# Karina Habšudová

Karina Habšudová (Slovak pronunciation:; born 2 August 1973) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as 10 in the world (1997). Together with Karol Kučera, she won the Hopman Cup in 1998. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when she got to the quarterfinals of the 1996 French Open, defeating Kristin Godridge, Nathalie Tauziat, Martina Hingis, and Anke Huber before losing to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 8–10 in the third set.
She also had a successful junior career. She won the girls' singles at the 1991 US Open, and was junior No. 1 for some time.

## Biography

Born in Bojnice, Czechoslovakia, Habšudová originally trained as a gymnast but at the age of ten, she switched to tennis under the encouragement of her mother, herself a former amateur tennis player. By the age of fourteen, she had already become the top junior player in Czechoslovakia. In 1990, she was crowned ITF Junior World Champion, and the following year she won the girls' singles title at the US Open.
As a professional, she made the fourth round of the 1991 Australian Open while still a schoolgirl, but her early promise was curtailed by health problems and injuries, including a bout of pneumonia in 1993 and an ankle injury the following year. After suffering another injury just as she had made it to the top 30 in the spring of 1995, she bounced back to enjoy her most successful year in 1996, where she had results such as reaching the final of the German Open and the quarterfinals of the French Open. At the latter event, she beat Martina Hingis and Anke Huber and served for a place in the semifinals against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, but ultimately lost 8–10 in the third set.
Habšudová eventually broke the top 10 in early 1997, after reaching the final of the Generali Ladies Linz, becoming the first woman representing Slovakia to do so. Though she continued to play on the tour until 2003, she never again matched the same success of her breakthrough season, with later highlights including winning the Hopman Cup in 1998 and her only WTA singles title at the Austrian Open in 1999. In 2001, she reached the semifinals of the Wimbledon mixed doubles tournament partnering David Rikl.
Following her retirement, she worked for several years as a sports editor. She married her husband Milan Cílek in 2003 and they have three children together.

## WTA Tour finals
### Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Tier I (0)
* Tier II (0)
* Tier III (0)
* Tier IV & V (1)
Titles by surface :
| Hard | 0 |
| Clay | 1 |
| Grass | 0 |
| Carpet | 0 |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | May 1996 | German Open | Clay | Steffi Graf | 6–4, 2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 2. | Oct 1996 | Luxembourg Open | Carpet (i) | Anke Huber | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 3. | Feb 1997 | Linz Open, Austria | Carpet (i) | Chanda Rubin | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1. | Jul 1999 | Pörtschach, Austria | Clay | Silvija Talaja | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4. | Jul 1999 | Sopot Open, Poland | Clay | Conchita Martínez | 1–6, 1–6 |

### Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Tier I (1)
* Tier II (0)
* Tier III (2)
* Tier IV & V (3)
Titles by surface :
| Hard | 1 |
| Clay | 5 |
| Grass | 0 |
| Carpet | 0 |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | May 1992 | European Open, Switzerland | Clay | Marianne Werdel | Amy Frazier Elna Reinach | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2. | Jul 1994 | Austrian Open | Clay | Alexandra Fusai | Sandra Cecchini Patricia Tarabini | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 1. | Sep 1996 | Czech Open | Clay | Helena Suková | Eva Martincová Elena Pampoulova | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3. | Jun 1997 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | Grass | Florencia Labat | Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová | 3–6, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Win | 2. | Jul 1997 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | Clay | Ruxandra Dragomir | Eva Martincová Helena Vildová | 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 |
| Win | 3. | Jul 1998 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | Clay | Silvia Farina | Květa Hrdličková Michaela Paštiková | 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 4. | Jul 1998 | Warsaw Open, Poland | Clay | Olga Lugina | Liezel Horn Karin Kschwendt | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–5 |
| Win | 5. | Jul 1999 | Pörtschach, Austria | Clay | Silvia Farina | Olga Lugina Laura Montalvo | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4. | Feb 2000 | Hanover Grand Prix, Germany | Hard (i) | Silvia Farina | Åsa Carlsson Natalia Zvereva | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5. | Jun 2000 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | Grass | Catherine Barclay | Erika deLone Nicole Pratt | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–4 ret. |
| Win | 6. | Oct 2000 | Bratislava Open, Slovakia | Hard (i) | Daniela Hantuchová | Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch | w/o |
| Loss | 6. | Feb 2001 | Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Åsa Carlsson | Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis | 0–6, 6–4, 2–6 |

## ITF Circuit finals

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

### Singles: 11 (6–5)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | 27 November 1989 | ITF Budapest, Hungary | Carpet (i) | Nóra Köves | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2. | 26 March 1990 | Open de Limoges, France | Carpet (i) | Pascale Paradis-Mangon | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 23 April 1990 | ITF Sutton, United Kingdom | Clay | Radka Bobková | 6–3, 5–7, 6–7 |
| Loss | 4. | 7 May 1990 | ITF Swansea, United Kingdom | Clay | Radka Bobková | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 5. | 21 May 1990 | ITF Katowice, Poland | Clay | Anna Földényi | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6. | 13 August 1990 | ITF Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia | Clay | Andrea Strnadová | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 7. | 12 December 1994 | ITF Přerov, Czech Republic | Hard (i) | Henrieta Nagyová | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 8. | 27 February 1995 | ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic | Hard (i) | Martina Hingis | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 9. | 27 January 1997 | ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic | Carpet (i) | Barbara Paulus | 6–7$^{(4)}$, 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 10. | 7 December 1998 | ITF Bad Gögging, Germany | Carpet (i) | Marlene Weingärtner | 7–6$^{(3)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 11. | 11 June 2001 | Open de Marseille, France | Clay | Klára Koukalová | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7$^{(3)}$ |

### Doubles: 3 (3–0)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | 15 July 1991 | ITF Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia | Clay | Radka Bobková | Kateřina Šišková Markéta Štusková | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 2. | 22 July 1991 | ITF Schwarzach, Austria | Clay | Katarína Studeníková | Agnese Gustmane Heidi Sprung | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 3. | 13 September 1993 | ITF Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | Clay | Larisa Neiland | Radka Bobková Petra Langrová | 6–3, 6–4 |

## Head-to-head record against top 10 players

Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.
* Dominique Monami 4–1
* Nadia Petrova 0–2
* Venus Williams 0–1
* Martina Hingis 4–3
* Elena Dementieva 0–3
* Steffi Graf 0–4
* Monica Seles 0–2
* Justine Henin 0–1
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1–6
* Patty Schnyder 1–3
* Ai Sugiyama 1–2
* Amélie Mauresmo 0–1
* Conchita Martínez 2–6
* Kim Clijsters 1–0