Klára Koukalová

Klára Koukalová

Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic
Height	5' 5 1/4" (1.66 m)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Prize money	$834,690
Singles
Career record	230-189
Career titles	2 WTA 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 27 (March 6, 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3r (2003)
French Open	2r (2004, 2005)
Wimbledon	2r (2004)
US Open	1r (2003-06)
Doubles
Career record	6-31
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 193 (February 4, 2002)
Last updated on: February 4, 2007.

Klára Zakopalová (nee Koukalová) (born on February 24, 1982 in Prague), Czech Republic is a Czech professional female tennis player. She was born and still lives in Prague, the capital.

Career

In her career Zakopalová has reached eight singles finals and won two, in 2005 on the grass of Rosmalen (Netherlands) and in September of that year on the hard courts of Portorož (Slovenia).

In January 2006 she played a comeback player Martina Hingis, at the WTA Tournament in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, whom she lost to in the second round of the tournament.

Zakopalová was seeded No.29 at the 2006 Australian Open tennis tournament but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Bychkova of Russia. Klara has not had a successful year in singles or doubles, with over ten first-round losses in singles and not a single victory in doubles. Many people are confused as to why she has yet to regain the form that took her to no. 27 in the world in March of 2006.

She is married to Jan Zakopal, a Czech football player.

WTA Tour titles (2)

Singles (2)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (1)

Tier IV (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	June 18, 2005	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Lucie Šafářová	3-6, 6-2, 6-2
2.	25 September, 2005	Portoroz, Slovenia	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	6-2, 4-6, 6-3

Singles finalist (6)

• 2001: Antwerp (lost to Barbara Rittner) 3-6 2-6
• 2002: Casablanca (lost to Patricia Wartusch) 7-5 3-6 3-6
• 2003: Sopot (lost to Anna Smashnova) 2-6 0-6
• 2004: 's-Hertogenbosch (lost to Mary Pierce) 6-7⁶ 2-6
• 2004: Sopot (Lost to Flavia Pennetta) 5-7 6-3 3-6
• 2005: Palermo (lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues) 4-6 0-6

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open, which ended on February 4, 2007.

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	3-5
French Open	1R	2R	2R	1R		2-4
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	1R		1-4
U.S. Open	1R	1R	1R	1R		0-4
Grand Slam Win-Loss	2-4	2-4	2-4	0-4	0-1	6-17
Tournaments Won	0	0	2	0		2
Year End Ranking	62	46	36	125		N/A

External links

• Klára Zakopalová at the Women's Tennis Association