	50,000	Hard	Ayami Takase	Yurika Sema Mari Tanaka	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	16–6	Oct 2006	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Veronika Chvojková	Katie O'Brien Margit Rüütel	6–4, 6–3
Loss	16–7	Jan 2007	ITF Waikoloa, United States	50,000	Hard	Julie Ditty	Natalie Grandin Raquel Kops-Jones	0–6, 3–6
Loss	16–8	Mar 2007	ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Story Tweedie-Yates	Chanelle Scheepers Robin Stephenson	2–6, 2–6
Loss	16–9	Jul 2007	ITF Boston, United States	50,000	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Melinda Czink Natalie Grandin	1–6, 3–6
Loss	16–10	Sep 2007	ITF Albuquerque, United States	75,000	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	Melinda Czink Angela Haynes	5–7, 4–6
Win	17–10	Sep 2008	ITF Ashland, United States	50,000	Hard	Jelena Pandžić	Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Win	18–10	Mar 2011	ITF Clearwater, United States	25,000	Hard	Kimberly Couts	Heidi El Tabakh Arina Rodionova	6–1, 6–4
Win	19–10	Apr 2011	ITF Pelham, United States	25,000	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Kimberly Couts Heidi El Tabakh	2–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Win	20–10	Mar 2022	ITF Naples, United States	15,000	Clay	Maria Kononova	Qavia Lopez Madison Sieg	6–7(0–7), 6–3, [19–17]

External links

• Līga Dekmeijere at the Women's Tennis Association
• Līga Dekmeijere at the International Tennis Federation
• Līga Dekmeijere at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Official website
• ESPN Profile