Viktoriya Kutuzova Explained

Viktoriya Kutuzova
Residence:Odesa, Ukraine
Birth Date:1988 8, df=y
Birth Place:Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.69 m
Turnedpro:2003
Retired:2014
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$586,580
Singlestitles:6 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 76 (28 November 2005)
Australianopenresult:1R (2006, 2009, 2010)
Frenchopenresult:2R (2006, 2009)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2006)
Usopenresult:2R (2006)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 285 (20 April 2009)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (2006)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (2009)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (2009)

Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukrainian: Вікторія Кутузова|Viktoriia Kutuzova, born 19 August 1988) is a former tennis player from Ukraine.On 28 November 2005, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 76.

Career

Even though considered a potential superstar on tour, Kutuzova remained most notable for her results as a 14-year-old. In her debut WTA Tour main-draw event, the Tier-II tournament in Los Angeles 2003, Kutuzova beat top-50 player Lina Krasnoroutskaya in the first round, and top-30 player Alexandra Stevenson in her next match, before losing in the third round to the then-world No. 12, Ai Sugiyama.

Other career highlights in WTA Tour events included a fourth-round appearance at the Tier-I event at Indian Wells 2005, eventually losing to then-No. 1, Lindsay Davenport. Kutuzova also made the second round at three of the four Grand Slam events on the tour.

As a junior, she reached the final of the Australian Open in 2003 losing to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová.

Kutuzova experienced considerable success on the ITF Circuit. She won four French ITF events. In 2008, Kutuzova won her biggest ITF title in Cagnes-sur-Mer. Her other titles came in Poitiers (2005) and Deauville (2005 and 2006). In 2009, she reached the final of the $100k event in Torhout, losing to Karolina Šprem, in straight sets.

Kutuzova suffered shoulder problems throughout her young career which stalled her progression on the main tour.

After having over a year off-tour, Kutuzova used her protected ranking to enter her first big event, the 2011 Sparta Prague Open, where she lost to Katarzyna Piter in round one. She also entered Roland Garros using her protected ranking, but was beaten by Chanelle Scheepers, also in the first round.

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles (6–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.Jul 2005ITF Pétange, LuxembourgClay Victoria Azarenka4–6, 2–6
Win2.Nov 2005ITF Deauville, FranceClay Tsvetana Pironkova6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win3.Nov 2005Internationaux de Poitiers, FranceHard Maret Ani6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win4.Nov 2006ITF Deauville, FranceClay Alberta Brianti6–1, 6–2
Win5.4 May 2008Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceClay Maret Ani6–1, 7–5
Loss6.Apr 2009Torhout Open, BelgiumHard Karolina Šprem1–6, 4–6
Win7.Aug 2011ITF Bucharest, RomaniaClay Laura-Ioana Andrei6–2, 7–5
Win8.Dec 2011ITF Antalya, TurkeyClay Patricia Maria Tig3–6, 6–1, 6–1

Doubles (0–1)

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament2005200620072008200920102011
bgcolor=#efefef align=leftAustralian OpenA1RQ1A1R1RA3–4
bgcolor=#efefef align=leftFrench OpenA2RQ2Q12RA1R3–5
bgcolor=#efefef align=leftWimbledonQ32R1R1R1RAA9–4
bgcolor=#efefef align=leftUS Open1R2RQ3A1RAA6–4
style=text-align:leftWin–loss5–23–33–43–27–40–10–121–17

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