Martina Suchá

Martina Suchá

Sucha at the 2007 Australian Open
Country	Slovakia
Residence	Nové Zámky, Slovakia
Born	20 November 1980 (1980-11-20) (age 31) Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.70 m (5' 7")
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$967,092
Singles
Career record	323–249
Career titles	2 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	37 (22 April 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4r (2002)
French Open	2r (2001)
Wimbledon	2r (2002, 2003)
US Open	3r (2001)
Doubles
Career record	30–46
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 234 (3 January 2000)
Last updated on: 13 December 2007.

Martina Suchá (SOO-khah; born 20 November 1980 in Nové Zámky) is a retired female tennis player from Slovakia.

With a height of 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) and a weight of 57 kg (126 lb), she is right-handed, and plays with a two-handed backhand.

On 22 April 2002, Suchá reached her WTA career-high singles ranking: No. 37.

She helped Slovakia to win the 2002 Fed Cup, beating Nathalie Dechy of France in the quarter-final.

She was part of the Slovak 2004 Olympic Team.

WTA Tour titles (2)

Singles (2)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (1)

Tier IV-V (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	13 January 2002	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	7–67 6–1
2.	7 November 2004	Québec City, Canada	Hard Indoor	Abigail Spears	6–2 3–6 6–2

Singles runner-ups (4)

• 2001: Bratislava (lost to Rita Grande) 1–6, 1–6
• 2004: Guangzhou (lost to Na Li) 3–6, 4–6
• 2004: Budapest (lost to Jelena Janković) 6–7⁴, 3–6
• 2006: Rabat (lost to Meghann Shaughnessy) 2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Trivia

• In her spare time, likes shopping and reading (favorite author is Michal Viewegh);
• Her favorite movies are Trainspotting and American Beauty; her favorite television show is The Simpsons;

External links

• Martina Suchá at the Women's Tennis Association
• Martina Suchá at the Fed Cup
• Japanese fan page

Persondata
Name	Sucha, Martina
Alternative names
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Date of birth	1980-11-20
Place of birth	Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia
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