Renata Kochta (born 14 April 1973) is a German former professional tennis player.

Renata Kochta
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1973-04-14) 14 April 1973 (age 51)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Prize money$48,100
Singles
Career record93–92
Highest rankingNo. 301 (8 February 1993)
Doubles
Career record44–47
Highest rankingNo. 137 (29 March 1993)

Biography edit

Kochta is a daughter of Czechoslovak ice hockey player Jiří and is originally from Prague. Her younger sister Marketa also competed on the professional tour.[1]

Most of Kochta's WTA Tour main draw appearances were in doubles, but she played singles at the 1993 edition of the US Hardcourts in Stratton Mountain. She had a best singles ranking of 301 in the world, which she reached in 1993.[2]

As a doubles player she had career high ranking of 137 and featured in the qualifying draw for the 1993 Wimbledon Championships.

ITF finals edit

Singles: 5 (1–4) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 17 August 1992 Kaiserslautern, Germany Clay   Emanuela Sangiorgi 4–6, 6–0, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 31 August 1992 Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay   Alena Havrlíková 6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 27 June 1993 Zagreb, Croatia Clay   Sylvia Plischke 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 3. 20 June 1994 Zagreb, Croatia Clay   Ivona Horvat 3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 16 October 1995 Langenthal, Switzerland Carpet   Jana Macurová 4–6, 6–7(3)

Doubles: 6 (4–2) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 8 August 1988 Koksijde, Belgium Clay   Hagit Ohayon   Ilana Berger
  Anat Varon
2–6, 6–1, 2–6
Winner 1. 15 June 1992 Maribor, Slovenia Clay   Pavlína Rajzlová   Tina Križan
  Karin Lušnic
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 10 August 1992 Munich, Germany Clay (O)   Caroline Schneider   Ivona Horvat
  Christina Zachariadou
4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner 2. 29 August 1994 Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay   Alena Vašková   Evgenia Kulikovskaya
  Natalia Nemchinova
6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Winner 3. 20 February 1995 Carvoeiro, Portugal Hard   Martina Pawlik   Katia Altilia
  Paula Hermida
7–5, 6–4
Winner 4. 3 September 1995 Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay   Pavlina Nola   Dominika Górecka
  Petra Plačková
7–6, 6–2

References edit

  1. ^ "Kochta zvelebuje dùm, který mu sebrali komunisté". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 12 May 2007.
  2. ^ "Tennis Abstract: Renata Kochta WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com.

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