Tamara Čurović
Tamara Čurović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тамара Чуровић; born 31 October 1994) is a Serbian professional tennis player.
Country (sports) | Serbia |
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Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
Born | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia | 31 October 1994
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 2009 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $99,510 |
Singles | |
Career record | 273–227 (54.6%) |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 394 (27 May 2013) |
Current ranking | No. 549 (16 March 2020) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 283–176 (61.7%) |
Career titles | 30 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 208 (19 May 2014) |
Current ranking | No. 327 (16 March 2020) |
Last updated on: 1 May 2020. |
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 two singles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF 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, in the semifinals. 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 BRD 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: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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) |
Doubles: 53 (30 titles, 23 runner–ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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-Alice 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 | Yafan Wang | 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 | Sharrmadaa Baluu 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 Meligeni Alves Noelia Zeballos |
7–6(5), 6–3 |
Win | 16–14 | Dec 2016 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia |
10,000 | Clay | Carolina Meligeni Alves | Oana Gavrilă Sandra Jamrichová |
6–1, 3–6, [10–8] |
Win | 17–14 | Dec 2016 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia |
10,000 | Clay | Carolina Meligeni 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, Bosnia&Herzegovina |
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 Vaihingen, 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 |
Other (1 title)
Result | Year | Competition | Surface | Winners | Finalists | Score |
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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)
- Tamara Čurović, nova nada srpskog tenisa MTS Mondo (14 August 2006)
- Tamara Čurović at the International Tennis Federation
- 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)