Klára Koukalová

Klára Koukalová
2014 at the Nuremberg Insurance Cup
Nation:	Czech Republic
Birthday:	February 24, 1982
Size:	166 cm
1st professional season:	1999
Resignation:	2016
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 4,084,344
singles
Career record:	510: 434
Career title:	3 WTA , 7 ITF
Highest ranking:	20 (April 15, 2013)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	105: 147
Career title:	4 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	31 (May 19, 2014)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Klára Koukalová (born February 24, 1982 in Prague , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech tennis player .

Career

In 2001 she reached the final of a WTA tournament in Antwerp for the first time, and in 2005 she won her first two WTA titles in singles. There are also seven individual titles on the ITF Women's Circuit . In 2006, Koukalová was the fourth Czech player to make it into the top 50 alongside Nicole Vaidišová , Lucie Šafářová and Iveta Benešová .

In the Fed Cup game against Thailand in 2006, she became a celebrated person when she paved the way for the Czech Republic to rise to the world group with her win (6: 2, 7: 6) over Montinee Thangpong .

In June 2011 she succeeded in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, where she had celebrated her first individual title exactly six years earlier to the day, with Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová her first WTA success in doubles.

In 2012, Koukalová achieved her best result at the French Open , when she was able to advance to the round of 16, in which she had to admit defeat to Maria Sharapova 4-6, 7-6, 2-6 after more than three hours . At the grass tournament in Eastbourne she reached the semifinals, in which she was defeated by Angelique Kerber with 0: 6 and 3: 6. In Wimbledon she reached the third round with victories over Dominika Cibulková and Wolha Hawarzowa , in which she received a clear two-set defeat against Francesca Schiavone .

At the Olympic Games in London, she met Schiavone again in the first round, to whom she lost again, this time in three sets. In Seoul she made it to the quarter-finals in 2012 and was eliminated from Caroline Wozniacki in two straight sets.

At the beginning of 2013 she was in the final in Shenzhen , where she had to admit defeat to Li Na in three sets. After reaching the round of 16 in Hobart, Doha, Indian Wells and Miami, she climbed to 20th place in the WTA world rankings . In July, she won her second title at a WTA in Båstad alongside Anabel Medina Garrigues in doubles -Competition. In singles, she was eliminated there in the semifinals against Serena Williams .

In Brazil, Koukalová won another individual title on the WTA Tour in March 2014 after almost eight and a half years, it was her third and last. The week before, she had already been in the final of the WTA clay court tournament Rio Open , but lost to Kurumi Nara in three sets. In April, after taking part in the final in Katowice at the side of Monica Niculescu , with whom she had already won two WTA tournaments in January 2014, she achieved a new personal best in the double ranking with 34th place, which she was still around in May 2014 could improve three positions.

In 2012 and 2013 - still as Klára Zakopalová - and in 2014 she became German team champion with the TC Blau-Weiss Bocholt .

In September 2016, she ended her tennis career.

Personal

From 2006 to 2010 Klára Koukalová was married to the Czech professional footballer Jan Zakopal. She took on his name with the marriage and was now called Klára Zakopalová. From March 2014 she used her maiden name again.

successes

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 18, 2005	's-Hertogenbosch	WTA Tier III	race	Lucie Šafářová	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
2.	September 25, 2005	Portorož	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Katarina Srebotnik	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
3.	March 2, 2014	Florianópolis	WTA International	Hard court	Garbiñe Muguruza	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 0

Final participation

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Tournament winner	Result
1.	May 19, 2001	Antwerp	WTA Tier V	sand	Barbara Rittner	3: 6, 2: 6
2.	July 14, 2002	Casablanca	WTA Tier V	sand	Patricia Wartusch	7: 5, 3: 6, 3: 6
3.	August 2, 2003	Sopot	WTA Tier III	sand	Anna Smaschnowa	2: 6, 0: 6
4th	June 19, 2004	's-Hertogenbosch	WTA Tier III	race	Mary Pierce	6: 7, 2: 6
5.	August 14, 2004	Sopot	WTA Tier III	sand	Flavia Pennetta	5: 7, 6: 3, 3: 6
6th	July 24, 2005	Palermo	WTA Tier IV	sand	Anabel Medina Garrigues	4: 6, 0: 6
7th	February 17, 2008	Viña del Mar	WTA Tier III	sand	Flavia Pennetta	4: 6, 4: 5 problem
8th.	August 8, 2010	Copenhagen	WTA International	Hard court (hall)	Caroline Wozniacki	2: 6, 6: 7 5
9.	September 26, 2010	Seoul	WTA International	Hard court	Alissa Kleibanova	1: 6, 3: 6
10.	5th January 2013	Shenzhen	WTA International	Hard court	Li Na	3: 6, 6: 1, 5: 7
11.	January 11, 2014	Hobart	WTA International	Hard court	Garbiñe Muguruza	4: 6, 0: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	June 18, 2011	's-Hertogenbosch	WTA International	race	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Dominika Cibulková Flavia Pennetta	1: 6, 6: 4, [10: 7]
2.	July 21, 2013	Båstad	WTA International	sand	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Alexandra Dulgheru Flavia Pennetta	6: 1, 6: 4
3.	4th January 2014	Shenzhen	WTA International	Hard court	Monica Niculescu	Lyudmyla Kitschenok Nadija Kitschenok	6: 3, 6: 4
4th	January 11, 2014	Hobart	WTA International	Hard court	Monica Niculescu	Lisa Raymond Zhang Shuai	6: 2, 6: 7 5 , [10: 8]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Tournament winners	Result
1.	July 17, 2011	Palermo	WTA International	sand	Andrea Hlaváčková	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	5: 7, 1: 6
2.	June 22, 2013	Eastbourne	WTA Premier	race	Monica Niculescu	Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik	3: 6, 3: 6
3.	April 13, 2014	Katowice	WTA International	Hard court (hall)	Monica Niculescu	Julija Bejhelsymer Olha Savchuk	4: 6, 7: 5, [7:10]

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	6:14	3
French Open	1	2	2	1	-	2	1	2	1	AF	1	1	1	Q3	7:12	AF
Wimbledon	1	2	1	1	-	1	1	AF	3	3	3	2	1	Q1	11:12	AF
US Open	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	0:12	1

Double

competition	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	1	-	2	1	-	2	1	1	2	1	3: 8	2
French Open	1	1	-	1	-	1	2	AF	1	2	-	4: 8	AF
Wimbledon	1	1	1	1	-	2	2	1	1	2	1	3:10	2
US Open	1	1	1	1	-	2	1	2	1	AF	1	4:10	AF

Web links

Commons : Klára Koukalová  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Klára Koukalová (English)
• ITF profile of Klára Koukalová (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Klára Koukalová (English)
• Klára Koukalová in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ for this club she played in the German Bundesliga since 2005 ; after his withdrawal for financial reasons, she moved to Regensburg for the Eckert Tennis Team for the 2015 season
2. ↑ Tenistka Zakopalová a explzeňský fotbalista: rozvod! , published February 12, 2014 (Czech)
3. ↑ Ze Zakopalové bude opet Koukalová. Třetí titul neoslavila, v letadle usnula , published March 3, 2014 (Czech)