Iwona Kuczyńska

Iwona Kuczyńska (born 22 February 1961) is a retired professional tennis player from Poland. She won one doubles title in 1988, partnering with Martina Navratilova. From 2010 to 2017, she lived in the village of Omice in Czech Republic, with her partner, former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotná.[1][2][3]

Iwona Kuczyńska

Country (sports)	Poland
Born	22 February 1961
Turned pro	1981
Retired	1990
Prize money	US$ 121,975
Singles
Career record	25–43
Highest ranking	No. 64 (12 October 1987)
Doubles
Career record	37–43
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 35 (16 January 1989)

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 3 (1–2)

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	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	Martina Navratilova	Raffaella Reggi Elna Reinach	6–1, 6–4

ITF Finals

Singles (1–1)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	19 January 1987	Bayonne, France	Carpet	Catherine Mothes	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	4 December 1989	Le Havre, France	Clay	Nathalie Herreman	4–6, 6–7^(5–7)

Doubles (6–3)

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

References

1. Rao, Prashant S.; Cowell, Alan (20 November 2017). "Jana Novotna, Czech Winner of Wimbledon, Dies at 49". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
2. "Jana Novotná obituary". 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via The Guardian.
3. Janicek, Karel (20 November 2017). "Former Wimbledon tennis champion Jana Novotna dies at 49". Retrieved 20 November 2017 – via Toronto Star.

External links

• Iwona Kuczyńska at the Women's Tennis Association
• Iwona Kuczyńska at the International Tennis Federation