Zuzana Kučová

Zuzana Kučová
Zuzana Kučová 2010
Nation:	Slovakia
Birthday:	June 26, 1982
Size:	170 cm
1st professional season:	1999
Resignation:	2013
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 418,032
singles
Career record:	328: 258
Career title:	0 WTA , 8 ITF
Highest ranking:	101 (June 7, 2010)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	104: 106
Career title:	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	175 (December 7, 2009)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Zuzana Kučová (born June 26, 1982 in Bratislava , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak tennis player .

Career

Kučová, who prefers clay courts, started tennis at the age of six. Her younger sister Kristína Kučová also became a professional tennis player.

Zuzana Kučová won eight singles and four doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit with various partners . She barely missed a place in the top 100 when she reached position 101 in the individual world rankings in June 2010 .

Starting in October 2011, she was sidelined for a year and a half because of a persistent tendon injury. As a result, she fell out of the ranking in both singles and doubles. At the WTA tournament in Stuttgart she made her comeback in April 2013, but did not get beyond qualification. At the French Open she defeated Julia Görges 7: 6, 6: 0 in round one , before she was eliminated in three sets by Virginie Razzano . It was her first victory in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament . After the greatest success of her professional career, she said goodbye to the women's tour.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 26, 2001	Algiers	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Mathilde Johansson	6: 3, 6: 3
2.	March 30, 2003	Rome Parioli	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Delia Sescioreanu	6: 3, 6: 7 5 , 6: 0
3.	December 16, 2007	Lagos	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Syna Kayser	6: 2, 6: 2
4th	October 26, 2008	Lagos	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Ágnes Szatmári	7: 6 5 , 4: 6, 6: 3
5.	October 18, 2009	Lagos	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Anna Gerasimou	6: 3, 7: 5
6th	October 25, 2009	Lagos	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Nina Bratchikova	6: 0, 7: 6 5
7th	April 25, 2010	Bari	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Zuzana Ondrášková	6: 4, 6: 2
8th.	October 23, 2010	Lagos	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Natalie Piquion	6: 2, 6: 0

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	March 25, 2001	Rome Parioli	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Iveta Benešová	Claudia Ivone Roberta Vinci	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
2.	September 2, 2001	Bad Saulgau	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Renata Kucerová	Gabriela Navrátilová Lenka Novotná	without a fight
3.	March 17, 2007	Cairo	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Kristína Kučová	Melissa Berry Michelle Gerards	6: 7 3 , 6: 4, 6: 3
4th	June 14, 2009	Zlín	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Kristína Kučová	Nikola Fraňková Carmen Klaschka	6: 3, 6: 4

Web links

Commons : Zuzana Kučová  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Zuzana Kučová (English)
• ITF profile of Zuzana Kučová (English)