Iva Budarová
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Iva Budařová is a former professional tennis
player from Czechoslovakia
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Budařová played on the WTA Tour from 1978 until 1991, winning four doubles titles. She achieved a career high singles ranking of World No. 24 (in 1983) and a doubles ranking of World No. 55 (in 1987). Budařová was a member of the Czechoslovakia Fed Cup team
that won the 1983 and 1984 Federation Cup.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
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Budařová played on the WTA Tour from 1978 until 1991, winning four doubles titles. She achieved a career high singles ranking of World No. 24 (in 1983) and a doubles ranking of World No. 55 (in 1987). Budařová was a member of the Czechoslovakia Fed Cup team
Czech Republic Fed Cup team
The Czech Republic Fed Cup team is the representative national team of Czech Republic in Fed Cup competition. The Czech Republic team in its current incarnation only began competing in 1993...
that won the 1983 and 1984 Federation Cup.
Doubles titles (4)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | May 21, 1984 | Perugia Rome Masters The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
Clay | Helena Suková Helena Suková Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles... |
Kathleen Horvath Kathleen Horvath Erica Kathleen "Kathy" Horvath is a former professional tennis player.-Career:Horvath was the youngest player to win the U.S. National 16s in 1979. She also is the only player to ever win all four age groups in the U.S... Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She was born in Câmpia Turzii, Romania and turned professional in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her powerful forehand.... |
7–6(5), 1–6, 6–4 |
2. | May 5, 1986 | Barcelona Barcelona Kia The Barcelona Ladies Open is a tennis tournament for women held in Barcelona in Spain and is played on outdoor clay courts. It is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour with total prize money of $220,000.... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
Clay | Catherine Tanvier Catherine Tanvier Catherine Tanvier is a former tennis player from France, who emerged in the mid-1980s as one of the brightest young talents in the game... |
Petra Huber Petra Keppeler |
6–2, 6–1 |
2. | April 25, 1988 | Barcelona Barcelona Kia The Barcelona Ladies Open is a tennis tournament for women held in Barcelona in Spain and is played on outdoor clay courts. It is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour with total prize money of $220,000.... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
Clay | Sandra Wasserman Sandra Wasserman Sandra Wasserman is a former professional Belgian tennis player from Antwerp. She is most famous for being the youngest Belgian Fed Cup player.-Fed Cup:... |
Anna-Karin Olsson Maria José Llorca |
1–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
4. | July 17, 1989 | Estoril Estoril Open The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA clay court tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal . The men's tournament was created in 1990 and since its inception, every champion except 2004 champion Juan Ignacio Chela and 2009–2010 champion Albert Montañés has been in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings,... , Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... |
Clay | Regina Kordová | Gabriela Castro Conchita Martínez Conchita Martínez Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998... |
6–2, 6–4 |
Singles runner-up (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | May 7, 1984 | Lugano WTA Swiss Open The WTA Swiss Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played in a number of locations in Switzerland. The event was held from 1971–1994, and was played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament underwent a name change in 1986, when it was titled the European Open until its discontinuation.... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
Clay | Manuela Maleeva Manuela Maleeva Manuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994... |
6–1, 6–1 |
Doubles runners-up (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | May 7, 1984 | Lugano WTA Swiss Open The WTA Swiss Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played in a number of locations in Switzerland. The event was held from 1971–1994, and was played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament underwent a name change in 1986, when it was titled the European Open until its discontinuation.... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
Clay | Marcela Skuherská | Christiane Jolissaint Christiane Jolissaint Christiane Jolissaint is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland. She won five doubles titles, most often partnering with Marcella Mesker.-Doubles 7 :-References:*... Marcella Mesker Marcella Mesker Marcella Mesker is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.Mesker was active on the WTA tour from 1979 to 1988 and reached the final of the Australian Open Women's Doubles in 1979. She also reached the semi finals of the U.S. Open Women's Doubles in 1984... |
4–6, 3–6 |
2. | November 3, 1986 | Little Rock, USA | Carpet (i) | Beth Herr Beth Herr Beth Herr is an American tennis player. She became the number 1 junior tennis player in the world at age 16. She was the #1 college recruit in 1985 and went on to play for the University of Southern California where she won the NCAA singles title and team title in her freshman year... |
Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Neiland Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983... |
2–6, 6–1, 1–6 |