Radka Zrubáková

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Radka Zrubáková Tennis player
Nation: SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia
Birthday: December 26, 1970
Size: 169 cm
1st professional season: 1986
Resignation: 1999
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 1,073,889
singles
Career record: 265: 205
Career title: 3 WTA , 2 ITF
Highest ranking: 22 (October 21 1991)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 164: 173
Career title: 2 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking: 38 (April 5 1993)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Radomira Radka Zrubáková (born December 26, 1970 in Bratislava ) is a former Slovak tennis player .

Career

The right-hander won three singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour between 1986 and 1999 . At ITF level, she finished a tournament twice in singles and five times as the winner. She achieved her best result in Grand Slam tournaments in 1988 at the Australian Open and in 1991 at the US Open , when she was able to advance to the round of 16. Between 1987 and 1997 she took part in eleven French Open and the US Open. In Wimbledon and the Australian Open, she started nine and eight times respectively during this period.

For the Slovak Fed Cup team , she played 27 games from 1988 to 2007. In this team competition, Zrubáková achieved 15 wins out of three defeats in singles, four wins in doubles and five defeats. She also took part in the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 and in Atlanta in 1996 for Slovakia. In 1996 she reached the second round in singles, in which she was defeated by Conchita Martínez . In doubles she failed in 1996 at the side of Karina Habšudová and in 1992 in the individual competition in the first round.

Zrubáková reached her highest position in the tennis world rankings on October 21, 1991 with 22nd place in the singles. In the double ranking she was listed on April 5, 1993 in 38th place. In her professional career, she earned a total of 1,073,889 US dollars in prize money.

successes

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. July 23, 1989 BelgiumBelgium Brussels WTA Tier V sand ArgentinaArgentina Mercedes Paz 7: 6 6 , 6: 4
2. May 26, 1991 FranceFrance Strasbourg WTA Tier IV sand AustraliaAustralia Rachel McQuillan 7: 6 3 , 7: 6 3
3. February 26, 1992 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Prague WTA Tier V sand CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Kateřina Kroupová 6: 3, 7: 5

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. September 16, 1990 AustriaAustria Kitzbühel WTA Tier IV sand CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Petra Langrová ItalyItaly Sandra Cecchini Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
6-0, 6-4
2. September 22, 1991 FranceFrance Paris WTA Tier IV sand CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Petra Langrová FranceFrance Alexia Dechaume Julie Halard
FranceFrance 
6: 4, 6: 4

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