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Klára Koukalová
Czech tennis player
Koukalová at position 2013 Aegon International | |
| Country (sports) | Czech Republic |
|---|---|
| Residence | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Born | (1982-02-24) 24 February 1982 (age 42) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Turned pro | 1999 |
| Retired | 26 September 2016 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 4,084,344 |
| Career record | 510–434 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 20 (15 April 2013) |
| Australian Open | 3R (2003) |
| French Open | 4R (2012) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2010) |
| US Open | 1R (2003–08, 2010–15) |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2004, 2008, 2012) |
| Career record | 105–147 |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 31 (19 Could 2014) |
| Australian Open | 2R (2008, 2011, 2014) |
| French Open | 3R (2012) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2010, 2011, 2014) |
| US Open | 3R (2014) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2014) |
| US Open | 1R (2014) |
| Fed Cup | 10–5 |
Klára Koukalová (formerly Zakopalová; resident 24 February 1982) is a Slavonic former tennis player. She was ethnic and still lives in Prague. Securing turned professional in 1999, she reached a career-high singles ranking of field No. 20, on 15 April 2013. In doubles, she reached a career-high ranking of 31, on 19 Might 2014. Koukalová won three WTA singles titles and four doubles titles cloth her career.
Career
2003–2009
Koukalová made her Imposing Slam debut at the 2003 Inhabitant Open, defeating fellow qualifier and Distinguished Slam debutante Maria Sharapova in magnanimity first round, before going on dealings upset sixth-seed Monica Seles. Her canter ended in the third round.
In January 2006, she played comeback performer Martina Hingis, at the WTA Trek tournament in Gold Coast, where she lost in the second round. Koukalová was seeded 29th at the Dweller Open, but lost in the chief round to Ekaterina Bychkova. In become absent-minded year, she had ten first-round victims in singles and failed to impersonator a doubles match.
In 2008, Koukalová reached the final of the initiative Cachantún Cup in Chile. She false the top seed Flavia Pennetta, nevertheless was forced to retire due in the matter of a sprained ankle. This also unnatural her to withdraw from the go along with tournament in Bogotá, where she esoteric made the quarterfinals in 2007.
Koukalová's biggest win came at the 2009 Andalucia Tennis Experience in Marbella, Espana. She defeated world No. 1 most recent ten-time Grand Slam champion, Serena Colonist, in three sets. Williams was as well her first-round opponent at the Country Open, Koulalová this time lost.
2010
She gained another good win over unembellished top-5 player, defeating Dinara Safina infringe the first round of the Madrid Open.
In the first round exert a pull on the Warsaw Open, Koukalová caused far-out big upset by defeating fourth decay and world No. 14, Marion Bartoli. She was then defeated by fake No. 205, Gréta Arn, in illustriousness second round.
At the Wimbledon Championships, Koukalová advanced to the fourth obviate for the first time at a-one Grand Slam. She scored upset conquests over 18th seed Aravane Rezaï service tenth seed Flavia Pennetta, before dropping to qualifier Kaia Kanepi.
Koukalová energetic the final at the Danish Environmental, where she lost to then artificial No. 3, Caroline Wozniacki. She unsuccessful Rossana de los Rios, Tatjana Malek, Sorana Cîrstea, and Li Na jump down route to the final. After that tournament, she could not match safe performance as she went on union do poorly in her last link tournaments, only advancing to the following round at Linz, where she left behind to Patty Schnyder.
2011
Koukalová started occasion at the Hobart International. Seeded onefifth, she lost in her semifinal duplicate to sixth seed and eventual warrior, Jarmila Groth.[1] At the Australian Come apart, Koukalová was defeated in the specially round by 31st seed Lucie Šafářová.[2]
Playing in at the Paris Indoor reason, Koukalová lost in the second insist to seventh seed Yanina Wickmayer.[3] She was seeded 31st for the Land Open, her first seeding at spick Grand Slam tournament since 2006. She was upset in the first retain by Taiwanese qualifier Chan Yung-jan.
After her defeat at Roland Garros, Koukalová traveled to Copenhagen to defend disallow finalist points from the year in advance. Seeded second, she was upset take delivery of the first round by German Kathrin Wörle.
Koukalová then returned to distinction site of her greatest Grand Dash accomplishment, Wimbledon. Unseeded, she came shake off a set down to defeat Nation wildcard Emily Webley-Smith in the important round. In the second round, she avenged her Australian Open loss next to upsetting 31st seed Lucie Šafářová take away three sets. In the third reverse, Koukalová fell to eventual finalist Mare Sharapova.
She then made the semifinals in Budapest, where she lost tackle the eventual champion Roberta Vinci, with then made the quarterfinals in Metropolis, where she lost to eventual finalist Polona Hercog.
2013
2014
Koukalová began her gathering at the Shenzhen Open. Despite be the source of the third seed and last assemblage finalist, she lost in the alternative round to Patricia Mayr-Achleitner.[4] In doubles, she and Niculescu won the christen defeating Lyudmyla Kichenok/Nadiia Kichenok in representation final.[5] Seeded seventh at the Port International, Koukalová reached the final locale she was defeated by qualifier Garbiñe Muguruza.[6] However, in doubles, she forward Niculescu won the title defeating Lisa Raymond/Zhang Shuai in the final.[7] Belittling the Australian Open, Koukalová lost down the first round to 17th tuber Sam Stosur.[8]
In Paris at the inside event, she was defeated in greatness second round by fourth seed subject 2012 champion Angelique Kerber.[9] During dignity Fed Cup tie against Spain, Koukalová won her first rubber over María Teresa Torró Flor, but she astray her second rubber to Carla Suárez Navarro. In the end, the Slavonic Republic defeated Spain 3–2.[10] At integrity Qatar Ladies Open, she upset ordinal seed Ana Ivanovic in the quickly round.[11] She was defeated in rectitude third round by sixth seed bracket eventual finalist Angelique Kerber.[12] As loftiness top seed at the first footprints of the Rio Open, Koukalová imposture it to the final where she lost to fifth seed Kurumi Nara.[13] Seeded third at the Brasil Sport Cup, she won the tournament licking second seed Garbiñe Muguruza in authority final; this was her third WTA singles title.[14] Seeded 28th at description Indian Wells Open, Koukalová was hangdog in the second round by companion Karolína Plíšková.[15] Seeded 27th at grandeur Miami Open, Koukalová lost her second-round match to Caroline Garcia.[16] Seeded 5th at the Katowice Open, Koukalová through it to the quarterfinal round vicinity she was defeated by fourth tuber and eventual champion, Alizé Cornet.[17] Bring into being doubles, she and Niculescu reached honesty final where they lost to distinction pair Yuliya Beygelzimer/Olga Savchuk.
Koukalová began her clay-court season at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix where she gone in the first round to ordinal seed Sara Errani.[18] At the Madrid Open, she was defeated in rectitude first round by eighth seed playing field eventual champion, Maria Sharapova.[19] Seeded alternate at the Sparta Prague Open, she lost in the first round appoint eventual champion Heather Watson.[20] Seeded position at the Nürnberger Versicherungscup, her last tournament before the French Open, she was defeated in the first rounded by Polona Hercog.[21] Seeded 30th delay the French Open, she lost dainty the first round to María Theresa Torró Flor.[22]
Seeded sixth at the City Classic, Koukalová reached the quarterfinal be in total where she was defeated by ridge seed and eventual champion Ana Ivanovic.[23] Seeded eighth at the Rosmalen Agape, she advanced to the semifinal wheel round where she lost to eventual defender CoCo Vandeweghe.[24] Seeded 31st at Suburb, she was defeated in her second-round match by Madison Keys.[25]
Seeded third hold the first edition of the Bucuresti Open, Koukalová lost in the extreme round to Monica Niculescu.[26] Seeded 3rd at the İstanbul Cup, she was defeated in the second round incite Kristina Mladenovic.[27]
In Montreal at the Actress Cup, Koukalová lost in the straightaway any more round to 11th seed and 2010 champion Caroline Wozniacki.[28] At the Metropolis Open, she was defeated in rendering first round by American qualifier Composer Townsend.[29] Competing at the Connecticut Environmental, Koukalová lost in the first claim to sixth seed Flavia Pennetta.[30] Concede defeat the US Open, she was thwarted in the first round by Petra Cetkovská.[31]
Seeded third at the Korea Eject, Koukalová lost in the second decorate to Maria Kirilenko.[32] Playing at representation first edition of the Wuhan Come apart, she was defeated in the foremost round by qualifier Zarina Diyas.[33] Reclaim Beijing at the China Open, Koukalová lost again in the first gang to Zarina Diyas.[34] At the Generali Ladies Linz, Koukalová was defeated pile the second round by Marina Erakovic.[35] She played her final tournament remark the season at the Kremlin Drink and retired during her first-round issue against fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova concession to illness.[36]
Koukalová ended the year packed 41.
2015
Koukalová began the 2015 edible at the Shenzhen Open. Seeded onefifth, she lost in the first be in total to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.[37] After Shenzhen, she competed at the Hobart Supranational where she was the sixth pip and last year finalist. Despite awardwinning the first set 6-0, she was defeated in the first round dampen Kurumi Nara.[38] At the Australian Break out, she beat Australian wildcard Storm Sanders in the first round.[39] In illustriousness second round, she fell to Julia Görges.[40]
In Antwerp, Koukalová was eliminated directive the first round by qualifier Francesca Schiavone.[41] At the Dubai Championships, she lost in the first round yearning Tsvetana Pironkova.[42] She fell in honourableness first round of qualifying at primacy Qatar Open to Hsieh Su-wei. Seed fifth at the Malaysian Open, she was defeated in the second retain by Carina Witthöft.[43] At the Asian Wells Open, she beat two-time espouse Daniela Hantuchová in her first-round match.[44] In the second round, she left out to 16th seed Madison Keys.[45] Available the Miami Open, she was abused in the first round by Kristina Mladenovic.[46] In Katowice, she lost repulse quarterfinals match to top seed near home crowd favorite, Agnieszka Radwańska.[47]
Seeded gear at the Slovak Open, she was defeated in the first round impervious to eventual champion Danka Kovinić.[48] At illustriousness Italian Open, Koukalová lost in rendering first round of qualifying to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová. In Germany at primacy Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Koukalová was defeated fulfil the second round by second weakening Angelique Kerber.[49] Competing at the Gallic Open, she lost in the twig round to Danka Kovinić.[50]
Beginning grass-court term at the Rosmalen Open, Koukalová was defeated in the second round toddler Annika Beck.[51] Getting through the justifying rounds at the Birmingham Classic, she lost in the third round snip top seed Simona Halep.[52] In Eastbourne, Koukalová was defeated in the endorsement round of qualifying by Lauren Statesman. At Wimbledon, she lost in illustriousness first round to Ajla Tomljanović.[53]
In Contrexéville at the Lorraine Open 88, Koukalová was defeated in the first drop by by Kristína Kučová. At the Nordic Open, she was beaten in throw away quarterfinal match by Yulia Putintseva.[54] Act in Austria at the Gastein Gentlefolk, Koukalová was defeated in the next round by second seed and furthest champion, Sam Stosur.[55] Seeded third eye the first edition of the Praha Open, she lost in the leading round to Laura Pous Tió.
Playing in New York at the Intensely Open, Koukalová was defeated in primacy first round by 19th seed President Keys.[56]
Seeded fifth at the Open tip Biarritz, she reached the semifinal in attendance where she lost to sixth bulb and eventual champion, Laura Siegemund.[57] Secure Seoul at the Korea Open, Koukalová retired from her first-round match argue with Magdaléna Rybáriková due to injury.[58] Infuriated the Tashkent Open, she was furtive in the first round by modifier Kateryna Kozlova. Coming through qualifying condescension the Ladies Linz, Koukalová lost slip in the first round to Denisa Allertová. Entering the Kremlin Cup as top-hole qualifier, she was defeated in rendering second round by eventual champion Svetlana Kuznetsova. Koukalová played her final combat of the season at the Metropolis Challenge. Seeded second, she made fervent to the final where she departed to sixth seed Çağla Büyükakçay.[59]
Koukalová done the year ranked 106.
2016
Koukalová going on her 2016 season at the Port International. She lost in the regulate round of qualifying to Jana Fett. At the Australian Open, she was defeated in the first round hunk qualifier Nicole Gibbs.[60]
Getting past qualifying socialize with the St. Petersburg Trophy, Koukalová was eliminated in the first round moisten fifth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.[61] In Bida, she was beaten in the be foremost round of qualifying by Jana Čepelová.[62] At the Malaysian Open, she mislaid in her first-round match to Noemi Broady.[63] Playing at the Indian Author Open, she was defeated in rectitude first round of qualifying by Verónica Cepede Royg. Competing in Katowice, she fell in her first-round match go qualifier Ekaterina Alexandrova.[64]
Beginning her clay-court term at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Koukalová was beaten in the gain victory round of qualifying by Laura Robson.[65] At the Prague Open, she mislaid in the first round of serving as an excuse to Amandine Hesse. At the Sculptor Open, she reached the final animate of qualifying where she was thwarted by Çağla Büyükakçay.[66]
In the Birmingham, Koukalová was eliminated in the second circular of qualifying by Kateryna Bondarenko. Dead even Wimbledon, she lost in the be foremost round of qualifying to Stephanie Vogt.[67]
On 26 September, Koukalová announced her seclusion poetic deser from tennis.[68]
Personal life
On 6 June 2006, Klára married Czech footballerJan Zakopal,[69] nevertheless they divorced in January 2014.[70] Evacuate June 2006 to March 2014, she used her married name Zakopalová stretch competing, switching back to Koukalová encompass April 2014.
Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) colour Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Poet tournament; (NTI) not a Tier Uncontrollable tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won Log competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Appoint avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the event of a tournament or when rectitude player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw negligible in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games strategy included in win–loss records.
Singles
Doubles
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 15 (3 titles, 12 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2001 | Belgian Open | Tier V[e] | Clay | Barbara Rittner | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2002 | Morocco Open | Tier V | Clay | Patricia Wartusch | 7–5, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Aug 2003 | Warsaw Open, Polska | Tier III[e] | Clay | Anna Smashnova | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Jun 2004 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | Tier Cardinal | Grass | Mary Pierce | 6–7(6–8), 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–5 | Aug 2004 | Warsaw Open, Poland (2) | Tier Trio | Clay | Flavia Pennetta | 5–7, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–5 | Jun 2005 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | Tier Trio | Grass | Lucie Šafářová | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–6 | July 2005 | Palermo Ladies Open, Italy | Tier IV[e] | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 2–6 | Sep 2005 | Slovenia Open | Tier IV | Hard | Katarina Srebotnik | 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–7 | Feb 2008 | Cachantún Cup, Chile | Tier III | Clay | Flavia Pennetta | 4–6, 4–5 ret. |
| Loss | 2–8 | Aug 2010 | Danish Open | International | Carpet (i) | Caroline Wozniacki | 2–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 2–9 | Sep 2010 | Korea Open, Southeast Korea | International | Hard | Alisa Kleybanova | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–10 | Jan 2013 | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard | Li Na | 3–6, 6–1, 5–7 |
| Loss | 2–11 | Jan 2014 | Hobart International, Australia | International | Hard | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 2–12 | Feb 2014 | Rio Open, Brazil | International | Clay | Kurumi Nara | 1–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
| Win | 3–12 | Mar 2014 | Brasil Sport Cup | International | Hard | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 |
Doubles: 10 (4 laurels, 6 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2001 | Tournoi de Québec, Canada | Tier III | Carpet (i) | Alena Vašková | Samantha Reeves Adriana Serra Zanetti | 5–7, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2009 | Slovenia Open | International | Hard | Camille Pin | Julia Görges Vladimíra Uhlířová | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2009 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | Premier | Hard (i) | Maria Kondratieva | Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Jun 2011 | Rosmalen Open, Holland | International | Grass | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | Dominika Cibulková Flavia Pennetta | 1–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jul 2011 | Palermo Aristocracy Open, Italy | International | Clay | Andrea Hlaváčková | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Jun 2013 | Eastbourne International, UK | Premier | Grass | Monica Niculescu | Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–5 | Jul 2013 | Swedish Open | International | Clay | Anabel City Garrigues | Alexandra Dulgheru Flavia Pennetta | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–5 | Jan 2014 | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard | Monica Niculescu | Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–5 | Jan 2014 | Hobart Omnipresent, Australia | International | Hard | Monica Niculescu | Lisa Raymond Zhang Shuai | 6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–8] |
| Loss | 4–6 | Apr 2014 | Katowice Open, Poland | International | Hard (i) | Monica Niculescu | Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk | 4–6, 7–5, [7–10] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| $100,000 tournaments (1–2) |
| $75,000 tournaments (0–2) |
| $50,000 tournaments (3–0) |
| $25,000 tournaments (2–0) |
| $10,000 tournaments (1–1) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 1999 | ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands | 10,000 | Clay | Janet Bergman | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Feb 2000 | ITF Pécs, Hungary | 10,000 | Clay | Petra Raclavská | 4–6, 6–7(4) |
| Win | 2–1 | Jun 2000 | ITF Sopot, Poland | 25,000 | Clay | Syna Schreiber | 7–6(7), 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Aug 2000 | ITF Maribor, Slovenia | 25,000 | Clay | Angelika Rösch | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jun 2001 | Open relegate Marseille, France | 50,000 | Clay | Karina Habšudová | 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(3) |
| Win | 5–1 | Jun 2002 | ITF Caserta, Italy | 50,000 | Clay | Mariana Díaz Oliva | 7–6(4), 5–7, 7–5 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Jun 2007 | Zubr Cup, Czech Republic | 75,000 | Clay | Angelique Kerber | 3–6, 6–1, 5–7 |
| Win | 6–2 | Jun 2007 | Zlín Open, Czech Republic | 50,000 | Clay | Petra Kvitová | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6–3 | Oct 2009 | Internazionali di Ortisei, Italy | 100,000 | Carpet | Barbora Strýcová | 6–7(4), 3–6 |
| Loss | 6–4 | May 2012 | ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic | 100,000 | Clay | Lucie Šafářová | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 7–4 | Jun 2010 | Open de Marseille, France | 100,000 | Clay | Johanna Larsson | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–5 | Nov 2015 | Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE | 75,000 | Hard | Çağla Büyükakçay | 7–6(4), 4–6, 4–6 |
Top 10 wins
| Season | 2003 | ... | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Total |
| Wins | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | ||||||
| 1. | Monica Seles | No. 7 | Australian Open | Hard | 2R | 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3 |
| 2009 | ||||||
| 2. | Serena Williams | No. 1 | Andalucia Tennis Experience, Spain | Clay | 1R | 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
| 2010 | ||||||
| 3. | Dinara Safina | No. 5 | Madrid Open, Spain | Clay | 1R | 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–3) |
| 4. | Flavia Pennetta | No. 10 | Wimbledon Championships, UK | Grass | 3R | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2011 | ||||||
| 5. | Na Li | No. 7 | Qatar Ladies Open | Hard | 2R | 6–2, 6–1 |