Tamara Čurović

Tamara Čurović
Тамара Чуровић
Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	31 October 1994 (age 29); Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 152,088
Singles
Career record	382–310
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 394 (27 May 2013)
Current ranking	No. 777 (18 March 2024)
Doubles
Career record	371–233
Career titles	34 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 208 (19 May 2014)
Current ranking	No. 744 (18 March 2024)
	Last updated on: 29 March 2024.

Tamara Čurović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тамара Чуровић; born 31 October 1994) is a Serbian professional tennis player.

Čurović was an official member of Serbia Fed Cup team in 2011,^[1] but she is yet to play her first Fed Cup match.

She has won eight singles titles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 27 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 394. On 19 May 2014, she peaked at No. 208 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Čurović made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in doubles at the 2013 Gastein Ladies, partnering Chiara Scholl. They defeated Michaela Hončová and Conny Perrin in the first round and top seeds Mandy Minella and Chanelle Scheepers in the quarterfinals, before losing to eventual champions, Sandra Klemenschits and Andreja Klepač. At the same tournament, Čurović lost in the first round of the singles qualifying. To date, her only other WTA Tour main-draw appearance in doubles was at the 2014 Bucharest Open, partnering with Elitsa Kostova and losing in the first round.

Personal life

Tamara Čurović was born to Slavko Čurović and Svetlana Prudnikova, a former Russian chess champion.^[2] She has a brother, Vladislav.^[3] Čurović began playing tennis aged nine at a local tennis club,^[2] and is currently a member of the Partizan Tennis Club.^[4] She cites Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Janković as her idols.^[4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments (8–9)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (7–7)
Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2009	ITF Doboj, Bosnia & Herzegovina	10,000	Clay	Matea Mezak	6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2011	ITF Paros, Greece	10,000	Carpet	Yuliya Lysa	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Apr 2012	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Carpet	Silvia Njirić	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Aug 2012	ITF Brčko, Bosnia & Herzegovina	10,000	Hard	Jelena Pandžić	3–6, 1–4 ret.
Win	2–3	Sep 2013	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Tereza Malíková	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–4	Jul 2017	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	15,000	Clay	Oana Gavrilă	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–5	Apr 2019	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	15,000	Clay	Kamilla Rakhimova	2–6, 5–7
Loss	2–6	Sep 2019	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	15,000	Clay	Elina Avanesyan	2–6, 5–7
Loss	2–7	Jan 2020	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Anastasia Zolotareva	6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Win	3–7	Jan 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Aurora Zantedeschi	7–5, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	3–8	Apr 2021	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	15,000	Clay	Jessie Aney	7–5, 6–7, 0–6
Win	4–8	Oct 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Anika Jašková	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	4–9	Nov 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Anastasia Zolotareva	6–2, 6–7⁽²⁾, 4–6
Win	5–9	Nov 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Amelie Van Impe	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win	6–9	Feb 2023	ITF Jhajjar, India	15,000	Clay	Vaidehi Chaudhari	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	7–9	Sep 2023	ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	15,000	Clay	Dunja Marić	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	8–9	Oct 2023	ITF Bad Waltersdorf, Austria	15,000	Clay	Julia Stamatova	6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 62 (34 titles, 28 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (2–5)
$10/15,000 tournaments (32–22)

Finals by surface
Hard (13–14)
Clay (17–13)
Carpet (4–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2011	ITF Tallinn, Estonia	10,000	Hard	Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko	Maret Ani Anett Kontaveit	7–6⁽⁸⁾, 6–1
Win	2–0	May 2011	ITF Paros, Greece	10,000	Carpet	Yuliya Lysa	Kim Grajdek Anastasia Kharchenko	3–6, 6–0, [11–9]
Win	3–0	Jun 2011	ITF Paros, Greece	10,000	Carpet	Yuliya Lysa	Anneliese Tepper Bianca Tepper	6–4, 7–5
Loss	3–1	Jun 2011	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard	Sabina Sharipova	Veronika Kapshay Ekaterina Yashina	6–2, 3–6, [13–15]
Loss	3–2	Dec 2011	ITF Pune, India	10,000	Hard	Anna Shkudun	Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss	3–3	Nov 2012	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Carpet	Yana Sizikova	Başak Eraydın Abbie Myers	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Mar 2013	ITF Sydney, Australia	10,000	Hard	Wang Yafan	Misa Eguchi Mari Tanaka	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	4–4	Apr 2013	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Carpet	Camilla Rosatello	Olga Parres Azcoitia Nuria Párrizas Díaz	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–3
Win	5–4	May 2013	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Carpet	Valeria Podda	Olga Parres Azcoitia Ximena Hermoso	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–5	Jun 2013	ITF Cologne, Germany	10,000	Clay	Antonia Lottner	Eugeniya Pashkova Anastasiya Vasylyeva	3–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss	5–6	Sep 2013	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Lina Gjorcheska Camelia Hristea	0–6, 1–6
Win	6–6	Mar 2014	ITF Lima, Peru	10,000	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Sofía Luini Aranza Salut	6–4, 7–5
Win	7–6	Mar 2014	ITF Lima, Peru	10,000	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Sofía Luini Aranza Salut	6–2, 7–6⁽²⁾
Win	8–6	Apr 2014	ITF Lima, Peru	10,000	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Stephanie Petit Carolina Zeballos	6–0, 6–4
Loss	8–7	Sep 2014	ITF Tlemcen, Algeria	10,000	Clay	Naomi Totka	Barbara Bonić Margarita Lazareva	2–6, 2–6
Loss	8–8	Oct 2014	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	10,000	Hard (i)	Margarita Lazareva	Anette Munozova Victoria Muntean	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	9–8	Nov 2014	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	10,000	Hard (i)	Margarita Lazareva	Nora Niedmers Caroline Uebelhoer	6–3, 7–6⁽³⁾
Loss	9–9	Apr 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Barbara Bonić	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Anastasiya Komardina	2–6, 3–6
Loss	9–10	Apr 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Anastasiya Komardina	2–6, 2–6
Loss	9–11	Apr 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Aryna Sabalenka	Sharmada Balu Lee Pei-chi	6–4, 3–6, [2–10]
Win	10–11	Jul 2015	ITF Sakarya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Basak Eraydin Margarita Lazareva	4–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Loss	10–12	Jun 2016	ITF Baku, Azerbaijan	10,000	Hard	Stefanie Tan	Kseniia Bekker Alina Silich	3–6, 4–6
Loss	10–13	Jul 2016	ITF Niš, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Natalija Kostić	Amina Anshba Angelina Gabueva	5–7, 5–7
Win	11–13	Jul 2016	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Barbara Kötelesová	Masa Jovanovic Angelique Svinos	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	12–13	Sep 2016	ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Sandra Jamrichová	Kristina Ostojić Ani Vangelova	6–3, 6–2
Win	13–13	Oct 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Barbara Kötelesová	Tereza Kolářová Yulia Kulikova	3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	13–14	Nov 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Barbara Kötelesová	Guadalupe Pérez Rojas Jil Teichmann	1–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	14–14	Nov 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Barbara Kötelesová	Déborah Kerfs Patrycja Polańska	7–5, 3–6, [10–4]
Win	15–14	Nov 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Déborah Kerfs	Carolina Alves Noelia Zeballos	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Win	16–14	Dec 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Carolina Alves	Oana Gavrilă Sandra Jamrichová	6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Win	17–14	Dec 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Carolina Alves	Oana Gavrilă Sandra Jamrichová	6–3, 6–2
Win	18–14	Dec 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Jelena Simić	Audrey Albié Jade Suvrijn	w/o
Loss	18–15	Apr 2017	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Camila Giangreco Campiz	Nastja Kolar Jasmina Tinjić	1–6, 1–6
Loss	18–16	May 2017	ITF Győr, Hungary	15,000	Clay	Wang Xinyu	Mira Antonitsch Panna Udvardy	1–6, 2–6
Loss	18–17	Jun 2017	ITF Banja Luka, BiH	15,000	Clay	Riya Bhatia	Berfu Cengiz Ani Vangelova	5–7, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	19–17	Aug 2017	ITF Arad, Romania	15,000	Clay	Vendula Žovincová	Cristina Ene Bojana Marinković	6–1, 6–2
Win	20–17	Nov 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Lisa Ponomar	Anastasia Grymalska Giorgia Marchetti	6–4, 7–6⁽⁷⁾
Loss	20–18	Aug 2018	ITF El Espinar, Spain	25,000	Hard	Başak Eraydın	Marina Bassols Ribera Olga Parres Azcoitia	5–7, 4–6
Loss	20–19	Sep 2018	ITF Székesfehérvár, Hungary	15,000	Clay	Draginja Vuković	Victoria Kan Ingrid Vojčináková	5–7, 3–6
Win	21–19	Nov 2018	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Eliessa Vanlangendonck	Jessie Aney Olivia Sonnekus-Williams	6–0, 6–3
Loss	21–20	Nov 2018	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Eliessa Vanlangendonck	Mia Eklund Bojana Marinković	1–6, 6–7⁽⁸⁾
Win	22–20	Nov 2018	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Dominique Karregat	Mia Eklund Linnea Malmqvist	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–1
Win	23–20	Dec 2018	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Silvia Njirić	Nicole Gadient Chiara Scholl	7–6⁽²⁾, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	24–20	Dec 2018	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Chiara Scholl	Ali Collins Claudia Giovine	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–4
Loss	24–21	Feb 2019	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	15,000	Hard (i)	Elena Malõgina	Ekaterina Kazionova Anastasia Zakharova	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 1–6
Win	25–21	Apr 2019	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	15,000	Clay	Anastasia Zakharova	Dariya Detkovskaya Zhibek Kulambayeva	7–5, 6–2
Win	26–21	Apr 2019	ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Eudice Chong	Amina Anshba Anastasia Dețiuc	6–2, 6–3
Loss	26–22	Jul 2019	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Chiara Scholl	Alena Fomina Vivien Juhászová	6–2, 2–6, [12–14]
Loss	26–23	Aug 2019	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard	Alina Silich	Ksenia Palkina Sofia Shapatava	4–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Win	27–23	Nov 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Carole Monnet	Manon Arcangioli Alice Robbe	6–3, 6–4
Win	28–23	Dec 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Mariia Tkacheva	Anna Hertel Marie Mettraux	6–3, 0–6, [10–8]
Win	29–23	Jan 2020	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Elena Milovanović	Anna Morgina Anastasia Zolotareva	6–2, 2–6, [10–2]
Win	30–23	Mar 2020	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Hard	Fanny Östlund	Ioana Gașpar Rebeka Masarova	6–4, 7–5
Win	31–23	Jun 2021	ITF L'Aquila, Italy	15,000	Clay	Natalia Siedliska	Michaela Bayerlová Emily Seibold	6–2, 6–3
Loss	31–24	Oct 2021	ITF Karaganda, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard (i)	Elena Malõgina	Martyna Kubka Zhibek Kulambayeva	5–7, 4–6
Win	32–24	Oct 2021	ITF Karaganda, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Reyngold	Ekaterina Kazionova Ekaterina Makarova	2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	33–24	Mar 2022	ITF Gonesse, France	15,000	Clay (i)	Flavie Brugnone	Julia Middendorf Nicole Rivkin	6–2, 6–3
Loss	33–25	Aug 2022	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	60,000	Clay	Chiara Scholl	Irina Khromacheva Diana Shnaider	2–6, 3–6
Loss	33–26	Oct 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Bojana Marinković	Celine Simunyu Melis Ayda Uyar	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	34–26	Nov 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Mayuka Aikawa	Ksenia Laskutova Anna Ureke	6–3, 7–5
Loss	34–27	Oct 2023	ITF Bad Waltersdorf, Austria	15,000	Clay	Nikola Daubnerová	Denise Hrdinková Laura Svatiková	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 2–6
Loss	34–28	Oct 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Amelia Waligora	Alicia Melosch Johanna Silva	w/o

Other finals

Result	Year	Competition	Surface	Winners	Finalists	Score
Win	2009	Serbian National Tennis Championships	Clay	TK Partizan Tamara Čurović Bojana Jovanovski Marija Mirkovic Andrea Petkovic	TK Crvena Zvezda Ana Jovanović Carmen Klaschka Aleksandra Ludvig Ana Timotić	5–0^[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]

References

^ 2011 Fed Cup World Group II: Serbia vs. Canada Tie Details (6 February 2011)
^ ^a ^b Tamara Čurović, nova nada srpskog tenisa MTS Mondo (14 August 2006)
^ Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation
^ ^a ^b Mladi talenti: Tamara Čurović Školica (15 November 2007)
^ Teniserke Partizana na tronu B92 (16 July 2009)
^ Proglašeni najbolji mladi teniseri B92 (22 December 2008)
^ TSS: Najbolji Đoković i Jankovićeva B92 (30 December 2009)

External links

Tamara Čurović at the Women's Tennis Association
Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation
Tamara Čurović at the Billie Jean King Cup

[Fed-1] 2011 Fed Cup World Group II: Serbia vs. Canada Tie Details (6 February 2011)

[Mondo-2] Tamara Čurović, nova nada srpskog tenisa MTS Mondo (14 August 2006)

[ITF2-3] Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation

[Skolica-4] Mladi talenti: Tamara Čurović Školica (15 November 2007)

[B922-5] Teniserke Partizana na tronu B92 (16 July 2009)

[B923-6] Proglašeni najbolji mladi teniseri B92 (22 December 2008)

[B921-7] TSS: Najbolji Đoković i Jankovićeva B92 (30 December 2009)

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