Tamara Čurović

Tamara Čurović
Тамара Чуровић

Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	(1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right–handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money	$60,610
Singles
Career record	191–154
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	394 (27 May 2013)
Current ranking	674 (31 October 2016)
Doubles
Career record	166–123
Career titles	0 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	208 (19 May 2014)
Current ranking	484 (31 October 2016)
Last updated on: 6 November 2016.

Tamara Čurović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тамара Чуровић; born 31 October 1994) is a Serbian tennis player. She has won two ITF singles titles and 13 ITF doubles titles. Čurović has been a member of the Serbia Fed Cup team since 2011, 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. She has a brother, Vladislav. Čurović began playing tennis aged nine in local tennis clinic, and is currently member of TK Partizan. She cites Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Janković as her idols.

Playing style

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

Awards

• 2008 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–14
• 2009 – Tennis Association of Serbia Award for Best Female Player U–16

ITF finals (15–17)

Singles (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.	19 August 2012	Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard	Jelena Pandžić	3–6, 1–4, Ret.
Winner	2.	1 September 2013	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Tereza Malikova	6–4, 6–3

Doubles (17–14)

$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.	16 November 2012	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Yana Sizikova	Başak Eraydın Abbie Myers	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	4.	3 March 2013	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Yafan Wang	Misa Eguchi Mari Tanaka	6–4 5–7 8–10
Winners	4.	27 April 2013	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Camilla Rosatello	Olga Parres Azcoitia Nuria Parrizas Diaz	7–6 (4) 6–3
Winners	5.	3 May 2013	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Valeria Podda	Olga Parres Azcoitia Ximena Hermoso	6–3 6–2
Runner-up	5.	21 June 2013	Cologne, Germany	Clay	Antonia Lottner	Eugeniya Pashkova Anastasiya Vasylyeva	3–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Runner-up	6.	6 September 2013	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Lina Gjorcheska Camelia Hristea	0–6, 1–6
Winners	6.	21 March 2014	Lima, Peru	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Sofía Luini Aranza Salut	6–4, 7–5
Winners	7.	28 March 2014	Lima, Peru	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Sofía Luini Aranza Salut	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Winners	8.	4 April 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.	25 October 2014	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Margarita Lazareva	Anette Munozova Victoria Muntean	6–2 4–6 [8–10]
Winners	9.	1 November 2014	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Margarita Lazareva	Nora Niedmers Caroline Uebelhoer	6–3 7–6(3)
Runner–up	9.	4 April 2015	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Barbara Bonić	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Anastasiya Komardina	2–6 3–6
Runner–up	10.	11 April 2015	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Anastasiya Komardina	2–6 2–6
Runner–up	11.	18 April 2015	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Aryna Sabalenka	Sharrmadaa Baluu Pei-Chi Lee	6–4 3–6 [2–10]
Winners	10.	3 July 2015	Sakarya, Turkey	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Basak Eraydin Margarita Lazareva	4–6 6–1 [10–6]
Runner–up	12.	2 June 2016	Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Stefanie Tan	Kseniia Bekker Alina Silich	3–6 4–6
Runner–up	13.	8 July 2016	Niš, Serbia	Clay	Natalija Kostić	Amina Anshba Angelina Gabueva	5–7 5–7
Winners	11.	22 July 2016	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Barbara Kötelesová	Masa Jovanovic Angelique Svinos	5–7 6–3 [10–8]
Winners	12.	2 September 2016	Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia	Clay	Sandra Jamrichová	Kristina Ostojić Ani Vangelova	6–3 6–2
Winners	13.	29 October 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Barbara Kötelesová	Tereza Kolářová Yulia Kulikova	3–6 6–4 [10–3]
Runner–up	14.	5 November 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Barbara Kötelesová	Guadalupe Pérez Rojas Jil Teichmann	1–6 6–4 [9–11]
Winners	14.	14 November 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Barbara Kötelesová	Déborah Kerfs Patrycja Polańska	7–5, 3–6, [10–4]
Winners	15.	21 November 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Déborah Kerfs	Carolina Meligeni Alves Noelia Zeballos	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Winners	16.	4 December 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Carolina Meligeni Alves	Oana Gavrilă Sandra Jamrichová	6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Winners	17.	11 December 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Carolina Meligeni Alves	Oana Gavrilă Sandra Jamrichová	6–3, 6–2

Other (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

External links

• Tamara Čurović at the Women's Tennis Association