Tamara Čurović
Tamara Čurović is a Serbian professional tennis player.
Čurović was officially a member of Serbia Fed Cup team in 2011, but she is yet to play her first Fed Cup match.
She has won two singles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 27 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 394. On 19 May 2014, she peaked at No. 208 in the doubles rankings.
Čurović made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in doubles at the 2013 Gastein Ladies, partnering Chiara Scholl. They defeated Michaela Hončová and Conny Perrin in the first round and top seeds Mandy Minella and Chanelle Scheepers in the quarterfinals, before losing to eventual champions, Sandra Klemenschits and Andreja Klepač, in the semifinals. At the same tournament, Čurović also played qualification in singles, but lost in the first round. To date, her only other WTA Tour main-draw appearance in doubles was at the 2014 BRD Bucharest Open, where she was partnered with Elitsa Kostova, losing in the first round.
Personal life
Tamara Čurović was born to Slavko Čurović and Svetlana Prudnikova, a former Russian chess champion. She has a brother, Vladislav. Čurović began playing tennis aged nine at a local tennis club, and is currently a member of the Partizan Tennis Club. 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, without much spin, and is described as a mixture of both girls' and boys' playing style.ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner–ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2009 | ITF Doboj, Bosnia&Herzegovina | 10,000 | Clay | Matea Mezak | 6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jun 2011 | ITF Paros, Greece | 10,000 | Carpet | Yuliya Lysa | 6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2012 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | 10,000 | Carpet | Silvia Njirić | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Aug 2012 | ITF Brčko, Bosnia&Herzegovina | 10,000 | Hard | Jelena Pandžić | 3–6, 1–4 ret. |
Win | 2–3 | Sep 2013 | ITF Belgrade, Serbia | 10,000 | Clay | Tereza Malíková | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–4 | Jul 2017 | ITF Prokuplje, Serbia | 15,000 | Clay | Oana Gavrilă | 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2–5 | Apr 2019 | ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan | 15,000 | Clay | Kamilla Rakhimova | 2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 2–6 | Sep 2019 | ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan | 15,000 | Clay | Elina Avanesyan | 2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 2–7 | Jan 2020 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | Anastasia Zolotareva | 6–4, 4–6, 0–6 |
Doubles: 53 (30 titles, 23 runner–ups)
Other: 1 (1 title)
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