Tamara Čurović (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Тамара Чуровић; born 31 October 1994) is a Serbian professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Čurović was an official member of

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in 2011,

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Serbia vs. Canada Tie Details
''(6 February 2011)'' but she is yet to play her first

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match. She has won five singles and 34 doubles titles on the

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. On 27 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 394. On 19 May 2014, she peaked at No. 208 in the WTA doubles rankings. Čurović made her

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main-draw debut in doubles at the

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, partnering

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. They defeated

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and

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in the first round and top seeds

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and

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in the quarterfinals, before losing to eventual champions,

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and

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. At the same tournament, Čurović lost in the first round of the singles qualifying. To date, her only other WTA Tour main-draw appearance in doubles was at the 2014 Bucharest Open, partnering with

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and losing in the first round.

Personal life

Tamara Čurović was born to Slavko Čurović and Svetlana Prudnikova, a former Russian

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champion.Tamara Čurović, nova nada srpskog tenisa
MTS Mondo ''(14 August 2006)'' She has a brother, Vladislav.Tamara Čurović
at the

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Čurović began playing tennis aged nine at a local tennis club, and is currently a member of the Partizan Tennis Club.Mladi talenti: Tamara Čurović
Školica ''(15 November 2007)'' She cites

Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( , ; rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова, p=mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə, a=Maria_sharapova.ogg; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 ...

Ana Ivanovic Ana Schweinsteiger ( sr, Ана Швајнштајгер / ''Ana Švajnštajger''; born 6 November 1987), professionally known by her birth name Ana Ivanovic (Ана Ивановић / ''Ana Ivanović'', ), is a Serbian former world No. 1 tenn ...

and

Jelena Janković Jelena Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Јанковић, ; born 28 February 1985) is a Serbian former tennis player. A former world No. 1, Janković reached the top ranking before her career-best major performance, a runner-up finish at the ...

as her idols.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (6 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Doubles: 60 (34 titles, 26 runner–ups)

Other finals

Awards

* 2008 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–14Proglašeni najbolji mladi teniseri

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''(22 December 2008)'' * 2009 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–16TSS: Najbolji Đoković i Jankovićeva

''(30 December 2009)''

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Curovic, Tamara 1994 births Living people Tennis players from Belgrade Serbian female tennis players Serbian people of Russian descent