Klára Zakopalová
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| Country |  Czech Republic |
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| Residence | Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Date of birth | 24 February 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia now Czech Republic |
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| Height | 5' 5 1/4" (1.66 m) | |
| Weight | 110 lbs. (50 kg) | |
| Turned pro | 1999 | |
| Plays | Right; Two-handed backhand | |
| Career prize money | $ 1,000,232 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 281-221 | |
| Career titles: | 2 WTA (6 ITF) | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 27 (March 6, 2006) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | 3r (2003) | |
| French Open | 2r (2004, 2005, 2008) | |
| Wimbledon | 2r (2004) | |
| US Open | 1r (2003-07) | |
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| Career record: | 8-37 | |
| Career titles: | 0 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 193 (February 4, 2002) | |
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Infobox last updated on: May 5, 2008. |
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Klára Zakopalová (born as Klára Koukalová on February 24, 1982 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional female tennis player. She was born and still lives in Prague, the capital.
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[edit] Career
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In her career Zakopalová has reached eight singles finals and won two, in 2005 on the grass of Rosmalen (Netherlands) and in September of that year on the hard courts of Portorož (Slovenia).
In January 2006 she played a comeback player Martina Hingis, at the WTA Tournament in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, whom she lost to in the second round of the tournament.
Zakopalová was seeded No.29 at the 2006 Australian Open tennis tournament but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Bychkova of Russia. Klara has not had a successful year in singles or doubles, with over ten first-round losses in singles and not a single victory in doubles. Many people are confused as to why she has yet to regain the form that took her to no. 27 in the world in March of 2006. However Zakopalova started 2008 very well and she has reached the final of the inaugural Cachantun Cup in Chile. She played the top seed Flavia Pennetta and was forced to retire from this hard fought match due to a nasty ankle sprain and lost 6–4, 5–4. It was only the first time Klara had retired from a match since February of 2003, when she retired in an ITF event to Mara Santangelo. This injury also forced Klara to withdraw from the next tournament in Bogota, a tournament where she was a quarterfinalist at in 2007.
[edit] Personal
On 6th June 2006, Klara married Czech soccer player, Jan Zakopal. They are a happily married couple.
[edit] WTA Titles
[edit] Singles
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (1) |
| Tier IV & V (1) |
| ITF Circuit (6) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | July 4, 1999 |  Alkmaar |
Clay |  Janet Bergman |
6–2, 6–1 |
| 2. | June 25, 2000 |  Sopot |
Clay |  Syna Schmidle |
7–6, 6–3 |
| 3. | August 27, 2000 |  Maribor |
Clay | Angelika Roesch |
7–5, 6–4 |
| 4. | June 17, 2001 |  Marseille |
Clay |  Karina Habšudová |
6–4, 4–6, 7–6 |
| 5. | June 9, 2002 |  Caserta |
Clay |  Mariana Díaz-Oliva |
7–6, 5–7, 7–5 |
| 6. | June 18, 2005 | 's-Hertogenbosch |
Grass | Lucie Šafářová |
3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 7. | September 25, 2005 | Portorož |
Hard | Katarina Srebotnik |
6–2, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 8. | June 17, 2007 | Zlin |
Clay | Petra Kvitova |
6–4, 6–1 |
[edit] Singles finalist (7)
- 2001: Antwerp (lost to Barbara Rittner) 3–6 2–6
- 2002: Casablanca (lost to
Patricia Wartusch) 7–5 3–6 3–6 - 2003: Sopot (lost to
Anna Smashnova) 2–6 0–6 - 2004: 's-Hertogenbosch (lost to Mary Pierce) 6–76 2–6
- 2004: Sopot (Lost to Flavia Pennetta) 5–7 6–3 3–6
- 2005: Palermo (lost to
Anabel Medina Garrigues) 4–6 0–6 - 2008: Vina del Mar (lost to Flavia Pennetta) 4–6 4–5 ret.
[edit] Singles performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2008 French Open, which ended on June 8, 2008.
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Career Win-Loss |
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| Australian Open | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3–6 |
| French Open | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 3–5 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 1–4 | |
| U.S. Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0–5 | |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 7-20 |
| Tournaments Won | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Year End Ranking | 62 | 46 | 36 | 125 | 63 | N/A |
[edit] External links
- Klára Zakopalová profile on the WTA Tour's official website
