Lina Stančiūtė


Lina Stančiūtė is a retired Lithuanian 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 number 197. On 15 May 2006, she peaked at number 138 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for Lithuania at the Fed Cup, Stančiūtė has a win–loss record of 37–31.

Personal life

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, Stančiūtė married Lithuanian professional Basketball player Martynas Gecevičius.

Career

Stančiūtė had a successful junior career, winning one ITF singles and doubles titles. Her career-high world ranking as a junior was world number 63, and she finished her junior career with a record of 72–49.
In 2003, she reached first ITF singles finals, winning in Italy. She also reached two ITF doubles finals. In 2004, she won the tournament Lafayette in United States endowed with $25,000 by beating Karolina Kosińska in three sets.
In July 2015, Stančiūtė announced her retirement from professional tennis.

ITF finals

Singles (4–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.17 August 2003Martina Franca, ItalyClay Darija Jurak6–3, 6–1
Winner2.10 October 2004Lafayette, United StatesClay Karolina Kosińska3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner3.23 July 2006Zwevegem, BelgiumClay Lenka Wienerová6–1, 6–2
Runner-up1.4 October 2008Helsinki, FinlandHard Margit Rüütel4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Winner4.18 June 2011Kharkiv, UkraineClay Sofia Shapatava6–2, 6–1

Doubles (3–4)

OutcomeNo.DateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.15 March 2003$25,000Kaunas, LithuaniaHard Aurelija Misevičiūtė Darya Kustova
Elena Tatarkova
1–6, 6–7
Runner-up2.21 June 2003$25,000Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandClay Claudia Kuleszka Mariya Koryttseva
Dimana Krastevitch
3–6, 2–6
Winner1.1 October 2005$25,000Porto, PortugalClay Simona Matei Kelly de Beer
Eva Pera
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner2.4 March 2006$25,000Clearwater, United StatesHard Kelly Liggan Natalie Grandin
Chanelle Scheepers
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up3.28 July 2006$50,000+HPétange, LuxembourgClay Claudine Schaul Erica Krauth
Frederica Piedade
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up4.17 June 2011$25,000Kharkiv, UkraineClay Melanie Klaffner Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Kateryna Kozlova
4–6, 3–6
Winner3.21 June 2013$25,000Ystad, SwedenClay Kristina Barrois Monique Adamczak
Pemra Özgen
6–4, 7–5