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(Redirected from Viktoria Kutuzova) Ukrainian tennis player (born 1988)
Viktoriya Kutuzova
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceOdesa, Ukraine
Born (1988-08-19) 19 August 1988 (age 36)
Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2014
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$586,580
Singles
Career record190–135
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 76 (28 November 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2006, 2009, 2010)
French Open2R (2006, 2009)
Wimbledon2R (2006)
US Open2R (2006)
Doubles
Career record10–23
Highest rankingNo. 285 (20 April 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2006)
French Open1R (2009)
Wimbledon1R (2009)

Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukrainian: Вікторія Кутузова, romanized: Viktoriia Kutuzova, born 19 August 1988) is a former tennis player from Ukraine. On 28 November 2005, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 76.

Career

Even though considered a potential superstar on tour, Kutuzova remained most notable for her results as a 14-year-old. In her debut WTA Tour main-draw event, the Tier-II tournament in Los Angeles 2003, Kutuzova beat top-50 player Lina Krasnoroutskaya in the first round, and top-30 player Alexandra Stevenson in her next match, before losing in the third round to the then-world No. 12, Ai Sugiyama.

Other career highlights in WTA Tour events included a fourth-round appearance at the Tier-I event at Indian Wells 2005, eventually losing to then-No. 1, Lindsay Davenport. Kutuzova also made the second round at three of the four Grand Slam events on the tour.

As a junior, she reached the final of the Australian Open in 2003 losing to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová.

Kutuzova experienced considerable success on the ITF Circuit. She won four French ITF events. In 2008, Kutuzova won her biggest ITF title in Cagnes-sur-Mer. Her other titles came in Poitiers (2005) and Deauville (2005 and 2006). In 2009, she reached the final of the $100k event in Torhout, losing to Karolina Šprem, in straight sets.

Kutuzova suffered shoulder problems throughout her young career which stalled her progression on the main tour.

After having over a year off-tour, Kutuzova used her protected ranking to enter her first big event, the 2011 Sparta Prague Open, where she lost to Katarzyna Piter in round one. She also entered Roland Garros using her protected ranking, but was beaten by Chanelle Scheepers, also in the first round.

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (6–2)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Jul 2005 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Belarus Victoria Azarenka 4–6, 2–6
Win 2. Nov 2005 ITF Deauville, France Clay Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova 6–4, 7–6
Win 3. Nov 2005 Internationaux de Poitiers, France Hard Estonia Maret Ani 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win 4. Nov 2006 ITF Deauville, France Clay Italy Alberta Brianti 6–1, 6–2
Win 5. 4 May 2008 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Estonia Maret Ani 6–1, 7–5
Loss 6. Apr 2009 Torhout Open, Belgium Hard Croatia Karolina Šprem 1–6, 4–6
Win 7. Aug 2011 ITF Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Laura-Ioana Andrei 6–2, 7–5
Win 8. Dec 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay Romania Patricia Maria Tig 3–6, 6–1, 6–1

Doubles (0–1)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Jun 2008 Open de Marseille, France Clay Russia Anna Lapushchenkova Romania Ágnes Szatmári
France Aurélie Védy 		4–6, 3–6

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 W–L
Australian Open A 1R Q1 A 1R 1R A 3–4
French Open A 2R Q2 Q1 2R A 1R 3–5
Wimbledon Q3 2R 1R 1R 1R A A 9–4
US Open 1R 2R Q3 A 1R A A 6–4
Win–loss 5–2 3–3 3–4 3–2 7–4 0–1 0–1 21–17

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