Eirini Georgatou ( el, Ειρήνη Γεωργάτου; born 1 February 1990) is a

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former tennis player. On 16 May 2011, she reached her career-high singles ranking of 176. Her highest doubles ranking of 171 she achieved on 31 January 2011. Most of her success came in tournaments in Greece, Israel, Turkey, and Uzbekistan. In September 2010, she qualified for her first

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event, in

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, Uzbekistan. She won three qualifying matches in straight sets, and then lost to second-seeded and hometown favorite

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in the first round of the main draw. She played doubles with Russian partner

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, and they reached the quarterfinals before falling 9–11 in the third set super tiebreaker to fourth-seeded

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of Russia and

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of France.

Fed Cup

In February 2011, she represented

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in Group One Euro/African Zone of the fed cup which took place in Eilat, Israel. In the round-robin stage on 2 February 2011, she won over

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from Croatia (2–6, 6–1, 6–4), and with the Greek

Eleni Daniilidou Eleni Daniilidou ( el, Ελένη Δανιηλίδου; ; born 19 September 1982) is a Greek former tennis player from the island of Crete. She is considered one of the best Greek tennis players of the Open Era, winning five singles titles and t ...

, she beat

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and Silvia Njiric in the doubles, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2, and completed 3–0 win of Greece over Croatia. On 3 February 2011 she lost to

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(6–4, 3–6, 3–6), and lost with

Despina Papamichail Despina Papamichail ( el, Δέσποινα Παπαμιχαήλ; born in Preveza, 9 February 1993) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, reached on 20 June 2022. Her highest doubles rankin ...

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and

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whom represented Austria. On 4 February 2011, she lost to

Olga Govortsova Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( be, Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranki ...

2–6, 3–6. In the relegation round against Denmark, on 5 February 2011, she defeated

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6–1, 7–6⁽²⁾ in singles, and in the doubles with

, she defeated Danish double

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and

Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is a Danish former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in singles for a total of 71 weeks, including at the end of 2010 and 2011. She achieved the top ranking for the first time on 11 ...

, 6–2, 7–5. This win made sure Greece will stay in Group 1 of the Fed cup.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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