Ľudmila Cervanová

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**Ľudmila Cervanová**

Country	Slovakia
Residence	Piestany, Slovakia
Date of birth	October 15, 1979
Place of birth	Piestany, Slovakia
Height	5' 7.5in (1.71 m)
Weight	137 lbs. (62 kg)
Turned Pro	1997
Plays	Right-handed
Career Prize Money	$655,322
Singles
Career record:	282-229
Career titles:	0 WTA, 7 ITF titles
Highest ranking:	No. 58 (March 1, 2004)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd Round (2003, '04)
French Open	3rd Round (2002)
Wimbledon	3rd Round (2004)
U.S. Open	2nd Round (2003)
Doubles
Career record:	85-77
Career titles:	0 WTA, 6 ITF titles
Highest ranking:	No. 186 (May 5, 1997)

Ľudmila Cervanová (born 15 October 1979 in Piešťany, Slovakia) is a professional female tennis player from Slovakia. She turned Pro in 1997.

Cervanová was born in Piešťany and currently still lives in her birthplace.

1 Biography
2 Tennis career
3 Ranking
4 Progress in Grand Slam tournaments
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Cervanová graduated from high school in 1997, the same year she turned pro. Her favourite tennis court surface is clay, and her best shot is the backhand. She is Coached by Ján Kuval. Apart from tennis, she enjoys reading, swimming and beach volleyball. Her favorite places to visit are Paris and Rio de Janeiro. She also has a great attitude to tennis, as she describes herself as ambitious, hard-working and capricious.

[edit] Tennis career

Cervanová is yet to win any WTA Tour titles, her closest being in Acapulco, on February 27, 2005, where she lost in the final to Flavia Pennetta 3-6 7-5 6-3. She has also reached the final of the tournament Casablanca in 2004, where she lost to Emilie Loit of France, 6-2 6-2 and the semi-final of Bratislava in 2001, where she lost to Rita Grande of Italy 6-3 6-2. Recently she reached the semi final of Bogotá in 2006, losing to Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-1 6-3.

She has won 7 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles, and 6 ITF Women's Circuit doubles titles. The ITF Tour is a tier below the WTA Tour.

[edit] Ranking

Currently, she is ranked 211th in the world in singles. She reached a career high of 58 in the world in singles in March 1st, 2004 and 186 in doubles in May 5th, 1997. To date she has won $655,322 in prize money. She is the Slovak Number 5, with Daniela Hantuchová being the Number 1, Martina Suchá being the 2nd, Jarmila Gajdošová being 3rd and Henrieta Nagyová being 4th.

[edit] Progress in Grand Slam tournaments

Cervanová has made little progress in each of the 4 Grand Slam tournaments, her best reaching the 3rd round of Wimbledon in 2004, and the 3rd round of the French Open in 2002.