Kristína Kučová
Kristína Kučová (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈkɾistiːna ˈkutʃɔʋaː]; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player.
Kučová during the 2019 Wimbledon Qualifying | |
Country (sports) | |
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Residence | Bratislava, Slovakia |
Born | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | 23 May 1990
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 2007 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed both sides) |
Prize money | US$ 1,158,226 |
Singles | |
Career record | 369–288 (56.2%) |
Career titles | 11 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 71 (12 September 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 168 (16 March 2020) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
French Open | 2R (2019) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2009, 2017) |
US Open | 1R (2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 58–66 (46.8%) |
Career titles | 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 168 (5 October 2009) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2017) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 1–5 (16.7%) |
Last updated on: 5 May 2020. |
She has won eleven singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the doubles rankings.
Kučová was an accomplished junior player, having won the Girls' Singles title at the 2007 US Open and reaching a combined career-high junior ranking of world No. 3 on 10 September 2009.
Playing for Slovakia at the Fed Cup, she has a win–loss record of 1–5.
Kučová was born in Bratislava. Her elder sister Zuzana, also a tennis player, retired from the professional tour in 2013.
Tennis career
Junior years
At the 2007 US Open, the unseeded Kučová took the girls' singles title, defeating the 13th seed Julia Glushko in the third round, top seed and defending champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals, and number two seed Urszula Radwańska in the final. Kučová also reached the 2007 Wimbledon Championships and 2007 French Open girls' doubles quarterfinals. She reached the French Open quarterfinals with her compatriot Klaudia Boczová, losing to the eventual champions and third seeds Ksenia Milevskaya and Urszula Radwańska. With her compatriot, Lenka Juríková, she reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals and lost to the eventual runners-up Misaki Doi and Kurumi Nara.
2014
Kučová started the year in the qualifying for Sydney where she lost to Misaki Doi, then she lost in the first round of qualifying for the Australian Open to Paula Kania in three sets. She lost in qualifying for Doha to Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in straight sets, and also in Dubai where she lost to Flavia Pennetta. She managed to qualify for Katowice and then beat Monica Niculescu 6–1, 6–1 in the first round before losing to Alizé Cornet. She lost in qualifying for the French Open to the wild card Irina Ramialison 1–6, 0–6 and in qualifying for Wimbledon to Maryna Zanevska.
She reached her first WTA semifinal at Bucharest by beating Anna Schmiedlova, Cristina Dinu and Danka Kovinić before losing to Roberta Vinci 1–6, 3–6 in the semifinals. She won the $50k ITF event in Sobota in Poland by beating Sesil Karatantcheva in the final. She won a $25k event in Fleurus, Belgium by beating Evgeniya Rodina in the final. She lost in the second round of qualifying in Linz to Anna-Lena Friedsam 5–7, 0–6 and in the first round of qualifying for Limoges to Katarzyna Piter 2–6, 4–6.
2016: Breakthrough and into the top 100
Kučová failed to qualify for the Australian Open. She lost in the final qualifying round to Wang Yafan, despite having a match point in the second set.[1]
After defeating Stefanie Vögele and Hsieh Su-wei, Kučová reached the quarterfinals in Kuala Lumpur, where she lost to the second seed Elina Svitolina despite winning the first set 6–1.
She qualified for the main draw of the Rogers Cup by defeating Erin Routliffe and Christina McHale. She upset Yanina Wickmayer in the first round, who had won the singles and doubles titles in Washington the week before. In the second round she caused a bigger upset by defeating the No. 8 seed Carla Suárez Navarro, setting up a third-round clash with the Canadian Eugenie Bouchard. Kučová won the match in three sets to reach her first WTA Premier-level quarterfinal, where she beat the 15th seed Johanna Konta in straight sets. She was eventually eliminated in the semifinals by the 10th seed Madison Keys. Following the tournament she broke into the world's top 100 in the rankings for the first time in her career.
Grand Slam performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Australian Open | A | A | 1R | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | 2R | 1R | A | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
French Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q3 | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |
Wimbledon | A | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | A | Q1 | NH | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
US Open | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | A | A | Q3 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 9 | 4–9 | 31% |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 24 (11 titles, 13 runner–ups)
Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2007 | ITF Hvar, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | 1–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 1–1 | May 2007 | ITF Michalovce, Slovakia | 10,000 | Clay | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
Loss | 1–2 | May 2008 | ITF Galați, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | 2–6, 6–7(2–7) | |
Loss | 1–3 | Aug 2008 | ITF Hechingen, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 3–6 | |
Loss | 1–4 | Sep 2008 | ITF Maribor, Slovenia | 50,000 | Clay | 2–6, 6–7(6–8) | |
Loss | 1–5 | Mar 2009 | ITF La Palma, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 1–6, 1–6 | |
Loss | 1–6 | Jun 2009 | ITF Pozoblanco, Spain | 50,000 | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 1–7 | Jun 2010 | ITF Brno, Czech Republic | 25,000 | Clay | 3–6, 6–4, 2–6 | |
Loss | 1–8 | Sep 2010 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 25,000 | Clay | 4–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 2–8 | Jun 2012 | ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands | 10,000 | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | |
Win | 3–8 | Jul 2012 | ITF Denain, France | 25,000 | Clay | 6–2, 1–6, 6–2 | |
Loss | 3–9 | Jun 2013 | ITF Zlín, Czech Republic | 25,000 | Clay | 3–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 4–9 | Jul 2013 | ITF Les Contamines, France | 25,000 | Hard | 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–3 | |
Win | 5–9 | Aug 2013 | ITF Craiova, Romania | 50,000 | Clay | 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 | |
Loss | 5–10 | Sep 2013 | ITF Sofia, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | 2–6, 6–1, 3–6 | |
Loss | 5–11 | Oct 2013 | ITF Herzliya, Israel | 25,000 | Hard | 3–6, 6–4, 2–5 ret. | |
Win | 6–11 | Jul 2014 | ITF Sobota, Poland | 50,000 | Clay | 1–6, 7–5, 6–3 | |
Win | 7–11 | Aug 2014 | ITF Fleurus, Belgium | 25,000 | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | |
Win | 8–11 | Feb 2015 | ITF Beinasco, Italy | 25,000 | Clay (i) | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) | |
Win | 9–11 | Jul 2015 | ITF Toruń, Poland | 25,000 | Clay | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 | |
Win | 10–11 | Sep 2015 | ITF Bucha, Ukraine | 25,000 | Clay | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–0 | |
Loss | 10–12 | Mar 2018 | ITF Irapuato, Mexico | 25,000 | Hard | 4–6, 0–6 | |
Loss | 10–13 | Feb 2019 | ITF Trnava, Slovakia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(0–7) | |
Win | 11–13 | Apr 2019 | ITF Dothan, United States | 80,000 | Clay | 3–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–2 |
Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)
Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Mar 2007 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 10,000 | Clay | 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–3 | ||
Win | 2–0 | May 2007 | ITF Michalovce, Slovakia | 10,000 | Clay | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 2–1 | May 2008 | ITF Jounieh, Lebanon | 50,000 | Clay | 5–7, 6–3, [6–10] | ||
Win | 3–1 | May 2008 | ITF Galați, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | 6–0, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 3–2 | May 2009 | ITF Johannesburg, South Africa | 100,000 | Hard | 2–6, 6–2, [9–11] | ||
Win | 4–2 | Jun 2009 | ITF Zlín, Czech Republic | 50,000 | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Win | 5–2 | Sep 2015 | ITF Saint-Malo, France | 50,000 | Clay | 6–7(1–7), 6–3, [10–5] |
Fed Cup participation
Singles (1–3)
Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Score |
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2008 Fed Cup | World Group II Play-offs | 27 April 2008 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Clay (i) | W | 6–1, 2–6, 6–4 | ||
2010 Fed Cup | World Group II | 7 April 2010 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard (i) | L | 1–6, 1–6 | ||
2014 Fed Cup | World Group Play-offs | 19 April 2014 | Quebec City, Canada | Hard (i) | L | 6–7(0–7), 6–2, 1–6 | ||
2017 Fed Cup | World Group Play-offs | 23 April 2017 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Clay (i) | L | 5–7, 4–6 |
Doubles (0–2)
Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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2010 Fed Cup | World Group Play-offs |
28 April 2006 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard (i) | L | 3–2 ret. | |||
2015 Fed Cup | World Group II | 8 February 2015 | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Clay (i) | L | 5–7, 1–6 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' singles: 1 (1 title)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 2007 | US Open | Hard | 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–4) |
Top 10 wins
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
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2016 | ||||||
1. | No. 9 | Rogers Cup, Canada | Hard | 2R | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
References
- "Kučová nevyužila mečbal, v hlavnej súťaži grandslamu si po šiestich rokoch nezahrá" (in Slovak). 16 January 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.