Kristína Kučová is a tennis player from Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

. Her highest juniors ranking was World Number 3. According to the International Tennis Federation

International Tennis Federation

The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...

, Kučová's favorite type of court is the clay court

Clay court

A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...

, she hits a two-handed forehand and backhand (like Wimbledon finalists Monica Seles

Monica Seles

Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...

 and Marion Bartoli

Marion Bartoli

Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....

), and her father, Jozef Kuča, also coaches her. Her career high ranking was No. 103, achieved on August 3, 2009.

Her older sister, Zuzana Kučová

Zuzana Kučová

Zuzana Kučová , is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Her career high singles ranking is No. 101, achieved on June 7, 2010. She is the sister of Kristína Kučová.-Tennis career:...

, also plays on the women's tennis circuit.

Juniors

At the 2007 U.S. Open Girls' Singles

2007 U.S. Open - Girls' Singles

The 2007 US Open – Girls' Singles was an event that was won by Kristína Kučová.-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below. They are shown by the round in which they were eliminated.# Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova ...

, the unseeded Kučová took the title, defeating thirteenth seed Julia Glushko

Julia Glushko

Julia Glushko is a right-handed Israeli tennis player who resides in Tel Aviv.Her junior ranking as of June 2007, when she was 17 years old, was # 10 in the world.-Tennis career:...

 in the third round, top seed and defending champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Anastasia Sergeyevna Pavlyuchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player and a multiple junior Grand Slam champion. Her career-high rank of World No. 13 was achieved on 4 July 2011. From July 2007 to September 2009 she was coached at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France...

 in the quarterfinals, and number two seed Urszula Radwańska

Urszula Radwanska

Urszula Radwańska is a Polish tennis player and a younger sister of Agnieszka Radwańska. She reached her career high ranking of World No. 62 on 10 August 2009.-Tennis career:...

 in the final, 6–3, 1–6, 7–6 (4). In addition to this, Kučová reached the 2007 Wimbledon Championships

2007 Wimbledon Championships

The 2007 Wimbledon Championships were held between 25 June and 8 July 2007. For the first time there was equal prize money for the men's and women's singles champions. Reconstruction work on Centre Court was in progress and thus it had no roof....

 and 2007 French Open

2007 French Open

The 2007 French Open was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Followed two weeks later, as usual, by Wimbledon in London, United Kingdom. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Björn Borg, 1978–81; and maintained his unbeaten run...

 girls' doubles quarterfinals. Both times, Kučová was seeded seventh, however, she reached the French Open quarterfinals with compatriot Klaudia Boczová, losing to eventual champions and third seeds Ksenia Milevskaya

Ksenia Milevskaya

Ksenia Milevskaya is a professional tennis player from Belarus. On June 9, 2007, Milevskaya and Urszula Radwańska won the 2007 French Open - Girls' Doubles title, beating Sorana Cîrstea and Alexa Glatch 6–1, 6–4 in the final, and on September 8, 2007 they continued their unbeaten match streak as a...

 and Urszula Radwańska. She reached the Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...

 quarterfinals along with compatriot Lenka Juriková

Lenka Juríková

Lenka Juríková is a professional Slovak tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On August 17, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 263. She is coached by Peter Jurík her father.-External links:...

. The seventh-seeded Slovakian pair lost to eventual runner-ups Misaki Doi

Misaki Doi

is a professional Japanese tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 116, which she reached on March 21, 2011 Her career high in doubles is 222, which she reached...

 and Kurumi Nara

Kurumi Nara

Kurumi Nara is a tennis player. She reached the third round of the 2008 US Open Girls singles tournament, where she lost to Kristina Mladenovic 2–6, 6–4, 7–6. She advanced to the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the 2010 French Open with a 4–6, 7–6, 10–8 win over Monica...

, 7–5, 6–3.

Singles

Legend

ITF Circuit (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	May 15, 2007	Michalovce Michalovce Michalovce is a town on the Laborec river in eastern Slovakia, with a population around 40,000. It is the biggest town of the Michalovce District in the Košice Region.-Geography:...	Clay	Katarzyna Piter Katarzyna Piter Katarzyna Piter is a Polish tennis player born in Poznań, Poland. She has won 6 ITF singles titles and 5 ITF doubles titles.- Fed Cup :...	2-6, 6-3, 6-4

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