Daniela Hantuchova is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player.
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Daniela Hantuchova is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player.
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Daniela Hantuchova turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA Tour title at the Indian Wells Masters, defeating Martina Hingis in the final and becoming the lowest-ranked player to ever win the tournament.
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Daniela Hantuchova reached the quarterfinals of that year's Wimbledon Championships and US Open, ending the year in the top ten.
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Daniela Hantuchova was part of the Slovak team that won the 2002 Fed Cup and the 2005 Hopman Cup.
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Daniela Hantuchova has won seven WTA tournaments, including the Indian Wells Masters for a second time in 2007, with the 2015 Thailand Open being her last victory.
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Daniela Hantuchova reached the semifinals of the 2008 Australian Open, her best result in a Grand Slam tournament.
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Daniela Hantuchova 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.
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Daniela Hantuchova is an accomplished doubles player, achieving a career-high doubles ranking of world No 5.
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Daniela Hantuchova won the mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 2001 with Leos Friedl, at the Australian Open in 2002 with Kevin Ullyett, at the French Open in 2005 with Fabrice Santoro and at the US Open in 2005 with Mahesh Bhupathi.
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Daniela Hantuchova has reached the finals of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 2002 with Ullyett and the finals of the women's doubles at the Australian Open in 2002 with Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, at the French Open in 2006 with Ai Sugiyama and at the Australian Open in 2009 with Sugiyama.
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Daniela Hantuchova announced her retirement from professional tennis on 6 July 2017.
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Daniela Hantuchova has produced a web series for Tennis Channel and is hosting a podcast about sports and entertainment.
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Daniela Hantuchova was born in Poprad, Czechoslovakia to father Igor, a computer scientist, and mother Marianna, a toxicologist.
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Daniela Hantuchova was introduced to tennis by her grandmother Helena, a former Slovak national champion.
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Daniela Hantuchova was suspected of being anorexic, but denied this, saying that her weight loss was due to over-training and that it had not affected her stamina.
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Daniela Hantuchova speaks fluent Slovak, Czech, English and German, as well as some Croatian and Italian.
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Daniela Hantuchova is thought to be a perfectionist and puts a lot of pressure on herself during her training.
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Daniela Hantuchova appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition alongside Maria Kirilenko and Tatiana Golovin in a pictorial entitled Volley of the Dolls.
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Daniela Hantuchova turned professional in this year and took part in several ITF tournaments.
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Daniela Hantuchova progressed through three qualifying rounds and beat Shinobu Asagoe in the first round before losing to Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor in the second round.
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Daniela Hantuchova won three qualifying matches before beating Iroda Tulyaganova and Nadia Petrova in the first and second rounds, respectively.
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Daniela Hantuchova did not enter the qualifiers for that year's French Open.
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Between the Austrian Open and the US Open, Daniela Hantuchova won her final ITF tournament, at a $50k tournament held in the Bronx, she beat Yi Jing-Qian in the final in straight sets.
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Daniela Hantuchova reached her second quarterfinal of the year at the BGL Luxembourg Open when she beat Virginie Razzano in the first round and Nathalie Tauziat in the second round.
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Daniela Hantuchova began 2001 at the Sydney International, where she lost in the first qualifying round.
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Daniela Hantuchova then reached her first ever WTA semifinal at the US Indoor Championships.
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Daniela Hantuchova beat Tara Snyder, third seed Amanda Coetzer and Aniko Kapros before losing to Jennifer Capriati in the semifinals.
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Daniela Hantuchova then progressed through two qualifying rounds at the Indian Wells Masters but lost to Rita Kuti-Kis in the first round of the main draw.
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Daniela Hantuchova received a wildcard for the Miami Masters, but lost in the first round.
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At the Rome Masters, Daniela Hantuchova lost in the singles to eventual finalist Amelie Mauresmo in the third round.
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Daniela Hantuchova's form saw her qualify automatically for the French Open, beating Alexandra Stevenson in the first round and losing to eighth seed Conchita Martinez in the second round.
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Daniela Hantuchova again teamed up with Nagyova in the doubles, reaching the third round.
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Daniela Hantuchova beat Nathalie Dechy, Eleni Daniilidou, Nicole Pratt, and Virginie Razzano, before falling to Miriam Oremans in the semifinals.
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At the Eastbourne International a week later, Daniela Hantuchova entered the doubles with the previous year's champion Ai Sugiyama.
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Daniela Hantuchova entered the doubles, losing in the third round with Karina Habsudova; and the mixed doubles with Leos Friedl.
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Daniela Hantuchova took part in the doubles, partnering with Magui Serna and reaching the semifinals.
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Daniela Hantuchova progressed through three qualifying rounds, beat Henrieta Nagyova in the first round and Jelena Dokic in the second round before losing to Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinal.
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Daniela Hantuchova played in the doubles with Elena Bovina, reaching her second final of the year.
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Daniela Hantuchova started the year as the world No 38 at the Gold Coast Hardcourts, where she lost to Justine Henin in the second round.
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At the Adidas International, Daniela Hantuchova was knocked out in the second round by Meghann Shaughnessy and went on to play at the Australian Open.
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At the Open Gaz de France and the Proximus Diamond Games, Daniela Hantuchova lost in the second round, to Francesca Schiavone and Daja Bedanova, respectively.
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Daniela Hantuchova reached the semifinals of the doubles, where she and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario lost to eventual champions Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.
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The following month at the Miami Masters, the Amelia Island Championships and the Family Circle Cup, Daniela Hantuchova lost in the second round, to Cara Black, Janette Husarova, and Mary Pierce, respectively.
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Daniela Hantuchova then reached successive singles quarterfinals in Hamburg and Berlin, losing to Martina Hingis and Anna Smashnova, respectively.
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Daniela Hantuchova then entered the French Open as the 11th seed, losing to former champion Monica Seles in the fourth round.
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Daniela Hantuchova reached the semifinals of the Tier-I-event in Montreal, losing to Amelie Mauresmo, and New Haven, losing to world No 2 Venus Williams.
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At the final Grand Slam of the year, Daniela Hantuchova defeated 1997 French Open champion Iva Majoli in round three, and world No 6 Justine Henin, only to be beaten in her second consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal by Serena Williams.
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Later that year, Daniela Hantuchova reached the quarterfinals in Leipzig and the final in Filderstadt, losing to Kim Clijsters.
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Daniela Hantuchova 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.
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Daniela Hantuchova started 2003 solidly, reaching the quarterfinals at her first three events in Sydney, losing to Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, at the Australian Open, and Elena Dementieva in Paris.
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Daniela Hantuchova reached her first semifinal of the year at her fourth event in Antwerp, losing to Williams again.
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Daniela Hantuchova made her sixth quarterfinal at her next event in Amelia Island, losing to eventual champion Dementieva.
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Daniela Hantuchova went undefeated in first-round Fed Cup play against Germany, winning both of her matches.
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At the French Open, Daniela Hantuchova lost in the second round in a marathon match to Harkleroad again, making 101 unforced errors, leading to long-time coach Nigel Sears criticising her attitude publicly.
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Daniela Hantuchova was ranked No 54 as she entered Eastbourne, but found herself ranked No 38 as she went into Wimbledon, losing to eventual champion Sharapova in the third round.
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Daniela Hantuchova made one more quarterfinal at New Haven, losing to Lisa Raymond.
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At the US Open one week later, Daniela Hantuchova lost in three sets to Patty Schnyder in the third round.
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Daniela Hantuchova reached the third round of the Australian Open, losing to Dementieva in a tight three-setter.
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Daniela Hantuchova made the third round at the French Open and Wimbledon, losing to Clijsters in Paris, and eventual champion Venus Williams in England.
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Daniela Hantuchova had a successful US Open series run, where she reached the semifinals in Cincinnati, getting upset by No 74 Akiko Morigami.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost to eventual quarterfinalist Venus Williams in the third round at the US Open.
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Daniela Hantuchova won the mixed doubles, completing a career grand slam in mixed doubles.
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In Filderstadt the following week, Daniela Hantuchova made the semifinals, her third of the year, defeating No 10 Patty Schnyder in the second round and Flavia Pennetta in the quarterfinals.
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At the final Tier-I event of the year, Daniela Hantuchova pushed Davenport to three sets and had match points in the second set in Zurich, before losing.
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Daniela Hantuchova reached the quarterfinals of Sydney in 2006 with a win over top-ten player Patty Schnyder and got to the semifinals of Auckland.
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Daniela Hantuchova continued this form at the Australian Open with her third-round victory over defending champion and seven-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams, who had entered the tournament with a lack of match practice and questions over her fitness.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost to fourth-seeded Maria Sharapova in straight sets in the fourth round.
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Daniela Hantuchova then played her first Fed Cup matches for Slovakia in almost three years.
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Daniela Hantuchova beat Tatiana Golovin in straight sets, before losing to Dinara Safina.
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Daniela Hantuchova was then scheduled to play world No 1 Amelie Mauresmo in the quarterfinals.
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Daniela Hantuchova then lost to Nicole Vaidisova 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 5, Kim Clijsters.
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Daniela Hantuchova was then upset in the first round of the Tier-I Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo by Roberta Vinci.
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Three weeks later at the Tier-II Dubai Championships, Daniela Hantuchova defeated Maria Kirilenko in the second round, before losing her quarterfinal match against Amelie Mauresmo in three sets.
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Daniela Hantuchova then lost her semifinal match against world No 5, Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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Daniela Hantuchova was upset in the third round of the Tier I Miami Open in Key Biscayne by Vera Zvonareva.
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Two weeks later, Daniela Hantuchova lost both of her Fed Cup matches against the Czech Republic in Bratislava on clay, losing to Vaidisova and Lucie Safarova.
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Daniela Hantuchova then reached her first career clay-court semifinal at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.
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Daniela Hantuchova then lost to Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinals, in three sets.
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The following week at the Tier III Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Daniela Hantuchova defeated world No 6 Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals, before losing to Chakvetadze in the semifinals.
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Daniela Hantuchova was the tenth-seeded player at Wimbledon and did not lose a set in her first two matches.
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Daniela Hantuchova then defeated Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik in the third round, before losing to world No 8 Serena Williams in the fourth round.
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Daniela Hantuchova played five tournaments during the North American summer hard-court season.
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Daniela Hantuchova began the US Open Series by losing to Chakvetadze in the semifinals of the Tier-II Stanford Classicn.
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At the US Open, Daniela Hantuchova was the ninth-seeded player but lost to Ukraine's Julia Vakulenko in the first round.
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Daniela Hantuchova reached her second final of the year at the Tier-III Bali Classic, losing to Lindsay Davenport in three sets.
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At the Tier-III Sunfeast Open in Kolkata, Daniela Hantuchova lost in the semifinals to Maria Kirilenko, but re-entered the top 10.
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Daniela Hantuchova 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.
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At the Tier-I Zurich Open, Daniela Hantuchova defeated Dinara Safina in the first round, before losing to Agnieszka Radwanska.
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One week later, Daniela Hantuchova won her third career title at the Tier-II Generali Ladies Linz.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost to Sharapova and Ivanovic, before beating Kuznetsova to finish third in her group.
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Daniela Hantuchova finished the year at world No 9, her first top-ten finish since 2002.
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Daniela Hantuchova started the year at the Medibank International in Sydney.
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Daniela Hantuchova defeated Dinara Safina in the first round, before losing to world No 12, Czech Nicole Vaidisova, in the second round.
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Daniela Hantuchova was the third-seeded player at Antwerp, where she again reached the quarterfinals.
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Daniela Hantuchova played both of the two-week Tier I events in the United States.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost to fourth-seeded Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals.
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At the Miami Open, Daniela Hantuchova failed to reach the fourth round for the ninth consecutive year.
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In doubles, Daniela Hantuchova partnered with Lindsay Davenport to reach the quarterfinals, where they lost to Sugiyama and Katarina Srebotnik, who went on to win the event.
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Daniela Hantuchova recovered in time for Wimbledon, but lost in the second round to unseeded Alisa Kleybanova.
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Daniela Hantuchova played four hardcourt tournaments between Wimbledon and the US Open.
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Daniela Hantuchova 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.
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Daniela Hantuchova defeated Sugiyama in the first round, before losing in the second round to Caroline Wozniacki.
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Daniela Hantuchova was seeded eleventh at the US Open, where she was upset in the first round by qualifier Anna-Lena Gronefeld.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost in the semifinals of the Commonwealth Classic in Bali and in the first round of the Tier-I Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo to Francesca Schiavone.
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Daniela Hantuchova began the 2009 WTA Tour by participating in the Brisbane International as the tournament's fourth-seeded player.
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Daniela Hantuchova then played the Sydney International, where she lost in the second round to sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska.
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At the Australian Open, Daniela Hantuchova was seeded 19th and defeated home favorite Casey Dellacqua in their first-round match.
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Daniela Hantuchova then beat Mathilde Johansson of France in the second round, before losing to 15th-seeded Alize Cornet in the third round in three sets.
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At the Paris Indoors, Daniela Hantuchova beat Ekaterina Makarova in the first round, before losing to Cornet in the second round.
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Daniela Hantuchova then played in the Dubai Championships, where she lost to eventual runner-up Virginie Razzano in the third round.
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Unseeded for the first time since 2001 at the Miami Open, Daniela Hantuchova lost to 22nd-seeded Anna Chakvetadze in the second round.
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Daniela Hantuchova then lost to eventual champion and second seed Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals.
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Daniela Hantuchova played four tournaments before Roland Garros on European clay.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost in the early rounds of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, the Rome Masters and the Madrid Masters to Dinara Safina, Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Jelena Jankovic, respectively.
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Daniela Hantuchova was unseeded at the French Open and lost to Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano in the first round.
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Daniela Hantuchova came from behind to defeat local teenager Laura Robson in the first round.
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However, Daniela Hantuchova fell to second seed and eventual champion Serena Williams in the fourth round.
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Daniela Hantuchova played her first-round match at the Stanford Classic, winning in three sets against defending champion Aleksandra Wozniak.
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Daniela Hantuchova then defeated seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the second round, but fell to third seed Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals.
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Daniela Hantuchova defeated Meghann Shaughnessy, Timea Bacsinszky, and Vania King, but fell in the fourth round to second seed and defending champion Serena Williams.
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At the Korea Open, Daniela Hantuchova was the top seed, but was upset by eventual champion Kimiko Date-Krumm in the quarterfinals.
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Daniela Hantuchova 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 Radwanska and 13th seed Nadia Petrova, respectively.
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Daniela Hantuchova finished the season in Europe at the Luxembourg Open, where she was upset by unseeded Shahar Pe'er in the quarterfinals.
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Daniela Hantuchova started the 2010 WTA Tour by competing at the Brisbane International.
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Daniela Hantuchova defeated Zhang Shuai in the Fed Cup tie against China in Bratislava prior to the Dubai Championships.
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Daniela Hantuchova became one of the favorites after top seed Jelena Jankovic fell in the first round.
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Daniela Hantuchova fought from a set down to beat unseeded Vania King in the quarterfinals, and fourth seed Dominika Cibulkova in the semifinals.
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Daniela Hantuchova was upset at Indian Wells by Roberta Vinci in the second round, after injuring her back during training earlier that day.
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Daniela Hantuchova began the clay-court season by competing at the Charleston Cup in South Carolina.
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Daniela Hantuchova again defeated world No 7 Jankovic in one of her singles matches for a second week in a row.
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Daniela Hantuchova was defeated by Samantha Stosur at the Eastbourne International and was then upset by Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova at Wimbledon.
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Daniela Hantuchova then beat Zheng Jie and Alisa Kleybanova to advance to the semifinals, where she fell to Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets.
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Daniela Hantuchova then fell in the first rounds of the Cincinnati Masters, and the Rogers Cup to eventual semifinalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and 15th seed Flavia Pennetta, respectively.
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Daniela Hantuchova received a wildcard to the Tournament of Champions in Bali.
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Daniela Hantuchova competed next at the Sydney International, but suffered a loss to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in the first round.
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Daniela Hantuchova 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.
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Daniela Hantuchova then won her first title in more than three years by defeating Sara Errani in the final.
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At the Indian Wells Open and the Miami Open, Daniela Hantuchova lost in the early rounds to Dinara Safina and top seed Caroline Wozniacki, respectively.
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On clay, Daniela Hantuchova was upset in the third round of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston by Christina McHale.
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Daniela Hantuchova fell in the early rounds of all three to Samantha Stosur in both Stuttgart and Madrid and to second seed Francesca Schiavone in Rome.
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However, Daniela Hantuchova rebounded at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she upset fourth seed Nadia Petrova in the quarterfinals, but fell to second seed Andrea Petkovic in the semifinals in three sets.
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However, Daniela Hantuchova fell to 13th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round.
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Daniela Hantuchova reached her second career grass-court final at the Birmingham Classic, upsetting second seed Ana Ivanovic in the semifinals, before falling to unseeded Sabine Lisicki.
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Daniela Hantuchova fell in the early rounds of both the Bank of the West Classic and the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
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Daniela Hantuchova reached her sixth and seventh quarterfinals of the season at the Carlsbad Open and at the Cincinnati Open, but fell to third seed Agnieszka Radwanska and second seed Vera Zvonareva, respectively.
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Daniela Hantuchova began the year at the Brisbane International, where she reached her first final of the year, defeating Dominika Cibulkova and Vania King, before receiving a walkover in the quarterfinals when Serena Williams pulled out of the event with an ankle sprain.
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However, Daniela Hantuchova was upset in the first round of the Qatar Ladies Open in Doha the following week by Simona Halep.
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Daniela Hantuchova then suffered relatively unsuccessful tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami.
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Daniela Hantuchova fell in the second round after a bye to Czech Klara Zakopalova.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost her first-round match at Wimbledon 2012 against Jamie Hampton.
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Daniela Hantuchova then beat Frenchwoman Alize Cornet in the second round.
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Daniela Hantuchova faced eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the third round and lost.
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Daniela Hantuchova did not have the best US Open Series, winning only one match in four tournaments.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost in the first round of the New Haven Open to Mona Barthel.
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At the Pan Pacific Open, Daniela Hantuchova beat Ekaterina Makarova in the first round, but then lost to tenth seed Caroline Wozniacki.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost in the first round of the China Open to seventh seed, Petra Kvitova.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost to fifth seed Julia Gorges in straight sets at the Generali Ladies Linz.
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Daniela Hantuchova recorded her best result in months at the Luxembourg Open, where she made it to the semifinals.
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Daniela Hantuchova finished her year with three straight losses at the Tournament of Champions to Wozniacki, Roberta Vinci, and Hsieh Su-wei.
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On reflection, Daniela Hantuchova said that 2012 was a difficult year for her.
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Daniela Hantuchova struggled with niggling injuries even before she fractured her foot and was forced out for two months.
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Daniela Hantuchova then suffered two successive first-round defeats: at the Sydney International to Ayumi Morita and at the Australian Open to Chan Yung-jan.
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At the Pattaya Open at the end of the month, Daniela Hantuchova was the defending champion, but after beating Olga Puchkova in the first round, she had to retire during her second-round match against Nina Bratchikova.
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Daniela Hantuchova won them both, beating Bojana Jovanovski and Vesna Dolonc in straight sets, helping her team progress to the quarterfinals.
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Daniela Hantuchova beat Karolina Pliskova, recorded a walkover against Simona Halep and beat Carla Suarez Navarro.
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At the Rome Masters, Daniela Hantuchova lost in the second qualifying round to Simona Halep.
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Daniela Hantuchova then suffered two first-round defeats, at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she was seeded eighth, to Maria Teresa Torro Flor, and then at the French Open, to Jelena Jankovic.
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Daniela Hantuchova won her first tournament of 2013 in June at the Birmingham Classic.
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Daniela Hantuchova then beat 12th seed Kristina Mladenovic, and in the quarterfinals 15th seed Francesca Schiavone.
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Daniela Hantuchova did not enter the singles of the Canadian Open, but she and Hingis did enter the doubles.
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At the Cincinnati Masters, Daniela Hantuchova received a wild card, but lost in the first round to Andrea Petkovic.
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At the New Haven Open, Daniela Hantuchova was defeated in the first round by eventual champion Simona Halep.
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At the US Open, Daniela Hantuchova beat Maria Sanchez in the first round, to advance beyond the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time since the 2012 Australian Open.
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Daniela Hantuchova then beat Victoria Duval in the second round and Israeli qualifier Julia Glushko in a tough match in the third round.
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Daniela Hantuchova beat Alison Riske in the fourth round and advanced to the quarterfinals of the US Open for the first time since 2002 and for the first time at any Grand Slam since the 2008 Australian Open.
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Daniela Hantuchova began the Australian Open Series in the first round of the Brisbane International, where she lost in an upset to Ashleigh Barty.
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Daniela Hantuchova, then lost in the first round of the Sydney International to wild-card Ajla Tomljanovic.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost to top seed Serena Williams in the third round.
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Daniela Hantuchova defeated Marina Erakovic in the singles, but was beaten by top seed Maria Sharapova in round two.
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Daniela Hantuchova then played at the Qatar Open, where she had to withdraw during the second set of her first-round match with a right-knee injury.
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In March, Daniela Hantuchova hired Peter Lundgren, who coached Roger Federer from 2000 to 2003.
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Daniela Hantuchova had previously been coached by Eduardo Nicolas from mid-2013 to the beginning of 2014.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost both her openers at Indian Wells and Miami to Americans Varvara Lepchenko and Madison Keys, respectively.
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Daniela Hantuchova then reached her first semifinal of the season at Marrakech as the top seed.
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Daniela Hantuchova 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.
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At Wimbledon, Daniela Hantuchova lost to eventual finalist Eugenie Bouchard in the first round.
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Daniela Hantuchova led the Aviators to the league's best regular-season record and was named WTT Female Most Valuable Player.
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Daniela Hantuchova participated in the Bank of the West Classic, where she defeated Paula Ormaechea in round one, but lost to Garbine Muguruza in the second.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost the first doubles round alongside Arantxa Parra Santonja.
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Daniela Hantuchova went on to another first-round singles defeat at the Cincinnati Masters at the hands of Ekaterina Makarova.
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Daniela Hantuchova partnered Francesca Schiavone for women's doubles and lost to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in round one.
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Daniela Hantuchova started at the Auckland Open, where she beat Sara Errani in the first round in straight sets.
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Daniela Hantuchova beat qualifier Richel Hogenkamp in the first round.
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At the Australian Open, Daniela Hantuchova beat Zheng Saisai in the first round, before she lost to 24th seed Garbine Muguruza.
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Daniela Hantuchova played her 17th singles final at the Thailand Open after wins over third seed Zarina Diyas, Zheng Saisai, Duan Yingying, and Marina Erakovic.
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Daniela Hantuchova defeated Ajla Tomljanovic in the final to win her seventh WTA tournament title.
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Daniela Hantuchova fell in the second round to top seed and eventual champion Simona Halep.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost in the first round of Indian Wells Open to Klara Koukalova.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost in the first round of the Miami Open to Belinda Bencic.
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Daniela Hantuchova won one match during Fed Cup by beating Susanne Celik of Sweden.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost again in the first round of the Internazionali d'Italia to 13th seed Sara Errani.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost in the first round of the French Open to Bencic.
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Daniela Hantuchova started her grass-court season by playing at the Nottingham Open, where she lost in the first round to Magda Linette in a three-setter.
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The following week, Daniela Hantuchova reached the quarterfinals at the Birmingham Classic with wins over 14th seed Irina-Camelia Begu, qualifier Marina Erakovic, and qualifier Michelle Larcher de Brito, before she lost to eighth seed and grass-court specialist Sabine Lisicki.
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At Wimbledon, Daniela Hantuchova beat compatriot Dominika Cibulkova in the first round.
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Daniela Hantuchova was the 14th seed for qualifying where in the first round, she lost to Lara Arruabarrena.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost in the first round of qualifying to Ysaline Bonaventure.
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Daniela Hantuchova got a bye into the second round, but fell to Australian Samantha Stosur.
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At the Australian Open, Daniela Hantuchova was defeated in the first round by twenty-third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost in the first round of the main draw to Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.
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Daniela Hantuchova lost in the first round of qualifying to Natalia Vikhlyantseva.
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At Indian Wells, Daniela Hantuchova was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Mandy Minella.
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Daniela Hantuchova is right-handed but uses both hands when playing backhand shots.
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Daniela Hantuchova can hit the ball hard with both her forehand and backhand but is best known as a player with natural timing and excellent technique.
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Daniela Hantuchova has a strong, accurate serve and can play well when close to the net.
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Thanks to her height, Daniela Hantuchova can cover a long distance in a short amount of time, which helps in returning shots.
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Daniela Hantuchova became only the fifth female player in history to achieve this.
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Until the 2009 US Open, Daniela Hantuchova endorsed Nike sportswear and had her own line with them for her tournament wear, like players such as Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams.
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In 2006, Daniela Hantuchova appeared on an advertisement for Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot phone with Ivanovic.
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In spring of 2015, Daniela Hantuchova started using HEAD rackets and bags although the racket is not part of the current range and appears to be all black in color.
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