Stories
Biography
- Currently without a coach; physical trainer is Raffaele Tendi ... Father, Jozef, is a businessman; mother's name is Anna; has a younger brother named Miroslav; has a German Shepherd named Kimi ... Favorite surface is clay; favorite shot is forehand ... Favorite places to visit are Slovakia, the mountains and Brazil ... Also likes soccer, ice hockey, music, movies and seeing friends.
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
31Height
5' 6 1/2" (1.69 m)Birthday
Jun 4, 1974 June 4, 1974Birthplace
Bratislava, SlovakiaCareer Highlights
DOUBLES
Winner (25): 2012 - Budapest (w/Rybarikova); 2008 - Budapest (w/Cornet); 2007 - Auckland (w/Suárez), Luxembourg (w/Benesova); 2006 - Palermo, Budapest (both w/Krajicek); 2005 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Likhovtseva); 2004 - Dubai (w/Martínez), Estoril (w/Gagliardi), Linz (w/Likhovtseva); 2002 - Doha (w/Sánchez-Vicario), Berlin, San Diego, Moscow, WTA Championships (all w/Dementieva), Luxembourg (w/Clijsters); 2001 - Gold Coast (w/Casoni), Bogotá, Budapest, Palermo (all w/Garbin); 2000 - Warsaw (w/Garbin); 1998 - Bogotá (w/Suárez); 1997 - Auckland (w/Monami); 1996 - Palermo (w/Schett), Maria Lankowitz (w/Medvedeva); .
Finalist (18): 2013 - Kuala Lumpur (w/Zhang), Carlsbad (w/H.Chan); 2008 - Rome (w/Benesova); 2004 - Doha, Berlin (both w/Martínez); 2003 - Charleston (w/Martínez); 2002 - Paris [Indoors], Indian Wells, US Open (all w/Dementieva), Stanford (w/Martínez), New Haven (w/Garbin), Leipzig (w/Suárez); 2000 - Sao Paulo (w/Labat); 1999 - Warsaw (w/Cocheteux), Sao Paulo (w/Labat); 1998 - Auckland, Hobart (both w/Halard-Decugis); 1993 - Montpellier (w/Monami).
ADDITIONAL
Slovak Fed Cup Team, 1994, 1998, 2002-04, 2007-08; Slovak Olympic Team, 2000, 2004, 2008.