Viktoriya Kutuzova

Viktoriya Kutuzova

Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Odessa, Ukraine
Born	(1988-08-19) 19 August 1988 Odessa, Soviet Union
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $586,580
Singles
Career record	190–135
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 76 (28 November 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2006, 2009, 2010)
French Open	2R (2006, 2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2006)
US Open	2R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	10–23
Career titles	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 285 (20 April 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2006)
French Open	1R (2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2009)

Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukrainian: Вікторія Кутузова, born 19 August 1988) is a former female tennis player from Ukraine.

On 28 November 2005, Kutuzova reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 76.

Kutuzova remains most notable for her results as a 14-year-old. In her debut WTA maindraw event, the Tier II event in Los Angeles 2003, Kutuzova beat top 50 player, Lina Krasnoroutskaya, in the first round, and top 30 player, Alexandra Stevenson in her next match, before losing in the third round to the then world number 12, Ai Sugiyama.

Other career highlights in WTA main draw events include, a fourth round appearance at the Tier I event at Indian Wells 2005, eventually losing to then number one, Lindsay Davenport. Kutuzova has also made the second round at three of the four grand slam events on the WTA tour.

As a junior Kutuzova reached the final of the Australian Open in 2003 losing to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová.

Kutuzova has experienced considerable success at an ITF level. Kutuzova has won four French ITF events. In 2008, Kutuzova won her biggest ITF title to date in Cagnes-sur-Mer. Her other titles have come in Poitiers (2005) and Deauville (2005 and 06). In 2009, she reached the final of the $100.000 ITF event in Torhout, losing to Croatia's Karolina Šprem in straight-sets.

Viktoriya has suffered some shoulder problems throughout her young career which have stalled her progression on the main WTA tour.

After having over a year off-tour, Kutuzova used her protected ranking to enter her first big event, the 2011 Sparta Prague Open, where she lost to Katarzyna Piter in round one. She also entered Roland Garros using her protected ranking, but was beaten by Chanelle Scheepers in the first round.

Career finals

Singles : 8 (6–2)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	24 July 2005	Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Victoria Azarenka	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	20 November 2005	Deauville, France	Clay	Tsvetana Pironkova	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Winner	3.	27 November 2005	Poitiers, France	Hard	Maret Ani	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	4.	19 November 2006	Deauville, France	Clay	Alberta Brianti	6–1, 6–2
Winner	5.	4 May 2008	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Maret Ani	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	12 April 2009	Torhout, Belgium	Hard	Karolina Šprem	1–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	22 August 2011	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Laura Ioana Andrei	6–2, 7–5
Winner	8.	5 December 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Patricia Maria Tig	3–6, 6–1, 6–1

Doubles : 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	9 June 2008	Marseille, France	Clay	Anna Lapushchenkova	Ágnes Szatmári Aurélie Védy	4–6, 3–6

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	W–L
Australian Open		1R	Q1		1R	1R		3–4
French Open		2R	Q2	Q1	2R		1R	3–5
Wimbledon	Q3	2R	1R	1R	1R			9–4
US Open	1R	2R	Q3		1R			6–4
Win–Loss	5–2	3–3	3–4	3–2	7–4	0–1	0–1	21–17

External links

• Viktoriya Kutuzova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Viktoriya Kutuzova at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Official website