Tamara Čurović


Tamara Čurović is a Serbian professional tennis player.
Čurović was officially a member of Serbia Fed Cup team in 2011, but she is yet to play her first Fed Cup match.
She has won two singles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 27 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 394. On 19 May 2014, she peaked at No. 208 in the doubles rankings.
Čurović made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in doubles at the 2013 Gastein Ladies, partnering Chiara Scholl. They defeated Michaela Hončová and Conny Perrin in the first round and top seeds Mandy Minella and Chanelle Scheepers in the quarterfinals, before losing to eventual champions, Sandra Klemenschits and Andreja Klepač, in the semifinals. At the same tournament, Čurović also played qualification in singles, but lost in the first round. To date, her only other WTA Tour main-draw appearance in doubles was at the 2014 BRD Bucharest Open, where she was partnered with Elitsa Kostova, losing in the first round.

Personal life

Tamara Čurović was born to Slavko Čurović and Svetlana Prudnikova, a former Russian chess champion. She has a brother, Vladislav. Čurović began playing tennis aged nine at a local tennis club, and is currently a member of the Partizan Tennis Club. She cites Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Janković as her idols.

Playing style

Čurović is said to be powerful and intelligent at court. She hits the ball long, without much spin, and is described as a mixture of both girls' and boys' playing style.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Sep 2009ITF Doboj, Bosnia&Herzegovina10,000Clay Matea Mezak6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Win1–1Jun 2011ITF Paros, Greece10,000Carpet Yuliya Lysa6–4, 6–1
Loss1–2Apr 2012ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000Carpet Silvia Njirić3–6, 4–6
Loss1–3Aug 2012ITF Brčko, Bosnia&Herzegovina10,000Hard Jelena Pandžić3–6, 1–4 ret.
Win2–3Sep 2013ITF Belgrade, Serbia10,000Clay Tereza Malíková6–4, 6–3
Loss2–4Jul 2017ITF Prokuplje, Serbia15,000Clay Oana Gavrilă4–6, 3–6
Loss2–5Apr 2019ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan15,000Clay Kamilla Rakhimova2–6, 5–7
Loss2–6Sep 2019ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan15,000Clay Elina Avanesyan2–6, 5–7
Loss2–7Jan 2020ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000Clay Anastasia Zolotareva6–4, 4–6, 0–6

Doubles: 53 (30 titles, 23 runner–ups)

Other: 1 (1 title)

Awards