Tamara Čurović

Tamara Čurović
Тамара Чуровић
Country  Serbia
Residence Belgrade, Serbia
Born 31 October 1994 (1994-10-31) (age 17)
Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro 2008
Plays Right–handed (two–handed backhand)
Career prize money US$9,652
Singles
Career record 41–18 (69.49%)
Career titles 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking 500 (12 July 2010)
Current ranking 596 (20 June 2011)
Doubles
Career record 11–6
Career titles 0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking 731 (20 June 2011)
Last updated on: 9 March 2011.

Tamara Čurović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тамара Чуровић; born 31 October 1994) is a Serbian tennis player. Although she plays junior mostly, she also competes at professional tournaments. In 2009, Čurović reached her first ITF final, in Doboj.[1] As of 7 March 2011, Čurović is ranked World No. 686.[2] In 2011, she was the member of the Serbia Fed Cup team in the World Group II rubber against Canada, along with Bojana Jovanovski, Aleksandra Krunić and Ana Jovanović, but did not play any matches.[3]

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Early and personal life

Tamara Čurović was born to Slavko Čurović and Svetlana Prudnikova, former champion of Russia in chess.[4] She has a brother, Vladislav.[5] Čurović began playing tennis aged nine in local tennis clinic,[4] and is currently member of TK Partizan.[6] She cites Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanović and Jelena Janković as her idols.[6]

Playing style

Čurović is said to be powerful and intelligent at court.[7] She hits the ball long, not with much spin, and is described as a mixture of both girls' and boys' playing style.[7]

Awards

Career statistics

ITF singles finals (1–1)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. 20 September 2009 Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Matea Mezak 6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 5 June 2011 Paros, Greece Carpet Yuliya Lysa 6–4, 6–1

ITF doubles finals (3–1)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winners 1. 30 January 2011 Tallinn, Estonia Hard Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko Maret Ani
Anett Kontaveit		 7–6(8), 6–1
Winners 2. 27 May 2011 Paros, Greece Carpet Yuliya Lysa Kim-Alice Grajdek
Anastasia Kharchenko		 3–6, 6–0, [11–9]
Winners 3. 3 June 2011 Paros, Greece Carpet Yuliya Lysa Anneliese Tepper
Bianca Tepper		 6–4, 7–5
Runner–up 1. 17 June 2011 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Sabina Sharipova Veronika Kapshay
Ekaterina Yashina		 6–2, 3–6, [13–15]

Additional (1–0)

Outcome Year Competition Surface Winners Finalists Score
Winners 2009 National Tennis Championships Clay TK Partizan
Tamara Čurović
Bojana Jovanovski
Marija Marković
Andrea Petković		 Red Star
Ana Jovanović
Karmen Klasška
Aleksandra Ludvig
Ana Timotić		 5:0[10]

References

  1. ^ $10,000 Doboj 2009 Women's Singles – Main Draw (Knock–out) Final
  2. ^ Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Stats | Tamara Čurović
  3. ^ 2011 Fed Cup World Group II: Serbia vs. Canada Tie Details (6 February 2011)
  4. ^ a b Tamara Čurović, nova nada srpskog tenisa MTS Mondo (14 August 2006)
  5. ^ Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation
  6. ^ a b Mladi talenti: Tamara Čurović Školica (15 November 2007)
  7. ^ a b Need to know... Tamara Čurović Costagirl (15 January 2010)
  8. ^ Proglašeni najbolji mladi teniseri B92 (22 December 2008)
  9. ^ TSS: Najbolji Đoković i Jankovićeva B92 (30 December 2009)
  10. ^ Teniserke Partizana na tronu B92 (16 July 2009)

External links

Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Serbian female singles tennis players as of 2 January 2012
1. Jelena Janković (14 ) · 2. Ana Ivanović (22 ) · 3. Bojana Jovanovski (76 3) · 4. Aleksandra Krunić (226 3) · 5. Doroteja Erić (346 3)
6. Teodora Mirčić (374 2) · 7. Milana Špremo (459 2) · 8. Tamara Čurović (536 1) · 9. Natalija Kostić (538 3) · 10. Jovana Jakšić (550 3)