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Strong Is Beautiful
Francesca Schiavone

Zuzana Kucova

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Residence: Bratislava, Slovakia
DOB: June 26, 1982
Birthplace: Bratislava, Slovakia
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Weight: 132 lbs. (60 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro
JANUARY - Fell in Australian Open qualifying.

FEBRUARY - Fell 1r at Pattaya City (l. to Zhang); fell 1r at Dubai (as qualifier, l. to Errani); withdrew from Kuala Lumpur w/illness.

MARCH - Fell in Miami qualifying.

APRIL - Reached 2r at Stuttgart (as LL, l. to top seed Wozniacki); fell 1r at Barcelona (as qualifier, ret. vs. No.2 seed Dulgheru w/hamstring injury); fell in Madrid qualifying.

MAY - Fell in Roland Garros qualifying.

JUNE - Reached 2r at Copenhagen (l. to No.8 seed Brianti); fell in Wimbledon qualifying.

JULY - Reached QF at Budapest (d. No.6 seed Johansson en route, falling to top seed and eventual champion Vinci 46 76(3) 63; held 2mp at 64 52).

AUGUST - Fell in New Haven and US Open qualifying.

SEPTEMBER - Fell 1r at Tashkent (l. to qualifier Larriere).
1999 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit; also played first WTA qualifying at Bratislava.

2000 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2001 - Fell in WTA qualifying once; won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2002 - Fell in WTA qualifying three times (incl. US Open).

2003 - Fell in WTA qualifying five times (incl. all four majors); won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Played first WTA main draw at Roland Garros, falling 1r (as qualifier, l. Zvonareva); fell in qualifying four times (incl. other three majors).

2005 - Fell in WTA qualifying three times (incl. Australian Open, Wimbledon).

2006 - Fell in WTA qualifying twice (incl. Roland Garros).

2007 - Fell in WTA qualifying once; won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Reached 2r once; fell in Tour qualifying once; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2009 - Fell in WTA qualifying eight times (incl. all four majors); won two singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2010 - Fell 1r seven times (incl. Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open) and in qualifying four times (incl. Roland Garros); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.
SINGLES
Winner: 2010 - ITF/Bari-ITA, ITF/Lagos-NGR; 2009 - ITF/Lagos-NGR, ITF/Lagos 2-NGR; 2008 - ITF/Lagos 2-NGR; 2007 - ITF/Lagos-NGR; 2003 - ITF/Rome Parioli-ITA; 2001 - ITF/Algiers-ALG.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2009 - ITF/Zlin-CZE (w/K.Kucova); 2007 - ITF/Cairo 1-EGY (w/K.Kucova); 2001 - ITF/Rome-ITA (w/Benesova), ITF/Saulgau-GER (w/Kucerova).
Coached by Radka Zrubakova ... Mother is Alena (engineer); father is Jozef (school teacher and tennis coach); sister is Kristina (also tennis player); also has a poodle named Kuki ... Started playing at age 6 when introduced to the sport by father ... Baseliner; favorite surface is hard ... Favorite types of music are oldies and '80s; favorite singer is Madonna ... Favorite movies are Fantozzi, Pink Panther, Men On Fire, Czech movies; favorite actors are Katherine Heigl and Denzel Washington ... Enjoys playing poker, going to the cinema, playing with her dog ... Goal is to get to Top 100.