Tamara Čurović

Tamara Čurović
Тамара Чуровић

Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	(1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$81,581
Singles
Career record	236–201
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	394 (27 May 2013)
Current ranking	711 (8 October 2018)
Doubles
Career record	229–158
Career titles	0 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	208 (19 May 2014)
Current ranking	511 (8 October 2018)
Last updated on: 8 October 2018.

Tamara Čurović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тамара Чуровић; born 31 October 1994) is a Serbian tennis player.

Čurović was officially a member of Serbia Fed Cup team in 2011,^[1] but she is yet to play her first Fed Cup match.

She has won two singles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. 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 doubles rankings.

Čurović made her WTA tour main draw debut in doubles at the 2013 Gastein Ladies, partnering Chiara Scholl. They defeated Michaela Hončová and Conny Perrin in the first round and top seeds Mandy Minella and Chanelle Scheepers in the quarterfinals, before losing to eventual champions, Sandra Klemenschits and Andreja Klepač, in the semifinals. At the same tournament, Čurović also played qualification in singles, but lost in the first round. To date, her only other WTA main draw appearance in doubles was at the 2014 BRD Bucharest Open, where she was partnered with Elitsa Kostova, losing in the first round.

Early and personal life

Tamara Čurović was born to Slavko Čurović and Svetlana Prudnikova, former champion of Russia in chess.^[2] She has a brother, Vladislav.^[3] Čurović began playing tennis aged nine in local tennis clinic,^[2] and is currently member of TK Partizan.^[4] She cites Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Janković as her idols.^[4]

Playing style

Čurović is said to be powerful and intelligent at court.^[5] She hits the ball long, not with much spin, and is described as a mixture of both girls' and boys' playing style.^[5]

Awards

• 2008 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–14^[6]
• 2009 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–16^[7]

ITF finals (22–23)

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000/$80,000 tournaments $50,000/$60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000/$15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	20 September 2009	$10,000	Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Matea Mezak	6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	5 June 2011	$10,000	Paros, Greece	Carpet	Yuliya Lysa	6–4, 6–1
Runner–up	2.	8 April 2012	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Silvia Njirić	3–6, 4–6
Runner–up	3.	19 August 2012	$10,000	Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard	Jelena Pandžić	3–6, 1–4 ret.
Winner	2.	1 September 2013	$10,000	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Tereza Malíková	6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	4.	16 July 2017	$15,000	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Oana Gavrilă	4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 39 (20–19)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000/$80,000 tournaments $50,000/$60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000/$15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (3–9) Clay (13–9) Grass (0–0) Carpet (4–1)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winners	1.	30 January 2011	$10,000	Tallinn, Estonia	Hard	Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko	Maret Ani Anett Kontaveit	7–6(8), 6–1
Winners	2.	27 May 2011	$10,000	Paros, Greece	Carpet	Yuliya Lysa	Kim-Alice Grajdek Anastasia Kharchenko	3–6, 6–0, [11–9]
Winners	3.	3 June 2011	$10,000	Paros, Greece	Carpet	Yuliya Lysa	Anneliese Tepper Bianca Tepper	6–4, 7–5
Runner–up	1.	17 June 2011	$25,000	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Sabina Sharipova	Veronika Kapshay Ekaterina Yashina	6–2, 3–6, [13–15]
Runner–up	2.	17 December 2011	$10,000	Pune, India	Hard	Anna Shkudun	Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang	7–6(6), 1–6, [5–10]
Runner–up	3.	16 November 2012	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Yana Sizikova	Başak Eraydın Abbie Myers	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	4.	3 March 2013	$10,000	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Yafan Wang	Misa Eguchi Mari Tanaka	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Winners	4.	27 April 2013	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Camilla Rosatello	Olga Parres Azcoitia Nuria Párrizas Díaz	7–6(4), 6–3
Winners	5.	3 May 2013	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Valeria Podda	Olga Parres Azcoitia Ximena Hermoso	6–3, 6–2
Runner–up	5.	21 June 2013	$10,000	Cologne, Germany	Clay	Antonia Lottner	Eugeniya Pashkova Anastasiya Vasylyeva	3–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Runner–up	6.	6 September 2013	$10,000	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Lina Gjorcheska Camelia Hristea	0–6, 1–6
Winners	6.	21 March 2014	$10,000	Lima, Peru	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Sofía Luini Aranza Salut	6–4, 7–5
Winners	7.	28 March 2014	$10,000	Lima, Peru	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Sofía Luini Aranza Salut	6–2, 7–6(2)
Winners	8.	4 April 2014	$10,000	Lima, Peru	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Stephanie Mariel Petit Carolina Zeballos	6–0, 6–4
Runner–up	7.	20 September 2014	$10,000	Tlemcen, Algeria	Clay	Naomi Totka	Barbara Bonić Margarita Lazareva	2–6, 2–6
Runner–up	8.	25 October 2014	$10,000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Margarita Lazareva	Anette Munozova Victoria Muntean	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Winners	9.	1 November 2014	$10,000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Margarita Lazareva	Nora Niedmers Caroline Uebelhoer	6–3, 7–6(3)
Runner–up	9.	4 April 2015	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Barbara Bonić	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Anastasiya Komardina	2–6, 3–6
Runner–up	10.	11 April 2015	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Anastasiya Komardina	2–6, 2–6
Runner–up	11.	18 April 2015	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Aryna Sabalenka	Sharrmadaa Baluu Pei-Chi Lee	6–4, 3–6, [2–10]
Winners	10.	3 July 2015	$10,000	Sakarya, Turkey	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Basak Eraydin Margarita Lazareva	4–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Runner–up	12.	2 June 2016	$10,000	Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Stefanie Tan	Kseniia Bekker Alina Silich	3–6, 4–6
Runner–up	13.	8 July 2016	$10,000	Niš, Serbia	Clay	Natalija Kostić	Amina Anshba Angelina Gabueva	5–7, 5–7
Winners	11.	22 July 2016	$10,000	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Barbara Kötelesová	Masa Jovanovic Angelique Svinos	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Winners	12.	2 September 2016	$10,000	Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia	Clay	Sandra Jamrichová	Kristina Ostojić Ani Vangelova	6–3, 6–2
Winners	13.	29 October 2016	$10,000	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Barbara Kötelesová	Tereza Kolářová Yulia Kulikova	3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Runner–up	14.	5 November 2016	$10,000	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Barbara Kötelesová	Guadalupe Pérez Rojas Jil Teichmann	1–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Winners	14.	20 November 2016	$10,000	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Barbara Kötelesová	Déborah Kerfs Patrycja Polańska	7–5, 3–6, [10–4]
Winners	15.	26 November 2016	$10,000	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Déborah Kerfs	Carolina Meligeni Alves Noelia Zeballos	7–6(5), 6–3
Winners	16.	3 December 2016	$10,000	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Carolina Meligeni Alves	Oana Gavrilă Sandra Jamrichová	6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Winners	17.	11 December 2016	$10,000	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Carolina Meligeni Alves	Oana Gavrilă Sandra Jamrichová	6–3, 6–2
Winners	18.	18 December 2016	$10,000	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Jelena Simić	Audrey Albié Jade Suvrijn	Walkover
Runner–up	15.	8 April 2017	$15,000	Heraklion, Greece	Clay	Camila Giangreco Campiz	Nastja Kolar Jasmina Tinjić	1–6, 1–6
Runner–up	16.	6 May 2017	$15,000	Győr, Hungary	Clay	Wang Xinyu	Mira Antonitsch Panna Udvardy	1–6, 2–6
Runner–up	17.	9 June 2017	$15,000	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Riya Bhatia	Berfu Cengiz Ani Vangelova	5–7, 6–7(4)
Winners	19.	11 August 2017	$15,000	Arad, Romania	Clay	Vendula Žovincová	Cristina Ene Bojana Marinković	6–1, 6–2
Winners	20.	11 November 2017	$15,000	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Lisa Ponomar	Anastasia Grymalska Giorgia Marchetti	6–4, 7–6(7)
Runner–up	18.	3 August 2018	$25,000	El Espinar (Segovia), Spain	Hard	Başak Eraydın	Marina Bassols Ribera Olga Parres Azcoitia	5–7, 4–6
Runner–up	19.	8 September 2018	$15,000	Székesfehérvár, Hungary	Clay	Draginja Vuković	Victoria Kan Ingrid Vojčináková	5–7, 3–6

Other (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Competition	Surface	Winners	Finalists	Score
Winners	2009	Serbian National Tennis Championships	Clay	TK Partizan Tamara Čurović Bojana Jovanovski Marija Mirkovic Andrea Petkovic	TK Crvena Zvezda Ana Jovanović Carmen Klaschka Aleksandra Ludvig Ana Timotić	5:0[8]

References

External links

• Tamara Čurović at the Women's Tennis Association
• Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation
• Tamara Čurović at the Fed Cup