In doubles, she partnered Barbora Zhlavov-Strcov and won against Lucie Hradeck and Michalla Krajicek, but lost in round two against Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci. In 2016, Hantuchov switched her racquet brand back to Babolat. However, she signed a deal with Volkl Tennis and then used the Volkl Power Bridge 9. The Slovakian beauty Daniela still baffles a lot of her fans and keep them wondering on who her boyfriend can be. Her final tournament of the year was the Philadelphia Championships. Later that year, Hantuchov also reached the quarterfinals in Leipzig and the final in Filderstadt, losing to Kim Clijsters. At the Family Circle Cup in April, she lost in the first round to Marina Erakovic. She failed to defend her title when she lost to veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm in the third round after defeating rising star Belinda Bencic in her opener. She then competed in the Pan Pacific Open and the China Open, where she reached the second round in both, before losing in three sets to 11th seed Agnieszka Radwaska and 13th seed Nadia Petrova, respectively. Between the Austrian Open and the US Open, Hantuchov won her final ITF tournament, at a $50k tournament held in the Bronx, she beat Yi Jing-Qian in the final in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Hantuchov reached her first Grand Slam semifinal. She had a relationship with Wesley Sneijder, who is a Dutch football. In the final, they faced Mike Bryan and Liezel Huber, winning in three sets. In the doubles, Hantuchov and Lisa Raymond were seeded 15th and beat Mandy Minella and Chanelle Scheepers in the first round and Magdalna Rybrikov and Stefanie Vgele in the second round. Daniela Hantuchova with her Ex-boyfriend Daniela Hantuchova Children Daniela Hantuchova has no children. Then, she made another quarterfinal at her next tournament in Dubai, losing to Serena Williams. However, she lost to world No. By winning the 2005 US Open title, Hantuchov completed the mixed doubles Career Grand Slam. In Sydney, Hantuchov upset Francesca Schiavone in the second round, before falling to second seed Petra Kvitov in the quarterfinals. Two days later, at the Dubai Championships, she beat Mona Barthel in the first round. The former tennis pro is not in a relationship and has never been married. They reached the semifinals, where they lost to first seeds and eventual champions Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears. Because she won only 11 of 26 singles matches after the Indian Wells tournament, Hantuchov finished the year ranked world No. Hantuchov lost in the first round of the New Haven Open to Mona Barthel. Daniela Hantuchova is a tennis player from Slovakia who retired from the game on the 6th of July, 2017. Hantuchov's next tournament was the Indoors in Paris. This was her 15th straight top-100 season. She lost to Monica Niculescu in straight sets. She was the third-seeded player at Antwerp, where she again reached the quarterfinals. 24, with a winloss record of 3925. She was 35 versus top-10 players, with losses to Dementieva, Venus Williams, Jankovi, Stosur, and Radwaska, and with victories over Dementieva and Jankovi (twice). She received a wildcard for the Miami Masters, but lost in the first round. She lost in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford and in the second round of the following week's tournament, the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles. At the Guangzhou International Open, she lost in the first round to fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. 9, her first top-ten finish since 2002. Hantuchov lost in the first round of the French Open to Bencic. Hantuchov became the 37th woman in the Open Era to reach 500 career wins when she beat Laura Robson in the second round of the 2013 Aegon Classic on her way to the title.[1][2]. They were due to face Petra Mandula and Patricia Wartusch in the final, but they withdrew and Hantuchov and Habudov won in a walkover. After a first-round loss at the US Open to Pauline Parmentier, Hantuchov reached the quarterfinals of the Bell Challenge and the Generali Ladies Linz losing to Marina Erakovic and top seed Petra Kvitov, respectively. She then went on to reach the quarterfinals of Zurich, losing to eventual champion Patty Schnyder in three tight sets, and the semifinals in Linz, and winning both of her singles rubbers in the Fed Cup final. Hantuchov then helped Slovakia earn a place in the World Group I for the 2011 Fed Cup by scoring two singles victories and a doubles victory in the World Group play-offs against Serbia. They came into a relationship in 2009 and separated in the same year. She was part of the Slovak team that won the 2002 Fed Cup and the 2005 Hopman Cup. Hantuchov was seeded tenth at the Beijing Olympics. This victory (the only over Serena in her career) ensured that Hantuchov would progress to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in three years. At Indian Wells, Hantuchov was the only two-time singles champion in the draw. In the final, Hantuchov was easily defeated by Kaia Kanepi. A "superb ball-striker",[64] she plays a flowing style, hitting deep, accurate groundstrokes. Hantuchov finished outside the top 20 for the second consecutive year at No. [48] In doubles, she and Petra Kvitov lost to fellow wild-cards Aliz Cornet and Caroline Garcia in the first round. Her US Open Series was modest, as she lost in the second round of San Diego and Los Angeles, after having first-round byes in both tournaments. Hantuchov then reached successive singles quarterfinals in Hamburg and Berlin, losing to Martina Hingis and Anna Smashnova, respectively. She is also not married. Daniela Hantuchova is not yet married and has no children. In Beijing at the China Open, she lost to world No. She upset Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets, but fell to Alisa Kleybanova in the semifinals. She also competed in the doubles with Nagyov. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova to reach the final of the Tier-I event. [7] At Wimbledon that year, she failed to convert several match points and was seen weeping on court. Hantuchov is also a playable character in Virtua Tennis 2009. It was Hantuchov's first WTA Tour title. Hantuchov played three Fed Cup matches for Slovakia in April, and then in the German Open in May, where she lost in the second qualifying round to Francesca Schiavone. She defeated Patty Schnyder in the quarterfinals and Bartoli in the semifinals to advance to her third final of the year for the first time in her career. She fell in the early rounds of all three to Samantha Stosur in both Stuttgart and Madrid and to second seed Francesca Schiavone in Rome. The injury she suffered to her right rib[26] after Mary Pierce hit a shot at her in doubles, caused her the most serious injury of her career and also forced her to retire in her match against Vesnina the following week in Linz. 4, Martina Hingis. Hantuchov was then upset in the first round of the Tier-I Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo by Roberta Vinci. We pray that she will always be happy with her family. She then played at the Pattaya Open, where she defeated Kurumi Nara, Kimiko Date-Krumm, and Akgul Amanmuradova, all in straight sets to reach the semifinals. Hantuchov finished her year with three straight losses at the Tournament of Champions to Wozniacki, Roberta Vinci, and Hsieh Su-wei. In mixed doubles, Hantuchov and Leander Paes beat Ajla Tomljanovi and James Duckworth in the first round and eighth seeds Elena Vesnina and Mahesh Bhupathi in the second round. Hantuchov finished outside the top 20 for the third consecutive year at No. [27] She won her first three matches without losing a set. [21] She also reached the semifinals of the doubles, where she and Arantxa Snchez Vicario lost to eventual champions Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs. 5. [22] Following the match, her extremely thin physique was noticed for the first time publicly, and some wondered about Hantuchov's health. 54 as she entered Eastbourne, but found herself ranked No. They were unsuccessful, however, losing to Bianka Lamade and Patty Schnyder. Up to 2023, she had numerous failed romances, though. In the Southern California Open at the start of August, she defeated Tamira Paszek in the first round, and lost in the second round to second seed Agnieszka Radwaska. Daniela Hantuchov (Slovak pronunciation:[daela antuxa]; born 23 April 1983) is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player. This impressive season amassed her enough points to compete at the annual Tour Championships, losing in the first round to 17th ranked Magdalena Maleeva. At Pattaya, she successfully defended her title by defeating fourth seed Maria Kirilenko in the final. 21, her lowest year-end ranking and first finish out of the top 20 since 2004. At the Paris Indoors, Hantuchov beat Ekaterina Makarova in the first round, before losing to Cornet in the second round. Some theorized that the media's continued interest regarding her weight and the pressure of success at 19 years of age, in addition to her on-court breakdown and her parents' divorce, as well as her coach's walking out in the middle of the match, led to this breakdown. At the Sydney International, she fell to fifth seed and eventual champion Elena Dementieva in the second round. At the US Open, Hantuchov lost in the first round to Misaki Doi. Hantuchov played for the San Diego Aviators of World TeamTennis in July. Her next event was the U.S. Indoor Championships in Oklahoma City. Born on 23rd April, 1983 in Poprad, Czechoslovakia, she is famous for Pacific Life Open winner in 2002. WebDaniela Hantuchov (Slovak pronunciation: [daela antuxa]; born 23 April 1983) is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player. She progressed through three qualifying rounds and beat Shinobu Asagoe in the first round before losing to Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor in the second round. The tournament that saved her from a poor 2004 was Eastbourne, in which she defeated Sugiyama in the quarterfinals, and Mauresmo in the semifinals, before losing to Kuznetsova in the third final of her career. She won a $25k tournament in Jackson in May, beating Milagros Sequera in the final; she won a $25k doubles tournament in Civitanova Marche in July, where she teamed up with Eva Dyrberg to beat Rosa Mara Andrs Rodrguez and Conchita Martnez Granados in the final; and won a $25k tournament in Fano in September, beating Flora Perfetti in the final. Hantuchov then lost to Nicole Vaidiov in the first round of the Tier-II Sydney International and reached her second consecutive Australian Open fourth round, where she lost to world No. In Filderstadt the following week, Hantuchov made the semifinals, her third of the year, defeating No. [59] Seeded eighth for the ITF tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula ($25k), Hantuchov lost in the second round to Fiona Ferro. She faced eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the third round and lost. Further signs of the pressure and problems she was facing during this period was that, in July, she made herself unavailable for Slovakia in the Fed Cup in order to concentrate on her singles career, and in November she parted company with Sears.[23]. In 2005, she completed the Career Grand Slam in mixed doubles, becoming only the fifth female tennis player to do so. Despite first-round loses in the Italian Open in Rome and in the Madrid Open, Hantuchov rebounded at the French Open. However, she has already had many failed relationships until 2022. At the final Tier-I event of the year, Hantuchov pushed Davenport to three sets and had match points in the second set in Zurich, before losing. In the singles, she was seeded 32nd and lost in the third round to second seed Venus Williams. Hantuchov also has endorsed four racquet brands. Starting with the 2011 Fed Cup, she began using the Prince EXO3 Tour Team 100 again, with which she won her fourth career title. WebDaniela Hantuchov is currently single. In spring of 2015, Hantuchov started using HEAD rackets and bags although the racket is not part of the current range and appears to be all black in color. Hantuchov started her season at the Brisbane International. Unseeded for the tournament, she beat qualifier Casey Dellacqua in the first round. Daniela Hantuchov Net Worth & Basic source of earning is being a successful Australian Athlete. At the Zurich Open, she won three qualifying matches, beat Meghann Shaughnessy and Barbara Schett and lost to eventual winner Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals. She also entered her first WTA tournament in October, that year's Eurotel Slovak Open, losing in the singles to Sabine Appelmans in the first round. She is also not married. She was upset in the third round of the Tier I Miami Open in Key Biscayne by Vera Zvonareva. [69] Although her speed across court has reduced a little in recent years, she compensates with her stamina. On clay, Hantuchov was upset in the third round of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston by Christina McHale. At Wimbledon, she again reached the singles quarterfinals, only to be beaten by the eventual champion, Serena Williams. In the semifinals she defeated qualifier Alison Riske, and in the final Donna Veki. The following month at the Miami Masters, the Amelia Island Championships and the Family Circle Cup, Hantuchov lost in the second round, to Cara Black, Janette Husrov, and Mary Pierce, respectively. [33] She competed next at the Sydney International, but suffered a loss to Mara Jos Martnez Snchez in the first round. 8 Serena Williams in the fourth round. She recovered in time for Wimbledon, but lost in the second round to unseeded Alisa Kleybanova. In the first round, she upset sixth seed Patty Schnyder. Hantuchov was then scheduled to play at the Qatar Open, the first Tier-I event of the year, and the Dubai Championships, a Tier-II event, but withdrew from both because of fatigue. [65][66] Her double-handed backhand is a particularly potent weapon. Her biggest career wins include victories over defending champion Serena Williams in the third round of the 2006 Australian Open and world No. Daniela is a well-known retired tennis player from Slovakia, and she is also a tennis commentator. At the Western & Southern Open, she lost in the first round to Kristina Mladenovic. Seeded 28th at the French Open, Hantuchov defeated Zhang Shuai and Sara Errani in the first two rounds, both in straight sets. It was then-18-year-old Hantuchov's first ever Grand Slam final appearance and victory. In the end, Slovakia beat Italy 32. Daniela Hantuchova. To end the year, Hantuchov played seven tournaments in Asia and Europe. It was her first WTA tournament win and she was the lowest-ranked player to ever win the event. Seeded 22nd at the Australian Open, Hantuchov fell to 16th seed and eventual semifinalist Li Na in the third round. [56] At the Australian Open, Hantuchov was defeated in the first round by twenty-third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. Her relationship with Dutch footballer Wesley Sneijder is the most well-known of her many affiliations. Hantuchov then played in the Dubai Championships, where she lost to eventual runner-up Virginie Razzano in the third round. Competing at the Eastbourne International, Hantuchov defeated second seed Li Na and Venus Williams, before retiring to fifth seed Petra Kvitov in the semifinals. [25] He was replaced by Angel Giminez. At Wimbledon, Hantuchov beat compatriot Dominika Cibulkov in the first round. 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