Country (sports) | Canada |
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Residence | Kitchener, Ontario |
Born | Czechoslovakia | December 30, 1978
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $38,692 |
Singles | |
Career record | 72-153 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 476 (November 9, 1998) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 95-113 |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 222 (November 15, 2004) |
Aneta Soukup (born December 30, 1978) is a Canadian former professional tennis player.
Soukup was raised in Kitchener, Ontario via Prague, having emigrated to Canada from Czechoslovakia.
Coached by her father Milos, she began competing on the professional tour in the late 1990s. Soukup, a right-handed player, partnered with Renata Kolbovic to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. In 2001 and 2002, she played college tennis for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida. [1] Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at Quebec City in 2004, making the doubles quarterfinals with Kateryna Bondarenko. [2]
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 28 October 1996 | Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles | Hard | Keirsten Alley | 3–6, 4–6 |
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