Tamara Čurović (
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: Тамара Чуровић; born 31 October 1994) is a Serbian former professional
tennis
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player.
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Čurović was an official member of
Serbia Fed Cup team in 2011,
[ 2011 Fed Cup World Group II]
Serbia vs. Canada Tie Details
''(6 February 2011)'' but she did not play any match.
She has won eight singles titles and 34 doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
It serves as a developmenta ...
. 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
WTA Tour
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main-draw debut in doubles at the
2013 Gastein Ladies, partnering
Chiara Scholl
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Scholl has won 11 singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit
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. They defeated
Michaela Hončová
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Hončová has won five singles titles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit
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and
Conny Perrin in the first round and top seeds
Mandy Minella
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and
Chanelle Scheepers
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She won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 12 singles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 10 Octobe ...
in the quarterfinals, before losing to eventual champions,
Sandra Klemenschits
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Klemenschits announced that the 2016 Gener ...
and
Andreja Klepač
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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
Elitsa Kostova
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On 12 September 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 130, achieved on 12 September 2016, her best doubles ranking is world No. 154, rea ...
and losing in the first round.
Personal life
Tamara was born to Slavko Čurović and
Svetlana Prudnikova
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She won twice both the Russian women's championship, in 1992 and 1998, and the FR Yugoslavia women's championship, in ...
, a former Russian
chess
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champion.
[Tamara Čurović, nova nada srpskog tenisa](_blank)
MTS Mondo ''(14 August 2006)'' She has a brother, Vladislav.
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at the International Tennis Federation
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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.
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Školica ''(15 November 2007)'' She cites
Maria Sharapova
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,
Ana Ivanovic
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and
Jelena Janković
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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–14
[Proglašeni najbolji mladi teniseri](_blank)
B92 ''(22 December 2008)''
* 2009 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–16
[TSS: Najbolji Đoković i Jankovićeva](_blank)
B92 ''(30 December 2009)''
References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Tennis players from Belgrade
Serbian female tennis players
Serbian people of Russian descent