Zuzana Kučová (; born 26 June 1982) is a former Slovak

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player. She won eight singles titles and four doubles titles on the

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. On 7 June 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 101. In December 2009, she peaked at No. 175 in the WTA doubles rankings. She is the sister of

Kristína Kučová Kristína Kučová (; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles title on ...

, also professional tennis player.

Career

Kučová qualified for the

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, and drew 10th seed

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in the first round of the clay-court tournament. She struggled to find a way past the Russian and was beaten in straight sets. In 2008, Kučová competed at the 2008 GDF Suez Grand Prix in Budapest, Hungary. She knocked young Swiss player

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out of the tournament in the opening round, but failed to defeat hometown favourite

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in the second, bowing out in straight sets. Kučová qualified for her second Grand Slam championship, the 2010 Australian Open, by beating Julia Schruff in the third round of qualifying. She drew

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in the opening round, and after a first set shocker that lasted just 18 minutes, Kučová fought back, but was ultimately knocked out in three sets. Following 18 months absent from the tennis court, Kučová qualified for her first Grand Slam main-draw appearance in three years at the

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. There, she caused a huge upset by defeating 24th seed

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in straight sets. In the second round, she lost to

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in three sets. Her last professional tournament was at the

Personal life

Kučová's younger sister Kristína is also a tennis player.

ITF finals

Singles: 24 (8–16)

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

References

External links

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