Ľudmila Cervanová

Ľudmila Cervanová (; born 15 October 1979) is a former tennis player from Slovakia. She turned professional in 1997, and reached career-high rankings of world No. 58 in singles in March 2004 and No. 186 in doubles in May 1997.

Biography

Cervanová graduated from high school in 1997, the same year she turned pro. Her favourite tennis court surface is clay, and her best shot is the backhand. She was coached by Jan Kuval.

Tennis career

Cervanová did not win any title on the WTA Tour. Her closest being in Acapulco, on 27 February 2005, when she lost in the final to Flavia Pennetta in three sets. She has also reached the final of the tournament in Casablanca in 2004, where she lost to Émilie Loit of France, the semifinals of Bratislava in 2001, where she lost to eventual winner Rita Grande from Italy and the semifinals of Bogotá in 2006, losing to Lourdes Domínguez Lino in straight sets.

In her career, she won seven singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Cervanová has made respectable progress in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments, her best reaching the third round of Wimbledon in 2004, and the third round of the French Open in 2002.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (runner-ups)

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV & V (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Apr 2004	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	Feb 2005	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta	6–3, 5–7, 3–6

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (7–4)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	21 September 1997	Biograd, Croatia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1.	10 November 1997	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Template:Flagicon Zuzana Váleková	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	2.	23 November 1997	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Template:Flagicon Aurandrea Narvaez	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	2.	30 November 1997	Campinas, Brazil	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ingrid Kurta	6–0, 6–0
Win	3.	4 May 1998	Prešov, Slovakia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stanislava Hrozenská	6–2, 6–0
Win	4.	17 May 1998	Nitra, Slovakia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rita Kuti-Kis	5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Win	5.	7 June 1998	Bytom, Poland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sophie Georges	6–3, 6–0
Win	6.	29 June 1998	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sandra Klösel	6–2, 7–5
Loss	3.	6 September 1998	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rita Kuti-Kis	1–6, 2–6
Win	7.	15 October 2000	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Iva Majoli	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	4.	23 March 2003	Castellón, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Karolina Šprem	3–6, 3–6

Doubles (7–9)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	13 May 1996	Prešov, Slovakia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Martina Nedelková	Template:Flagicon Monika Maštalířová Template:Flagicon Teodora Nedeva	4–6, 3–6
Win	1.	23 June 1996	Staré Splavy, Czech Republic	Clay	Template:Flagicon Michaela Hasanová	Template:Flagicon Nikola Hübnerová Template:Flagicon Michaela Paštiková	6–7, 7–6, 7–5
Loss	2.	25 August 1996	Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	Clay	Template:Flagicon Zuzana Váleková	Template:Flagicon Gabriela Chmelinová Template:Flagicon Sabine Radevicová	7–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win	2.	15 September 1996	Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Zuzana Váleková	Template:Flagicon Blanka Kumbárová Template:Flagicon Petra Plačková	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3.	22 September 1996	Biograd, Croatia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Zuzana Váleková	Template:Flagicon Michaela Hasanová Template:Flagicon Martina Nedelková	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	4.	17 November 1996	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Template:Flagicon Zuzana Váleková	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Irina Selyutina	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	3.	23 June 1997	Plzeň, Czech Republic	Clay	Template:Flagicon Zuzana Váleková	Template:Flagicon Petra Kučová Template:Flagicon Eva Krejčová	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	5.	19 October 1997	Nicosia, Cyprus	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eva Krejčová	Template:Flagicon Katia Altilia Template:Flagicon Charlotte Aagaard	4–6, 5–7
Loss	6.	23 March 1998	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Zuzana Váleková	Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić Tošić Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 1–6
Loss	7.	7 June 1998	Bytom, Poland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Janette Husárová	Template:Flagicon Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Template:Flagicon Mariam Ramón Climent	3–6, 3–6
Loss	8.	28 September 1998	Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Template:Flagicon Magdalena Kučerová	Template:Flagicon Eleni Daniilidou Template:Flagicon Christína Papadáki	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 5–7
Loss	9.	20 December 1998	Průhonice, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Magdalena Kučerová	Template:Flagicon Eva Melicharová Template:Flagicon Helena Vildová	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	4.	19 September 1999	Otočec, Slovenia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andrea Šebová	Template:Flagicon Syna Schmidle Template:Flagicon Melanie Schnell	6–3, 6–4
Win	5.	29 July 2002	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stanislava Hrozenská	Template:Flagicon Sarah Stone Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win	6.	17 March 2003	Castellón, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stanislava Hrozenská	Template:Flagicon Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Template:Flagicon Mariam Ramón Climent	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win	7.	4 August 2008	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Katarína Maráčková	Template:Flagicon Nikola Hofmanova Template:Flagicon Laura Ioana Andrei	0–6, 6–3, [13–11]

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