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Kuznetsova Upset in 2nd Round at Indian Wells

International Herald Tribune - Found Mar. 14, 2010
13 Yanina Wickmayer also won in straight sets. At night, two-time tournament champion Daniela Hantuchova (No. 21), former world No.
Tennis Roundup: Nadal Rolls in Return; Kuznetsova Is Ousted at ... - International Herald Tribune
Kuznetsova upset in 2nd round at Indian Wells - Denver Post
Top seed Kuznetsova loses to Navarro at Indian Wells - China Post
Kuznetsova dumped out - IAfrica.com
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China Post

Posted on March 14, 2010, 12:15 pm

Tennis: Top seed Kuznetsova beaten

CNN - Found Mar. 14, 2010
23rd seed Alisa Kleybanova, who beat Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-1. Daniela Hantuchova, another two-time champion, was...
Kuznetsova falls victim to errors at Indian Wells - ESPN.com
Kuznetsova crashes out in California; Clijsters wins opener - CNN
Top seed Kuznetsova exits, Clijsters advances - Reuters
Kuznetsova upset at Indian Wells - FOXSports.com
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Reuters India

Posted on March 14, 2010, 9:18 am

Indian Wells: March 13 Schedule of Play

On the Baseline Tennis News - Found Mar. 13, 2010
ATP: Simon vs. Dabul 2. ATP: Benneteau vs. Ancic 3. ATP: Cilic vs. García-López 4. Daniela Hantuchova vs. Roberta Vinci 5. Anastasija...

Posted on March 13, 2010, 8:24 am

Henin wins opener at Indian Wells

FOXSports.com - Found Mar. 11, 2010
... is in the top half of the bracket with former champions Kim Clijsters (2003, 2005), Daniela Hantuchova (2002, 2007), Ana Ivanovic (2008) and...
Henin wins first-round match at Indian Wells - ESPN.com
Henin advances in straight sets at Indian Wells - TSN
Henin advances in straight sets in the first round at Indian Wells - Yahoo! News
Henin wins first-round match at Indian Wells - SuperSport
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SuperSport

Posted on March 11, 2010, 2:32 am

Henin cruises into Indian Wells second round

Yahoo! Asia - Found Mar. 10, 2010
Vera Zvonareva, 2008 titlist Ana Ivanovic, 2006 winner Maria Sharapova and two two-time champions - Daniela Hantuchova (2002, 2007) and Kim...
Henin sees improvement in her game - Los Angeles Times
Henin advances at Indian Wells - UPI
Justine Henin sees improvement in her game - Los Angeles Times
Henin cruises into Indian Wells second round - AFP via Yahoo!
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Reuters India

Posted on March 10, 2010, 11:39 am

Heft to the Left

Peter Bodo's TennisWorld - Found Mar. 10, 2010
Sure, she still tosses in a few double faults or 12 (like she did against Daniela Hantuchova in Sydney).

Posted on March 10, 2010, 9:53 am

Pavlyuchenkova wins first WTA title

NBC Sports - Found Mar. 7, 2010
MONTERREY, Mexico - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia defeated Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova 1-6, 6-1, 6-0 for her first WTA title at the...
Russia's Pavlyuchenkova lands first WTA title - AFP via Yahoo!
Pavlyuchenkova downs Hantuchova to win at Monterrey - Miami Herald
Pavlyuchenkova wins semi then final at Monterrey - TSN
Pavlyuchenkova claims Monterrey title - UPI
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TSN

Posted on March 7, 2010, 6:39 am

Daniela Hantuchova in a hurry

ESPN Star - Found Mar. 6, 2010
Daniela Hantuchova stepped up her bid for a first title since 2007 by racing through to the Monterrey Open quarter-finals. Slovakian Hantuchova...
Hantuchova rallies into semifinals in Monterrey - ESPN.com
Hantuchova to Face Cibulkova in Monterrey Semi - International Herald Tribune
Hantuchova to face Cibulkova in Monterrey semi - NBC Sports
Hantuchova to face Cibulkova in Monterrey semi - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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SuperSport

Posted on March 6, 2010, 2:40 am

Hantuchova reaches Monterrey final

FOXSports.com - Found Mar. 6, 2010
1:39 AM ET Daniela Hantuchova rallied to beat fellow Slovak Dominika Cibulkova 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 on Saturday in the Monterrey Open semifinals.
Hantuchova rallies to reach Monterrey final - ESPN.com
Pavlyuchenkova reaches Monterrey final - New York Post
Daniela makes Mexico final - Sky Sports
Pavlyuchenkova sets up Monterrey final showdown with Hantuchova - Sports Network
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TSN

Posted on March 6, 2010, 12:50 pm

Hantuchova cruises into quarters in Monterrey

ESPN.com - Found Mar. 5, 2010
MONTERREY, Mexico -- Second-seeded Daniela Hantuchova and fourth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova -- both of Slovakia -- have reached the quarterfinals of ...
Szavay moves into Monterrey quarter-finals - TSN
Szavay reaches quarterfinals in Mexico - New York Post
Hantuchova, Cibulkova into QFs in Monterrey - Miami Herald
Hantuchova reaches quarterfinals in Mexico - UPI
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Posted on March 5, 2010, 7:35 am

Daniela Hantuchova Biography

Daniela Hantuchova
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Daniela HantuchovĂĄ
Daniela Hantuchova training at the 2008 US Open.jpg
HantuchovĂĄ at the 2008 US Open
Nickname(s) Danka (in Slovak)
Dani (in English)
Country  Slovakia
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Date of birth April 23, 1983 (1983-04-23) (age 26)
Place of birth Poprad, Slovakia, (then CSSR)
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight 62 kg (140 lb; 9.8 st)1
Turned pro 1999
Plays Right-handed; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money $6,765,695
Singles
Career record 393–242
Career titles 3 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 5 (January 27, 2003)
Current ranking No. 22 (March 8, 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open SF (2008)
French Open 4R (2002, 2006)
Wimbledon QF (2002)
US Open QF (2002)
Doubles
Career record 213–149
Career titles 8 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 5 (August 26, 2002)
Australian Open F (2002, 2009)
French Open F (2006)
Wimbledon QF (2005)
US Open 3R (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Mixed Doubles
Career record 39–13
Career titles 4
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open W (2002)
French Open W (2005)
Wimbledon W (2001)
US Open W (2005)
Last updated on: March 8, 2010.

Daniela HantuchovĂĄ (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈdanÉŞjɛla ˈɌantuxɔvaː]; born April 23, 1983) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top ten.

She is currently coached by Larri Passos.2 Her WTA Tour mentor in the "Partners for Success" program was Martina NavrĂĄtilovĂĄ, who was her doubles partner for a brief period in early 2005. As of February 22, 2010, HantuchovĂĄ is ranked World No. 24 in singles.

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Personal life

HantuchovĂĄ was born in Poprad, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) to father Igor, a computer scientist and mother Marianna, a toxicologist.1 HantuchovĂĄ's performances temporarily worsened, as a result of her parents splitting up in 2003.3 At the Wimbledon that year, she lost to the 81st ranked player in the world, failing to convert match points and weeping on court.citation needed She also suffered from weight problem during this period.45 She was suspected of being anorexic,36 however HantuchovĂĄ denied this.7

HantuchovĂĄ speaks six languages and was trained as a classical pianist.3 She is thought to be a perfectionist and places a lot of pressure on herself during her training.3 She qualified for university in Slovakia but deferred it to pursue tennis.citation needed

She appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition alongside Maria Kirilenko and Tatiana Golovin in a pictoral entitled Volley of the Dolls.8


Career

Singles

Hantuchová has won three WTA singles tournaments in her career, the first in 2002 at the Tier I Pacific Life Open, defeating Martina Hingis 6–3 6–4 in the final, and in 2007 at the same tournament, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final 6–3 6–4 ending a five-year title drought. Her most recent title came at the Generali Ladies Linz in Austria, where she defeated Patty Schnyder 6–4, 6–2 in the final.

She has reached seven other finals in her career — Filderstadt 2002 losing to Kim Clijsters, Eastbourne 2004 losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova, Los Angeles 2005 where she lost to Clijsters again, the 2006 Zurich Open losing to Maria Sharapova, in Bali 2007 losing to Lindsay Davenport, in Luxembourg 2007 to Ana Ivanović and Monterrey 2010 to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

She has also achieved reasonable results in the Grand Slam events. Her career-best is a semifinal appearance at the 2008 Australian Open. As well as this, she has reached three other Grand Slam quarterfinals: at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2002 and the Australian Open in 2003. She has reached three Grand Slam doubles finals and is only one of five women to have a career Mixed Doubles Grand Slam.

Doubles

Hantuchová's biggest successes have so far come in mixed doubles. In this event, she won the 2001 Wimbledon championships with Leoš Friedl, the 2002 Australian Open with Kevin Ullyett, the 2005 French Open with Fabrice Santoro, and 2005 US Open with Mahesh Bhupathi. She was runner-up at Wimbledon in 2002 with Ullyett, and she reached the semifinals at the French Open in 2004 with Todd Woodbridge. At the 2005 US Open she completed a career mixed doubles Grand Slam with Mahesh Bhupathi when they beat Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić in the final in straight sets 6–4, 6–2. She is only the fifth woman (after Hart, Court, King and Navrátilová) to complete a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. In Perth, Western Australia in 2005, Hantuchová won the Hopman Cup with Dominik Hrbatý.

HantuchovĂĄ's other achievements include winning eight women's doubles titles. From 2005 to early 2007 she played doubles with Ai Sugiyama, with some fans affectionately referring to the team as "Hantuyama".9 They have won three titles together; in Rome, Doha, and Birmingham, as well as reaching the final at the French Open in 2006 (HantuchovĂĄ's first Grand Slam doubles final was in 2002 with Arantxa SĂĄnchez Vicario at the Australian Open). "Hantuyama" won the award for "Fan Favorite Doubles Team of 2005" at the Stars for Stars in Miami.

In early 2007, the partnership between Sugiyama and Hantuchová ended, though the pair continued playing together (at Dubai and Doha) because Hantuchová, eager to play doubles with Martina Hingis, wanted to give Sugiyama time to find a new partner. Hingis and Hantuchová only played once (reaching the semifinals of Miami) due to Hingis's subsequent injury which kept her out until Wimbledon. Thereafter she partnered Nadia Petrova and Ana Ivanović in the bigger tournaments before reuniting with Hingis for the summer hardcourt tournaments in North America. They reached the third round of the US Open in their first attempt together at a grand slam. In the absence of Hingis in Bali she played doubles with Lindsay Davenport. Through the start of the 2008 season she played with Davenport, Ivanović, Martina Hingis and rejoined Ai Sugiyama for the 2008 Pacific Life Open and 2009 season until Sugiyama's retirement at the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan.

Career statistics

Endorsements

Product endorsement and equipment

Until the 2009 US Open, HantuchovĂĄ was endorsed by Nike sportswear and had her own line with them for her tournament wear, similar to players such as Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams. From the 2009 US Open onwards, HantuchovĂĄ began endorsing Adidas sportswear.

HantuchovĂĄ also has endorsed three racquet brands. She was first endorsed by Babolat from being a junior until late 2003, then Yonex until the 2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo when she then used the Prince Ozone Seven Racquets from the 2007 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships.

Video games

Hantuchová has been in many sports/tennis related video games with such players as Maria Sharapova, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams and Anna Kournikova. Some of the titles are Top Spin (both Xbox and Play Station 2 versions), Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2 and Virtua Tennis 3. Hantuchová is currently ranked third behind Serena Williams and Ana Ivanović in a poll for new downloadable players for Top Spin 3. Hantuchová is also a playable character in Virtua Tennis 2009.

Achievements

Team achievements

Special achievements

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Official WTA profile of HantuchovĂĄ". http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Player/Info/0,,12781~3589,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
  2. ^ "Daniela HantuchovĂĄ". ITF. http://www.itftennis.com/womens/players/player.asp?player=20011505. Retrieved 2009-09-17. 
  3. ^ a b c d HantuchovĂĄ, Ivanovic persevere despite growing pains at ESPN
  4. ^ Newbery, Piers (2003-06-26). "Hantuchova 'needs a break'". BBC Sport (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/wimbledon_2003/3023190.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 
  5. ^ "You're too thin, Hantuchova warned". Independent Online (Independent News and Media). 2009-05-07. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=4&art_id=qw1052304302189S163&set_id=6. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 
  6. ^ Jenkins, Bruce (2003-06-26). "Tears, but not fears, insists Hantuchova". San Francisco Chronicle (Hearst Communications Inc.). http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/26/SP297026.DTL. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 
  7. ^ Roberts, John (2009-05-29). "Hantuchova, pin-up and world No 9, denies rumours of eating disorder". The Independent (independent.co.uk). http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/hantuchova-pinup-and-world-no-9-denies-rumours-of-eating-disorder-591318.html. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 
  8. ^ Golovin, Hantuchova, Kirilenko in SI swimsuit issue Tennis.com, February 11, 2009
  9. ^ "Williams Sisters to Play 'Hantuyama' For Australian Doubles Title". WTA. January 29, 2009. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/newsroom/stories/?contentid=2938. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 

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Awards
Preceded by
Dåja Bedåňovå
WTA Newcomer of the Year
2001
Succeeded by
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Preceded by
Justine Henin-Hardenne
WTA Most Improved Player of the Year
2002
Succeeded by
Nadia Petrova