Iwona Kuczyńska

Iwona Kuczyńska

Country (sports)	Poland
Born	(1961-02-22) 22 February 1961 Poland
Turned pro	1981
Retired	1990
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$ 142,260
Singles
Career record	25–43
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 64 (12 October 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1989)
French Open	3R (1981)
Wimbledon	3R (1987, 1988)
US Open	2R (1987, 1988)
Doubles
Career record	37–43
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 35 (16 January 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1989)
French Open	2R (1984, 1986, 1987)
Wimbledon	1R (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989)
US Open	2R (1982, 1984)
Mixed doubles
Career record	3–5
Career titles	0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1989)
French Open	3R (1984)

Iwona Kuczyńska (born 22 February 1961) is a retired tennis player from Poland. Her highest WTA singles ranking was No. 64, reached on 12 October 1987, while her highest doubles ranking was No. 35, reached on 16 January 1989.

Career

On the WTA Tour, she won one doubles title in Filderstadt 1988, partnering with Martina Navratilova and reached the final two more times, in Pittsburgh 1983 and in San Diego 1984, both times partnering with Trey Lewis.

On the ITF circuit, she won one singles title and six doubles titles. She was also part of the Fed Cup team Poland and represented her country at the Fed Cup competition in both singles and in doubles. Kuczyńska retired from professional tennis in 1990.

Personal life

She lived in Omice, Czech Republic, with her partner, former Czech tennis player Jana Novotná.

WTA career finals

Doubles 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 1 Tier IV & V 0

Titles by surface Hard 0 Clay 0 Grass 0 Carpet 1

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1983	Pittsburgh, United States	Carpet (i)	Trey Lewis	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 1984	San Diego, United States	Hard	Terry Holladay	Betsy Nagelsen Paula Smith	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Oct 1988	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Raffaella Reggi Elna Reinach	6–1, 6–4

ITF finals

Singles (1–1)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	19 January 1987	ITF Bayonne, France	Carpet (i)	Catherine Mothes	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1.	4 December 1989	ITF Le Havre, France	Clay	Nathalie Herreman	4–6, 6–7(5)

Doubles (6–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	12 July 1981	ITF Marseille, France	Clay	Florența Mihai	Isabelle Vernhes Daniela Porzio	6–7, 6–2, 6–1
Win	2.	26 July 1981	ITF Loano, Italy	Clay	Sabina Simmonds	Katalin Farkas Éva Rózsavölgyi	6–3, 6–1
Win	3.	9 August 1981	ITF Sezze, Italy	Clay	Sabina Simmonds	Chris O'Neil Mimmi Wikstedt	6–0, 6–4
Win	4.	16 August 1981	ITF Nicolosi, Italy	Clay	Sabina Simmonds	Andrea Tiezzi Isabelle Villaverde	6–3, 6–1
Loss	5.	15 August 1982	ITF Baltimore, United States	Hard	Wendy Luhmann	JoAnne Russell Laura duPont	2–6, 2–6
Win	6.	21 July 1986	ITF Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Hana Fukárková	Anneli Björk Sarah Sullivan	7–5, 6–0
Loss	7.	19 January 1987	ITF Bayonne, France	Hard (i)	Corinne Vanier	Virginia Ruzici Catherine Tanvier	3–6, 2–6
Loss	8.	20 April 1987	ITF Monviso, Italy	Clay	Hana Fukárková	Viktoria Milvidskaia Aida Halatian	5–7, 3–6
Win	9.	26 March 1990	ITF Limoges, France	Carpet (i)	Ann Devries	Catherine Tanvier Sandrine Testud	6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Head-to-head record

• Chris Evert 0–1
• Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0–1

External links

• Iwona Kuczyńska at the Women's Tennis Association
• Iwona Kuczyńska at World Tennis