Marketa Kochta

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Marketa Kochta
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Born (1975-07-14) 14 July 1975 (age 47)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Retired2002
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$375,688
Singles
Career record193–202 (48.9%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 45 (18 July 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1992, 1997)
French Open 3R (1994)
Wimbledon 1R (1993, 1994, 1995)
US Open 1R (1994, 1997)
Doubles
Career record49–75 (39.5%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 169 (25 September 2000)

Marketa Kochta (born 14 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

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Early life and family

Kochta was born in Prague, then part of Czechoslovakia, but later emigrated to Munich, where her father Jiří was a noted ice hockey coach. [1]

As a junior, she was coached by her father and in 1991 was a member of the German team that won the World Youth Cup (now Junior Fed Cup). [2]

Her elder sister Renata also played on the WTA Tour. [3]

Kochta was previously married to Czech former tennis player Jiří Vaněk [1]

Professional career

As a 16-year old, Kochta made the third round of the 1992 Australian Open. [4]

In 1993, she made the semifinals of the Mazda Classic, a WTA Tour tournament in San Diego. [5]

Her 1994 season was the strongest of her career, culminating in a mid-year ranking of 45, which remained her highest. She was nominated for the WTA Most Impressive Newcomer Award. Highlights for the year included beating Tracy Austin and Katerina Maleeva to make the third round of the 1994 French Open as well as upsetting world No. 5, Gabriela Sabatini, at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. [6]

She made the third round of the 1997 Australian Open as a qualifier. [4]

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–4)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.21 August 1989 Neumünster, West GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Maja Živec-Škulj 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Loss2.16 April 1990 Naples, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Katia Piccolini 2–6, 4–6
Loss3.8 October 1990 Salisbury, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Elly Hakami 6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Win4.1 April 1991 Moulins, FranceHard Flag of France.svg Catherine Suire 6–3, 6–4
Loss5.2 August 1998 Winnipeg, CanadaHard Flag of Israel.svg Hila Rosen 6–1, 4–6, 6–7
Win6.5 September 1999 Spoleto, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Gloria Pizzichini 6–2, 7–6

Doubles (1–4)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.15 June 1998 Sopot, PolandClay Flag of Germany.svg Syna Schmidle Flag of Hungary.svg Rita Kuti-Kis
Flag of Hungary.svg Anna Földényi
1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss2.14 June 1999 Gorizia, İtalyClay Flag of Argentina.svg Erica Krauth Flag of Spain.svg Gisela Riera
Flag of Spain.svg Mariam Ramon Climent
5–7, 3–6
Win3.14 November 1999 Rungsted, DenmarkCarpet (i) Flag of Germany.svg Syna Schmidle Flag of Germany.svg Mia Buric
Flag of Germany.svg Jasmin Wöhr
6–4, 7–6, 6–2
Loss4.25 June 2000 Sopot, PolandClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ludmila Richterová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Milena Nekvapilová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Hana Šromová
3–6, 2–6
Loss5.10 September 2000 Bucharest, RomaniaClay Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Katarina Mišić Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoaneta Pandjerova
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Desislava Topalova
4–6, 2–6

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