Marina Erakovic ( ; ; born 6 March 1988) is a retired tennis player from New Zealand. She achieved career-high rankings of 39 in singles and 25 in doubles, and won one singles title, at Memphis in February 2013, and eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Personal life Born in Split, Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia), Erakovic emigrated with her family to Auckland, New Zealand in 1994 at the age of 6. She attended St Thomas's Primary School and Glendowie College in Auckland. Junior career Erakovic and Monica Niculescu were the runners-up to Victoria Azarenka and Olga Govortsova in the 2004 Wimbledon girls' doubles, before Erakovic teamed with Michaëlla Krajicek to win the US Open title three months later, beating Niculescu and her Romanian teammate Mădălina Gojnea. Erakovic became the first player from New Zealand to win a Grand Slam title (singles or doubles) since James Greenhalgh and Steven Downs won the boys' doubles in 1993 at the French Open and Wimbledon. Erakovic then partnered Azarenka to an easy win in the 2005 Australian Open over Nikola Fraňková and Ágnes Szávay, and reunited with Niculescu to be runners-up at Wimbledon, defeated this time by Azarenka and Szávay. Professional career 2005–2007: New Zealand's No. 1 In 2005 and 2006, Erakovic won five ITF singles titles. She was a wildcard entry in the 2005 ASB Classic in Auckland where she lost in the second round. She lost in the second round of qualifying for the 2006 French Open. In 2007, she also lost in the second round of qualifying for the Australian Open, the first round of qualifying for the French Open, the first round of qualifying for Wimbledon, and the third round of qualifying for the US Open. She was a wildcard entry in the Auckland Open where she was defeated in the second round. At the end of 2007, aged 19, Erakovic became New Zealand number 1 and ranked No. 153 in the WTA rankings. 2008–2009: Climbing up to top 70; injury and fall out of top 200 In 2008, she received a wildcard into the Auckland Open where she beat world No. 67, American Ashley Harkleroad, in the second round and defeated the top seed Vera Zvonareva, in the quarterfinals. She lost in the semifinals to world No. 90, Aravane Rezaï. Erakovic was the first New Zealander to reach the quarterfinals at this WTA Tour event since Belinda