Hana Guy (born 8 June 1969) is a New Zealand former professional

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player. Before marriage she played under the name Hana Adámková.

Biography

Originally competing for her native Czechoslovakia, Guy started playing professional tournaments in 1986. She reached a best singles ranking of 214 in the world and featured in the qualifying draw of all four grand slam events during her career. Her only WTA Tour main draw appearance came in doubles, at Schenectady in 1990. In 1991 she married New Zealand tennis player

Steve Guy Steve Guy (born 15 March 1959) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand. Career Guy appeared in the singles draw of three Australian Opens and never progressed past the second round. He did however, in the 1989 Australian Open, ...

, who were both at the time playing for the same tennis club in Offenbacher, Germany. Guy played two

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matches for New Zealand in 1992. On debut, she was well beaten by

Anke Huber Anke Huber (born 4 December 1974) is a German retired top-five professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open – Women's singles, 1996 Australian Open and the 1995 WTA Tour Championships, 1995 W ...

as Germany went on to demote New Zealand to the World Group playoffs. In the playoff against Paraguay she lost her match to

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in three sets. Both Guy and husband Steve run a tennis school in the German city of

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ITF finals

Singles (1–0)

Doubles (2–1)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guy, Hana 1969 births Living people New Zealand female tennis players Czechoslovak female tennis players New Zealand people of Czech descent New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Germany