Viktória Kužmová

Viktória Kužmová
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Viktória Kužmová at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Slovakia
ResidenceKošice
Born (1998-05-11) 11 May 1998 (age 21)
Košice
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJán Sabovčík (–2018)
Michal Mertiňák (2018–present)
Prize money$1,372,558
Singles
Career record245–117 (67.7%)
Career titles0 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 43 (4 March 2019)
Current rankingNo. 52 (14 October 2019)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2019)
French Open3R (2019)
Wimbledon1R (2018, 2019)
US Open1R (2017, 2018, 2019)
Doubles
Career record71–46
Career titles2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 29 (14 October 2019)
Current rankingNo. 29 (14 October 2019)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open2R (2018)
US OpenSF (2019)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–3 (57.1%)
Last updated on: 24 October 2019.

Viktória Kužmová (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈʋiktɔːria ˈkuʒmɔʋaː]; born 11 May 1998) is a Slovak tennis player.

Kužmová has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and 20 titles (14 singles) on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 4 March 2019, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 43, and on 14 October 2019, she peaked at No. 29 in the doubles rankings.

In 2015, Kužmová won the girls' doubles event at the US Open alongside Aleksandra Pospelova, defeating Anna Kalinskaya and Anastasia Potapova in the final. In 2018, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, defeating the sixth seed Alison Van Uytvanck en route, but then lost to Kirsten Flipkens.[1]

Personal

Kužmová, who is coached by Michal Mertiňák and trains at the Slovak National Tennis Centre, was introduced to tennis at age four by her father, Radovan, who used to run a tennis club. Her mother's name is Ingrid, and her sister Katarina, who is three years younger, is following Viktória into the world of professional tennis, having obtained her WTA first ranking points in 2018.[2]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–1)
International (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2019 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Russia Premier Hard (i) Russia Anna Kalinskaya Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Margarita Gasparyan
5–7, 5–7
Win 1–1 May 2019 Prague Open, Czech Republic International Clay Russia Anna Kalinskaya United States Nicole Melichar
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win 2–1 Jul 2019 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková Romania Jaqueline Cristian
Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse
6–4, 7–6(3)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 22 (14 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (8–7)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Austria Barbara Haas 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Apr 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–0 May 2015 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Ukraine Alyona Sotnikova 6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 4–0 Sep 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard United Kingdom Freya Christie 7–6(4), 7–5
Win 5–0 Oct 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard China Lu Jiaxi 6–2, 6–1
Loss 5–1 Feb 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Germany Anne Schäfer 6–2, 2–6, 0–6
Win 6–1 Mar 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Russia Varvara Flink 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 6–2 Apr 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova 6–7(5), 2–6
Win 7–2 Jul 2016 ITF Banja Luka, BiH 10,000 Clay Slovenia Manca Pislak 6–0, 6–1
Win 8–2 Jul 2016 ITF Niš, Serbia 10,000 Clay Austria Mira Antonitsch 6–1, 6–2
Win 9–2 Sep 2016 ITF Lubbock, United States 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Freya Christie 6–0, 7–5
Loss 9–3 Oct 2016 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera 2–6, 4–6
Loss 9–4 Oct 2016 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Olivia Rogowska 1–6, 5–7
Loss 9–5 Feb 2017 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava 1–6, 1–6
Win 10–5 Mar 2017 ITF Mildura, Australia 25,000 Grass United Kingdom Katie Boulter 6–2, 6–4
Loss 10–6 Apr 2017 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 11–6 Jul 2017 ITF Imola, Italy 25,000 Carpet Italy Stefania Rubini 6–3, 6–3
Loss 11–7 Aug 2017 ITF Chiswick, Great Britain 25,000 Hard Russia Vitalia Diatchenko 3–6, 4–6
Win 12–7 Mar 2018 ITF Shenzhen, China 50,000 Hard Russia Anna Kalinskaya 7–5, 6–3
Win 13–7 May 2018 ITF Trnava, Slovakia 100,000 Clay Paraguay Verónica Cepede Royg 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
Win 14–7 Jul 2018 ITF Budapest, Hungary 100,000 Clay Russia Ekaterina Alexandrova 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 14–8 Dec 2018 ITF Dubai, UAE 100,000 Hard China Peng Shuai 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Czech Republic Petra Rohanová Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Russia Anastasiya Komardina
5–7, 2–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Romania Raluca Șerban Belgium Steffi Distelmans
Netherlands Kelly Versteeg
6–2, 6–0
Win 2–1 Jan 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Slovakia Petra Uberalová North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska
Romania Ioana Loredana Roșca
7–6(3), 6–7(6), [10–5]
Loss 2–2 Jul 2016 ITF Banja Luka, BiH 10,000 Clay Bulgaria Julia Stamatova Slovakia Barbara Kötelesová
Slovenia Manca Pislak
7–6(5), 4–6, [5–10]
Loss 2–3 Aug 2016 ITF Slovenská Ľupča, Slovakia 10,000 Clay Slovakia Barbara Kötelesová Czech Republic Petra Krejsová
Slovakia Chantal Škamlová
2–6, 1–6
Win 3–3 Oct 2016 ITF Toowoomba, Australia 25,000 Hard Hungary Dalma Gálfi Brazil Gabriela Cé
Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
6–4, 7–6(4)
Win 4–3 Sep 2017 ITF Batumi, Georgia 25,000 Hard Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure Georgia (country) Tatia Mikadze
Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava
6–1, 6–3
Win 5–3 Mar 2018 ITF Shenzhen, China 60,000 Hard Russia Anna Kalinskaya Montenegro Danka Kovinić
China Wang Xinyu
6–4, 1–6, [10–7]
Win 6–3 Mar 2018 ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France 60,000 Hard (i) Russia Anna Kalinskaya Czech Republic Petra Krejsová
Czech Republic Jesika Malečková
7–6(7), 6–1

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 1 runner–up

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2016 US Open Hard United States Kayla Day 3–6, 2–6

Girls' doubles: 1 title

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2015 US Open Hard Russia Aleksandra Pospelova Russia Anna Kalinskaya
Russia Anastasia Potapova
7–5, 6–2

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

This table is current through the 2019 China Open.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 2R 1–2 33%
French Open Q2 2R 3R 2–2 50%
Wimbledon Q3 1R 1R 0–2 0%
US Open 1R 1R 1R 0–3 0%
Win–Loss 0–1 1–4 3–4 4–9 31%
National representation
Summer Olympics Not Held 0–0  – 
Year-end championships
WTA Finals Did Not Qualify 0–0  – 
WTA Elite Trophy[1] Did Not Qualify 0–0  – 
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A 1R 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A 3R 2–1 67%
Madrid Open A A 3R 2–1 67%
China Open A A A 0–0  – 
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Opens[2] A A QF 3–1 75%
Italian Open A A 2R 1–1 50%
Canadian Open A A A 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A 2R 1R 1–2 33%
Wuhan Open A Q1 A 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 16 22 40
Titles 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0 0
Overall Win–Loss 1–2 11–16 22–21 34–39 47%
Win% 33% 41% 51% 47%
Year-end ranking 132 56 $1,354,245

Notes

  • 1 WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
  • 2 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.

Top 10 wins

Season 2019 Total
Wins 2 2
# Player Rank Event Surface Round Score VKR
2019
1. Netherlands Kiki Bertens No. 8 Dubai Championships, UAE Hard 2R 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(8–6) No. 46
2. Netherlands Kiki Bertens No. 4 French Open, France Clay 2R 3–1 ret. No. 46

References

  1. ^ "Flipkens edges Kuzmova in Den Bosch thriller to return to final". 16 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Viktoria Kuzmova". WTA Tennis. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

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