Sandra Načuk Explained

Sandra Naćuk
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Birth Date:	17 August 1980
Birth Place:	Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia
Turnedpro:	1996
Retired:	2004
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$305,150
Singlesrecord:	139–106
Singlestitles:	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 81 (16 August 1999)
Australianopenresult:	2R (2000, 2001)
Frenchopenresult:	1R (1999, 2000)
Wimbledonresult:	3R (2000)
Usopenresult:	1R (1998, 1999, 2000)
Doublesrecord:	59–61
Doublestitles:	1 WTA, 5 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 74 (4 December 2000)
Australianopendoublesresult:	1R (2000, 2001)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	1R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	1R (2000, 2001)
Usopendoublesresult:	1R (2000)

Sandra Naćuk (born 17 August 1980) is a former professional tennis player who played for Serbia and Montenegro. She reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 81 in August 1999.

Naćuk's career highlight was reaching the third round of the 2000 Wimbledon Championships singles tournament, defeating Jelena Kostanić and Lucie Ahl.^[1] She won one WTA Tour doubles title in her career, at Budapest in 1999, partnering with Eugenia Kulikovskaya.^[2] She also won her biggest ITF Women's Circuit singles title in 1998 at Poitiers.^[3]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Winner — Legend bgcolor=#FFCCCC Tier I (0–0) bgcolor=#CCCCFF Tier II (0–0) bgcolor=#CCFFCC Tier III (0–0) bgcolor=#66CCFF Tier IV (1–2) bgcolor=#CCCC99 Tier V (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (1–2) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	Date	width=100	Tournament	Surface	width=170	Partner	width=180	Opponents	width=110	Score
Winner	Apr 1999	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	Laura Montalvo Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	Aug 1999	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	Eva Martincová Elena Pampoulova	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	Apr 2000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Jelena Kostanić	Lubomira Bacheva Cristina Torrens Valero	0–6, 2–6

ITF finals

Singles (4–1)

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Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (2–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	11 August 1996	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Virginie Massart	6–1, 2–6, 6–0
Winner	2.	15 September 1996	Albena, Bulgaria	Clay	Alina Tecsor	7–5, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	2 November 1997	Edinburgh, Scotland	Hard (i)	Barbara Schwartz	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	21 February 1998	Redbridge, England	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	1 November 1998	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Elena Makarova	6–0, 5–7, 6–1

Doubles (5–4)

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Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (5–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	20 April 1997	Bari, Italy	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Tzipi Obziler Anna Smashnova	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	31 August 1997	Athens, Greece	Clay	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Marina Escobar	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	21 September 1997	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Sandra Klösel Karin Kschwendt	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	19 October 1997	Southampton, England	Carpet (i)	Lenka Cenková	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	2–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	16 September 2001	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Conchita Martínez Granados Antonella Serra Zanetti	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
Runner-up	3.	4 November 2001	Bolton, England	Hard (i)	Dragana Zarić	Maria Goloviznina Bahia Mouhtassine	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	2 June 2002	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Tina Hergold	Katarina Dašković Katalin Marosi	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	16 June 2002	Grado, Italy	Clay	Natacha Randriantefy	Gloria Pizzichini Hana Šromová	3–6, 5–7
Winner	5.	23 June 2002	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Tina Hergold	Arantxa Parra Santonja Carla Tiene	6–4, 6–3

Notes and References

1. https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-109637998 Sandra Nacuk biography
2. http://wn.com/mobile/budapest_grand_prix?upload_time=all_time&orderby=viewCount Budapest Grand Prix: Sandra Nacuk
3. http://www.pageinsider.com/itfpoitiers.over-blog.org ITF Poitiers result