Kristína Kučová

Kristína Kučová
Kristína Kučová at Wimbledon in 2019
Nation:	Slovakia
Birthday:	May 23, 1990
Size:	163 cm
Weight:	59 kg
1st professional season:	2007
Playing hand:	Right, forehand and backhand with both hands
Prize money:	$ 1,158,226
singles
Career record:	369: 288
Career title:	0 WTA , 11 ITF
Highest ranking:	71 (September 12, 2016)
Current placement:	168
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	58:66
Career title:	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking:	168 (October 5, 2009)
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Kristína Kučová (born May 23, 1990 in Bratislava , Czechoslovakia ) is a Slovak tennis player . Her older sister Zuzana , with whom she won two ITF titles in 2007 and 2009, ended her professional career in 2013.

Career

Kristína Kučová started playing tennis at the age of six; according to the WTA , her favorite surface is the hard court. At the beginning of 2007 she became a professional player.

So far she has won 11 singles and five doubles titles at ITF tournaments. She narrowly missed the top 100 in the WTA world rankings when she reached 103rd place on August 3, 2009, her best position for a long time; In September 2016, she achieved her previous record with 71st place.

In 2008 she first appeared for the Slovak Fed Cup team ; she won her individual game in a 5-0 victory over Uzbekistan. In contrast, in the 3-2 victory over China in 2010, she lost singles and doubles. There have now been three more Fed Cup defeats.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 21, 2007	Michalovce	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Katarzyna Piter	2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
2.	July 8, 2012	Denaim	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Michaela Hončová	6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 2
3.	June 24, 2012	Alkmaar	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Janina Toljan	6: 3, 6: 4
4th	22. July 2013	Les Contamines-Montjoie	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Clothilde de Bernardi	7: 5, 6: 7 3 , 6: 3
5.	18th August 2013	Craiova	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Alberta Brianti	7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 4
6th	July 27, 2014	Sobota, Rokietnica	ITF $ 50,000 + H	sand	Sesil Karatancheva	1: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
7th	August 31, 2014	Fleurus	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Yevgenia Rodina	6: 3, 6: 4
8th.	February 28, 2015	Beinasco	ITF $ 25,000	Sand (hall)	Barbora Krejčíková	6: 4, 7: 6 3
9.	5th July 2015	Toruń	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
10.	September 26, 2015	Butscha	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Alexandra Cadanțu	4: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 0
11.	April 21, 2019	Dothan	ITF $ 80,000	sand	Lauren Davis	3: 6, 7: 6 9 , 6: 2

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	March 17, 2007	Cairo	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Zuzana Kučová	Melissa Berry Michelle Gerards	6: 7 3 , 6: 4, 6: 3
2.	May 20, 2007	Michalovce	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Klaudia Boczová	Olga Brózda Justyna Jegiołka	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 3
3.	May 24, 2008	Galați	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Valentina Sulpizio	Alexandra Cadanțu Antonia-Xenia Tout	6-0, 6-2
4th	June 13, 2009	Zlin	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Zuzana Kučová	Nikola Fraňková Carmen Klaschka	6: 3, 6: 4
5.	20th September 2015	Saint Malo	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Anastasija Sevastova	Marija Marfutina Natalja Wichljanzewa	6: 7 1 , 6: 3, [10: 5]

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	1	-	Q	-	Q	Q	Q	2	1	-	1: 2	2
French Open	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	Q	1	1	2	1: 3	2
Wimbledon	2	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	Q	2	-	-	2: 2	2
US Open	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	1	-	-	-	0: 1	1

Web links

Commons : Kristína Kučová  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Kristína Kučová (English)
• ITF profile of Kristína Kučová (English)
• Fed Cup statistics from Kristína Kučová (English)