Klára Zakopalová (born as Klára Koukalová on February 24, 1982 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional female tennis player. She was born and still lives in Prague, the capital.

Career

In her career Zakopalová has reached eight singles finals and won two, in 2005 on the grass of Rosmalen (Netherlands) and in September of that year on the hard courts of Portorož (Slovenia).

In January 2006 she played a comeback player Martina Hingis, at the WTA Tournament in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, whom she lost to in the second round of the tournament.

Zakopalová was seeded No.29 at the 2006 Australian Open tennis tournament but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Bychkova of Russia. Klara has not had a successful year in singles or doubles, with over ten first-round losses in singles and not a single victory in doubles. Many people are confused as to why she has yet to regain the form that took her to no. 27 in the world in March 2006. However Zakopalova started 2008 very well and she has reached the final of the inaugural Cachantun Cup in Chile. She played the top seed Flavia Pennetta and was forced to retire from this hard fought match due to a nasty ankle sprain and lost 6–4, 5–4. It was only the first time Klara had retired from a match since February 2003, when she retired in an ITF event to Mara Santangelo. This injury also forced Klara to withdraw from the next tournament in Bogotá, a tournament where she was a quarterfinalist at in 2007.

Personal

On 6 June 2006, Klara married Czech soccer player, Jan Zakopal. They are a happily married couple.

WTA Titles

Singles

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (1)

Tier IV & V (1)

ITF Circuit (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 4, 1999	Alkmaar	Clay	Janet Bergman	6–2, 6–1
2.	June 25, 2000	Sopot	Clay	Syna Schmidle	7–6, 6–3
3.	August 27, 2000	Maribor	Clay	Angelika Roesch	7–5, 6–4
4.	June 17, 2001	Marseille	Clay	Karina Habšudová	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
5.	June 9, 2002	Caserta	Clay	Mariana Díaz-Oliva	7–6, 5–7, 7–5
6.	June 18, 2005	's-Hertogenbosch	Grass	Lucie Šafářová	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
7.	September 25, 2005	Portorož	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
8.	June 17, 2007	Zlín	Clay	Petra Kvitova	6–4, 6–1

Singles finalist (7)

• 2001: Antwerp (lost to Barbara Rittner) 3–6 2–6
• 2002: Casablanca (lost to Patricia Wartusch) 7–5 3–6 3–6
• 2003: Sopot (lost to Anna Smashnova) 2–6 0–6
• 2004: 's-Hertogenbosch (lost to Mary Pierce) 6–7⁶ 2–6
• 2004: Sopot (Lost to Flavia Pennetta) 5–7 6–3 3–6
• 2005: Palermo (lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues) 4–6 0–6
• 2008: Vina del Mar (lost to Flavia Pennetta) 4–6 4–5 ret.

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Wimbledon, which ended on July 6, 2008.

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	3–6
French Open	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	2R	3–5
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	1–5
U.S. Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0–6
Grand Slam Win-Loss	2-4	2-4	2-4	0-4	0-2	1-4	7-22
Tournaments Won	0	0	2	0	0		2
Year End Ranking	62	46	36	125	63		N/A

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