Renata Šašak

Renata Šašak
Full name	Renata Šašak-Ružir
Country (sports)	Yugoslavia
Born	14 June 1964 (age 60); Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Retired	1987
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$48,637
Singles
Career record	22–34
Highest ranking	No. 297 (15 March 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (1983)
French Open	2R (1983)
Wimbledon	Q3 (1983)
US Open	1R (1983)
Doubles
Career record	13–22
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 210 (21 December 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	2R (1984)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	13-12
Medal record
Mediterranean Games

Renata Šašak-Ružir (born 14 June 1964) is a former Yugoslavian professional tennis player.

Biography

Born in Zagreb, Šašak debuted for the Yugoslavia Federation Cup team in 1979. One of her Federation Cup doubles teammates was Mima Jaušovec, who Šašak teamed up with to win a gold medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games. She won a further gold medal four years in Casablanca at the 1983 Mediterranean Games, beating Laura Golarsa to win the women's singles.

Šašak competed in the main draw of both the French Open and US Open during her career. Her best performance came at the 1983 French Open, where she made it to the second round, then took fifth seed Pam Shriver to a third set before being eliminated.^[1] She was awarded the Croatian Sportswoman of the Year award from Sportske novosti in 1983.

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Šašak represented Yugoslavia in the women's singles event, for what was then a demonstration sport. She fell in the second round, after beating third seed Laura Arraya.^[2]

Šašak played Federation Cup tennis until 1987, in a total of 15 ties. This included Yugoslavia's run to the 1984 semi-finals, which they lost to eventual champions Czechoslovakia.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
$10,000 tournaments (0–2)

Finals by surface
Clay (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1984	ITF Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany	10,000	Clay	Isabelle Demongeot	6–7, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Jun 1986	ITF Rabac, Yugoslavia	10,000	Clay	Linda Ferrando	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–2)
$10,000 tournaments (3–2)

Finals by surface
Clay (3–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1982	ITF Bad Hersfeld, West Germany	10,000	Clay	Beatriz Villaverde	Nataša Piskáčková Dorota Dziekońska	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Mar 1983	ITF Taranto, Italy	10,000	Clay	Sabrina Goleš	Elizabeth Minter Bernadette Randall	5–7, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Apr 1983	ITF Bari, Italy	10,000	Clay	Sabrina Goleš	Elizabeth Minter Anne Minter	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Apr 1984	ITF Caserta, Italy	10,000	Clay	Larisa Neiland	Marie Pinterová Renáta Tomanová	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–2	Aug 1984	ITF Bad Hersfeld, West Germany	10,000	Clay	Beatriz Villaverde	Vicki Marler Miranda Yates	6–4, 7–6
Loss	3–3	Oct 1984	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Regina Maršíková	Alice Noháčová Regina Rajchrtová	2–6, 5–7
Loss	3–4	Sep 1986	ITF Zagreb, Yugoslavia	25,000	Clay	Karmen Škulj	Natalia Egorova Viktoria Milvidskaia	2–6, 3–6