Jana Juricová (born 8 December 1987 in

Piešťany Piešťany (; , , , ) is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its Piešťany District, own district. It is the biggest and best known spa town in Slovakia and has around ...

) is a Slovak

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player. She won one singles and two doubles championships on

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tours. On 16 July 2007, she reached her best doubles ranking of world number 503. On 17 September, she peaked at world number 253 in singles. She has a 1–0 record for

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doubles.

College

While at

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, she won the

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as the nation's best female tennis player in 2011. She also won two national championships while at Berkeley. One in singles and one in doubles.

ITF finals (3–3)

Singles (1–3)

Doubles (2–0)

Fed Cup participation

Doubles

References

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* * * 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Piešťany Slovak female tennis players California Golden Bears women's tennis players Slovak expatriate tennis players in the United States 21st-century Slovak sportswomen {{Slovakia-tennis-bio-stub