Nikola Hofmanova
Nikola Hofmanova 
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| Nickname: | Niki |
| Nation: |
 Austria
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| Birthday: | 3rd February 1991 |
| Size: | 178 cm |
| 1st professional season: | 2007 |
| Playing hand: | Right, two-handed backhand |
| Trainer: | Martin Hofman |
| Prize money: | $ 103,100 |
| singles | |
| Career record: | 114: 114 |
| Career title: | 0 WTA , 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking: | 161 (April 12, 2010) |
| Double | |
| Career record: | 40:48 |
| Career title: | 0 WTA, 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking: | 223 (July 18, 2011) |
| Current placement: | 999 |
| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |
Nikola "Niki" Hofmanova (born February 3, 1991 in Chomutov , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Austrian tennis player with Czech roots.
life and career
Her family moved to Hornstein in Burgenland . Hofmanova has been playing tennis since the age of three. Along with Tamira Paszek, she was considered a great young talent in Austrian tennis. From 2003 to 2010 she was trained by Jan Kukal , most recently her father Martin Hofman coached her.
Until mid-2008 Hofmanova mainly competed in youth tournaments. Her greatest successes there were winning the Orange Bowl in 2006 and the ITF Bangkok Metropolitan in 2007. In 2007 she was number 4 in the ITF's U18 world rankings.
On the ladies tour she won the 2008 Future tournament at UTC LaVille in Vienna and reached the final at the Challenger tournament in Qarshi . 2009 was her most successful year on the tour. She won the $ 50,000 Challenger tournament in Fukuoka and made it to the finals of the tournaments in Nagano and Bukhara . She also became Austrian indoor champion in singles. Her greatest success in 2010 was again reaching the finals at the $ 50,000 Challenger tournament in Fukuoka.
In 2006 and 2009 she played a total of four games for the Austrian Fed Cup team .
She did not appear on the tour between June 2012 and July 2014. In 2013 she was no longer listed in the world rankings , at the end of 2014 she was in individual position 1243.
In the summer of 2015 Hofmanova played three ITF tournaments in Austria; but since the end of August 2015 she has not started the women's tour again.
Tournament victories
singles
| No. | date | competition | category | Topping | Final opponent | Result |
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| 1 | August 9, 2008 |
Vienna
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ITF $ 10,000 | sand |
 Nikola Vajdova
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6: 3, 6: 1 |
| 2 | May 10, 2009 |
 Fukuoka
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ITF $ 50,000 | carpet |
 Chang Kai-chen
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6: 3, 6: 2 |
| 3 | May 7, 2011 |
 Bukhara
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ITF $ 25,000 | Hard court |
 Marta Sirotkina
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6: 4, 7: 5 |
Double
| No. | date | competition | category | Topping | Partner | Final opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 26, 2007 |
Vienna
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ITF $ 10,000 | sand |
 Teliana Pereira
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Katarina Poljakova Zuzana Zlochová
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7: 6 1 , 6: 3 |
| 2 | March 29, 2008 |
 Athens
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ITF $ 10,000 | Hard court |
 Vivienne Vierin
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Raffaella Bindi Biljana Pavlova-Dimitrova
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5: 7, 7: 5, [10: 7] |
World ranking positions at the end of the season
| year | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singles | 597 | 406 | 187 | 257 | 286 | 445 | - | 1243 | - | - |
| Double | 743 | 673 | 425 | 314 | 281 | 1188 | - | - | 1011 | - |
Web links
- WTA profile Nikola Hofmanova (English)
- ITF profile Nikola Hofmanova (English)
- Fed Cup stats by Nikola Hofmanova (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hofmanova, Nikola |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hofmanova, Niki (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd February 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chomutov , Czechoslovakia |