Janette Husárová

Janette Husárová (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈɦusaːrɔʋaː]; born 4 June 1974) is a Slovak former tennis player.

Janette Husárová

Husárová at the 2013 French Open
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Bratislava, Slovakia
Born	(1974-06-04) 4 June 1974 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,402,865
Singles
Career record	291–246
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 31 (13 January 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2002)
French Open	3R (2001, 2002)
Wimbledon	1R (1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003)
US Open	2R (2001, 2002)
Doubles
Career record	502–324
Career titles	25 WTA, 16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 3 (21 April 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2004, 2008)
French Open	QF (2003, 2004, 2007)
Wimbledon	QF (2003)
US Open	F (2002)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2002)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	2R (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	17–12

On 13 January 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 31. On 21 April 2003, she peaked at No. 3 in the doubles rankings.

She won the WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002, partnering with Elena Dementieva. With Dementieva, she reached the final of US Open doubles competition in the same year, losing to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.

Playing for Slovakia Fed Cup team, Husárová has a win–loss record of 17–12. Together with Daniela Hantuchová, she was a member of the Slovak team winning the Fed Cup in 2002.

In her career, Husárová won 25 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the season-ending WTA Championships and three Tier I tournaments (Berlin, Moscow (2002) and Tokyo (2005)), as well as four singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

In February 2016, Husárová announced her retirement from professional tennis.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2002	US Open	Hard	Elena Dementieva	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–1

WTA Championships

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2002	Los Angeles	Carpet (i)	Elena Dementieva	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	4–6, 6–4, 6–3

WTA Tour career finals

Doubles: 43 (25 titles, 18 runner-ups)

Before 2009	Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
WTA Championships (1–0)
Tier I (3–4)	Premier M (0–0)
Tier II (4–5)	Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier III (5–0)	Premier (0–1)
Tier IV & V (11–6)	International (1–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Oct 1993	Montpellier Open, France	Carpet (i)	Dominique Monami	Meredith McGrath Claudia Porwik	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Win	1.	Jul 1996	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	Clay	Barbara Schett	Florencia Labat Barbara Rittner	6–1, 6–2
Win	2.	Aug 1996	Austrian Open, Linz	Clay	Natalia Medvedeva	Lenka Cenková Kateřina Šišková	6–4, 7–5
Win	3.	Jan 1997	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Dominique Monami	Aleksandra Olsza Elena Wagner	6–2, 6–(5–7), 6–3
Loss	2.	Jan 1998	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	Nana Miyagi Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss	3.	Jan 1998	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win	4.	Feb 1998	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	Paola Suárez	Melissa Mazzotta Ekaterina Sysoeva	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	4.	May 1999	Warsaw Open, Poland	Clay	Amélie Cocheteux	Cătălina Cristea Irina Selyutina	6–1, 6–2
Loss	5.	Oct 1999	Brasil Open	Clay	Florencia Labat	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	6–7(1–7), 7–5, 7–5
Loss	6.	Feb 2000	Brasil Open	Clay	Florencia Labat	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win	5.	May 2000	Warsaw Open, Poland	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Iroda Tulyaganova Anna Zaporozhanova	6–3, 6–1
Win	6.	Jan 2001	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	Giulia Casoni	Katie Schlukebir Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6(11–9), 7–5
Win	7.	Feb 2001	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win	8.	Apr 2001	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Zsófia Gubacsi Dragana Zarić	6–1, 6–3
Win	9.	Jul 2001	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	7.	Feb 2002	Paris Indoors, France	Carpet (i)	Elena Dementieva	Nathalie Dechy Meilen Tu	w/o
Win	10.	Feb 2002	Qatar Ladies Open	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Alexandra Fusai Caroline Vis	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8.	Mar 2002	Indian Wells Open, United States	Hard	Elena Dementieva	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–0
Win	11.	May 2002	German Open	Clay	Elena Dementieva	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	0–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss	9.	Jul 2002	Silicon Valley Classic, United States	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–1, 6–1
Win	12.	Aug 2002	Carlsbad Open, United States	Hard	Elena Dementieva	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 6–4
Loss	10.	Aug 2002	New Haven Open, United States	Hard	Tathiana Garbin	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Loss	11.	Aug 2002	US Open	Hard	Elena Dementieva	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–1
Loss	12.	Sep 2002	Leipzig Cup, Germany	Carpet (i)	Paola Suárez	Alexandra Stevenson Serena Williams	6–3, 7–5
Win	13.	Oct 2002	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Carpet (i)	Elena Dementieva	Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Win	14.	Oct 2002	Luxembourg Open	Hard (i)	Kim Clijsters	Květa Hrdličková Barbara Rittner	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	15.	Nov 2002	WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles	Hard (i)	Elena Dementieva	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	13.	Apr 2003	Charleston Open, United States	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–0, 6–3
Win	16.	Feb 2004	Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	14.	Mar 2004	Qatar Ladies Open	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win	17.	Apr 2004	Estoril Open, Portugal	Clay	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová	6–3, 6–2
Loss	15.	May 2004	German Open	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Win	18.	Oct 2004	Linz Open, Austria	Hard (i)	Elena Likhovtseva	Nathalie Dechy Patty Schnyder	6–2, 7–5
Win	19.	Feb 2005	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Carpet	Elena Likhovtseva	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6–4, 6–3
Win	20.	Jul 2006	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	Clay	Michaëlla Krajicek	Alice Canepa Giulia Gabba	6–0, 6–0
Win	21.	Jul 2006	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Michaëlla Krajicek	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	22.	Jan 2007	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Paola Suárez	Hsieh Su-wei Shikha Uberoi	6–0, 6–2
Win	23.	Sep 2007	Luxembourg Open	Hard (i)	Iveta Benešová	Victoria Azarenka Shahar Pe'er	6–4, 6–2
Loss	16.	May 2008	Italian Open	Clay	Iveta Benešová	Chuang Chia-jung Chan Yung-jan	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	24.	Jul 2008	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Alizé Cornet	Vanessa Henke Raluca Olaru	6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–6]
Win	25.	May 2012	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Magdaléna Rybáriková	Eva Birnerová Michaëlla Krajicek	6–4, 6–2
Loss	17.	Mar 2013	Malaysian Open	Hard	Zhang Shuai	Shuko Aoyama Chang Kai-chen	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), [12–14]
Loss	18.	Aug 2013	Carlsbad Open, United States	Hard	Chan Hao-ching	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	4–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 11 (4–7)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	10 June 1991	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Barbara Romanò	5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	2.	20 April 1992	ITF Aveiro, Portugal	Hard	Hiroko Hara	6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Win	3.	27 April 1992	ITF Leiria, Portugal	Hard	Cécile Dorey	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	4.	8 June 1992	ITF Nicolosi, Italy	Clay	Laura Lapi	0–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	17 May 1993	ITF Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic	Clay	Judith Wiesner	3–6, 5–7
Win	6.	14 August 1995	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Sandra Dopfer	7–6(5), 3–6, 6–4
Loss	7.	21 August 1995	ITF Sopot, Poland	Clay	Katarína Studeníková	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	8.	25 September 1995	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	Clay	Magdalena Grzybowska	6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Win	9.	8 November 1998	ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil	Clay	Paola Suárez	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	10.	23 November 1998	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Mariam Ramón Climent	1–6, 1–4 ret.
Win	11.	6 June 1999	ITF Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Petra Mandula	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 27 (16–11)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	25 February 1991	ITF Valencia, Spain	Clay	Zdeňka Málková	Rosa Bielsa Janet Souto	2–6, 3–6
Win	2.	1 April 1991	ITF Šibenik, Yugoslavia	Clay	Zdeňka Málková	Elena Makarova Irina Sukhova	6–1, 7–5
Win	3.	8 April 1991	ITF Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Clay	Zdeňka Málková	Ivona Horvat Eva Martincová	6–0, 7–6(11)
Win	4.	13 May 1991	ITF Munich, Germany	Clay	Irina Zvereva	Ivana Havrlíková Pavlína Rajzlová	7–5, 6–2
Win	5.	13 May 1991	ITF Capua, Italy	Clay	Monika Kratochvílová	María Carmen García Eva Jiménez	6–1, 6–1
Win	6.	10 June 1991	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Monika Kratochvílová	Gabriella Boschiero Federica Riccadonna	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7.	24 February 1992	ITF Castellón, Spain	Clay	Ivona Horvat	Eva Martincová Pavlína Rajzlová	5–7, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	8.	16 November 1992	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	Clay	Eva Martincová	Catherine Barclay Louise Stacey	6–7(7), 7–6(4), 6–7(3)
Win	9.	15 March 1993	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Sandra Cacic	Mélanie Bernard Caroline Delisle	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	10.	22 March 1993	ITF St. Simons, United States	Clay	Justine Hodder	Mélanie Bernard Caroline Delisle	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	11.	5 July 1993	ITF Erlangen, Germany	Clay	Danielle Thomas	Elena Makarova Eugenia Maniokova	1–6, 4–6
Loss	12.	12 July 1993	ITF Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Hiromi Nagano	Mélanie Bernard Caroline Delisle	w/o
Win	13.	13 June 1994	ITF Sopot, Poland	Clay	Radka Zrubáková	Patrícia Marková Katarína Studeníková	6–2, 7–5
Win	14.	27 June 1994	ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Clay	Nanne Dahlman	Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková Lenka Němečková	6–4, 6–4
Loss	15.	10 July 1994	ITF Erlangen, Germany	Clay	Tina Križan	Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund	2–6, 2–6
Win	16.	28 September 1997	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Olga Glouschenko Tatiana Poutchek	6–0, 6–0
Loss	17.	7 June 1998	ITF Bytom, Poland	Clay	Ľudmila Cervanová	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Mariam Ramón Climent	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	18.	4 October 1998	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	María Fernanda Landa Seda Noorlander	4–6, 7–5, 6–7
Win	19.	15 March 1999	ITF Reims, France	Clay (i)	Rita Kuti-Kis	Gisela Riera Antonella Serra Zanetti	6–2, 6–3
Win	20.	15 March 1999	ITF Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Rita Kuti-Kis	Mariam Ramón Climent Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	6–4, 6–2
Win	21.	1 August 2011	Empire Slovak Open	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Jana Čepelová Lenka Wienerová	7–6(2), 6–1
Runner-up	22.	10 September 2011	ITF Biella, Italy	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Lara Arruabarrena Ekaterina Lopes	3–6, 6–0, [3–10]
Win	23.	23 September 2011	ITF Foggia, Italy	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Leticia Costas Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–1, 6–2
Win	24.	21 November 2011	ITF Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Emma Laine	Tímea Babos Irina Buryachok	5–7, 7–5, [11–9]
Loss	25.	19 December 2011	Ankara Cup, Turkey	Hard (i)	Katalin Marosi	Nina Bratchikova Darija Jurak	4–6, 2–6
Win	26.	5 March 2012	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	Hard	Katalin Marosi	Maria Elena Camerin Mariya Koryttseva	6–2, 6–7(9), [10–7]
Winner	27.	12 March 2012	The Bahamas Open	Hard	Katalin Marosi	Eva Birnerová Anne Keothavong	6–1, 3–6, [10–6]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Career W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	A	LQ	2R	4R	2R	LQ	LQ	6–7
French Open	A	A	LQ	1R	A	1R	LQ	LQ	3R	3R	1R	LQ	A	4–5
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	LQ	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0–5
US Open	LQ	1R	A	1R	A	LQ	A	LQ	2R	2R	1R	LQ	A	2–5
Win–loss	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–4	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	4–4	6–4	1–4	0–0	0–0	12–22

Doubles

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Career W-L
Australian Open	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	QF	2R	A	1R	QF	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	9–13
French Open	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	QF	QF	3R	3R	QF	1R	1R	A	A	2R	3R	2R	3R	A	23–17
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	QF	3R	3R	2R	3R	2R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	13–16
US Open	1R	2R	A	1R	A	1R	A	3R	2R	F	QF	QF	1R	3R	2R	3R	1R	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	22–18
Win–loss	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–4	1–2	3–4	4–4	6–4	10–4	11–4	5–4	5–3	6–4	6–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–4	2–4	2–3	0–1	67–64

External links

• Janette Husárová at the Women's Tennis Association
• Janette Husárová at the International Tennis Federation
• Janette Husárová at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Janette Husárová at Olympedia
• Janette Husárová at Olympics.com
• Janette Husárová at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)