Martina Nedelková (born 21 October 1977) is a former professional Slovak

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player. On 7 October 1996, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 441.

Personal life

Martina was born on 21 October 1977 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 ...

. Nedelková started playing tennis in Piešťany with coach Ivo Doležálek. Martina currently lives in the USA, where she remained after successful studies and works as a tennis coach.

Career

Nedelková had a successful junior career, Her career-high world ranking as a junior was world No. 1. In 1994 Nedelková won a prestigious tournaments for juniors

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and

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(Grade A) She has won six doubles titles on the

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. She decided to follow the college route and was part of the

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tennis team from 1998 to 2001.

ITF Junior Circuit finals

Singles (1–3)

Doubles (7–2)

References

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