Tamara Čurović

Tamara Čurović
Тамара Чуровић

Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	31 October 1994 Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right–handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money	US$14,562
Singles
Career record	59–32 (69.49%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	500 (12 July 2010)
Current ranking	527 (9 April 2012)
Doubles
Career record	20–16
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	432 (30 January 2012)
Last updated on: 8 April 2012.

Tamara Čurović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тамара Чуровић; born 31 October 1994) is a Serbian tennis player. She reached her first ITF final in Doboj in 2009.^[1] As of 9 April 2012, Čurović is ranked World No. 527.^[2] She has been a member of the Serbia Fed Cup team since 2011,^[3] but she is yet to play her first Fed Cup match.

Early and personal life

Tamara Čurović was born to Slavko Čurović and Svetlana Prudnikova, former champion of Russia in chess.^[4] She has a brother, Vladislav.^[5] Čurović began playing tennis aged nine in local tennis clinic,^[4] and is currently member of TK Partizan.^[6] She cites Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Janković as her idols.^[6]

Playing style

Čurović is said to be powerful and intelligent at court.^[7] She hits the ball long, not with much spin, and is described as a mixture of both girls' and boys' playing style.^[7]

Awards

• 2008 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–14^[8]
• 2009 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–16^[9]

Career statistics

ITF singles finals (2–3)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	20 September 2009	Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Matea Mezak	6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	5 June 2011	Paros, Greece	Carpet	Yuliya Lysa	6–4, 6–1
Runner–up	2.	8 April 2012	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Silvia Njirić	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	3.	13 Aug 2012	Brčko, Bosnia-Herzegovina	Hard	Jelena Pandžić	3–6, 1–4, Ret.
Winner	2.	26 Aug 2013	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Tereza Malikova	6–4, 6–3

ITF doubles finals (9–8)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winners	1.	30 January 2011	Tallinn, Estonia	Hard	Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko	Maret Ani Anett Kontaveit	7–6(8), 6–1
Winners	2.	27 May 2011	Paros, Greece	Carpet	Yuliya Lysa	Kim-Alice Grajdek Anastasia Kharchenko	3–6, 6–0, [11–9]
Winners	3.	3 June 2011	Paros, Greece	Carpet	Yuliya Lysa	Anneliese Tepper Bianca Tepper	6–4, 7–5
Runner–up	1.	17 June 2011	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Sabina Sharipova	Veronika Kapshay Ekaterina Yashina	6–2, 3–6, [13–15]
Runner–up	2.	17 December 2011	Pune, India	Hard	Anna Shkudun	Jia-Jing Lu Jia-Xiang Lu	7–6(6), 1–6, [5–10]
Runner–up	3.	12 November 2012	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Yana Sizikova	Başak Eraydın Abbie Myers	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	4.	25 February 2013	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Yafan Wang	Misa Eguchi Mari Tanaka	6–4 5–7 8–10
Winners	4.	22 April 2013	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Camilla Rosatello	Olga Parres Azcoitia Nuria Parrizas Diaz	7–6 (4) 6–3
Winners	5.	29 April 2013	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Valeria Podda	Olga Parres Azcoitia Ximena Hermoso	6–3 6–2
Runner-up	5.	17 June 2013	Cologne, Germany	Clay	Antonia Lottner	Eugeniya Pashkova Anastasiya Vasylyeva	3–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Runner-up	6.	2 September 2013	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Lina Gjorcheska Camelia Hristea	0–6, 1–6
Winners	6.	17 March 2014	Lima, Peru	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Sofía Luini Aranza Salut	6–4, 7–5
Winners	7.	24 March 2014	Lima, Peru	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Sofía Luini Aranza Salut	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Winners	8.	31 March 2014	Lima, Peru	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Stephanie Mariel Petit Carolina Zeballos	6–0, 6–4
Runner–up	7.	20 September 2014	Tlemcen, Algeria	Clay	Naomi Totka	Barbara Bonić Margarita Lazareva	2–6 2–6
Runner–up	8.	26 October 2014	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Margarita Lazareva	Anette Munozova Victoria Muntean	6-2 4-6 [8-10]
Winners	9.	2 November 2014	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Margarita Lazareva	Nora Niedmers Caroline Uebelhoer	6-3 7-6(3)

Additional (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Competition	Surface	Winners	Finalists	Score
Winners	2009	National Tennis Championships	Clay	TK Partizan Tamara Čurović Bojana Jovanovski Marija Marković Andrea Petković	Red Star Ana Jovanović Karmen Klasška Aleksandra Ludvig Ana Timotić	5:0[10]

References

1. $10,000 Doboj 2009 Women's Singles – Main Draw (Knock–out) Final
2. Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Stats | Tamara Čurović
3. 2011 Fed Cup World Group II: Serbia vs. Canada Tie Details (6 February 2011)
4. Tamara Čurović, nova nada srpskog tenisa MTS Mondo (14 August 2006)
5. Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation
6. Mladi talenti: Tamara Čurović Školica (15 November 2007)
7. Need to know... Tamara Čurović Costagirl (15 January 2010)
8. Proglašeni najbolji mladi teniseri B92 (22 December 2008)
9. TSS: Najbolji Đoković i Jankovićeva B92 (30 December 2009)
10. Teniserke Partizana na tronu B92 (16 July 2009)

External links

• Tamara Čurović at the Women's Tennis Association
• Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation
• Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Tamara Čurović at the Fed Cup