Tamara Čurović
| Country (sports) |
 Serbia |
|---|---|
| Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Born |
31 October 1994 Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Serbia) |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2008 |
| Plays | Right–handed (two–handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$14,562 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 59–32 (69.49%) |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 500 (12 July 2010) |
| Current ranking | 527 (9 April 2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 20–16 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 432 (30 January 2012) |
| Last updated on: 8 April 2012. | |
Tamara Čurović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тамара Чуровић; born 31 October 1994) is a Serbian tennis player. She reached her first ITF final in Doboj in 2009.[1] As of 9 April 2012, Čurović is ranked World No. 527.[2] She has been a member of the Serbia Fed Cup team since 2011,[3] but she is yet to play her first Fed Cup match.
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 Ivanovic 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
- 2008 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–14[8]
- 2009 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–16[9]
Career statistics
ITF singles finals (2–3)
| $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 |
| Runner–up | 2. | 8 April 2012 | Heraklion, Greece | Carpet | Silvia Njirić |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner–up | 3. | 13 Aug 2012 | Brčko, Bosnia-Herzegovina | Hard | Jelena Pandžić |
3–6, 1–4, Ret. |
| Winner | 2. | 26 Aug 2013 | Belgrade, Serbia | Clay |  Tereza Malikova |
6–4, 6–3 |
ITF doubles finals (9–8)
| $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] |
| Runner–up | 2. | 17 December 2011 | Pune, India | Hard | Anna Shkudun |
 Jia-Jing Lu Jia-Xiang Lu |
7–6(6), 1–6, [5–10] |
| Runner–up | 3. | 12 November 2012 | Heraklion, Greece | Carpet | Yana Sizikova |
 Başak Eraydın Abbie Myers |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Runner–up | 4. | 25 February 2013 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Yafan Wang |
 Misa Eguchi Mari Tanaka |
6–4 5–7 8–10 |
| Winners | 4. | 22 April 2013 | Heraklion, Greece | Carpet |  Camilla Rosatello |
 Olga Parres Azcoitia Nuria Parrizas Diaz |
7–6 (4) 6–3 |
| Winners | 5. | 29 April 2013 | Heraklion, Greece | Carpet |  Valeria Podda |
Olga Parres Azcoitia  Ximena Hermoso |
6–3 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 17 June 2013 | Cologne, Germany | Clay | Antonia Lottner |
Eugeniya Pashkova Anastasiya Vasylyeva |
3–6, 7–5, [6–10] |
| Runner-up | 6. | 2 September 2013 | Belgrade, Serbia | Clay |  Xenia Knoll |
 Lina Gjorcheska  Camelia Hristea |
0–6, 1–6 |
| Winners | 6. | 17 March 2014 | Lima, Peru | Clay | Yana Sizikova |
 Sofía Luini Aranza Salut |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Winners | 7. | 24 March 2014 | Lima, Peru | Clay | Yana Sizikova |
Sofía Luini Aranza Salut |
6–2, 7–6(7–2) |
| Winners | 8. | 31 March 2014 | Lima, Peru | Clay | Yana Sizikova |
Stephanie Mariel Petit Carolina Zeballos |
6–0, 6–4 |
| Runner–up | 7. | 20 September 2014 | Tlemcen, Algeria | Clay |  Naomi Totka |
Barbara Bonić Margarita Lazareva |
2–6 2–6 |
| Runner–up | 8. | 26 October 2014 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Margarita Lazareva |
 Anette Munozova  Victoria Muntean |
6-2 4-6 [8-10] |
| Winners | 9. | 2 November 2014 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Margarita Lazareva |
Nora Niedmers Caroline Uebelhoer |
6-3 7-6(3) |
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
- ↑ $10,000 Doboj 2009 Women's Singles – Main Draw (Knock–out) Final
- ↑ Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Stats | Tamara Čurović
- ↑ 2011 Fed Cup World Group II: Serbia vs. Canada Tie Details (6 February 2011)
- 1 2 Tamara Čurović, nova nada srpskog tenisa MTS Mondo (14 August 2006)
- ↑ Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation
- 1 2 Mladi talenti: Tamara Čurović Školica (15 November 2007)
- 1 2 Need to know... Tamara Čurović Costagirl (15 January 2010)
- ↑ Proglašeni najbolji mladi teniseri B92 (22 December 2008)
- ↑ TSS: Najbolji Đoković i Jankovićeva B92 (30 December 2009)
- ↑ Teniserke Partizana na tronu B92 (16 July 2009)
External links
- Tamara Čurović at the Women's Tennis Association
- Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation
- Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
- Tamara Čurović at the Fed Cup
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