Viktoriya Kutuzova

Viktoriya Kutuzova

Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Odessa, Ukraine
Born	(1988-08-19) August 19, 1988 Odessa, Soviet Union
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $425,461
Singles
Career record	149–104
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 76 (November 28, 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1st (2006, 2009, 2010)
French Open	2nd (2006, 2009)
Wimbledon	2nd (2006)
US Open	2nd (2006)
Doubles
Career record	10–20
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 285 (April 20, 2009)
Last updated on: May 25, 2012.

Viktoriya Kutuzova (Template:Lang-uk, born August 19, 1988 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a female tennis player from Ukraine.

On November 28, 2005, Kutuzova reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 76.

Kutuzova remains most notable for her results as a 14 year old. In her debut WTA maindraw event, the Tier II event 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 number 12, Ai Sugiyama.

Other career highlights in WTA main draw events include, a fourth round appearance at the Tier I event at Indian Wells 2005, eventually losing to then number one, Lindsay Davenport. Kutuzova has also made the second round at three of the four grand slam events on the WTA tour.

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

Kutuzova has experienced considerable success at an ITF level. Kutuzova has won four French ITF events. In 2008, Kutuzova won her biggest ITF title to date in Cagnes-Sur-Mer. Her other titles have come in Poitiers (2005) and Deauville (2005 and 06). In 2009, she reached the final of the $100.000 ITF event in Torhout, losing to Croatia's Karolina Šprem in straight-sets.

Viktoriya has suffered some shoulder problems throughout her young career which have stalled her progression on the main WTA 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 in the first round.

ITF finals

Singles Finals: 18 (11–7)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Singles finals: 8 (6–2) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final Runner-up 1. 24 July 2005 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Victoria Azarenka 4–6, 2–6 Winner 1. 20 November 2005 Deauville, France Clay Tsvetana Pironkova 6–4, 7–6(2) Winner 2. 27 November 2005 Poitiers, France Hard Maret Ani 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 Winner 3. 19 November 2006 Deauville, France Clay Alberta Brianti 6–1, 6–2 Winner 4. 4 May 2008 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Maret Ani 6–1, 7–5 Runner-up 2. 12 April 2009 Torhout, Belgium Hard Karolina Šprem 1–6, 4–6 Winner 5. 22 August 2011 Bucharest, Romania Clay Laura Ioana Andrei 6-2 7-5 Winner 6. 05 December 2011 Antalya, Turkey Clay Patricia Maria Tig 3-6 6-1 6-1 Doubles finals: 1 (0–1) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final Runner-up 1. 09 June 2008 Marseille, France Clay Anna Lapushchenkova Agnes Szatmari Aurelie Vedy 4–6, 3–6 Performance timeline Singles Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 W–L Australian Open 1R Q1 1R 1R 3–4 French Open 2R Q2 Q1 2R 1R 3–5 Wimbledon Q3 2R 1R 1R 1R 9–4 US Open 1R 2R Q3 1R 6–4 Win–Loss 5–2 3–3 3–4 3–2 7–4 0–1 0–1 21–17 Head-to-head records Kim Clijsters 0-1 Lindsay Davenport 0-2 Maria Sharapova 0-1 Elena Dementieva 0-1 Casey Dellacqua 0-1 Elena Vesnina 2-1 Urszula Radwańska 0-1 External links Viktoriya Kutuzova at the Women's Tennis Association Kutuzovka http://www.wtatennis.com/player/viktoriya-kutuzova_2257889_10690