Marketa Kochta

Marketa Kochta (born 14 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Early life & family

Kochta was born in Prague, then part of Czechoslovakia, but later emigrated to Munich, where her father Jiří was a noted ice hockey coach.[1]

As a junior she was coached by her father and in 1991 was a member of the German team that won the World Youth Cup (now Junior Fed Cup).[2]

Her elder sister Renata also played on the WTA Tour.[3]

As a 16-year old, Kochta made the third round of the 1992 Australian Open.[4]

In 1993 she made the semi-finals of the Mazda Classic, a WTA Tour tournament in San Diego.[5]

Her 1994 season was the strongest of her career, culminating in a mid-year ranking of 45, which remained her highest. She was nominated for the WTA Tour's Most Impressive Newcomer Award. Highlights for the year included beating Tracy Austin and Katerina Maleeva to make the third round of the 1994 French Open as well as upsetting world number five Gabriela Sabatini at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.[6]

She made the third round of the 1997 Australian Open as a qualifier.[4]

Kochta is married to Czech former tennis player Jiří Vaněk[1]

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 August 1989	Neumünster, West Germany	Clay	Maja Živec-Škulj	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	16 April 1990	Naples, Italy	Clay	Katia Piccolini	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	8 October 1990	Salisbury, United States	Hard	Elly Hakami	6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	4.	1 April 1991	Moulins, France	Hard	Catherine Suire	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	2 August 1998	Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Hila Rosen	6–1, 4–6, 6–7
Winner	6.	5 September 1999	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Gloria Pizzichini	6–2, 7–6

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 June 1998	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Syna Schmidle	Rita Kuti-Kis Anna Földényi	1–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Runner-up	2.	14 June 1999	Gorizia, İtaly	Clay	Erica Krauth	Gisela Riera Mariam Ramon Climent	5–7, 3–6
Winner	3.	14 November 1999	Rungsted, Denmark	Carpet	Syna Schmidle	Mia Buric Jasmin Wöhr	6–4, 7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	25 June 2000	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Ludmila Richterová	Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	10 September 2000	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Katarina Mišić	Antoaneta Pandjerova Desislava Topalova	4–6, 2–6

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