Kristína Kučová

Kristína Kučová

Kučová during the 2019 Wimbledon qualifying
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Bratislava, Slovakia
Born	(1990-05-23) 23 May 1990 (age 31) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$1,451,985
Singles
Career record	402–313 (56.2%)
Career titles	1 WTA 125k, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 71 (12 September 2016)
Current ranking	No. 78 (7 February 2022)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2017, 2022)
French Open	2R (2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2009, 2017)
US Open	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	58–67 (46.4%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 168 (5 October 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–5
Last updated on: 4 October 2021.

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 World No. 168 in the doubles rankings.

She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour with eleven singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF World Tour.

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

Kučová was born in Bratislava. Her 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 Lucic-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 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 ITF event in Sobota in 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 5–7, 0–6 and in the first round of qualifying for Limoges to Katarzyna Piter 2–6, 4–6.

2016: Breakthrough and into the 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 Rogers Cup 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 world's top 100 for the first time in her career.

2021: Maiden WTA 250 final, US Open qualification and win in 5 years[]

At the Miami Open, Kučová qualified for the main draw and proceeded to face world number one 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, and lost the match in three sets.^[2] Barty went on to successfully defend her title.^[3]

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.

Singles[]

Current after the 2022 Australian Open.

WTA career finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

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

WTA 125K series finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2020	WTA 125 Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	6–4, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals[]

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

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

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)[]

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

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation[]

Singles: 4 (1–3)[]

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

Doubles: 2 (0–2)[]

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

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Girls' singles: 1 (1 title)[]

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

Top 10 wins[]

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

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Kristína Kučová at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kristína Kučová at the International Tennis Federation
• Kristína Kučová at the Billie Jean King Cup