Kristína Kučová Explained

Kristína Kučová
Residence:Bratislava, Slovakia
Birth Date:23 May 1990
Birth Place:Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height:1.63 m
Turnedpro:2007
Plays:Right (two-handed both sides)
Careerprizemoney:$2,062,131
Singlestitles:1 WTA Challenger, 11 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 71 (12 September 2016)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 1375 (15 July 2024)
Australianopenresult:2R (2017, 2022)
Frenchopenresult:2R (2019)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2009, 2017, 2022)
Usopenresult:2R (2021)
Doublestitles:5 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 168 (5 October 2009)
Frenchopendoublesresult:2R (2022)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (2022)
Team:yes
Fedcupresult:1–5
Updated:15 July 2024

Kristína Kučová (in Slovak pronounced as /ˈkristiːna ˈkutʂɔʋaː/; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings.She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour with eleven singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

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 Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 1–5.

Personal life

Kučová's elder sister Zuzana 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 Lučić-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 wildcard Irina Ramialison, 1–6, 0–6, and in qualifying for Wimbledon to Maryna Zanevska.

She reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at Bucharest by beating Anna Schmiedlová, Cristina Dinu and Danka Kovinić, before losing to Roberta Vinci 1–6, 3–6 in the semifinals. She won the $50k event in Sobota, 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, and in the first round of qualifying for Limoges to Katarzyna Piter.

2016: Breakthrough, Canadian Open semifinalist and 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 Canadian Open 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 tenth seed, Madison Keys. Following the tournament, she broke into the top 100 for the first time in her career.

2019–23: First WTA 125 title, Maiden WTA Tour final

Kučová won her first WTA 125 title at the Sparta Prague Open, defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the final.[2]

At the 2021 Miami Open, she qualified for the main draw and proceeded to face world No. 1 and defending champion, Ashleigh Barty, in the second round, losing the match in three sets[3]

In July 2021, she reached her first WTA 250 final, at the Poland Open, but lost to Maryna Zanevska.[4]

At the 2021 US Open, Kučová qualified for the first time in five years, after entering the main draw as lucky loser, and won her first match at this major against Ann Li.[5] She lost to 12th seed Simona Halep in the second round.[6]

In January 2023, she entered the Australian Open using protected ranking, losing in the first round to qualifier Diana Shnaider in straight sets.[7]

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[8]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Madrid Open.

Tournament2008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAA1RAQ1AQ1Q2Q32R1RAQ1Q12R1R0 / 52–5
French OpenAQ1Q1Q1AAQ1Q1Q31R1R2RQ1Q21R0 / 51–5
WimbledonA2RQ1Q1AAQ1Q1Q22RAQ1style=color:#767676NHQ22RA0 / 33–3
US OpenQ2Q1Q1Q2AAQ1Q11RAAQ3A2RAA0 / 21–2
Win–loss0–01–10–10–00–00–00–00–00–12–30–21–10–01–12–30–20 / 157–15
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar OpenAAAAAAQ1Q1AAQ2AAAQ2Q10 / 00–0
Indian Wells OpenAAQ1AAAAAAAQ1A style=color:#767676NH2R2RA0 / 21–2
Miami OpenAAQ1AAAAAA1RAAstyle=color:#767676NH2R1Rbgcolor= f0f8ff Q20 / 31–3
Madrid OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAstyle=color:#767676NHAQ1Q10 / 00–0
Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ2A0 / 00–0
Canadian OpenAAAAAAAASFAAANHAA0 / 14–1
Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
Wuhan OpenAAAAAAAAAAAANH0 / 00–0
China OpenAAAAAAAAAAAANH0 / 00–0
Career statistics
Tournaments0332014489551881Career total: 62
Titles0000000000000000Career total: 0
Finals0000000000000100Career total: 1
Overall win–loss0–01–30–42–20–00–14–51–410–83–102–51–50–110–84–80–10 / 6238–65
Year-end ranking21710523420528715414314780243265169149109185$1,890,388

Doubles

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentclass=unsortableScore
style=background:#ffa07aLoss0–1Poland OpenWTA 250Clay Maryna Zanevska4–6, 6–7(3–7)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentclass=unsortableScore
Win1–0Sep 2020style=background:silverPrague Open, Czech RepublicClay Elisabetta Cocciaretto6–4, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 25 (11 titles, 14 runner–ups)

Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentclass=unsortableScore
style=background:#ffa07aLoss0–1Apr 2007style=background:#f0f8ffITF Hvar, Croatiastyle=background:#f0f8ff10,000Clay Karolina Jovanović1–6, 4–6
Win1–1May 2007style=background:#f0f8ffITF Michalovce, Slovakiastyle=background:#f0f8ff10,000Clay Katarzyna Piter2–6, 6–3, 6–4
style=background:#ffa07aLoss1–2May 2008style=background:#f0f8ffITF Galați, Romaniastyle=background:#f0f8ff10,000Clay Valentina Sulpizio2–6, 6–7(2–7)
style=background:#ffa07aLoss1–3Aug 2008bgcolor=lightblueLadies Open Hechingen, Germanybgcolor=lightblue25,000Clay Maša Zec Peškirič6–3, 6–7(1–7), 3–6
style=background:#ffa07aLoss1–4Sep 2008style=background:#addfadMaribor Open, Sloveniastyle=background:#addfad50,000Clay Maša Zec Peškirič2–6, 6–7(6–8)
style=background:#ffa07aLoss1–5Mar 2009bgcolor=lightblueITF La Palma, Spainbgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Anastasija Sevastova6–4, 1–6, 1–6
style=background:#ffa07aLoss1–6Jun 2009style=background:#addfadOpen de Pozoblanco, Spainstyle=background:#addfad50,000Hard Angelique Kerber3–6, 4–6
style=background:#ffa07aLoss1–7Jun 2010bgcolor=lightblueITF Brno, Czech Republicbgcolor=lightblue25,000Clay Zuzana Ondrášková3–6, 6–4, 2–6
style=background:#ffa07aLoss1–8Sep 2010bgcolor=lightblueITF Bucharest, Romaniabgcolor=lightblue25,000Clay Mădălina Gojnea4–6, 4–6
Win2–8Jun 2012style=background:#f0f8ffITF Alkmaar, Netherlandsstyle=background:#f0f8ff10,000Clay Janina Toljan6–3, 6–4
Win3–8Jul 2012style=background:lightblueITF Denain, Francestyle=background:lightblue25,000Clay Michaela Hončová6–2, 1–6, 6–2
style=background:#ffa07aLoss3–9Jun 2013style=background:lightblueITF Zlín, Czech Republicstyle=background:lightblue25,000Clay Melanie Klaffner3–6, 2–6
Win4–9Jul 2013style=background:lightblueITF Les Contamines, Francestyle=background:lightblue25,000Hard7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
Win5–9Aug 2013style=background:#addfadITF Craiova, Romaniastyle=background:#addfad50,000Clay Alberta Brianti7–5, 3–6, 6–4
style=background:#ffa07aLoss5–10Sep 2013bgcolor=lightblueSofia Cup, Bulgariabgcolor=lightblue25,000Clay2–6, 6–1, 3–6
style=background:#ffa07aLoss5–11Oct 2013style=background:lightblueITF Herzliya, Israelstyle=background:lightblue25,000Hard Yuliya Beygelzimer
Win6–11Jul 2014style=background:#addfadPowiat Poznański Open, Polandstyle=background:#addfad50,000Clay Sesil Karatantcheva1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win7–11Aug 2014style=background:lightblueITF Fleurus, Belgiumstyle=background:lightblue25,000Clay Evgeniya Rodina6–3, 6–4
Win8–11Feb 2015style=background:lightblueITF Beinasco, Italystyle=background:lightblue25,000Clay (i) Barbora Krejčíková6–4, 7–6(7–3)
style=background:#98fb98Win9–11Jul 2015style=background:lightblueBella Cup Toruń, Polandstyle=background:lightblue25,000Clay Giulia Gatto-Monticone4–6, 6–1, 6–4
style=background:#98fb98Win10–11Sep 2015style=background:lightblueITF Bucha, Ukrainestyle=background:lightblue25,000Clay Alexandra Cadanțu4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–0
style=background:#ffa07aLoss10–12Mar 2018bgcolor=lightblueITF Irapuato, Mexicobgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Marie Bouzková
style=background:#ffa07aLoss10–13Feb 2019style=background:lightblueTrnava Indoor, Slovakiastyle=background:lightblue25,000Hard (i) Lucie Hradecká
style=background:#98fb98Win11–13Apr 2019style=background:#f7e98eDothan Pro Classic, United Statesstyle=background:#f7e98e80,000Clay Lauren Davis3–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–2
style=background:#ffa07aLoss11–14Nov 2021style=background:#f88379Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAEstyle=background:#f88379100,000+HHard Daria Snigur3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsclass=unsortableScore
style=background:#98fb98Win1–0Mar 2007style=background:#f0f8ffITF Cairo, Egyptstyle=background:#f0f8ff10,000Clay Zuzana Kučová Melissa Berry
Michelle Gerards		6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–3
style=background:#98fb98Win2–0May 2007style=background:#f0f8ffITF Michalovce, Slovakiastyle=background:#f0f8ff10,000Clay Klaudia Boczová Olga Brózda
Justyna Jegiołka		7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Loss2–1May 2008style=background:#addfadITF Jounieh Open, Lebanonstyle=background:#addfad50,000Clay Stefanie Vögele Nina Bratchikova
Veronika Kapshay		5–7, 6–3, [6–10]
style=background:#98fb98Win3–1May 2008style=background:#f0f8ffITF Galați, Romaniastyle=background:#f0f8ff10,000Clay Valentina Sulpizio Alexandra Cadanțu
Antonia Xenia Tout		6–0, 6–2
Loss3–2May 2009style=background:#f88379Soweto Open,
South Africa		style=background:#f88379100,000Hard Anastasija Sevastova Naomi Cavaday
Lesia Tsurenko		2–6, 6–2, [9–11]
style=background:#98fb98Win 4–2Jun 2009style=background:#addfadZlín Open, Czech Republicstyle=background:#addfad50,000Clay Zuzana Kučová Nikola Fraňková
Carmen Klaschka		6–3, 6–4
style=background:#98fb98Win5–2Sep 2015style=background:#addfadOpen de Saint-Malo, Francestyle=background:#addfad50,000Clay Anastasija Sevastova Maria Marfutina
Natalia Vikhlyantseva		6–7(1–7), 6–3, [10–5]

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

Singles (1–3)

EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore
2008WG2 POApr 2008Bratislava UzbekistanClay (i)Vlada Ekshibarovastyle=text-align:center;background:#98fb98W
2010WG2Apr 2010Bratislava (SVK) ChinaHard (i)Han Xinyunstyle=text-align:center;background:#ffa07aL1–6, 1–6
2014WG POApr 2014Quebec City CanadaHard (i)Eugenie Bouchardstyle=text-align:center;background:#ffa07aL6–7(0–7), 6–2, 1–6
2017WG POApr 2017Bratislava (SVK) NetherlandsClay (i)Richèl Hogenkampstyle=text-align:center;background:#ffa07aL5–7, 4–6

Doubles (0–2)

EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore
2010WG2Feb 2010Bratislava (SVK) ChinaHard (i)Lu Jingjing
Zhang Shuai		style=text-align:center;background:#ffa07aL3–2 ret.
2015WG2Feb 2015Apeldoorn NetherlandsClay (i)Kristína SchmiedlováRichèl Hogenkamp
Michaëlla Krajicek		style=text-align:center;background:#ffa07aL5–7, 1–6

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' singles: 1 (title)

Head-to-head record

Top 10 wins

PlayerRankEventSurfaceScore
2016
1. Carla Suárez NavarroNo. 9Canadian OpenHard2R3–6, 6–4, 6–4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kučová nevyužila mečbal, v hlavnej súťaži grandslamu si po šiestich rokoch nezahrá. 16 January 2016. 4 March 2016. sk.
  2. Web site: Kucova takes Prague 125K title with Cocciaretto win. Women's Tennis Association. 20 November 2024.
  3. Web site: 'What an escape': Tennis world erupts over Ash Barty miracle. Yahoo! Sport. Sam. Goodwin. 26 March 2021. 28 November 2021.
  4. Web site: Zanevska battles past Kucova in Gdynia to win first WTA title. Women's Tennis Association.
  5. Web site: Halep navigates past dangerous Giorgi; Collins, Rybakina win US Open first rounds. Women's Tennis Association. 20 November 2024.
  6. Web site: Luck shines on Halep on rainy day at U.S. Open. Reuters. 20 November 2024.
  7. Web site: Australian Open: Former junior world No 2 Shnaider scores first Grand Slam main draw win. Tennis Majors. 20 November 2024.
  8. Web site: Kristína Kučová [SVK] | Australian Open ]. ausopen.com.

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