Liina Suurvarik (born 16 October 1980) is an Estonian former professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player. Suurvarik has career-high WTA rankings of 576 in singles, achieved on 4 October 1999, and 351 in doubles, set on 4 October 1999. Playing for

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at the

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, Laupa has a win–loss record of 18–13. Born and raised in

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, Suurvarik studied at

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in the United States. Where she played tennis on the college team of the university. She played tennis on the

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college team.

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

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* * * 1980 births Living people Estonian female tennis players Tennis players from Tallinn Illinois State Redbirds women's tennis players Estonian expatriate tennis players in the United States {{Estonia-tennis-bio-stub