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Klára Zakopalová

Country	Czech Republic
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic
Date of birth	February 24, 1982 (1982-02-24) (age 27)
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia now Czech Republic
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb; 7.9 st)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$ 1,270,345
Singles
Career record	318–260
Career titles	2 WTA (6 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 27 (March 6, 2006)
Current ranking	No. 90 (December 14, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3r (2003)
French Open	2r (2004, 2005, 2008)
Wimbledon	2r (2004)
US Open	1r (2003–08)
Doubles
Career record	17–49
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 113 (October 26, 2009)
Last updated on: October 26, 2009.

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.

Contents 1 Career 2 Personal 3 WTA Titles 3.1 Singles 3.2 Singles finalist (7) 3.3 Doubles 4 Singles performance timeline 5 External links

[edit] Career

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In her career, Zakopalová has reached eight singles finals and won two, both in 2005: on grass in Rosmalen (Netherlands) and in September in Portorož (Slovenia) on hard court.

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. Zakopalová was seeded No.29 at the 2006 Australian Open but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Bychkova of Russia. In that year, Klara had ten first-round losses in singles and failed to win a doubles match.

However in 2008, Zakopalová reached the final of the inaugural Cachantun Cup in Chile. She played the top seed Flavia Pennetta but was forced to retire due to an ankle sprain. It was the first time Klara had retired from a match since February 2003. This also forced Klara to withdraw from the next tournament in Bogotá, where she had made the quarterfinals in 2007.

Zakopalova's biggest win came at the 2009 Andalucia Tennis Experience in Marbella, Spain. She defeated World. No. 1 and ten time grand slam champion Serena Williams, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1. Williams was also her first round opponent at the 2009 French Open, where Zakopalová lost 3-6, 7-6, 4-6.

[edit] Personal

On 6 June 2006, Klara married Czech soccer player, Jan Zakopal.

[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	Zlín	Clay	Petra Kvitová	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] Doubles

Runner-ups (2)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (1)	Premier (1)
Tier IV & V (0)	International (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	17 September 2001	Quebec City	Hard (i)	Alena Vaskova	Samantha Reeves Adriana Serra Zanetti	7-5, 4-6, 6-3
2.	25 July 2009	Portorož	Hard	Camille Pin	Julia Görges Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 6-2
3.	24 October 2009	Moscow	Hard	Maria Kondratieva	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	6–2, 6–2

[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 Wimbledon, 23 June 2009.

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3–7
French Open	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	2R	1R	3–6
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1–6
U.S. Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	LQ	0–6
Grand Slam Win-Loss	2-4	2-4	2-4	0-4	0-2	1-4	0-3	7-25
Tournaments Won	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Year End Ranking	62	46	36	125	62	75		N/A

[edit] External links

• Klára Zakopalová profile on the WTA Tour's official website