Martina Suchá

Martina Suchá

Sucha at the 2007 Australian Open
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Nové Zámky, Slovakia
Born	(1980-11-20) 20 November 1980 Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$967,092
Singles
Career record	323–249
Career titles	2 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 37 (22 April 2002)
Grand Slam singles 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)

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 Finals

Singles Finals: 6 (2-4)

Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (2–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 October 2001	Bratislava, Slovakia	Carpet (i)	Rita Grande	1–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	13 January 2002	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	7–6(9–7) 6–1
Runner-up	3.	2 May 2004	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Jelena Janković	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up	4.	3 October 2004	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Li Na	3–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	7 November 2004	Québec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Abigail Spears	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	21 May 2006	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	2–6, 6–3, 3–6

External links

• Martina Suchá at the Women's Tennis Association
• Martina Suchá at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Japanese fan page