Zuzana Kučová
Introduction '''Zuzana Kučová''' (; born 26 June 1982) is a former Slovak tennis player.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. 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, 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)===OutcomeNoDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1.10 September 2000 ITF Zadar, Croatia Clay  Myriam Casanova 4–6, 1–6Runner-up 2.8 October 2000 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay  Sandra Klemenschits 4–1, 4–2, 1–4, 4–5(4), 3–5Winner 1.24 June 2001 ITF Algiers, Algeria Clay  Mathilde Johansson 6–3, 6–3Runner-up 3.29 July 2001 ITF Horb, Germany Clay  Lenka Novotná 5–7, 4–6Runner-up 4.2 September 2001 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay  Lisa Fritz 1–6, 0–6Runner-up 5.30 September 2001 ITF Verona, Italy Clay  Angelika Rösch 4–6, 0–6Runner-up 6.2 June 2002 ITF Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay  Sybille Bammer 6–2, 4–6, 5–7Runner-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), 6–0Runner-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, 5–7Runner-up 10.9 April 2006 ITF Athens, Greece Clay  Aurélie Védy 2–6, 7–5, 3–6Winner 3.15 December 2007 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard  Syna Kayser 6–2, 6–2Runner-up 11.22 December 2007 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard  Chanelle Scheepers 2–6, 0–6Winner 4.25 October 2008 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard  Ágnes Szatmári 7–6(5), 4–6, 6–3Runner-up 12.14 June 2009 ITF Zlín, Czech Republic Clay  Polona Hercog 3–6, 1–6Runner-up 13.19 July 2009 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay  Sarah Gronert 1–6, 1–6Runner-up 14.10 October 2009 ITF Jounieh, Lebanon Clay  Alexandra Dulgheru 6–3, 3–6, 4–6Winner 5.16 October 2009 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard  Anna Gerasimou 6–3, 7–5Winner 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, 3–6Winner 7.24 April 2010 ITF Bari, Italy Clay  Zuzana Ondrášková 6–4, 6–2Winner 8.23 October 2010 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard  Natalie Piquion 6–2, 6–0Runner-up 16.30 October 2010 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard  Nina Bratchikova 5–7, 1–6===Doubles: 8 (4–4)===OutcomeNoDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-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, 0–4Winner 1.25 March 2001 ITF Rome, Italy Clay  Iveta Benešová  Claudia Ivone   Roberta Vinci 4–6, 6–4, 6–4Runner-up 3.29 July 2001 ITF Horb, Germany Clay  Martina Strussová  Annette Kolb   Ivana Zupá 6–7(0), 2–6Winner 2.2 September 2001 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay  Renata Kučerová  Gabriela Chmelinová   Lenka Novotná w/oRunner-up 4.22 January 2006 ITF Fort Walton Beach, United States Hard  Chanelle Scheepers  Maureen Drake   Vladimíra Uhlířová 6–2, 4–6, 5–7Winner 3.17 March 2007 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay (i)  Kristína Kučová  Melissa Berry   Michelle Gerards 6–7(3), 6–4, 6–3Winner 4.13 June 2009 ITF Zlín, Czech Republic Clay  Kristína Kučová  Nikola Fraňková   Carmen Klaschka 6–3, 6–4
Grand Slam singles performance timeline Tournament200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013  Australian OpenAQ1Q1Q1AAAQ21RQ3AA0–1 French OpenAQ21RAQ1AAQ1Q3Q1A2R1–2 WimbledonAQ2Q1Q1AAAQ11RQ3AA0–1 US OpenQ3Q1Q1AAAQ1Q21RQ1AA0–1
References
External links * * *  Zuzana Kučová at CoreTennis.net