Karina Habšudová

Karina Habšudová
Nation:	Slovakia
Birthday:	2nd August 1973
Size:	170 cm
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 1,878,228
singles
Career record:	304: 226
Career title:	1 WTA , 6 ITF
Highest ranking:	10 (February 10 1997)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	155: 171
Career title:	7 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	32 (May 28, 2001)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Karina Habšudová (born August 2, 1973 in Bojnice ) is a former Slovak tennis player .

Career

Habšudová started playing tennis at the age of ten. As a junior she was at the top of the world rankings for some time, in 1991 she won the title at the US Open .

In her professional career she won a total of one single and seven double titles on the WTA Tour . There were also tournament victories in ITF tournaments, six in singles and two in doubles.

In 1998 she won the Hopman Cup for Slovakia together with Karol Kučera .

She won 26 of her 40 games for the Slovak Fed Cup team , 18 of them in singles.

Personal

Habšudová worked as a sports journalist for several years after her professional career. She later took care of her two daughters as a housewife. Today she bears the family name Cíleková .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 11, 1999	Pörtschach	WTA Tier IVb	sand	Silvija Talaja	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	September 14, 1996	Carlsbad	WTA Tier IV	sand	Helena Suková	Eva Martincová Elena Pampoulova	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
2.	July 19, 1997	Prague	WTA Tier IV	sand	Ruxandra Dragomir	Eva Martincová Helena Vildová	6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 2
3.	July 11, 1998	Prague	WTA Tier III	sand	Silvia Farina	Květa Hrdličková Michaela Paštiková	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
5.	July 18, 1998	Warsaw	WTA Tier III	sand	Olga Lugina	Liezel Huber Karin Kschwendt	7: 6, 7: 5
6th	July 10, 1999	Pörtschach	WTA Tier IVb	sand	Silvia Farina	Olga Lugina Laura Montalvo	6: 4, 6: 4
7th	October 28, 2000	Bratislava	WTA Tier IVb	Hard court (hall)	Daniela Hantuchová	Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch	without a fight

Web links

• WTA profile of Karina Habšudová (English)
• ITF profile of Karina Habšudová (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Karina Habšudová (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karin Habšudová: Z kolotoča tenisovej hviezdy mi nič nechýba at zena.sme.sk, February 8, 2007 (accessed April 23, 2012)