Věra Suková

Věra Suková
Full name Věra Pužejová Suková
Country (sports)  Czechoslovakia
Born (1931-06-13)13 June 1931
Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia
Died 13 May 1982(1982-05-13) (aged 50)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Singles
Highest ranking No. 5 (1962, Lance Tingay)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open SF (1957, 1963)
Wimbledon F (1962)
US Open QF (1962)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon QF (1957, 1960, 1964)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open W (1957)
Wimbledon SF (1960, 1961)

Věra Pužejová Suková (13 June 1931 – 13 May 1982) 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 runners-up in 1961.

According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Suková was ranked in the world top ten in 1957, 1962, and 1963, reaching a career high of World No. 5 in those rankings in 1962.[1]

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.

She died from brain cancer in 1982.

Her husband Cyril Suk II, whom 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.

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 703. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.

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