Personal

Currently without a coach; physical trainer is Raffaele Tendi ... Father, Jozef, is a businessman; mother's name is Anna; has a younger brother named Miroslav; has a German Shepherd named Kimi ... Favorite surface is clay; favorite shot is forehand ... Favorite places to visit are Slovakia, the mountains and Brazil ... Also likes soccer, ice hockey, music, movies and seeing friends.

Career Highlights

DOUBLES
Winner (25): 2012 - Budapest (w/Rybarikova); 2008 - Budapest (w/Cornet); 2007 - Auckland (w/Suárez), Luxembourg (w/Benesova); 2006 - Palermo, Budapest (both w/Krajicek); 2005 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Likhovtseva); 2004 - Dubai (w/Martínez), Estoril (w/Gagliardi), Linz (w/Likhovtseva); 2002 - Doha (w/Sánchez-Vicario), Berlin, San Diego, Moscow, WTA Championships (all w/Dementieva), Luxembourg (w/Clijsters); 2001 - Gold Coast (w/Casoni), Bogotá, Budapest, Palermo (all w/Garbin); 2000 - Warsaw (w/Garbin); 1998 - Bogotá (w/Suárez); 1997 - Auckland (w/Monami); 1996 - Palermo (w/Schett), Maria Lankowitz (w/Medvedeva); .
Finalist (18): 2013 - Kuala Lumpur (w/Zhang), Carlsbad (w/H.Chan); 2008 - Rome (w/Benesova); 2004 - Doha, Berlin (both w/Martínez); 2003 - Charleston (w/Martínez); 2002 - Paris [Indoors], Indian Wells, US Open (all w/Dementieva), Stanford (w/Martínez), New Haven (w/Garbin), Leipzig (w/Suárez); 2000 - Sao Paulo (w/Labat); 1999 - Warsaw (w/Cocheteux), Sao Paulo (w/Labat); 1998 - Auckland, Hobart (both w/Halard-Decugis); 1993 - Montpellier (w/Monami).

ADDITIONAL
Slovak Fed Cup Team, 1994, 1998, 2002-04, 2007-08; Slovak Olympic Team, 2000, 2004, 2008.

Career in Review

2013 - Fell in WTA qualifying twice.

2012 - Won one WTA doubles title; won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2011 - Won three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2010 - Did not play.

2009 - Fell in WTA qualifying once.

2008 - Fell in WTA qualifying once; won one WTA doubles title.

2007 - Fell in WTA qualifying three times; won two WTA doubles titles.

2006 - Fell in WTA qualifying three times; won two WTA doubles titles.

2005 - QF at Auckland; fell in WTA qualifying four times; won one WTA doubles title.

2004 - Reached 2r once; fell in WTA qualifying 13 times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros, US Open); won three WTA doubles titles.

2003 - QF at Paris [Indoors]; reached 2r six times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r nine times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying twice; set career-highs in both singles (No.31 on January 13) and doubles (No.3 on April 21).

2002 - First Top 50 season (finishing No.33); SF at Doha (l. to Tanasugarn); QF five times at Hobart, Acapulco, Sarasota, Leipzig and Luxembourg; reached 4r once (Australian Open - l. to Clijsters), 3r four times (incl. Roland Garros) and 2r four times (incl. US Open); fell 1r eight times (incl. Wimbledon) and in qualifying once; made Top 50 debut on March 4 (rose from No.51 to No.47); won six WTA doubles titles (incl. WTA Championships w/Dementieva); made doubles Top 10 debut on August 26 (rose from No.11 to No.10) and doubles Top 5 debut on September 9 (after US Open; rose from No.10 to No.5).

2001 - Another Top 100 season; reached 3r once (Roland Garros) and 2r seven times (incl. Australian Open, US Open); fell 1r six times (incl. Wimbledon) and in qualifying seven times; won four WTA doubles titles.

2000 - QF at Palermo; reached 2r once; fell 1r three times and in qualifying 13 times (incl. all four majors).

1999 - Fell 1r three times and in qualifying seven times (incl. Roland Garros).

1998 - QF at Bogotá; reached 2r four times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r five times (incl. Roland Garros) and in qualifying once (US Open); won one WTA doubles title.

1997 - Reached 2r once; fell 1r once (Australian Open); won one WTA doubles title; won one doubles title on ITF Circuit; ret. in Wimbledon 1r vs. Graf w/torn ACL, underwent surgery and was out seven months.

1996 - Another Top 100 season; SF at Warsaw (l. to Nagyova); QF at Pattaya City; reached 3r once and 2r five times; fell 1r six times (incl. all four majors) and in qualifying three times; won two WTA doubles titles.

1995 - Another Top 100 season; reached 2r once; fell 1r four times and in qualifying once (Roland Garros); won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

1994 - QF at Surabaya; reached 2r four times; fell 1r eight times (incl. Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and in qualifying twice; won one WTA doubles title; won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

1993 - First Top 100 season; played first WTA qualifying at US Open, then played first WTA main draw at Montpellier, reaching SF (l. to Likhovtseva); made Top 100 debut on September 27 (rose from No.169 to No.96); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

1992 - Won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

1991 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit, winning five doubles titles.