Viktória Kužmová

Viktória Kužmová (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈʋiktɔːria ˈkuʒmɔʋaː]; born 11 May 1998) is a Slovakian professional tennis player.

Viktória Kužmová
Viktória Kužmová at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Slovakia
ResidenceKošice, Slovakia
Born (1998-05-11) 11 May 1998
Košice, Slovakia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJán Sabovčík (–2018),
Michal Mertiňák (2018–2020),
Tomáš Hrunčák (2020-present)
Prize moneyUS$1,669,432
Official websiteviktoriakuzmova.sk
Singles
Career record251–130 (65.9%)
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 43 (4 March 2019)
Current rankingNo. 97 (28 December 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2019)
French Open3R (2019)
Wimbledon1R (2018, 2019)
US Open1R (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Doubles
Career record80–51 (61.1%)
Career titles2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 29 (14 October 2019)
Current rankingNo. 29 (28 December 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2020)
French Open3R (2020)
Wimbledon1R (2019)
US OpenSF (2019)
Team competitions
Fed Cup5–3 (62.5%)
Last updated on: 30 December 2020.

Kužmová has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and 20 titles (14 singles) on the ITF Circuit. She is also 2019 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy doubles finalist, along with Anna Kalinskaya. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 43 in the world, while in doubles she has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 29 in the world.

As a junior, she won the girls' doubles event at the 2015 US Open alongside Aleksandra Pospelova, defeating Anna Kalinskaya and Anastasia Potapova in the final. Year later, she went to the final of 2016 US Open in girls' singles, where she lost to Kayla Day. She continued her Grand Slam success as senior, reaching 2019 US Open semifinal in women's doubles alongside Aliaksandra Sasnovich, where there lost to the eventual champions Ashleigh Barty and Victoria Azarenka.

Early life and background

Viktória was born on 11 May 1998 to mother Ingrid and father Radovan in Košice, Slovakia. Sister Katarina, who is three years younger, followed Viktória into the world of professional tennis, and has obtained her WTA first ranking points in 2018. Viktória was introduced to tennis at age four by her father, who used to run a tennis club.[1]

Junior career

Kužmová reached a career-high ranking of No. 24 as a junior.[2] She began competing in ITF Junior Circuit events in January 2012 at age 14, and in September of the same year won her first singles and doubles title at the low-level Grade 5 Mostar Open. The following year, she won Grade 4 Nazmi Bari Cup in singles event, and a week later she finished as runner–up in singles and as champion in doubles at another Grade 4, the Montenegro Open.[3][4] During her quarterfinal match at the 2013 Losinj Juniors Cup against another Slovakian player Nikola Dolakova, she was forced to retire in the second set due to injury. She spend rest of the 2013 season out of the tennis.[5]

She returned in early 2014, when she reached her first Grade-2 final in singles event at the Slovak Junior Indoor. A month later, partnering with Kristína Schmiedlová, she won doubles title at the Grade 1 Mediterranee Avenir in Casablanca, after a walkover by Ioana Ducu and Anna Bondár. Later, again with Schmiedlová, she won another doubles title at the Grade-1 Perin Memorial in Umag. Kužmová made her junior Grand Slam debut in 2014 at the French Open, reaching only first round in both singles and doubles. She went one round further at Wimbledon, reaching second round in both singles and doubles. She lost in the second round in singles at the US Open, but partnered with Schmiedlová to make her first semifinal in a Grand Slam event.[3][4]

She started well at her debut at the 2015 Australian Open, reaching her first Grand Slam singles third round, while in doubles, she failed in the first round.[3][4] Despite early loss at the French Open in both singles and doubles, Kužmová then reached her first singles Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon, where she lost to later champion Sofya Zhuk.[6] Followed with progress in singles, she also made progress in doubles, winning 2015 US Open in doubles event alongside Russian player Aleksandra Pospelova.[7] They defeated Anastasia Potapova and Anna Kalinskaya in order to get to the title. Next year, she failed in defending her US Open doubles title, but finished as runner–up in singles, losing there to Kayla Day.[8] During her junior career, she also won two doubles titles with her younger sister Katarina at the Grade 4 Ziliona Junior Open in August 2015 and 2016.[9]

Career

2017–18: WTA & Grand Slam debut, ranking progress
Kužmová at the 2017 US Open

Kužmová made her Grand Slam debut at the 2017 US Open passing through qualification. She then lost in the first round of the main draw to Venus Williams.[10] Next, she qualified for the main draw of the Linz Open and then marked her first singles win on the WTA Tour, defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam but then lost in the second round to another German player, Tatjana Maria.[11] In 2017, Kužmová also appeared at the French Open and Wimbledon, but lost at both of them in qualifying.[12] On 6 March 2017, Kužmová entered the top 200 for the first time, getting to 190th place. On 16 October, she reached No. 130 – her best ranking until 2018. She finished 2017 season as world No. 132.[13]

Kužmová at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships

Being outside top 100, Kužmová was forced to play in qualification at many tournaments.[13] Her first tournament in 2018 was ASB Classic, where she succeed to pass qualification, and then she also marked her first win in 2018, defeating Jade Lewis in the first round, but lost in next round from Julia Görges.[14] At the Australian Open she played for the first time, and once again, just like at 2017 US Open, she passed qualification, but still wasn't ready to mark her first grand slam win, losing from Elise Mertens in first round of main draw.[15] At the St. Petersburg Trophy, she again needed to pass qualification.[12] She won three matches but then lost from Daria Kasatkina in the first round of the main draw.[16] At the Hungarian Open, Kužmová made her first WTA semifinal, but Alison Van Uytvanck stopped her from reaching her first WTA singles final.[12]

Clay-court season didn't start well, losing in the first round of Prague Open.[12] Few days after she turned 20, she won the $100K Slovak Open, and on the following week, on 21 May 2018, she debuted in the top 100, getting to the place of 84.[13][17] At French Open, for the first time, she was able to get directly to the main draw, and she also marked her first Grand Slam win, defeating former French Open champion, Francesca Schiavone in the first round. In second round, she lost to No. 4 seed Elina Svitolina, in straight sets.[18] Grass season started well, reaching her second WTA singles semifinal, at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, where she lost from Kirsten Flipkens.[19] At the Mallorca Open, she returned playing in qualification, but she succeeded in getting to the main draw, where she lost to Polona Hercog in the first round. At 2018 Wimbledon, she debuted in the main draw, where she was defeated by Rebecca Peterson, but with that match, she completed participation at all four Grand Slam events in the main draw.[12] Since she was eliminated in the first week of Wimbledon, in the second week she went to the ITF Circuit to play at the Hungarian Pro Circuit Ladies Open, an $100K event. She won the title, defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova. That title was her second singles $100K career-title.[20]

She then returned to Europe to play at Swiss Open in Gstaad and at Moscow River Cup. In Gstaad, she defeated Martina Trevisan in the first round, and then lost from Veronika Kudermetova.[21] In Moscow, she was directly in main-draw, but lost to Görges in the first round.[22] She then went to US Open Series, first at the Cincinnati Open, where she played her first Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 qualification and beat Caroline Dolehide and Camila Giorgi, securing her place in the main draw.[12] There she marked her first Premier 5 win, defeating another qualifier, Aliaksandra Sasnovich in three sets. In second round she lost from Kristina Mladenovic.[23] At the US Open, she lost to Victoria Azarenka in first round of the main draw.[24] In September 2018, Kužmová went to China to play at the Guangzhou Open where she defeated Ivana Jorović in the first round, but lost in next round from Bernarda Pera. At Wuhan Open, she tried to get to her second Premier 5 appearance in main draw, but lost in first round of qualification from Wang Xiyu.[12] Back in Europe, she finished her participation in first round at Linz Open and Luxembourg Open.[25][26] On December 17, 2018, after winning $100k Dubai Challenge, Kužmová debuted in the top 50, getting to the place of 50. She finished year as world No. 56.[13]

2019: Success in doubles, Dubai quarterfinal in singles, first top 10 win
Kužmová (left) along with Anna Kalinskaya (right) won two WTA doubles titles in 2019

Singles: Continuing to progress

Kužmová started year really well, getting to the semifinal at the Auckland Open, where Julia Görges stopped her to achieve her first WTA singles final.[27] At both Hobart International and Australian Open, she was eliminated in the second round, losing from Kirsten Flipkens in Hobart, and from Elina Svitolina in Melbourne (Australian Open).[28][29] At the Dubai Tennis Championships, she reached her first Premier 5 quarterfinal, winning against Bernarda Pera, Kiki Bertens and Sofia Kenin, before she lost from Petra Kvitová.[12][30] Win against Bertens in second round of Dubai Championships was her first top 10 win.[31] At the Indian Wells Open she lost in first round from Zhang Shuai, while at the Miami Open, she reached third round on her debut, where Kiki Bertens eliminated her.[32]

First tournament on clay season was Ladies Open Lugano, where she went to second round, where Iga Świątek was better.[33] At the Istanbul Cup, she lost in first round to Barbora Strýcová, as well as only first round of Prague Open, where Anna Karolína Schmiedlová defeated her.[34][35] At the Premier Mandatory-level Madrid Open, she won against Julia Görges and Carla Suárez Navarro, in first two rounds, and then failed to reach her first Premier Mandatory quarterfinal, losing to Simona Halep in the third round.[36] At the Italian Open, she was better than Sara Errani in the first round, but lost from Ashleigh Barty in the second round, in three-sets.[37] At the French Open, she reached her first grand-slam third round, where she also won against seed No. 4 Kiki Bertens, after Bertens was forced to retire due to injury, but then lost in third round from Johanna Konta.[38][39]

After clay season, Kužmová didn't do well, losing in first round at all grass tournaments: at the Rosmalen Championships from Margarita Gasparyan, at the Mallorca Open from Maria Sharapova, and at Wimbledon from Polona Hercog.[40][41][42] On her first tournament after grass season, at the Bucharest Open, she went to quarterfinal, where later champion, Elena Rybakina, defeated her.[43] At the Palermo International, she was eliminated by Arantxa Rus in the second round.[44] On the US hardcourt tour, there came three first-round losses for Kužmová. At the Cincinnati Open she lost to Zheng Saisai, winning only four games, at the Bronx Open, she lost to Karolína Muchová, while at the US Open she lost to Alison Van Uytvanck. After that she made two quarterfinals, at the Tashkent Open, where Kristýna Plíšková eliminated her and at the Linz Open, where Andrea Petkovic send her off the tournament. Luxembourg Open was the last WTA tournament for Kužmová in 2019, where she lost in second round from Laura Siegemund.[12]

Doubles: Breakthrough into top 30, US Open semifinal, two WTA titles

2019 was also successful for Kužmová in doubles. She reached three WTA doubles final, including St. Petersburg Trophy, partnering with Anna Kalinskaya, where they lost, but Kužmová won another two (Prague Open and Bucharest Open).[45][46] On February 4, 2019, after reaching final in St. Petersburg, Kužmová debut in the top 100, getting to the place of 94, and then on September 9, 2019, after reaching semifinal at the US Open, she entered top 30 for the first time, getting to the place of 30.[13][47]

2020: Premier 5 semifinal in doubles
Kužmová in 2020

Kužmová kicked off her 2020 season at the ASB Classic. She lost in the first round to Coco Gauff.[48] At the Hobart International, she was defeated in the second round by top seed and two-time champion Elise Mertens.[49] At the Australian Open, Kužmová lost in the first round to Julia Görges.[50] There she also played in doubles, reaching third round alongside Aliaksandra Sasnovich. At the St. Petersburg Trophy, she lost in the first round to Océane Dodin, winning only four games.[51] At the new introduced international-level Lyon Open things got better, when she got to her first singles quarterfinal in 2020, before losing to Anna-Lena Friedsam, and also reaching semifinal in doubles.[12][52]

Restarting the tour after COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, Kužmová didn't have success in singles, lost in the first round of the US Open to Caty McNally, at the Istanbul Cup to Alison Van Uytvanck and at the French Open to Kristýna Plíšková, and failed to qualify at the Cincinnati Open.[12][53][54][55] Despite loss in qualification in singles at the Cincinnati Open, she got to her first Premier 5/Premier Mandatory semifinal in doubles. She partnered Polish player Iga Świątek, but they failed to reach final, losing to Nicole Melichar and Xu Yifan.[56] She finished 2020 season with another first-round loss at the Linz Open, losing there to Stefanie Vögele.[57]

National representation

Junior competitions

Kužmová represented Slovakia at the Junior Fed Cup in 2014. In round-robin, Slovakia faced France, Egypt and Japan and defeated all three teams. During round-robin, Kužmová won all her three singles matches against Tessah Andrianjafitrimo from France, Habiba Lasheen from Egypt and Chihiro Muramatsu from Japan. In doubles, she recorded another two wins in the round-robin, partnering with Tereza Mihalíková against Japan and Tamara Kupkova against Egypt. Slovakia then was advanced to the semifinal, where they played against Hungary. She defeated Hungarian player Fanny Stollár in the three-sets.[3][4] After Slovakia beat Hungary with 2–1, they were advance to the final, in order to fight for the trophy against United States. Slovakia lost all three-matches, including Kužmová's loss against CiCi Bellis.[58] In August 2014, she made her first appearance at the Youth Olympic Games, but lost to Jeļena Ostapenko in the first round. In doubles, she was eliminated in the first round, partnering with Kristína Schmiedlová, and also played in mixed doubles alongside Martin Blasko, reaching second round.[3][4]

The following year, she played at the European Summer Cups (Girls). In the first round, Slovakia faced Russia. Kuzmova lost her match against Anna Kalinskaya, while Tereza Mihalíková defeated Anna Blinkova, leaving some hopes for her team to qualify to the next round. The decisive match belonged to Russia, where Kalinskaya and Aleksandra Pospelova defeated Kužmová and Mihalíková. Slovakia then fight for the 5th-8th place, and first faced United Kingdom. Kuzmova won her singles match against Maia Lumsden, but lost in doubles alongside Martina Okalova to Emily Arbuthnott and Ema Lazic. This meant that Slovakia need to fight for the 7th place against Netherlands. Kuzmova only played in doubles as decisive match alongside Mihalíková and they lost only one game.[3][4]

Billie Jean King Cup
Kužmová with Schmiedlová at the 2020 Fed Cup

Kužmová made her senior Billie Jean King Cup debut for Slovakia in 2018. This event was known as the Fed Cup up until 2020.[59] She has played in four ties, compiling an overall record of 5–3 split between 5–1 in singles and 0–2 in doubles.[60] When Kužmová debuted for Slovakia, they were in World Group II. In order to get to the World Group Play-off, Slovakia needed to defeat Russia. She debuted with singles loss against Natalia Vikhlyantseva, but in the next match, she defeated Anastasia Potapova. Slovakia defeated Russia with 4–1 score and was advance to the World Group Play–off, where they played against Belarus for their spot in the World Group next year.[61][62] Despite the fact that Slovakia lost, Kužmová won both of her singles match, against Aryna Sabalenka and Aliaksandra Sasnovich. In a decisive match against Lidziya Marozava and Vera Lapko, Kužmová and Anna Karolína Schmiedlová failed to send their country in the World Group. As a result of play-off loss, Slovakia stayed in World Group II in 2019.[63][64]

In 2019, Slovakia didn't do well at the Billie Jean King Cup, losing four matches in the World Group II against Latvia. During this stage, Kužmová didn't play any matches.[65] In order to stay in the World Group II in 2020, Slovakia need to play against Brazil.[66] Slovakia started well, winning first three singles matches, including Kužmová's won against Beatriz Haddad Maia, that meant Slovakia already won.[67][68] Since it was obvious that Slovakia won, Kužmová's match against Carolina Meligeni Alves was cancelled, but she played in doubles alongside Rebecca Šramková, but they lost in straight-sets.[69]

In 2020, format of the Fed Cup changed, allowing Slovakia to be a part of the 2020 Fed Cup Qualifying Round. Slovakia played against Great Britain in order to get to the final stage for the first time since 2014. when they lost to Germany in World Group and later to Canada in play–off.[70] First Schmiedlová defeated Heather Watson, followed then with Kužmová's win against Harriet Dart. In the third match, Šramková lost to Watson, but then Schmiedlová defeated Dart, thus providing her team to qualify for the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Finals.[71][72] Due to COVID-19 pandemic, final round was postponed to the 2021.[73]

Playing style
Kužmová's forehand

Kužmová is known for her fast and aggressive style of play.[74] A very dangerous and talented striker of the ball that has the ability to create easy pace off both wings, which makes her hard to play against, because she presents problems from both sides.[75] Despite growing up on clay, the only surface available in her hometown, Košice, she prefers hardcourt because, with her strong serve, she can win many points, but she also enjoys playing on other surfaces, especially grass.[76]

Apparel and equipment

Kužmová is sponsored by Yonex. She uses the VCORE-100 racquet and Tourna grip.[77][78]

Coach

During her junior ages, she was coached by Ján Sabovčík, with whom she also triumphed at the 2015 US Open in doubles event.[79] They split in late 2017.[80] Then in December 2017, she started collaboration with Slovakian tennis player Michal Mertiňák. In June 2020, she ended her collaboration with him.[81] She is currently coached by Tomáš Hrunčák.[82]

Personal life

Kužmová resides in Košice in Slovakia.[77] In October 2018, she began studying International Relations and Diplomacy at a Czech university with a campus in Bratislava.[83] Along with tennis, she enjoys reading books, and also photography. Her favourite place is Long Island City.[7] Growing up, she enjoyed watching Ana Ivanovic and Rafael Nadal.[84] She plays for VSE TK Akademik Košice tennis club. She is a member of the STARS for STARS, a project of top Slovak athletes, whose basic meaning and focus is the development of sports and increasing public awareness of this phenomenon and sports representatives of Slovakia.[77]

She won award for a Slovakian Talent of the Year in 2012 and 2014.[85] Kuzmova was nominated for the 2018 Fed Cup Heart Award, after making two important wins against Aryna Sabalenka and Aliaksandra Sasnovich, but lost to Eugenie Bouchard.[86][87][88]

Career statistics
Main article: Viktória Kužmová career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles
Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open Q2 2R 3R 1R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Wimbledon Q3 1R 1R NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Win–Loss 0–1 1–4 3–4 0–3 0 / 12 4–12 25%

Doubles
Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A 1R 3R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
French Open 2R 2R 3R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Wimbledon Q2 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open 2R SF 1R 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Win–Loss 2–2 5–4 4–3 0 / 9 11–9 56%

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