Sandra Načuk

Sandra Naćuk
Country (sports)	Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
Born	(1980-08-17) 17 August 1980 Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$305,150
Singles
Career record	139–106
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 81 (16 August 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2000, 2001)
French Open	1R (1999, 2000)
Wimbledon	3R (2000)
US Open	1R (1998, 1999, 2000)
Doubles
Career record	59–61
Career titles	1 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 74 (4 December 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2000, 2001)
French Open	1R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon	1R (2000, 2001)
US Open	1R (2000)

Sandra Naćuk (born 17 August 1980) is a former professional tennis player who played for Serbia and Montenegro. She reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 81 in August 1999.

Naćuk's career highlight was reaching the third round of the 2000 Wimbledon Championships singles tournament, defeating Jelena Kostanić and Lucie Ahl.^[1] She won one WTA Tour doubles title in her career, at Budapest in 1999, partnering with Eugenia Kulikovskaya.^[2] She also won her biggest ITF Women's Circuit singles title in 1998 at Poitiers.^[3] Naćuk was coached by Boris Bošnjaković.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Winner — Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (1–2)
Tier V (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1999	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	Laura MontalvoVirginia Ruano Pascual	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Aug 1999	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	Eva MartincováElena Pampoulova	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Apr 2000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Jelena Kostanić	Lubomira BachevaCristina Torrens Valero	0–6, 2–6

ITF finals

Singles (4–1)

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

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	11 August 1996	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Virginie Massart	6–1, 2–6, 6–0
Win	2.	15 September 1996	Albena, Bulgaria	Clay	Alina Tecsor	7–5, 7–6
Loss	1.	2 November 1997	Edinburgh, Scotland	Hard (i)	Barbara Schwartz	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	3.	21 February 1998	Redbridge, England	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	6–4, 6–3
Win	4.	1 November 1998	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Elena Makarova	6–0, 5–7, 6–1

Doubles (5–4)

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

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (5–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	20 April 1997	Bari, Italy	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Tzipi ObzilerAnna Smashnova	6–4, 6–2
Win	2.	31 August 1997	Athens, Greece	Clay	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	Rosa María Andrés RodríguezMarina Escobar	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1.	21 September 1997	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Sandra KlöselKarin Kschwendt	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	19 October 1997	Southampton, England	Carpet (i)	Lenka Cenková	Julie PullinLorna Woodroffe	2–6, 1–6
Win	3.	16 September 2001	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Conchita Martínez GranadosAntonella Serra Zanetti	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	3.	4 November 2001	Bolton, England	Hard (i)	Dragana Zarić	Maria GolovizninaBahia Mouhtassine	4–6, 3–6
Win	4.	2 June 2002	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Tina Hergold	Katarina DaškovićKatalin Marosi	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4.	16 June 2002	Grado, Italy	Clay	Natacha Randriantefy	Gloria PizzichiniHana Šromová	3–6, 5–7
Win	5.	23 June 2002	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Tina Hergold	Arantxa Parra SantonjaCarla Tiene	6–4, 6–3

References

External links

Sandra Načuk at the Women's Tennis Association
Sandra Načuk at the International Tennis Federation
Sandra Načuk at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)

[1] Sandra Nacuk biography

[2] Budapest Grand Prix: Sandra Nacuk

[3] ITF Poitiers result

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