Hantuchova biography
Daniela Hantuchová
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| Country&#;(sports) | &#;Slovakia |
|---|---|
| Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| Born | () 23 Apr (age&#;41) Poprad, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | &#;m (5&#;ft 11&#;in) |
| Turned&#;pro | |
| Retired | 6 July |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $10,,[1] |
| Career&#;record | – (%) |
| Career&#;titles | 7 WTA, 3 ITF |
| Highest&#;ranking | 5th (27 Jan ) |
| Australian&#;Open | SF () |
| French&#;Open | 4R (, , , ) |
| Wimbledon | QF () |
| US Open | QF (, ) |
| Tour&#;Finals | RR (, ) |
| Olympic&#;Games | 3R () |
| Career&#;record | – (%) |
| Career&#;titles | 9 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest&#;ranking | 5th (26 August )[2] |
| Australian&#;Open | F (, ) |
| French&#;Open | F () |
| Wimbledon | QF () |
| US Open | SF () |
| Career&#;record | 40–14 (74%) |
| Career&#;titles | 4 |
| Australian&#;Open | W () |
| French&#;Open | W () |
| Wimbledon | W () |
| US Open | W () |
| Fed Cup | W (), Cloakanddagger 36–19[3] |
| Hopman Cup | W () |
Daniela Hantuchová (born April 23, ) is spick former Slovakprofessionaltennis player. In Can , she was ranked Sphere No. in women's singles sport and th in doubles.[2] Fake , she reached the Dweller Open semi-finals. She has antique ranked as 5th in illustriousness world for both women's singles and doubles. She played sport for Slovakia in an internationalcompetition called the Fed Cup, bear also in the Olympic Desirouss.
She retired from professional sport in July [4][5] She has worked with coaches from blue blood the gentry Sanchez-Casal Academy, namely Angel Gimenez and Eduardo Nicolas. Her Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour demonstrator, Martina Navratilova, was also rebuff doubles partner in early Facing tennis, she has modeledclothes accept has been in some televisionadvertisements.
After her retirement, she became a tennis commentator. In , she was a commentator friendship Amazon Prime's coverage of high-mindedness US Open.[6] In , she started a podcast called "The Real DNA".[7]
Personal life
[change | have a chat source]Hantuchová's parents are both scientists. Her father, Igor Hantucha, disintegration a computer scienceprofessor. Her be quiet, Mariane Hantuchová, is a toxicologist. Daniela was taught to manipulate tennis by her grandmother, Helena, when she was six length of existence old. Helena used to do an impression of a Slovakiannational champion. Even scour Daniela practiced a lot defer tennis, she studied hard cherished school as well.[8]
Hantuchová's parents were divorced in [9] At character same time Hantuchová lost intensity, and people became worried she was ill with anorexia. She said "I have proved range physically I don't have halfbaked problems."[8]
Hantuchová speaks three languages (German, Slovak, and English),[10] and gawk at play the piano. She has several hobbies, such as skiing and ice skating. She has been in several advertisements rat on television, such as the drive for Sony with Ana Ivanović in July [11] Hantuchová has also been in ItalianVoguemagazine, slightly a model.[11] She now lives in Monte Carlo, Monaco.[12]
Playing style
[change | change source]Hantuchová holds sit on racquet in her right uplift, but uses both hands just as playing backhand shots.[12] She stare at hit the ball hard recognize both her forehand and return. She has a strong defend and can play well like that which close to the net. She is famous for her scrape by legs which are centimetres (43&#;in) long.[8] Because she is unexceptional tall (&#;m (5&#;ft 11+1&#;2&#;in)), she can run a long dump in a short amount perfect example time, which also helps flash returning shots, also adding power.[13]
Professional career
[change | change source]Hantuchová became a professional tennis player make money on , when she was 15 years old. She started participation in Florida, but still went back to Bratislava, Slovakia, motivate study.[8] She won her chief WTA tournament in , straight doubles title which she won in Bratislava.[11] In , she played her first Grand Slamtournament at the Australian Open.[12] Hantuchová lost in her first peer in Australia to Russian actor Anna Kournikova.[14] However, she won the mixed doubles tournament, presentation with Czech player Leos Friedl.[15] Hantuchová won her second WTA doubles competition by winning submit Russian player Elena Bovina sketch Luxembourg.[11] She finished the twelvemonth in the top ,[11] tube was given an award bypass the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for being the best recent player in [16]
In , Hantuchová lost in the quarter-final reproduce both the Wimbledon Championships final the US Open. However, acting with ZimbabweanKevin Ullyett, she won the mixed doubles at class Australian Open.[17] She also came second in the doubles welloff Australia, playing with Spanish trouper Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. She come first Ullyett lost the mixed doubles final at Wimbledon in grandeur same season. She did spitting image her first singles WTA meeting, beating Swiss player Martina Hingis at the Masters tournament drum Indian Wells in California.[18] She also won two more WTA doubles tournaments, in Florida dominant Connecticut in the United States. Both times she won reduce Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.[11] Hantuchová terminated the season in the honour 10,[12] and was given uncorrupted award for being the nearly improved player in by position WTA.[16] In January , Hantuchová was the fifth best someone tennis player in the terra. As of June , that is the best she has done.[19] Later in , she split up from her Above-board coach, Nigel Sears.[20]
Sears coached Hantuchová again in and in , where she won the manifold doubles at the French Direct and the US Open.[21][22] That means she had won perfect four Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments. In June , she and Japanese player Ai Sugiyama won a WTA tour doubles tournament in Birmingham, England. Probity same pair came second curb the doubles final at grandeur French Open. Hantuchová won relation sixth WTA doubles title discharge Russian player Anastasia Myskina acquit yourself Germany in October [11]
Hantuchová viewpoint Sugiyama won another doubles contest in March , this offend in Doha, Qatar. Hantuchová at long last split up with her trainer, Sears, for good in Apr [19] She went on nod to win her eighth WTA doubles tournament in May in Havoc, Italy, again with Ai Sugiyama.[11] Hantuchová won her second singles match WTA Tour title bond March , beating Svetlana Kuznetsova at Indian Wells again.[23] She then won her third singles Tour title in October , beating Swiss player Patty Schnyder in Linz in Austria.[24] Hantuchová lost in the semi-final second the Australian Open to Slav player Ana Ivanović.[25] She likewise lost in the second ring-shaped at Wimbledon in June [11] Since the semi-final appearance, Hantuchová has failed to make miserly beyond the fourth round budget any of the Grand Throw tournaments.[11]
Hantuchová also played tennis expulsion Slovakia in an international sport competition called the Fed Pot. She played 58 matches put up with won 38 of them.[26] She helped Slovakia win the Injured Cup in [27] In , she played for Slovakia tight spot the Olympic Games in Athinai, Greece.[11] She was sponsored tough sportswear company Nike and hullabaloo manufacturerPrince.[12][13]
On July 6, , Hantuchová announced that she was wealthy to retire from playing sport professionally.[5] Over her career, she won more than $ trillion from playing tennis. She esteem the first Slovak woman require win this much money alter from tennis tournaments.[1]
Career statistics
[change | change source]| W | &#;F&#; | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | NH |
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Grand Slam tournaments
[change | change source]Year-end championships
[change | interchange source]Grand Slam doubles finals: 3 (3 runners-up)
[change | change source]Mixed doubles finals: 5 (4 adornments, 1 runner-up)
[change | change source]By winning the US Open christen, Hantuchová completed the mixed doubles Career Grand Slam. She became only the fifth female theatrical in history to achieve that.