Tamara Čurović (

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

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Čurović was an official member of Serbia Fed Cup team in 2011, 2011 Fed Cup World Group II
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''(6 February 2011)'' but she did not play any match. She has won eight singles titles 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 2013 Gastein Ladies, partnering

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. They defeated

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and Conny Perrin 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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. 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 was born to Slavko Čurović and

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, a former Russian

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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
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as her idols.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Doubles: 62 (34 titles, 28 runner–ups)

Other finals

Awards

* 2008 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–14Proglašeni najbolji mladi teniseri
B92 ''(22 December 2008)'' * 2009 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–16TSS: Najbolji Đoković i Jankovićeva
B92 ''(30 December 2009)''

References

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