Věra Suková

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Věra Pužejová Suková (born June 13, 1931 in Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia – died May 13, 1982 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a tennis player from Czechoslovakia. She was the women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1962, losing to Karen Hantze Susman 6-4, 6-4.

Suková was a women's singles semifinalist at the French Championships in 1957 and 1963. She teamed with Jiří Javorský to win the mixed doubles title at that tournament in 1957. They were the runner-ups in 1961.

Suková was included in the year-end world top ten rankings for 1957 and 1962.

Suková was the Czechoslovakian national women's singles champion 11 times between 1952 and 1964.

After retirement from tennis, Suková served as the coach of Czechoslovakia's national women's team. Under her guidance, the team won the Fed Cup in 1975.

Her husband Cyril Suk II, who she married in 1961, was president of the Czechoslovakian Tennis Federation. Their two children Helena Suková (born 1965) and Cyril Suk III (born 1967) both became successful professional tennis players.

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Tournament	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	Career SR
Australian Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
French Championships	2R	SF	4R	QF	QF	4R	3R	SF	QF	0 / 9
Wimbledon	4R	3R	A	3R	4R	QF	F	3R	2R	0 / 8
U.S. Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	4R	A	0 / 2
SR	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 19