Zuzana Kučová

Zuzana Kučová (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈzuzana ˈkutʂɔʋaː]; born 26 June 1982) is a former Slovak tennis player.

Zuzana Kučová

Kučová at the 2010 Open GDF Suez
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Bratislava
Born	(1982-06-26) 26 June 1982 (age 43) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
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	No. 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	No. 175 (7 December 2009)

She won eight singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 June 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 101. In December 2009, she peaked at No. 175 in the WTA doubles rankings. She is the sister of Kristína Kučová, also professional tennis player.

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.^[1] 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 championship, the 2010 Australian Open, by beating Julia Schruff in the third round of qualifying. She drew Gisela Dulko in the opening round, and after a first set shocker that lasted just 18 minutes,^[2] 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.

Personal life

Kučová's younger sister Kristína is also a tennis player.

ITF finals

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

Singles: 24 (8–16)

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 September 2000	ITF Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Myriam Casanova	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	8 October 2000	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	4–1, 4–2, 1–4, 4–5(4), 3–5
Winner	1.	24 June 2001	ITF Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Mathilde Johansson	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	29 July 2001	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Lenka Novotná	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	2 September 2001	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Lisa Fritz	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	5.	30 September 2001	ITF Verona, Italy	Clay	Angelika Rösch	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	6.	2 June 2002	ITF Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Sybille Bammer	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	14 July 2002	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Sandra Klösel	4–6, 6–7(3)
Winner	2.	30 March 2003	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Delia Sescioreanu	6–3, 6–7(5), 6–0
Runner-up	8.	19 September 2004	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Virág Németh	1–5 ret.
Runner-up	9.	29 May 2005	ITF Campobasso, Italy	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	7–5, 1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	10.	9 April 2006	ITF Athens, Greece	Clay	Aurélie Védy	2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Winner	3.	15 December 2007	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Syna Kayser	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	22 December 2007	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Chanelle Scheepers	2–6, 0–6
Winner	4.	25 October 2008	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Ágnes Szatmári	7–6(5), 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	14 June 2009	ITF Zlín, Czech Republic	Clay	Polona Hercog	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	13.	19 July 2009	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Sarah Gronert	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	14.	10 October 2009	ITF Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Alexandra Dulgheru	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	16 October 2009	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Anna Gerasimou	6–3, 7–5
Winner	6.	24 October 2009	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	6–0, 7–6(5)
Runner-up	15.	3 April 2010	ITF Monzón, Spain	Hard	Anastasiya Yakimova	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	7.	24 April 2010	ITF Bari, Italy	Clay	Zuzana Ondrášková	6–4, 6–2
Winner	8.	23 October 2010	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Natalie Piquion	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	16.	30 October 2010	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 August 2000	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Dominika Luzarová	Liana Ungur Edina Gallovits-Hall	5–7, 0–4 ret.
Runner-up	2.	15 October 2000	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Barbora Blahutiaková	Sandra Klemenschits Daniela Klemenschits	0–4, 0–4, 0–4
Winner	1.	25 March 2001	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Iveta Benešová	Claudia Ivone Roberta Vinci	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	29 July 2001	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Martina Strussová	Annette Kolb Ivana Zupá	6–7(0), 2–6
Winner	2.	2 September 2001	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Renata Kučerová	Gabriela Chmelinová Lenka Novotná	w/o
Runner-up	4.	22 January 2006	ITF Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Chanelle Scheepers	Maureen Drake Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	17 March 2007	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay (i)	Kristína Kučová	Melissa Berry Michelle Gerards	6–7(3), 6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	13 June 2009	ITF Zlín, Czech Republic	Clay	Kristína Kučová	Nikola Fraňková Carmen Klaschka	6–3, 6–4

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	Q2	1R	Q3	A	A	0–1
French Open	A	Q2	1R	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q3	Q1	A	2R	1–2
Wimbledon	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	1R	Q3	A	A	0–1
US Open	Q3	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	Q1	A	A	0–1