Draft:Katarína Kužmová


Katarína Kužmová
Country (sports)Slovakia
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Highest ranking(No. 515 May 22, 2023)
Current ranking(No. 480 November 6, 2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Highest ranking(No. 420 May 22, 2023)
Current ranking(No. 420 May 22, 2023)
Last updated on: 30 May 2023.

Katarína Kužmová (born 7 August 2001) is a Slovakian tennis player. She has a career high singles ranking of 515 achieved on May 22, 2023. She has a career high doubles ranking of 420 achieved on May 22, 2023.[1][2]

Early and personal life

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Born to mother Ingrid and father Radovan, her father used to run a tennis club. Her older sister Viktoria is also a professional tennis player.[3][4][5]

Career

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In August 2019, with Serbian partner Elena Milovanovic won the final of the ITF World Tennis Tour tournament in Tabarka on clay. Beating the Italian-Egyptian pair Beatrice Lombardo and Sandra Samir in three sets.[6]

In 2020 she was called up for the first time to the Slovakia Fed Cup team alongside Viktória Kužmová, Rebecca Šramková and Anna Karolína Schmiedlová. She partnered her sister Viktória to defeat Markéta Vondroušová and Miriam Kolodziejová in a 3-2 friendly match defeat to Czechia.[7][8]

In July 2021 she won her first ITF €15,000 singles title with a 6-1, 6-1 final win over Petra Csabi in Solarino.[9]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 4 (4 titles)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1-0 Nov 8, 2021 ITF Sharm-el-Sheik 15,000 Carpet   Petra Csabi 6-1, 6-1
Win 2-0 March 6, 2023 ITF Solarino 15,000 Hard   Emilie Lindh 6-3, 6-4
Win 2-0 March 13, 2023 ITF Sharm-el-Sheik 15,000 Hard   Ho Ching Wu 6-2, 7-6
Win 3-0 May 15, 2023 ITF Monastir 15,000 Hard   Hiroko Kuwata 3-6, 7-6, 6-3

Doubles: 6 (6 titles)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 August 12, 2019 ITF Tabarka 15,000 Hard   Elena Milovanovic   Sandra Samir
  Beatrice Lombardo
3-6, 6-3, 10-7
Win 2–0 Sep 13, 2021 ITF Sozopol 15,000 Hard   Ekaterina Reyngold   Katerina Dimitrova
  Vanessa Iona Georgiana Popa Teiusana
6-1, 6–4
Win 3–0 June 6, 2022 ITF Banjo Luka 15,000 Clay   Nina Radovanovic   Georgia Pinto
  Laura Boehner
6–4, 6-2
Win 4–0 Jan 30, 2023 ITF Sharm-el-Sheikh 15,000 Hard   Darya Shauha   Sabina Dadaciu
  Anca Todoni
6-3, 7-6, 10-3
Win 5–0 Mar 13, 2023 ITF Sharm-el-Sheikh 15,000 Hard   Polina Latcenko   Pauline Courcoux
  Camille Moga
6-4, 6–0
Win 6–0 Apr 17, 2023 ITF Kursumlijka Banka 15,000 Clay   Ksenia Laskutova   Leonie Kung
  Bojana Marinković
7-5, 6-3

References

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  1. ^ "K.Kužmová". ITF. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "K.Kužmová". ITF. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "Viktoria Kuzmova Bio". WTA Tennis. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. ^ Alex Macpherson (June 27, 2020). "Bencic bests Kuzmova to win Bratislava exhibition". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  5. ^ admin (15 August 2015). "Sestry Kužmové získali titul na žilinskom turnaji". starsforstars.eu. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  6. ^ Sedláková, Jana (17 August 2019). "Katarína Kužmová vyhrala prvý turnaj v kariére – dobyla štvorhru v Tabarke". Tenisovysvet.sk. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  7. ^ "Katarína Kužmová zvládla debut po boku sestry. Nebola som vôbec nervózna, vraví". sportnet.sme.sk. July 5, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  8. ^ "Katarína Kužmová after a successful debut: "I wasn't nervous at all"". Kosicednes. July 5, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  9. ^ "Katarina Katarina Kuzmova Wins The Top Spin Energy Cup The Sicilian Tennis Leaders Arrive In Solarino". Giornalelora.it. Retrieved May 30, 2023.