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Tathiana Garbin

Tathiana Garbin is one of the finest tennis players with an international repute and recognition as all time great professional. Tennis is an outdoor sport which can be played between two players or four players. Players utilize a stringed racquet to hit a rubber ball, hollow inside covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. In some places tennis is referred to as lawn tennis. This game started in England and was the most popular amongst the upper class of society. Presently tennis is an Olympic sport, as well as, it is played in various tournaments including the four Grand Slams in many countries.

There are three different court surfaces it is played on namely, clay court, grass court and hardcourt. Depending on the surface, each one provides a different movement of speed and bounce for the ball, which in turn affects the level of play of individual players. Tathiana Garbin was born on June 30, 1977 in the Mestre suburb at Italy. She listed a height of 5 feet 7 inches, with a weight of 150 pounds and played with a right-handed style. She acquired the best ranked position on October 9, 2000 at the world number 38th position.

Garbin posted a win loss record in the singles with a 311-239 mark and win loss record in doubles with a 198-180 mark. Tathiana started playing tennis at age of 3 years. Nicknamed as Tax, her most memorable experience came by her perseverance and admires tennis players Andre Agassi and Jennifer Capriati for her big comeback. Her other sports interests include soccer and beach volleyball.

Tathiana played in 1993 and made a debut appearance through ITF, International Tennis Federation Circuit at Capua. In 1994, she went on to compile 2-4 mark on ITF Circuit and advanced to reach the semifinals at Orbetello in 1995. She posted a win in the 1996 season at the singles and doubles titles at Catania and turned as a professional on October 4.

In 1999, she compiled the Grand Slam debut at Australian Open, reached first Tour quarterfinals at Bogota, won two ITF Circuit singles titles and broke into Top 50 positions. She also won the 1993 Italian Championships title under 16s and 1997 Mediterranean Games. She is a potential player with favorite surfaces of clay and rebound ace hard courts.

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