Zuzana Kučová

Zuzana Kučová

File:Zuzana Kučová.jpg Kučová at the 2010 Open GDF Suez
Full name	Zuzana Kučová
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Bratislava, Slovakia
Born	(1982-06-26) 26 June 1982 Bratislava, Slovakia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$418,032
Singles
Career record	328–258
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	101 (7 June 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2010)
French Open	2R (2013)
Wimbledon	1R (2010)
US Open	1R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	104–106
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	175 (7 December 2009)

Zuzana Kučová (born 26 June 1982 in Bratislava) is a Slovakian former professional tennis player.

Kučová won eight singles and four doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 7 June 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 101. On 7 December 2009, she peaked at world number 175 in the doubles rankings. Her favourite surface is clay. She is the sister of Kristína Kučová.

Career

Kučová qualified for the 2004 French Open, and drew 10th seed Vera Zvonareva in the first round of the clay court tournament. She struggled to find a way past the Russian and was beaten in straight sets.

In 2008, Kučová competed at the 2008 GDF SUEZ Grand Prix in Budapest, Hungary. She knocked young Swiss player Timea Bacsinszky out of the tournament in the opening round, but failed to defeat hometown favourite Gréta Arn in the second, bowing out in straight sets.

Kučová qualified for her second grand slam, the 2010 Australian Open, by beating German Julia Schruff in the third round of qualifying. Kučová drew Argentine Gisela Dulko in the opening round, and after a first set shocker that lasted just 18 minutes, Kučová fought back, but was ultimately knocked out in three sets. Following 18 months absent from the tennis court, Kučová qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw appearance in three years at the 2013 French Open. There, she caused a huge upset by defeating 24th seed Julia Görges in straight sets. In the second round, she lost to Virginie Razzano in three sets. Her last professional tournament was at the 2013 French Open.

Singles 24 (8-16)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	4 September 2000	Zadar	Clay	Daniela Casanova	4-6 1-6
Runner–up	2.	2 October 2000	Cairo	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	4–1, 4–2, 1–4, 4–5(4), 3–5
Winner	3.	24 June 2001	Algiers	Clay	Mathilde Johansson	6–3, 6–3
Runner–up	4.	24 July 2001	Horb am Neckar	Clay	Lenka Novotna	5-7, 4-6
Runner–up	5.	27 Aug 2001	Bad Saulgau	Clay	Lisa Fritz	1-6, 0-6
Runner–up	6.	September 24, 2001	Verona	Clay	Angelika Roesch	4-6, 0-6
Runner–up	7.	2 June 2002	Mostar	Clay	Sybille Bammer	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Runner–up	8.	8 July 2002	Darmstadt	Clay	Sandra Klösel	4–6 6–7(3–7)
Winner	9.	24 Mar 2003	Rome	Clay	Delia Sescioreanu	6-3 6-7 (5) 6-0
Runner–up	10.	13 September 2004	Sofia	Clay	Virag Nemeth	1-5 RET
Runner–up	11.	29 May 2005	Campobasso	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	7-5 1-6 5-7
Runner–up	12.	9 April 2006	Athens	Clay	Aurélie Védy	2-6 7-5 3-6
Winner	13.	15 December 2007	Lagos	Hard	Syna Kayser	6-2 6-2
Runner–up	14.	22 December 2007	Lagos	Hard	Chanelle Scheepers	2-6 0-6
Winner	15.	25 October 2008	Lagos	Hard	Agnes Szatmari	7-6(5) 4-6 6-3
Runner–up	16.	8 June 2009	Zlín	Clay	Polona Hercog	3-6 1-6
Runner–up	17.	13 July 2009	Darmstadt	Clay	Sarah Gronert	1-6 1-6
Runner–up	18.	10 October 2009	Jounieh	Clay	Alexandra Dulgheru	6-3 3-6 4-6
Winner	19.	16 October 2009	Lagos	Hard	Anna Gerasimou	6-3 7-5
Winner	20.	24 October 2009	Lagos	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	6-0 7-6(5)
Runner–up	21.	3 April 2010	Monzón	Hard	Anastasiya Yakimova	4-6 6-4 3-6
Winner	22.	24 April 2010	Bari	Clay	Zuzana Ondrášková	6-4 6-2
Winner	23.	23 October 2010	Lagos	Hard	Natalie Piquion	6-2 6-0
Runner–up	24.	30 October 2010	Lagos	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	5-7 1-6

Doubles 8 (4-4)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	31 July 2000	Bucharest	Clay	Dominika Luzarova	Liana Ungur Edina Gallovits-Hall	5-7 0-4 RET
Runner–up	2.	15 October 2000	Cairo	Clay	Barbora Blahutiakova	Sandra Klemenschits Daniela Klemenschits	0-4 0-4
Winner	3.	25 Mar 2001	Rome	Clay	Iveta Benesova	Claudia Ivone Roberta Vinci	4-6 6-4 6-4
Runner–up	4.	29 July 2001	Horb	Clay	Martina Strussova	Annette Kolb Ivana Zupa	6-7(0) 2-6
Winner	5.	2 September 2001	Saulgau	Clay	Renata Kucerova	Gabriela Chmelinova Lenka Novotna	W/O
Runner–up	6.	22 Jan 2006	Fort Walton Beach	Hard	Chanelle Scheepers	Maureen Drake Vladimira Uhlirova	6-2 4-6 5-7
Winner	7.	17 Mar 2007	Cairo	Clay	Kristina Kucova	Melissa Berry Michelle Gerards	6-7 (3) 6-4 6-3
Winner	8.	14 June 2009	Zlin	Clay	Kristina Kucova	Nikola Frankova Carmen Klaschka	6-3 6-4

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	Q2	1R	Q3	A	A	6–6
French Open	A	Q2	1R	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q3	Q1	A	2R	10–7
Wimbledon	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	1R	Q3	A	A	3–6
US Open	Q3	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	Q1	A	A	6–7

External links

• Zuzana Kučová at the Women's Tennis Association
• Zuzana Kučová at CoreTennis.net