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Radka Pelikánová

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Radka Pelikánová
Full nameRadka Kocandová-Pelikánová
Country (sports) Czech Republic
 Czechoslovakia
Born (1977-07-03) 3 July 1977 (age 47)
Retired2001
Prize money$74,463
Singles
Career record163–139
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 180 (28 September 1998)
Doubles
Career record58–70
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 166 (20 September 1999)

Radka Kocandová (born 3 July 1977) is a Czech former professional tennis player.

Biography

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Pelikánová, as she was originally known, began competing professionally in 1992.

She reached a best singles ranking of 180, with her best WTA Tour performance coming at the 1995 Prague Open, where she had a win over world number 62 Linda Harvey-Wild.[1] During her career she featured in the qualifying draw at the US Open on three occasions.

As a doubles player she was ranked as high as 166 and won one ITF $25,000 title.

Since retiring she has coached tennis in Prague.[2]

ITF finals

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Singles (1–1)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 8 February 1999 Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia Carpet Czech Republic Renata Kučerová 6–7, 3–6
Win 2. 21 February 2000 Büchen, Germany Carpet Czech Republic Zuzana Ondrášková 6–3, 7–5

Doubles (1–3)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 11 September 1995 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Clay Hungary Andrea Noszály Slovakia Simona Galiková
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
3–6, 4–6
Win 2. 17 June 1996 Bytom, Poland Clay Czech Republic Denisa Chládková Czech Republic Eva Martincová
Czech Republic Lenka Němečková
7–6(0), 6–4
Loss 3. 1 November 1998 Poitiers, France Hard (i) Germany Gabriela Kučerová Russia Olga Lugina
Russia Elena Makarova
0–6, 1–6
Loss 4. 21 June 1999 Vaihingen, Germany Clay Czech Republic Ludmila Richterová Austria Patricia Wartusch
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
1–6, 6–7

References

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  1. ^ "Results Plus". The New York Times. 10 May 1995.
  2. ^ "Radka Kocandová". tkspoje.cz (in Czech).
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