Hana Šromová

Hana Šromová
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidenceJihlava, Czech Republic
Born (1978-04-10) 10 April 1978
Kopřivnice, Czechoslovakia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro1997
Retired2014
(last match 2008 played)
PlaysRight-handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money$466,750
Singles
Career record337–280
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 87 (19 June 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2006)
French Open2R (2006)
Wimbledon2R (2007)
US Open1R (2006, 2008)
Doubles
Career record325–195
Career titles35 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 63 (24 July 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2006, 2007)
Wimbledon3R (2006)
US Open1R (2006)

Hana Šromová (born 10 April 1978) is a Czech former tennis player.

Šromová won eight singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 19 June 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 87. On 24 July 2006, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings.

Personal

Šromová was coached by Lubomír Gerla for the last six years. Her father, Jiří Šrom, is a construction technician; her mother Hana is a kindergarten teacher; she has one brother, Jiří. Šromová started playing tennis at age seven, introduced to the sport by her parents, who both played tennis. Favorite surface is indoor hardcourts; biggest weapon is forehand. Most memorable experience was traveling to India for a tournament.

Šromová played her last match on the professional tour in 2008, she retired 2014.

ITF finals

Singles (8–10)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 24 June 1996 Maribor, Slovenia Clay Petra Kučová 4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss 2. 26 May 1997 Warsaw, Poland Clay Libuše Průšová 2–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 3. 11 October 1999 Plzeň, Czech Republic Clay Libuše Průšová 4–6, 1–6
Loss 4. 15 November 1999 Schlieren, Switzerland Carpet Susanne Trik 4–6, 3–6
Win 5. 24 January 2000 Hallandale Beach, United States Hard Dawn Buth 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Loss 6. 28 May 2001 Doksy, Czech Republic Clay Jana Macurová 2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 7. 29 September 2002 Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia Clay Delia Sescioreanu 5–7, 2–4 ret.
Loss 8. 14 October 2002 Giza, Egypt Clay Dominika Luzarová 6–7, 4–6
Win 9. 18 November 2002 Zagreb, Croatia Hard Nika Ožegović 6–2, 7–5
Win 10. 11 January 2004 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Goulnara Fattakhetdinova 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win 11. 22 March 2004 Cairo, Egypt Clay Gabriela Velasco Andreu 6–3, 6–1
Win 12. 5 April 2004 Cairo, Egypt Clay Annette Kolb w/o
Win 13. 24 May 2004 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Yevgenia Savransky 6–4, 6–1
Win 14. 19 July 2004 Les Contamines-Montjoie, France Hard Evie Dominikovic 6–4, 6–1
Win 15. 1 November 2004 Mumbai, India Hard Montinee Tangphong 6–2, 6–1
Loss 16. 30 January 2005 Waikoloa Challenger, U.S. Hard Marie-Ève Pelletier 6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 17. 6 February 2005 Rockford, United States Hard (i) Stéphanie Dubois 1–6, 2–6
Loss 18. 30 October 2006 Santa Cruz, Bolivia Clay Jorgelina Cravero 1–6, 7–6, 6–7

Doubles (35–24)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 10 April 1995 Tampico, Mexico Clay Jindra Gabrisová Ingrid Kurta
Aarthi Venkatesan
6–3, 7–6
Win 2. 29 May 1995 Katowice, Poland Clay Monika Kratochvílová Galina Dimitrova
Dessislava Topalova
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win 3. 29 July 1996 Horb, Germany Clay Jana Ondrouchová Olga Vymetálková
Monika Kratochvílová
6–2, 6–3
Loss 4. 9 December 1996 Přerov, Czech Republic Carpet Milena Nekvapilová Kateřina Šišková
Eva Melicharová
2–6, 6–7
Win 5. 20 January 1997 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Jana Ondrouchová Monika Maštalířová
Milena Nekvapilová
6–2, 6–1
Win 6. 24 February 1997 Jaffa, Israel Hard Milena Nekvapilová Nóra Köves
Patrícia Marková
6–4, 6–2
Loss 7. 3 March 1997 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Milena Nekvapilová Henriëtte van Aalderen
Andrea van den Hurk
6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 8. 14 April 1997 Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Milena Nekvapilová Patrícia Marková
Zuzana Váleková
6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 9. 21 April 1997 Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay Olga Vymetálková Sylva Nesvadbova
Milena Nekvapilová
2–6, 6–7
Win 10. 12 May 1997 Prešov, Slovakia Clay Milena Nekvapilová Olga Vymetálková
Jana Macurová
2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 11. 26 May 1997 Warsaw, Poland Clay Milena Nekvapilová Olga Vymetálková
Jana Ondrouchová
w/o
Win 12. 13 October 1997 Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i) Alena Vašková Susi Lohrmann
Kerstin Marent
6–3, 6–3
Win 13. 20 October 1997 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Milena Nekvapilová Eva Dyrberg
Maiken Pape
5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 14. 2 February 1998 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Olga Vymetálková Adrienn Hegedűs
Gabriela Chmelinová
4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 15. 30 March 1998 Athens, Greece Clay Milena Nekvapilová Jana Macurová
Gabriela Chmelinová
6–3, 7–5
Loss 16. 8 June 1998 Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland Clay Milena Nekvapilová Katharzyna Teodorowicz
Anna Bieleń-Żarska
6–7, 1–6
Loss 17. 15 June 1998 Doksy, Czech Republic Clay Milena Nekvapilová Zuzana Lešenarová
Lucie Steflová
3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win 18. 10 August 1998 Bratislava, Slovakia Clay Milena Nekvapilová Lenka Němečková
Katarína Studeníková
6–2, 6–4
Win 19. 17 May 1999 Salzburg, Austria Clay Milena Nekvapilová Cindy Schuurmans
Magdalena Zděnovcová
6–3, 6–4
Win 20. 16 August 1999 Maribor, Slovenia Clay Olga Vymetálková Andrea Šebová
Silvia Uricková
6–4, 6–3
Win 21. 8 November 1999 Stupava, Slovakia Hard (i) Gabriela Chmelinová Alena Paulenková
Radka Zrubáková
6–1, 6–0
Loss 22. 15 November 1999 Schlieren, Switzerland Carpet Helena Vildová Gabriela Chmelinová
Olga Vymetálková
2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss 23. 24 January 2000 Hallandale Beach, United States Hard Jean Okada Li Ting
Li Na
3–6, 5–7
Loss 24. 7 February 2000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Carpet Olga Vymetálková Adrienn Hegedűs
Nadejda Ostrovskaya
5–7, 3–6
Win 25. 19 June 2000 Sopot, Poland Clay Milena Nekvapilová Marketa Kochta
Ludmila Richterová
6–3, 6–2
Win 26. 28 May 2001 Doksy, Czech Republic Clay Milena Nekvapilová Olga Vymetálková
Gabriela Chmelinová
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 27. 18 June 2001 Gorizia, Italy Clay Milena Nekvapilová Tatiana Kovalchuk
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
5–7, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 28. 25 June 2001 Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Renata Kučerová Anousjka van Exel
Zuzana Váleková
1–6, 1–6
Loss 29. 9 July 2001 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Milena Nekvapilová Magdalena Kučerová
Lydia Steinbach
1–6, 2–6
Loss 30. 6 August 2001 Rimini, Italy Clay Milena Nekvapilová Petra Mandula
Patricia Wartusch
2–6, 1–6
Loss 31. 22 October 2001 Opole, Poland Carpet (i) Milena Nekvapilová Magdalena Kučerová
Lydia Steinbach
3–6, 2–6
Win 32. 5 November 2001 Cairo, Egypt Clay Milena Nekvapilová Zuzana Hejdová
Gabriela Voleková
6–3, 6–2
Win 33. 10 June 2002 Grado, Italy Clay Gloria Pizzichini Sandra Načuk
Natacha Randriantefy
6–3, 7–5
Loss 34. 8 August 2002 Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic Clay Milena Nekvapilová Renata Kučerová
Gabriela Chmelinová
4–6, 1–6
Loss 35. 23 September 2002 Sopron, Hungary Clay Milena Nekvapilová Daniela Klemenschits
Sandra Klemenschits
7–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 36. 29 September 2002 Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia Clay Milena Nekvapilová Jana Macurová
Gabriela Chmelinová
2–1 ret.
Win 37. 6 October 2002 Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay Olena Antypina Kim Kambic
Aurélie Védy
6–2, 7–5
Win 38. 20 October 2002 Mansoura, Egypt Clay Olena Antypina Goulnara Fattakhetdinova
Galina Voskoboeva
6–2, 6–2
Loss 39. 6 October 2003 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico Clay Jana Hlaváčková Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Nuria Llagostera Vives
4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 40. 20 October 2003 Opole, Poland Carpet (i) Zuzana Hejdová Olga Vymetálková
Gabriela Chmelinová
4–6, 3–6
Win 41. 2 November 2003 Mumbai, India Hard Gabriela Chmelinová Rushmi Chakravarthi
Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
6–1, 6–1
Win 42. 11 January 2004 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Daniela Klemenschits
Sandra Klemenschits
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win 43. 22 March 2004 Cairo, Egypt Clay Eva Martincová Raissa Gourevitch
Ekaterina Kozhokina
6–1, 6–0
Win 44. 5 April 2004 Cairo, Egypt Clay Simona Dobrá Helena Ejeson
Annette Kolb
w/o
Loss 45. 24 May 2004 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Gabriela Velasco Andreu Iryna Kuryanovich
Yevgenia Savransky
3–6, 4–6
Win 46. 20 September 2004 Jounieh, Lebanon Hard Petra Cetkovská Nuria Llagostera Vives
Frederica Piedade
6–4, 6–2
Win 47. 26 October 2004 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Olena Antypina İpek Şenoğlu
Kathrin Wörle-Scheller
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–5
Loss 48. 1 November 2004 Mumbai, India Hard Maria Abramović Akgul Amanmuradova
Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win 49. 11 July 2005 Vittel, France Clay Renata Voráčová Stanislava Hrozenská
Lenka Němečková
6–4, 6–4
Loss 50. 19 September 2005 Jounieh, Lebanon Hard Olena Antypina Mariya Koryttseva
Anastasiya Yakimova
5–7, 2–6
Win 51. 13 December 2005 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Gabriela Chmelinová Ekaterina Makarova
Olga Panova
7–5, 6–4
Win 52. 25 April 2006 Lafayette, United States Clay Milagros Sequera Yuliana Fedak
Eva Hrdinová
2–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win 53. 12 June 2006 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Michaela Paštiková Olga Vymetálková
Lucie Hradecká
w/o
Win 54. 7 November 2006 Toronto, Canada Hard (i) Angelika Bachmann Heidi El Tabakh
Raluca Olaru
6–4, 6–1
Win 55. 21 November 2006 Puebla, Mexico Hard Maria Fernanda Alves Ivana Abramović
Maria Abramović
6–4, 6–3
Win 56. 29 November 2006 San Diego, United States Hard Ivana Abramović Christina Fusano
Aleke Tsoubanos
6–4, 6–3
Loss 57. 3 April 2007 Pelham, United States Clay Michaela Paštiková Carly Gullickson
Nicole Kriz
2–6, 6–2, 0–6
Loss 58. 11 June 2007 Zlín, Czech Republic Hard Michaela Paštiková Lucie Hradecká
Renata Voráčová
2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win 59. 5 May 2008 Bucharest, Romania Clay Petra Cetkovská Sorana Cîrstea
Ágnes Szatmári
6–4, 7–5

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 W-L
Australian Open Q1 A A A Q1 2R Q1 A 1–1
French Open A A A A Q2 2R Q1 Q2 1–1
Wimbledon A A A A Q1 1R 2R Q2 1–2
US Open A A Q1 A Q2 1R Q2 1R 0–2
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 1–1 0–1 3–6

Doubles

Tournament 2006 2007 W-L
Australian Open 1R 1R 0–2
French Open A A 0–0
Wimbledon 3R 1R 2–2
US Open 1R A 0–1
Win–loss 2–3 0–2 2–5