Ľudmila Cervanová

Ľudmila Cervanová (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈʎudmila ˈtsɛɾʋanɔʋaː]; born 15 October 1979 in Piešťany, Czechoslovakia) is a retired tennis player from Slovakia. She turned professional in 1997, and reached career-high rankings of world No. 58 in singles in March 2004 and No. 186 in doubles in May 1997.

Ľudmila Cervanová

Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Piešťany
Born	(1979-10-15) 15 October 1979 Piešťany, Czechoslovakia
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$660,547
Singles
Career record	289–236
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 58 (1 March 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2003, 2004)
French Open	3R (2002)
Wimbledon	3R (2004)
US Open	2R (2003)
Doubles
Career record	90–85
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 186 (5 May 1997)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2005)

Biography

Cervanová graduated from high school in 1997, the same year she turned pro. Her favourite tennis court surface is clay, and her best shot is the backhand. She was coached by Jan Kuval.

Tennis career

Cervanová did not win any title on the WTA Tour. Her closest being in Acapulco, on 27 February 2005, when she lost in the final to Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 5–7, 3–6. She has also reached the final of the tournament in Casablanca in 2004, where she lost to Émilie Loit of France, 2–6, 2–6, the semifinals of Bratislava in 2001, where she lost to eventual winner Rita Grande from Italy, 3–6, 2–6, and the semifinals of Bogotá in 2006, losing to Lourdes Domínguez Lino 1–6, 3–6.

In her career, she won seven singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Cervanová has made little progress in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments, her best reaching the third round of Wimbledon in 2004, and the third round of the French Open in 2002.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV & V (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 April 2004	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Émilie Loit	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	27 February 2005	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	6–3, 5–7, 3–6

ITF finals

Singles (7–4)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	21 September 1997	Biograd, Croatia	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	10 November 1997	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Zuzana Váleková	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	23 November 1997	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Aurandrea Narvaez	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Winner	2.	30 November 1997	Campinas, Brazil	Hard	Ingrid Kurta	6–0, 6–0
Winner	3.	4 May 1998	Prešov, Slovakia	Clay	Stanislava Hrozenská	6–2, 6–0
Winner	4.	17 May 1998	Nitra, Slovakia	Clay	Rita Kuti-Kis	5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	5.	7 June 1998	Bytom, Poland	Clay	Sophie Georges	6–3, 6–0
Winner	6.	29 June 1998	Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Sandra Klösel	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	6 September 1998	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Rita Kuti-Kis	1–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	15 October 2000	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Iva Majoli	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	23 March 2003	Castellón, Spain	Clay	Karolina Šprem	3–6, 3–6

Doubles (7–9)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 May 1996	Prešov, Slovakia	Clay	Martina Nedelková	Monika Maštalířová Teodora Nedeva	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	23 June 1996	Staré Splavy, Czech Republic	Clay	Michaela Hasanová	Nikola Hübnerová Michaela Paštiková	6–7, 7–6, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	25 August 1996	Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	Clay	Zuzana Váleková	Gabriela Chmelinová Sabine Radevicová	7–6, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	15 September 1996	Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Zuzana Váleková	Blanka Kumbárová Petra Plačková	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	22 September 1996	Biograd, Croatia	Clay	Zuzana Váleková	Michaela Hasanová Martina Nedelková	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	17 November 1996	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Zuzana Váleková	Cara Black Irina Selyutina	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	23 June 1997	Plzeň, Czech Republic	Clay	Zuzana Váleková	Petra Kučová Eva Krejčová	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	19 October 1997	Nicosia, Cyprus	Clay	Eva Krejčová	Katia Altilia Charlotte Aagaard	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	23 March 1998	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Zuzana Váleková	Jelena Kostanić Tošić Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	7 June 1998	Bytom, Poland	Clay	Janette Husárová	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Mariam Ramón Climent	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	28 September 1998	Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Magdalena Kučerová	Eleni Daniilidou Christína Papadáki	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up	9.	20 December 1998	Průhonice, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Magdalena Kučerová	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	19 September 1999	Otočec, Slovenia	Clay	Andrea Šebová	Syna Schmidle Melanie Schnell	6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	29 July 2002	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Stanislava Hrozenská	Sarah Stone Samantha Stosur	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Winner	6.	17 March 2003	Castellón, Spain	Clay	Stanislava Hrozenská	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Mariam Ramón Climent	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Winner	7.	4 August 2008	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Katarína Maráčková	Nikola Hofmanova Laura-Ioana Andrei	0–6, 6–3, [13–11]

External links

• Ľudmila Cervanová at the International Tennis Federation
• Ľudmila Cervanová at the Women's Tennis Association