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Edina Gallovits (born December 10, 1984 in Timişoara, Romania) is a Romanian female tennis player of Hungarian descent. She is currently at her career high ranking of No. 54, a ranking achieved on April 28, 2008. She achieved her best Grand Slam performance at the 2007 French Open and 2008 Australian Open by making the second round. In juniors, she reached a career high of No. 7 and made the final of the prestigious Orange Bowl Championships, losing to Vera Zvonareva. In June 2007, she made a fantastic run to the final of the inaugural Barcelona KIA event. Ranked at No. 91 in the world, she beat Virginia Ruano Pascual in the first round 4–6 6–3 6–4, fifth seed Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–4 6–2, fourth seed Kaia Kanepi 6–4 7–5 and in the semifinals she prevailed over Virginie Razzano 6–3 6–4. However, her run came to an end courtesy of Meghann Shaughnessy who handily beat her 6–3 6–2 in the final.