Klára Koukalová

Klára Koukalová ( born February 24, 1982 in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, 2006-2014 Klára Zakopalová ) is a Czech female tennis player. 2012 and 2013 she was awarded the TC Blau-Weiss Bocholt, for which she has been playing since 2005 in the tennis Bundesliga, German team champion.

  • 3.2.1 Tournament Win
  • 3.2.2 finals
  • 4.1 Single
  • 4.2 double

Career

2001 reached Koukalová in Antwerp for the first time the finals of a WTA tournament in 2005 she won her first two WTA singles titles. In addition, seven individual titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Koukalová 2006 was with Nicole Vaidišová, Šafářová Lucie and Iveta Benešová the fourth Czech player who could break into the top 50.

In the Fed Cup match in 2006 against Thailand Koukalová was a celebrated person, as she with her victory ( 6-2, 7-6 ) over Montinee Thangpong made ​​the battle for promotion to the World Group for the Czech Republic possible.

In June 2011, she succeeded in the Dutch city of ' s- Hertogenbosch, where they exactly six years before her first single title had on the day to celebrate, on the side of Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the first - WTA success in doubles.

2012 reached Koukalová her best result at the French Open; before she came to the last sixteen, where Maria Sharapova after about three hours ( 4:6, 7:6, 2:6 ) proved to be the stronger one. During the subsequent grass tournament in Eastbourne, she reached the semifinals, where they lost to Angelique Kerber with 0:6 and 3:6. At Wimbledon, she reached with victories over Dominika Cibulková and Wolha Hawarzowa the third round, in which they suffered a significant two- set defeat to Francesca Schiavone.

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London Koukalová met in the first round again to Schiavone, who was defeated in three sets once more. In Seoul, she moved in the same year the quarter-finals and was eliminated there against Caroline Wozniacki in two straight sets.

At the beginning of 2013 they reached the final of Shenzhen, where she was beaten against Li Na in three sets. After they each reached the second round in Hobart, Doha, Indian Wells and Miami, Koukalová climbed April 15 in the WTA world ranking to No. 20 in July succeeded in Båstad on the side of Anabel Medina Garrigues, the second title victory in a WTA tournament in doubles. In individual she left there in the semi-final against Serena Williams.

On March 2, 2014 Koukalová won in Brazil after nearly eight and a half years, their total third individual title on the WTA Tour.

Personal

From 2006 to 2010 Klára Koukalová was married to the Czech professional footballer January Zakopal.

Achievements

Singles

Tournament Win

Finals

Doubles

Tournament Win

Finals

Performance at Grand Slam tournaments

Singles

Doubles

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