Janette Husárová


Janette Husárová is a retired Slovak professional tennis player.
On 13 January 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 31. On 21 April 2003, she peaked at world number 3 in the doubles rankings.
She won the WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002 partnering with Russian Elena Dementieva. With Dementieva she reached final of US Open doubles competition in the same year, losing to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.
Playing for Slovakia at the Fed Cup, Husárová has a win–loss 17–12.
She was a member of the Slovak team winning the Fed Cup together with Daniela Hantuchová in 2002.
In her career, Husárová has won 25 WTA Tour doubles titles and four singles and sixteen doubles titles on the ITF tour during her career, including the season-ending championships and three Tier I tournaments and Tokyo ). She reached her highest ranking in 2003.
In February 2016 Husárová announced her retirement from professional tennis.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (0–1)

WTA Tour Championships finals

Doubles finals (1 Title)

WTA finals

Doubles (25–18)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.17 October 1993Montpellier, FranceCarpet Dominique Monami Meredith McGrath
Claudia Porwik
3–6, 6–2, 7–6
Winner1.21 July 1996Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, ItalyClay Barbara Schett Florencia Labat
Barbara Rittner
6–1, 6–2
Winner2.11 August 1996WTA Austrian Open, Linz, AustriaClay Natalia Medvedeva Lenka Cenková
Kateřina Šišková
6–4, 7–5
Winner3.5 January 1997ASB Classic, Auckland, New ZealandHard Dominique Monami Aleksandra Olsza
Elena Wagner
6–2, 6–, 6–3
Runner-up2.5 January 1998ASB Classic, Auckland, New ZealandHard Julie Halard-Decugis Nana Miyagi
Tamarine Tanasugarn
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up3.12 January 1998Hobart International, Hobart, AustraliaHard Julie Halard-Decugis Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
7–6, 6–3
Winner4.23 February 1998Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, ColombiaClay Paola Suárez Melissa Mazzotta
Ekaterina Sysoeva
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up4.9 May 1999J&S Cup, Warsaw, PolandClay Amélie Cocheteux Cătălina Cristea
Irina Selyutina
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up5.10 October 1999Brasil Open, São Paulo, BrazilClay Florencia Labat Laura Montalvo
Paola Suárez
6–7, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up6.20 February 2000Brasil Open, São Paulo, BrazilClay Florencia Labat Laura Montalvo
Paola Suárez
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner5.14 May 2000J&S Cup, Warsaw, PolandClay Tathiana Garbin Iroda Tulyaganova
Anna Zaporozhanova
6–3, 6–1
Winner6.7 January 2001Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts, Gold Coast, AustraliaHard Giulia Casoni Katie Schlukebir
Meghann Shaughnessy
7–6, 7–5
Winner7.25 February 2001Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, ColombiaClay Tathiana Garbin Laura Montalvo
Paola Suárez
6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Winner8.22 April 2001Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, HungaryClay Tathiana Garbin Zsófia Gubacsi
Dragana Zarić
6–1, 6–3
Winner9.15 July 2001Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, ItalyClay Tathiana Garbin María José Martínez Sánchez
Anabel Medina Garrigues
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up7.4 February 2002Open GDF Suez, Paris, FranceCarpet Elena Dementieva Nathalie Dechy
Meilen Tu
walkover
Winner10.17 February 2002Qatar Ladies Open, Doha, QatarHard Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Alexandra Fusai
Caroline Vis
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up8.4 March 2002Indian Wells Masters, Indian Wells, United StatesHard Elena Dementieva Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
7–5, 6–0
Winner11.12 May 2002WTA German Open, Berlin, GermanyClay Elena Dementieva Daniela Hantuchová
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
0–6, 7–6, 6–2
Runner-up9.28 July 2002Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United StatesHard Conchita Martínez Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
6–1, 6–1
Winner12.4 August 2002Acura Classic, San Diego, United StatesHard Elena Dementieva Daniela Hantuchová
Ai Sugiyama
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up10.24 August 2002Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, United StatesHard Tathiana Garbin Daniela Hantuchová
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Runner-up11.26 August 2002US Open, New York, United StatesHard Elena Dementieva Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up12.24 September 2002Sparkassen Cup, Leipzig, GermanyCarpet Paola Suárez Alexandra Stevenson
Serena Williams
6–3, 7–5
Winner13.6 October 2002Kremlin Cup, Moscow, RussiaCarpet Elena Dementieva Jelena Dokić
Nadia Petrova
2–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner14.27 October 2002Fortis Championships Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgHard Kim Clijsters Květa Hrdličková
Barbara Rittner
4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner15.11 November 2002WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles, United StatesHard Elena Dementieva Cara Black
Elena Likhovtseva
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up13.13 April 2003Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United StatesClay Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
6–0, 6–3
Winner16.28 February 2004Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHard Conchita Martínez Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up14.5 March 2004Qatar Ladies Open, Doha, QatarHard Conchita Martínez Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
7–6, 6–2
Winner17.18 April 2004Estoril Open, Estoril, PortugalClay Emmanuelle Gagliardi Olga Blahotová
Gabriela Navrátilová
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up15.3 May 2004WTA German Open, Berlin, GermanyClay Conchita Martínez Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy
6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Winner18.31 October 2004Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, AustriaHard Elena Likhovtseva Nathalie Dechy
Patty Schnyder
6–2, 7–5
Winner19.6 February 2005Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, JapanCarpet Elena Likhovtseva Lindsay Davenport
Corina Morariu
6–4, 6–3
Winner20.23 July 2006Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, ItalyClay Michaëlla Krajicek Alice Canepa
Giulia Gabba
6–0, 6–0
Winner21.30 July 2006Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, HungaryClay Michaëlla Krajicek Lucie Hradecká
Renata Voráčová
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner22.6 January 2007ASB Classic, Auckland, New ZealandHard Paola Suárez Hsieh Su-wei
Shikha Uberoi
6–0, 6–2
Winner23.30 September 2007Fortis Championships Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgHard Iveta Benešová Victoria Azarenka
Shahar Pe'er
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up16.18 May 2008Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, ItalyClay Iveta Benešová Chuang Chia-jung
Chan Yung-jan
7–6, 6–3
Winner24.13 July 2008Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, HungaryClay Alizé Cornet Vanessa Henke
Raluca Olaru
6–7, 6–1,
Winner25.5 May 2012Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, HungaryClay Magdaléna Rybáriková Eva Birnerová
Michaëlla Krajicek
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up17.3 March 2013Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaHard Shuai Zhang Shuko Aoyama
Chang Kai-chen
7–6, 6–7,
Runner-up18.5 August 2013Southern California Open, Carlsbad, United StatesHard Chan Hao-ching Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears
4–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals: 11 (4–7)

Doubles finals: 27 (16–11)

Singles performance timeline

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016Career W-L
Australian OpenA1RAAA1RA1R2R1R2RQF2RA1RQFAAAA1R1RA1R9–13
French OpenAA2RAA1R2R2R1R2RQFQF3R3RQF1R1RAA2R3R2R3RA23–17
WimbledonAAAAA1R1R1R3R1RQF3R3R2R3R2R1RAA1R1R1R1RA13–16
US Open1R2RA1RA1RA3R2RFQFQF1R3R2R3R1RAA2R1R2R1RA22–18
Win–Loss0–11–21–10–10–00–41–23–44–46–410–411–45–45–36–46–40–30–00–02–32–42–42–30–167–64