Viktória Kužmová

Viktória Kužmová

Viktória Kužmová at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Košice, Slovakia
Born	(1998-05-11) 11 May 1998 Košice, Slovakia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Ján Sabovčík (–2018) Michal Mertiňák (2018–present)
Prize money	US$368,190
Singles
Career record	205–81 (71.68%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 54 (16 July 2018)
Current ranking	No. 56 (20 August 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2018)
French Open	2R (2018)
Wimbledon	1R (2018)
US Open	1R (2017, 2018)
Doubles
Career record	47–31
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 167 (25 June 2018)
Current ranking	No. 167 (25 June 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	2R (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–2 (60%)
Last updated on: 30 June 2018.

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

Kužmová has won thirteen singles titles on the ITF tour in her career. She reached her career high WTA singles ranking of No. 81 on 11 June 2018 and also reached her career high WTA doubles ranking of No. 169 on the same date. In 2015, Kužmová won the girls' doubles event at the US Open with Aleksandra Pospelova, defeating Anna Kalinskaya and Anastasia Potapova in the final. Kužmová reached her first WTA Semi-Finals at the 2018 Libéma Open, defeating the sixth seed Alison Van Uytvanck en route. In the semifinals she lost to Kirsten Flipkens.^[1]

Personal life

Kuzmova is coached by Jan Sabovcik and trains in Slovakian National Tennis Centre. She was introduced to tennis at age four by father, Radovan, who used to run a tennis club. Her mother's name is Ingrid and sister's name is Katarina. Short-term goal is to reach Top 100. Career highlight to date is qualifying for US Open main draw. Tennis idols are Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic.^[2]

Career statistics

ITF finals

Singles: 21 (14 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (8–6) Clay (4–1) Grass (1–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	19 October 2014	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Barbara Haas	6–4, 6–3
Winner	12 April 2015	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	6–3, 6–4
Winner	10 May 2015	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Alyona Sotnikova	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	27 September 2015	$10,000	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Freya Christie	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Winner	5 October 2015	$10,000	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Lu Jiaxi	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	7 February 2016	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Anne Schäfer	6–2, 2–6, 0–6
Winner	6 March 2016	$10,000	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Varvara Flink	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	10 April 2016	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Viktoriya Tomova	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Winner	2 July 2016	$10,000	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Manca Pislak	6–0, 6–1
Winner	10 July 2016	$10,000	Niš, Serbia	Clay	Mira Antonitsch	6–1, 6–2
Winner	18 September 2016	$25,000	Lubbock, United States	Hard	Freya Christie	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	1 October 2016	$25,000	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Lizette Cabrera	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	15 October 2016	$25,000	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	26 February 2017	$25,000	Perth, Australia	Hard	Destanee Aiava	1–6, 1–6
Winner	12 March 2017	$25,000	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Katie Boulter	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	9 April 2017	$25,000	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Viktoriya Tomova	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	22 July 2017	$25,000	Imola, Italy	Carpet	Stefania Rubini	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	12 August 2017	$25,000	Chiswick, United Kingdom	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	3–6, 4–6
Winner	18 March 2018	$60,000	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Anna Kalinskaya	7–5, 6–3
Winner	20 May 2018	$100,000	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	6–4, 1–6, 6–1
Winner	15 June 2018	$100,000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6–3, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles (6–3)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (6–1) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 March 2015	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Petra Rohanová	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Anastasiya Komardina	5–7, 2–6
Winner	1.	12 October 2015	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Raluca Șerban	Steffi Distelmans Kelly Versteeg	6–2, 6–0
Winner	2.	26 January 2016	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Petra Uberalová	Lina Gjorcheska Ioana Loredana Rosca	7–6(7–3), 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Runner-up	2.	27 June 2016	$10,000	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Barbara Kötelesová Manca Pislak	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	3.	15 August 2016	$10,000	Slovenská Ľupča, Slovakia	Clay	Barbara Kötelesová	Petra Krejsová Chantal Škamlová	2–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	3 October 2016	$25,000	Toowoomba, Australia	Hard	Dalma Gálfi	Gabriela Cé Tereza Mihalíková	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	4.	17 September 2017	$25,000	Batumi, Georgia	Hard	Ysaline Bonaventure	Tatia Mikadze Sofia Shapatava	6–1, 6–3
Winner	5.	17 March 2018	$60,000	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Anna Kalinskaya	Danka Kovinić Wang Xinyu	6–4, 1–6, [10–7]
Winner	6.	31 March 2018	$60,000	Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Anna Kalinskaya	Petra Krejsová Jesika Malečková	7–6(7–5), 6–1

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2016	US Open	Hard	Kayla Day	3–6, 2–6

Girls' Doubles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2015	US Open	Hard	Aleksandra Pospelova	Anna Kalinskaya Anastasia Potapova	7–5, 6–2

References

External links

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