Martina Suchá

Martina Suchá (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈsuxaː]; born 20 November 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia.

Martina Suchá

Suchá at the 2007 Australian Open
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Nové Zámky, Slovakia
Born	(1980-11-20) 20 November 1980 Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$970,609
Singles
Career record	328–255
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 37 (22 April 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2002)
French Open	2R (2001)
Wimbledon	2R (2002, 2003)
US Open	3R (2001)
Doubles
Career record	31–49
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 234 (3 January 2000)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (2002), record 3–2

On 22 April 2002, Suchá reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 37.

She helped the Slovak team to win the 2002 Fed Cup, beating Nathalie Dechy of France in the quarterfinal. She was also part of the Slovak 2004 Olympic Team.

WTA career finals

Singles (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (2–4)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Oct 2001	Bratislava Open, Slovakia	Carpet (i)	Rita Grande	1–6, 1–6
Win	2.	Jan 2002	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	7–6(9–7), 6–1
Loss	3.	May 2004	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Jelena Janković	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss	4.	Oct 2004	Guangzhou Open, China	Hard	Li Na	3–6, 4–6
Win	5.	Nov 2004	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Abigail Spears	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	6.	May 2006	Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	2–6, 6–3, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 11 (5–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	6 April 1998	ITF Brindisi, Italy	Clay	Sylvie Sallaberry	0–6, 4–6
DNP	–	12 July 1998	ITF Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Yvette Basting	—
Win	2.	14 September 1997	ITF Cluj, Romania	Clay	Magda Mihalache	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	3.	17 August 1998	ITF Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	Clay	Libuše Průšová	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	4.	20 June 1999	ITF Grado, Italy	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	6–1, 4–6, 5–7
Win	5.	19 July 1999	ITF Ettenheim, Germany	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	6.	5 June 2000	ITF Galatina, Italy	Clay	Antonella Serra Zanetti	5–7, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	7.	6 August 2000	ITF Ettenheim, Germany	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	4–6, 2–6
Loss	8.	8 July 2001	ITF Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Clarisa Fernández	4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Win	9.	9 June 2003	ITF Grado, Italy	Clay	Catalina Castaño	6–1, 6–2
Loss	10.	30 September 2007	ITF Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Michaela Paštiková	7–5, 5–7, 6–7
Win	11.	11 November 2007	ITF Ismaning, Germany	Carpet (i)	Oxana Lyubtsova	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	14 July 1997	ITF Toruń, Poland	Clay	Renata Kučerová	Petra Kučová Lenka Zacharová	6–3, 6–3
Win	2.	13 December 1999	ITF Průhonice, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Helena Vildová	Nadejda Ostrovskaya Tatiana Poutchek	6–3, 2–6, 6–2

External links

• Martina Suchá at the Women's Tennis Association
• Martina Suchá at the International Tennis Federation
• Martina Suchá at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Martina Suchá at Olympedia
• Martina Suchá at Olympics.com
• Martina Suchá at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)