Beatrix Bielik is an American former professional tennis

Tennis

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 player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 130, which she reached on August 25, 2003. In 2002 she won the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) women's tennis singles championships representing Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

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; subsequently Bielik was given a Wild Card into the Main Draw of the US Open. She entered the tournament ranked 1,102 in the world. In the first round she defeated world number 148 Renata Voráčová

Renata Vorácová

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 of the Czech Republic

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 in straight sets, 6-4 6-4, but the major upset came in the 2nd round, when she defeated comfortably Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn

Tamarine Tanasugarn

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, who was a top 30 player at the time, 6-4 6-2. She then lost in the 3rd round to world number 6 Justine Henin 7-5 6-1. She was named the 2002 female ACC Athlete of the Year

ACC Athlete of the Year

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 by the Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

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. In 2003, she failed to qualify for the French Open, but qualified for Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon

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's Main Draw, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova

Svetlana Kuznetsova

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 in the first round. She also lost in the first round of the US Open, this time to Patty Schnyder

Patty Schnyder

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Bielik's main weapon was her powerful serve, which happened to be a major cause of injuries.

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