Janette Husárová (; born 4 June 1974) is a Slovak former
tennis
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player.
On 13 January 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 31. On 21 April 2003, she peaked at No. 3 in the doubles rankings.
She won the
WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002, partnering with
Elena Dementieva
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. With Dementieva, she reached the final of
US Open doubles competition in the same year, losing to
Virginia Ruano Pascual
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and
Paola Suárez
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.
Playing for
Slovakia Fed Cup team, Husárová has a win–loss record of 17–12.
Together with
Daniela Hantuchová
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, she was a member of the Slovak team winning the Fed Cup in
2002
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.
In her career, Husárová won 25 doubles titles on the
WTA Tour
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, including the season-ending WTA Championships and three
Tier I
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tournaments (Berlin, Moscow (2002) and Tokyo (2005)), as well as four singles and 16 doubles titles on the
ITF Circuit.
In February 2016, Husárová announced her retirement from professional tennis.
Significant finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
WTA Championships
Doubles: 1 (title)
WTA Tour career finals
Doubles: 43 (25 titles, 18 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 11 (4–7)
Doubles: 27 (16–11)
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
References
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1974 births
Living people
Tennis players from Bratislava
Slovak female tennis players
Olympic tennis players for Slovakia
Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovak female tennis players