Sandra Načuk

Sandra Načuk

Country (sports)	Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
Born	(1980-08-17) 17 August 1980 Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$305,150
Singles
Career record	139–106
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 81 (16 August 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2000, 2001)
French Open	1R (1999, 2000)
Wimbledon	3R (2000)
US Open	1R (1998, 1999, 2000)
Doubles
Career record	59–61
Career titles	1 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 74 (4 December 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2000, 2001)
French Open	1R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon	1R (2000, 2001)
US Open	1R (2000)

Sandra Načuk (born 17 August 1980) is a former professional tennis player who played for Serbia and Montenegro. She reached her highest singles ranking of World No. 81 in August 1999.

Načuk's career highlight was reaching the third round of the 2000 Wimbledon Championships - Ladies' Singles event, defeating Jelena Kostanić and Lucie Ahl. Sandra won one WTA Tour doubles title in her career, at Budapest in 1999, partnering with Eugenia Kulikovskaya. She also won her biggest ITF Women's Circuit singles title in 1998 at Poitiers.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (0–0) Tier IV (1–2) Tier V (0–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (1–2) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	25 April 1999	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	Laura Montalvo Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	8 August 1999	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	Eva Martincová Elena Pampoulova	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	23 April 2000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Jelena Kostanić	Lubomira Bacheva Cristina Torrens Valero	0–6, 2–6

ITF finals (9–5)

Singles (4–1)

Legend $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (2–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	11 August 1996	$10,000	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Virginie Massart	6–1, 2–6, 6–0
Winner	2.	15 September 1996	$10,000	Albena, Bulgaria	Clay	Alina Tecsor	7–5, 7–6
Runner–up	1.	2 November 1997	$25,000	Edinburgh, UK	Hard (i)	Barbara Schwartz	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	21 February 1998	$25,000	Redbridge, London, UK	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	1 November 1998	$50,000	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Elena Makarova	6–0, 5–7, 6–1

Doubles (5–4)

Legend $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (5–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	20 April 1997	$10,000	Angiulli, Bari, Italy	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Tzipi Obziler Anna Smashnova	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	31 August 1997	$25,000	Athens II, Greece	Clay	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Marina Escobar Martínez	6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	1.	21 September 1997	$25,000	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Sandra Klösel Karin Kschwendt	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	2.	19 October 1997	$50,000	Southampton, UK	Carpet (i)	Lenka Cenková	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	2–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	16 September 2001	$75,000	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Conchita Martínez Granados Antonella Serra Zanetti	6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Runner–up	3.	4 November 2001	$25,000	Bolton, UK	Hard (i)	Dragana Zarić	Maria Goloviznina Bahia Mouhtassine	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	2 June 2002	$25,000	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Tina Hergold	Katarina Dašković Katalin Marosi-Aracama	6–3, 6–3
Runner–up	4.	16 June 2002	$25,000	Grado, Italy	Clay	Natacha Randriantefy	Gloria Pizzichini Hana Šromová	3–6, 5–7
Winner	5.	23 June 2002	$25,000	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Tina Hergold	Arantxa Parra Santonja Carla Tiene	6–4, 6–3

External links

• Sandra Načuk at the Women's Tennis Association
• Sandra Načuk at the Billie Jean King Cup