Lina Stančiūtė

Stančiūtė at the 2009 Warsaw Open
Country (sports)	Lithuania
Born	(1986-02-07) 7 February 1986 (age 38) Vilnius, Lithuania
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$150,736
Singles
Career record	297–220
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 197 (28 September 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2009)
US Open	Q2 (2009)
Doubles
Career record	81–96
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 138 (15 May 2006)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	37–31

Lina Stančiūtė (born 7 February 1986) is a Lithuanian former tennis player.

In her career, she won four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 28 September 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 197. On 15 May 2006, she peaked at No. 138 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Lithuania Fed Cup team, Stančiūtė has a win–loss record of 37–31.

Lina Stančiūtė was born on 7 February 1986 in Vilnius, Lithuania. She started playing tennis at age eight, her favourite surface is clay. In June 2016, she married Lithuanian professional Basketball player Martynas Gecevičius.^[1]

Stančiūtė had a successful junior career, winning one singles and one doubles ITF Circuit title. Her career-high ranking as a junior was world No. 63, and she finished her junior career with a record of 72–49.

In 2003, she reached her first ITF singles final, winning in Italy. She also reached two ITF doubles finals. In 2004, she won the tournament in Lafayette, United States, endowed with $25k, by beating Karolina Kosińska in three sets.

In July 2015, Stančiūtė announced her retirement from professional tennis.^[2]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	17 August 2003	Martina Franca, Italy	Clay	Darija Jurak	6–3, 6–1
Win	2.	10 October 2004	Lafayette, United States	Clay	Karolina Kosińska	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	3.	23 July 2006	Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Lenka Wienerová	6–1, 6–2
Loss	4.	4 October 2008	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Margit Rüütel	4–6, 7–6(4), 6–7(7)
Win	5.	18 June 2011	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Sofia Shapatava	6–2, 6–1

Result	No.	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	15 March 2003	25,000	Kaunas, Lithuania	Hard (i)	Aurelija Misevičiūtė	Darya Kustova Elena Tatarkova	1–6, 6–7(8)
Loss	2.	21 June 2003	25,000	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Claudia Kuleszka	Mariya Koryttseva Dimana Krastevitch	3–6, 2–6
Win	1.	1 October 2005	25,000	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Simona Matei	Kelly de Beer Eva Pera	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	4 March 2006	25,000	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Kelly Liggan	Natalie Grandin Chanelle Scheepers	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3.	28 July 2006	50,000+H	Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Claudine Schaul	Erica Krauth Frederica Piedade	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	17 June 2011	25,000	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	4–6, 3–6
Win	3.	21 June 2013	25,000	Ystad, Sweden	Clay	Kristina Barrois	Monique Adamczak Pemra Özgen	6–4, 7–5

• Lina Stančiūtė at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lina Stančiūtė at the International Tennis Federation
• Lina Stančiūtė at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)

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