Věra Suková

Věra Suková
Full name	Věra Pužejová Suková
Country (sports)	Czechoslovakia
Born	(1931-06-13)13 June 1931 Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia
Died	13 May 1982(1982-05-13) (aged 50) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 5 (1962, Lance Tingay)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	SF (1957, 1963)
Wimbledon	F (1962)
US Open	QF (1962)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1957, 1960, 1964)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	W (1957)
Wimbledon	SF (1960, 1961)

Věra Suková (née Pužejová; 13 June 1931 – 13 May 1982) was a Czech tennis player. Representing Czechoslovakia, she was the women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1962, losing to Karen Hantze Susman 6–4, 6–4.

Suková was a women's singles semifinalist at the French Championships in 1957 and 1963. She teamed with Jiří Javorský to win the mixed doubles title at that tournament in 1957. They were the runners-up in 1961. According to Lance Tingay, Suková was ranked in the world top 10 in 1957, 1962, and 1963, reaching a career high of World No. 5 in those rankings in 1962.^[1]

Suková was the Czechoslovak national women's singles champion 11 times from 1952 to 1964. After retirement from tennis, Suková served as the coach of Czechoslovakia's national women's team. Under her guidance, the team won the Fed Cup in 1975.

Personal life

Her husband Cyril Suk II, whom she married in 1961, was president of the Czechoslovak Tennis Federation. Their two children, Helena Suková (born 1965) and Cyril Suk III (born 1967), both became successful professional tennis players. Věra Suková died from brain cancer in 1982.^[2]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1962	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Karen Susman	4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1957	French Championships	Clay	Jiří Javorský	Edda Buding Luis Ayala	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1961	French Championships	Clay	Jiří Javorský	Darlene HardRod Laver	0–6, 6–2, 3–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	Career SR
Australian Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
French Championships	2R	SF	4R	QF	QF	4R	3R	SF	QF	0 / 9
Wimbledon	4R	3R	A	3R	4R	QF	F	3R	2R	0 / 8
U.S. Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	4R	A	0 / 2
SR	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 19

References

^Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 703. ISBN 978-0-942257-41-0.
^Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah, eds. (2006). "Sukova, Vera (1931–1982)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide. Vol. III, M–Z. Yorkin Publications. p. 1810. ISBN 978-0-7876-7585-1.

External links

Official website
Věra Suková at the Women's Tennis Association
Věra Suková at the International Tennis Federation
Věra Suková at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)

[1] Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 703. ISBN 978-0-942257-41-0.

[2] Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah, eds. (2006). "Sukova, Vera (1931–1982)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide. Vol. III, M–Z. Yorkin Publications. p. 1810. ISBN 978-0-7876-7585-1.

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