Tamara Čurović
Country (sports) |
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Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
Born |
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | 31 October 1994
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) |
Turned pro | 2008 |
Plays | Right–handed (two–handed backhand) |
Prize money | $60,610 |
Singles | |
Career record | 191–154 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | 394 (27 May 2013) |
Current ranking | 674 (31 October 2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 166–123 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 13 ITF |
Highest ranking | 208 (19 May 2014) |
Current ranking | 484 (31 October 2016) |
Last updated on: 6 November 2016. |
Tamara Čurović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тамара Чуровић; born 31 October 1994) is a Serbian tennis player. She has won two ITF singles titles and 13 ITF doubles titles. Čurović has been a member of the Serbia Fed Cup team since 2011,[1] but she is yet to play her first Fed Cup match.
Early and personal life
Tamara Čurović was born to Slavko Čurović and Svetlana Prudnikova, former champion of Russia in chess.[2] She has a brother, Vladislav.[3] Čurović began playing tennis aged nine in local tennis clinic,[2] and is currently member of TK Partizan.[4] She cites Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Janković as her idols.[4]
Playing style
Čurović is said to be powerful and intelligent at court.[5] She hits the ball long, not with much spin, and is described as a mixture of both girls' and boys' playing style.[5]
Awards
- 2008 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–14[6]
- 2009 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–16[7]
ITF finals (15–17)
Singles (2–3)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner–up | 1. | 20 September 2009 | Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 5 June 2011 | Paros, Greece | Carpet | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Runner–up | 2. | 8 April 2012 | Heraklion, Greece | Carpet | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner–up | 3. | 19 August 2012 | Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 1–4, Ret. |
Winner | 2. | 1 September 2013 | Belgrade, Serbia | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles (13–14)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winners | 1. | 30 January 2011 | Tallinn, Estonia | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(8), 6–1 |
Winners | 2. | 27 May 2011 | Paros, Greece | Carpet | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–0, [11–9] |
Winners | 3. | 3 June 2011 | Paros, Greece | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Runner–up | 1. | 17 June 2011 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, [13–15] |
Runner–up | 2. | 17 December 2011 | Pune, India | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(6), 1–6, [5–10] |
Runner–up | 3. | 16 November 2012 | Heraklion, Greece | Carpet | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Runner–up | 4. | 3 March 2013 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4 5–7 8–10 |
Winners | 4. | 27 April 2013 | Heraklion, Greece | Carpet | ![]() |
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7–6 (4) 6–3 |
Winners | 5. | 3 May 2013 | Heraklion, Greece | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–3 6–2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 21 June 2013 | Cologne, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–5, [6–10] |
Runner-up | 6. | 6 September 2013 | Belgrade, Serbia | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 1–6 |
Winners | 6. | 21 March 2014 | Lima, Peru | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Winners | 7. | 28 March 2014 | Lima, Peru | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6(7–2) |
Winners | 8. | 4 April 2014 | Lima, Peru | Clay | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–4 |
Runner–up | 7. | 20 September 2014 | Tlemcen, Algeria | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6 2–6 |
Runner–up | 8. | 25 October 2014 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–2 4–6 [8–10] |
Winners | 9. | 1 November 2014 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3 7–6(3) |
Runner–up | 9. | 4 April 2015 | Heraklion, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6 3–6 |
Runner–up | 10. | 11 April 2015 | Heraklion, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6 2–6 |
Runner–up | 11. | 18 April 2015 | Heraklion, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4 3–6 [2–10] |
Winners | 10. | 3 July 2015 | Sakarya, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6 6–1 [10–6] |
Runner–up | 12. | 2 June 2016 | Baku, Azerbaijan | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6 4–6 |
Runner–up | 13. | 8 July 2016 | Niš, Serbia | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7 5–7 |
Winners | 11. | 22 July 2016 | Prokuplje, Serbia | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7 6–3 [10–8] |
Winners | 12. | 2 September 2016 | Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3 6–2 |
Winners | 13. | 29 October 2016 | Hammamet, Tunisia | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6 6–4 [10–3] |
Runner–up | 14. | 5 November 2016 | Hammamet, Tunisia | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6 6–4 [9–11] |
Other (1–0)
Outcome | Year | Competition | Surface | Winners | Finalists | Score |
Winners | 2009 | National Tennis Championships | Clay | ![]() Tamara Čurović Bojana Jovanovski Marija Marković Andrea Petković |
![]() Ana Jovanović Karmen Klasška Aleksandra Ludvig Ana Timotić |
5:0[8] |
References
- ↑ 2011 Fed Cup World Group II: Serbia vs. Canada Tie Details (6 February 2011)
- 1 2 Tamara Čurović, nova nada srpskog tenisa MTS Mondo (14 August 2006)
- ↑ Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation
- 1 2 Mladi talenti: Tamara Čurović Školica (15 November 2007)
- 1 2 Need to know... Tamara Čurović Costagirl (15 January 2010)
- ↑ Proglašeni najbolji mladi teniseri B92 (22 December 2008)
- ↑ TSS: Najbolji Đoković i Jankovićeva B92 (30 December 2009)
- ↑ Teniserke Partizana na tronu B92 (16 July 2009)
External links
- Tamara Čurović at the Women's Tennis Association
- Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation