# Janette Husárová

Janette Husárová (Slovak pronunciation:; born 4 June 1974) is a Slovak former tennis player.
On 13 January 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 31. On 21 April 2003, she peaked at No. 3 in the doubles rankings.
She won the WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002, partnering with Elena Dementieva. With Dementieva, she reached the final of US Open doubles competition in the same year, losing to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.
Playing for Slovakia Fed Cup team, Husárová has a win–loss record of 17–12. Together with Daniela Hantuchová, she was a member of the Slovak team winning the Fed Cup in 2002.
In her career, Husárová won 25 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the season-ending WTA Championships and three Tier I tournaments (Berlin, Moscow (2002) and Tokyo (2005)), as well as four singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
In February 2016, Husárová announced her retirement from professional tennis.

## Significant finals
### Grand Slam tournaments
#### Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 2002 | US Open | Hard | Elena Dementieva | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6–2, 6–1 |

### WTA Championships
#### Doubles: 1 (title)

| Result | Year | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 2002 | Los Angeles | Carpet (i) | Elena Dementieva | Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |

## WTA Tour career finals
### Doubles: 43 (25 titles, 18 runner-ups)

| Before 2009 | Starting in 2009 |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) ||
| WTA Championships (1–0) ||
| Tier I (3–4) | Premier M (0–0) |
| Tier II (4–5) | Premier 5 (0–0) |
| Tier III (5–0) | Premier (0–1) |
| Tier IV & V (11–6) | International (1–1) |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | Oct 1993 | Montpellier Open, France | Carpet (i) | Dominique Monami | Meredith McGrath Claudia Porwik | 3–6, 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 1. | Jul 1996 | Palermo Ladies Open, Italy | Clay | Barbara Schett | Florencia Labat Barbara Rittner | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 2. | Aug 1996 | Austrian Open, Linz | Clay | Natalia Medvedeva | Lenka Cenková Kateřina Šišková | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 3. | Jan 1997 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | Hard | Dominique Monami | Aleksandra Olsza Elena Wagner | 6–2, 6–$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2. | Jan 1998 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | Hard | Julie Halard-Decugis | Nana Miyagi Tamarine Tanasugarn | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3. | Jan 1998 | Hobart International, Australia | Hard | Julie Halard-Decugis | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 4. | Feb 1998 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | Clay | Paola Suárez | Melissa Mazzotta Ekaterina Sysoeva | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4. | May 1999 | Warsaw Open, Poland | Clay | Amélie Cocheteux | Cătălina Cristea Irina Selyutina | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5. | Oct 1999 | Brasil Open | Clay | Florencia Labat | Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 6. | Feb 2000 | Brasil Open | Clay | Florencia Labat | Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez | 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 5. | May 2000 | Warsaw Open, Poland | Clay | Tathiana Garbin | Iroda Tulyaganova Anna Zaporozhanova | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 6. | Jan 2001 | Brisbane International, Australia | Hard | Giulia Casoni | Katie Schlukebir Meghann Shaughnessy | 7–6$^{(11–9)}$, 7–5 |
| Win | 7. | Feb 2001 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | Clay | Tathiana Garbin | Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 8. | Apr 2001 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Clay | Tathiana Garbin | Zsófia Gubacsi Dragana Zarić | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 9. | Jul 2001 | Palermo Ladies Open, Italy | Clay | Tathiana Garbin | María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7. | Feb 2002 | Paris Indoors, France | Carpet (i) | Elena Dementieva | Nathalie Dechy Meilen Tu | w/o |
| Win | 10. | Feb 2002 | Qatar Ladies Open | Hard | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Alexandra Fusai Caroline Vis | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8. | Mar 2002 | Indian Wells Open, United States | Hard | Elena Dementieva | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Win | 11. | May 2002 | German Open | Clay | Elena Dementieva | Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 0–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 9. | Jul 2002 | Silicon Valley Classic, United States | Hard | Conchita Martínez | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 12. | Aug 2002 | Carlsbad Open, United States | Hard | Elena Dementieva | Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 10. | Aug 2002 | New Haven Open, United States | Hard | Tathiana Garbin | Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6–3, 1–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 11. | Aug 2002 | US Open | Hard | Elena Dementieva | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 12. | Sep 2002 | Leipzig Cup, Germany | Carpet (i) | Paola Suárez | Alexandra Stevenson Serena Williams | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 13. | Oct 2002 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | Carpet (i) | Elena Dementieva | Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova | 2–6, 6–3, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ |
| Win | 14. | Oct 2002 | Luxembourg Open | Hard (i) | Kim Clijsters | Květa Hrdličková Barbara Rittner | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 15. | Nov 2002 | WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles | Hard (i) | Elena Dementieva | Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 13. | Apr 2003 | Charleston Open, United States | Clay | Conchita Martínez | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Win | 16. | Feb 2004 | Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Conchita Martínez | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva | 6–0, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 14. | Mar 2004 | Qatar Ladies Open | Hard | Conchita Martínez | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 17. | Apr 2004 | Estoril Open, Portugal | Clay | Emmanuelle Gagliardi | Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 15. | May 2004 | German Open | Clay | Conchita Martínez | Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy | 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 18. | Oct 2004 | Linz Open, Austria | Hard (i) | Elena Likhovtseva | Nathalie Dechy Patty Schnyder | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 19. | Feb 2005 | Pan Pacific Open, Japan | Carpet | Elena Likhovtseva | Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 20. | Jul 2006 | Palermo Ladies Open, Italy | Clay | Michaëlla Krajicek | Alice Canepa Giulia Gabba | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Win | 21. | Jul 2006 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Clay | Michaëlla Krajicek | Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 22. | Jan 2007 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | Hard | Paola Suárez | Hsieh Su-wei Shikha Uberoi | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Win | 23. | Sep 2007 | Luxembourg Open | Hard (i) | Iveta Benešová | Victoria Azarenka Shahar Pe'er | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 16. | May 2008 | Italian Open | Clay | Iveta Benešová | Chuang Chia-jung Chan Yung-jan | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 24. | Jul 2008 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Clay | Alizé Cornet | Vanessa Henke Raluca Olaru | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–1, [10–6] |
| Win | 25. | May 2012 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Clay | Magdaléna Rybáriková | Eva Birnerová Michaëlla Krajicek | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 17. | Mar 2013 | Malaysian Open | Hard | Zhang Shuai | Shuko Aoyama Chang Kai-chen | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [12–14] |
| Loss | 18. | Aug 2013 | Carlsbad Open, United States | Hard | 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: 11 (4–7)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 10 June 1991 | ITF Rome, Italy | Clay | Barbara Romanò | 5–7, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 20 April 1992 | ITF Aveiro, Portugal | Hard | Hiroko Hara | 6–2, 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 3. | 27 April 1992 | ITF Leiria, Portugal | Hard | Cécile Dorey | 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 4. | 8 June 1992 | ITF Nicolosi, Italy | Clay | Laura Lapi | 0–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 17 May 1993 | ITF Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | Clay | Judith Wiesner | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 6. | 14 August 1995 | ITF Maribor, Slovenia | Clay | Sandra Dopfer | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7. | 21 August 1995 | ITF Sopot, Poland | Clay | Katarína Studeníková | 6–4, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 8. | 25 September 1995 | ITF Bratislava, Slovakia | Clay | Magdalena Grzybowska | 6–2, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 9. | 8 November 1998 | ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil | Clay | Paola Suárez | 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 10. | 23 November 1998 | ITF Lima, Peru | Clay | Mariam Ramón Climent | 1–6, 1–4 ret. |
| Win | 11. | 6 June 1999 | ITF Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Petra Mandula | 6–4, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 27 (16–11)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 25 February 1991 | ITF Valencia, Spain | Clay | Zdeňka Málková | Rosa Bielsa Janet Souto | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2. | 1 April 1991 | ITF Šibenik, Yugoslavia | Clay | Zdeňka Málková | Elena Makarova Irina Sukhova | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 3. | 8 April 1991 | ITF Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Clay | Zdeňka Málková | Ivona Horvat Eva Martincová | 6–0, 7–6$^{(11)}$ |
| Win | 4. | 13 May 1991 | ITF Munich, Germany | Clay | Irina Zvereva | Ivana Havrlíková Pavlína Rajzlová | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 5. | 13 May 1991 | ITF Capua, Italy | Clay | Monika Kratochvílová | María Carmen García Eva Jiménez | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 6. | 10 June 1991 | ITF Rome, Italy | Clay | Monika Kratochvílová | Gabriella Boschiero Federica Riccadonna | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 7. | 24 February 1992 | ITF Castellón, Spain | Clay | Ivona Horvat | Eva Martincová Pavlína Rajzlová | 5–7, 6–2, 1–6 |
| Loss | 8. | 16 November 1992 | ITF Mount Gambier, Australia | Clay | Eva Martincová | Catherine Barclay Louise Stacey | 6–7$^{(7)}$, 7–6$^{(4)}$, 6–7$^{(3)}$ |
| Win | 9. | 15 March 1993 | ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Hard | Sandra Cacic | Mélanie Bernard Caroline Delisle | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 10. | 22 March 1993 | ITF St. Simons, United States | Clay | Justine Hodder | Mélanie Bernard Caroline Delisle | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Loss | 11. | 5 July 1993 | ITF Erlangen, Germany | Clay | Danielle Thomas | Elena Makarova Eugenia Maniokova | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 12. | 12 July 1993 | ITF Winnipeg, Canada | Hard | Hiromi Nagano | Mélanie Bernard Caroline Delisle | w/o |
| Win | 13. | 13 June 1994 | ITF Sopot, Poland | Clay | Radka Zrubáková | Patrícia Marková Katarína Studeníková | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 14. | 27 June 1994 | ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Clay | Nanne Dahlman | Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková Lenka Němečková | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 15. | 10 July 1994 | ITF Erlangen, Germany | Clay | Tina Križan | Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 16. | 28 September 1997 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Virág Csurgó | Olga Glouschenko Tatiana Poutchek | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Loss | 17. | 7 June 1998 | ITF Bytom, Poland | Clay | Ľudmila Cervanová | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Mariam Ramón Climent | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 18. | 4 October 1998 | ITF Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | Nannie de Villiers | María Fernanda Landa Seda Noorlander | 4–6, 7–5, 6–7 |
| Win | 19. | 15 March 1999 | ITF Reims, France | Clay (i) | Rita Kuti-Kis | Gisela Riera Antonella Serra Zanetti | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 20. | 15 March 1999 | ITF Dinan, France | Clay (i) | Rita Kuti-Kis | Mariam Ramón Climent Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 21. | 1 August 2011 | Empire Slovak Open | Hard | Renata Voráčová | Jana Čepelová Lenka Wienerová | 7–6$^{(2)}$, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 22. | 10 September 2011 | ITF Biella, Italy | Clay | Renata Voráčová | Lara Arruabarrena Ekaterina Lopes | 3–6, 6–0, [3–10] |
| Win | 23. | 23 September 2011 | ITF Foggia, Italy | Clay | Renata Voráčová | Leticia Costas Inés Ferrer Suárez | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 24. | 21 November 2011 | ITF Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) | Emma Laine | Tímea Babos Irina Buryachok | 5–7, 7–5, [11–9] |
| Loss | 25. | 19 December 2011 | Ankara Cup, Turkey | Hard (i) | Katalin Marosi | Nina Bratchikova Darija Jurak | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 26. | 5 March 2012 | ITF Irapuato, Mexico | Hard | Katalin Marosi | Maria Elena Camerin Mariya Koryttseva | 6–2, 6–7$^{(9)}$, [10–7] |
| Winner | 27. | 12 March 2012 | The Bahamas Open | Hard | Katalin Marosi | Eva Birnerová Anne Keothavong | 6–1, 3–6, [10–6] |

## Grand Slam performance timelines

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

### Singles

| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | Career W–L |
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | Q3 | 2R | 4R | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | 6–7 |
| French Open | A | A | Q1 | 1R | A | 1R | Q1 | Q3 | 3R | 3R | 1R | Q1 | A | 4–5 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0–5 |
| US Open | Q3 | 1R | A | 1R | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | 2R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | 2–5 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 6–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 12–22 |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Career W-L |
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | A | 1R | QF | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 9–13 |
| French Open | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | QF | 3R | 3R | QF | 1R | 1R | A | A | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | A | 23–17 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | QF | 3R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 13–16 |
| US Open | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | 3R | 2R | F | QF | QF | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 22–18 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 6–4 | 10–4 | 11–4 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 67–64 |