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Kristína Kučová

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Kristína Kučová
Kučová at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Slovakia
ResidenceBratislava, Slovakia
Born (1990-05-23) 23 May 1990 (age 34)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2007
PlaysRight (two-handed both sides)
Prize money$2,062,131
Singles
Career record427–346
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 71 (12 September 2016)
Current rankingNo. 1375 (15 July 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2017, 2022)
French Open2R (2019)
Wimbledon2R (2009, 2017, 2022)
US Open2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record60–73
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 168 (5 October 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup1–5
Last updated on: 15 July 2024.

Kristína Kučová (Slovak pronunciation: [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

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Kučová's elder sister Zuzana retired from the professional tour in 2013.

Tennis career

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Junior years

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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

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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

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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.

2019–20: Maiden French Open win and WTA 125 title

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2021–22: Maiden WTA Tour final, Indian Wells debut

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At the Miami Open, Kučová qualified for the main draw and proceeded to face world No. 1 and defending champion, Ashleigh Barty, in the second round. She led 5–2 in the final set and held a match point on serve at 5–3 but failed to convert it. She lost the match in three sets[2] and Barty went on to successfully defend her title.[3]

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

At the 2021 US Open, she 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.

2023

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In January 2023, she entered the Australian Open using protected ranking.

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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.[5]

Singles

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Current through the 2023 Madrid Open.

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R A Q1 A Q1 Q2 Q3 2R 1R A Q1 Q1 2R 1R 0 / 5 2–5 29%
French Open A Q1 Q1 Q1 A A Q1 Q1 Q3 1R 1R 2R Q1 Q2 1R 1R 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Wimbledon A 2R Q1 Q1 A A Q1 Q1 Q2 2R A Q1 NH Q2 2R A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
US Open Q2 Q1 Q1 Q2 A A Q1 Q1 1R A A Q3 A 2R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–2 0 / 15 7–15 32%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A A A A A A Q1 Q1 A A Q2 A A A Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A Q1 A A A A A A A Q1 A NH 2R 2R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami Open A A Q1 A A A A A A 1R A A NH 2R 1R Q2 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A A A A A NH A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A SF A A A NH A A 0 / 1 4–1 80%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A A A A A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A A A A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 3 3 2 0 1 4 4 8 9 5 5 1 8 8 1 Career total: 62
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Career total: 1
Overall win–loss 0–0 1–3 0–4 2–2 0–0 0–1 4–5 1–4 10–8 3–10 2–5 1–5 0–1 10–8 4–8 0–1 0 / 62 38–65 37%
Year-end ranking 217 105 234 205 287 154 143 147 80 243 265 169 149 109 185 $1,890,388

Doubles

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WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2021 Poland Open WTA 250 Clay Belgium Maryna Zanevska 4–6, 6–7(3–7)

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2020 Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay Italy Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6–4, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

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

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

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2007 ITF Hvar, Croatia 10,000 Clay Serbia Karolina Jovanović 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 May 2007 ITF Michalovce, Slovakia 10,000 Clay Poland Katarzyna Piter 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 May 2008 ITF Galați, Romania 10,000 Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio 2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 1–3 Aug 2008 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany 25,000 Clay Slovenia Maša Zec Peškirič 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 3–6
Loss 1–4 Sep 2008 Maribor Open, Slovenia 50,000 Clay Slovenia Maša Zec Peškirič 2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 1–5 Mar 2009 ITF La Palma, Spain 25,000 Hard Latvia Anastasija Sevastova 6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss 1–6 Jun 2009 Open de Pozoblanco, Spain 50,000 Hard Germany Angelique Kerber 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–7 Jun 2010 ITF Brno, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Zuzana Ondrášková 3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 1–8 Sep 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 25,000 Clay Romania Mădălina Gojnea 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–8 Jun 2012 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands 10,000 Clay Austria Janina Toljan 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–8 Jul 2012 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay Slovakia Michaela Hončová 6–2, 1–6, 6–2
Loss 3–9 Jun 2013 ITF Zlín, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay Austria Melanie Klaffner 3–6, 2–6
Win 4–9 Jul 2013 ITF Les Contamines, France 25,000 Hard France Clothilde de Bernardi 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
Win 5–9 Aug 2013 ITF Craiova, Romania 50,000 Clay Italy Alberta Brianti 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 5–10 Sep 2013 Sofia Cup, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Austria Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss 5–11 Oct 2013 ITF Herzliya, Israel 25,000 Hard Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer 3–6, 6–4, 2–5 ret.
Win 6–11 Jul 2014 Powiat Poznański Open, Poland 50,000 Clay Kazakhstan Sesil Karatantcheva 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win 7–11 Aug 2014 ITF Fleurus, Belgium 25,000 Clay Russia Evgeniya Rodina 6–3, 6–4
Win 8–11 Feb 2015 ITF Beinasco, Italy 25,000 Clay (i) Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 9–11 Jul 2015 Bella Cup Toruń, Poland 25,000 Clay Italy Giulia Gatto-Monticone 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win 10–11 Sep 2015 ITF Bucha, Ukraine 25,000 Clay Romania Alexandra Cadanțu 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–0
Loss 10–12 Mar 2018 ITF Irapuato, Mexico 25,000 Hard Czech Republic Marie Bouzková 4–6, 0–6
Loss 10–13 Feb 2019 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia 25,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(0–7)
Win 11–13 Apr 2019 Dothan Pro Classic, United States 80,000 Clay United States Lauren Davis 3–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–2
Loss 11–14 Nov 2021 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE 100,000+H Hard Ukraine Daria Snigur 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2007 ITF Cairo, Egypt 10,000 Clay Slovakia Zuzana Kučová United Kingdom Melissa Berry
Netherlands Michelle Gerards
6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 May 2007 ITF Michalovce, Slovakia 10,000 Clay Slovakia Klaudia Boczová Poland Olga Brózda
Poland Justyna Jegiołka
7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 2–1 May 2008 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon 50,000 Clay Switzerland Stefanie Vögele Russia Nina Bratchikova
Ukraine Veronika Kapshay
5–7, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 3–1 May 2008 ITF Galați, Romania 10,000 Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Romania Alexandra Cadanțu
Romania Antonia Xenia Tout
6–0, 6–2
Loss 3–2 May 2009 Soweto Open,
South Africa
100,000 Hard Latvia Anastasija Sevastova United Kingdom Naomi Cavaday
Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko
2–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Win 4–2 Jun 2009 Zlín Open, Czech Republic 50,000 Clay Slovakia Zuzana Kučová Czech Republic Nikola Fraňková
Germany Carmen Klaschka
6–3, 6–4
Win 5–2 Sep 2015 Open de Saint-Malo, France 50,000 Clay Latvia Anastasija Sevastova Russia Maria Marfutina
Russia Natalia Vikhlyantseva
6–7(1–7), 6–3, [10–5]

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

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Singles (1–3)

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2008 WG2 PO Apr 2008 Bratislava (SVK) Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Clay (i) Vlada Ekshibarova W 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
2010 WG2 Apr 2010 Bratislava (SVK) China China Hard (i) Han Xinyun L 1–6, 1–6
2014 WG PO Apr 2014 Quebec City (CAN) Canada Canada Hard (i) Eugenie Bouchard L 6–7(0–7), 6–2, 1–6
2017 WG PO Apr 2017 Bratislava (SVK) Netherlands Netherlands Clay (i) Richèl Hogenkamp L 5–7, 4–6

Doubles (0–2)

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2010 WG2 Feb 2010 Bratislava (SVK) China China Hard (i) Dominika Cibulková Lu Jingjing
Zhang Shuai
L 3–2 ret.
2015 WG2 Feb 2015 Apeldoorn (NED) Netherlands Netherlands Clay (i) Kristína Schmiedlová Richèl Hogenkamp
Michaëlla Krajicek
L 5–7, 1–6

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

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Girls' singles: 1 (title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2007 US Open Hard Poland Urszula Radwańska 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–4)

Head-to-head record

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Top 10 wins

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# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2016
1. Spain Carla Suárez Navarro No. 9 Canadian Open Hard 2R 3–6, 6–4, 6–4

Notes

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  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

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  1. ^ "Kučová nevyužila mečbal, v hlavnej súťaži grandslamu si po šiestich rokoch nezahrá" (in Slovak). 16 January 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ Goodwin, Sam (26 March 2021). "'What an escape': Tennis world erupts over Ash Barty miracle". Yahoo! Sport. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ Mesic, Dzevad (26 November 2021). "Ashleigh Barty: I was rattled by Naomi Osaka ranking claims". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Zanevska battles past Kucova in Gdynia to win first WTA title".
  5. ^ "Kristína Kučová [SVK] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.
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