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|name = Daniela Hantuchová|caption = Hantuchová after beating [[Alizé Cornet]] in the second round at the [[Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|2012 London Olympics]]|fullname = Daniela Hantuchová|image = Hantuchova-winningJO2012.JPG|country = {{flag|Slovakia}}|residence = [[Monte Carlo]], [[Monaco]]|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|04|23|df=yes}}|birth_place = [[Poprad]], [[Czechoslovakia]]<br><small>(now [[Slovakia]])</small>|height = {{height|m=1.81|precision=0}}|weight = {{convert|62|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}<ref name="OfficialWTA">{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/3589/title/daniela-hantuchova|title=Official WTA profile of Hantuchová|accessdate=10 April 2009}}</ref>|turnedpro = 1999|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)|careerprizemoney = $8,813,322|singlesrecord = 504–331|singlestitles = 6 WTA, 3 ITF|highestsinglesranking = No. 5 (27 January 2003)|currentsinglesranking = No. 46 (8 July 2013)|AustralianOpenresult = SF ([[2008 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2008]])|FrenchOpenresult = 4R ([[2002 French Open – Women's Singles|2002]], [[2006 French Open – Women's Singles|2006]], [[2010 French Open – Women's Singles|2010]], [[2011 French Open – Women's Singles|2011]])|Wimbledonresult = QF ([[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles|2002]])|USOpenresult = QF ([[2002 US Open – Women's Singles|2002]])|Othertournaments = yes|WTAChampionshipsresult = RR ([[2002 WTA Tour Championships|2002]], [[2007 WTA Tour Championships|2007]])|Tournament of Champions = SF ([[2010 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions|2010]]) ([[2011 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Chamions|2011]])|Olympicsresult = 3R ([[Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|2012]])|doublesrecord = 260–196|doublestitles = 9 WTA, 1 ITF|highestdoublesranking = No. 5 (26 August 2002)|currentdoublesranking = No. 56 (24 June 2013)|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = F ([[2002 Australian Open – Women's Doubles|2002]], [[2009 Australian Open – Women's Doubles|2009]])|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = F ([[2006 French Open – Women's Doubles|2006]])|WimbledonDoublesresult = QF ([[2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles|2005]])|USOpenDoublesresult = SF ([[2011 US Open – Women's Doubles|2011]])|Mixed = yes|mixedrecord = 40–14 (74%)|mixedtitles = 4|highestmixedranking = n/a|AustralianOpenMixedresult = '''W''' (2002)|FrenchOpenMixedresult = '''W''' ([[2005 French Open – Mixed Doubles|2005]])|WimbledonMixedresult = '''W''' (2001)|USOpenMixedresult = '''W''' (2005)|Team = yes|FedCupresult = 32–16|updated = 24 June 2013}}
'''Daniela Hantuchová''' (born April 23, 1983) is a [[Slovaks|Slovak]] [[professional]] [[tennis]] player. As of October 2011, she is ranked as World No. 25  in women's [[Singles (tennis)|singles]] tennis and 29th in [[Doubles (tennis)|doubles]].<ref name="profile2" /> In the past, she has ranked as both women's [[Singles (tennis)|singles]] and [[Doubles (tennis)|doubles]] World No. 5.  She reached the semi-final of the 2008 [[Australian Open]].  She played tennis for Slovakia in an [[international]] [[competition]] called the [[Fed Cup]], and also in the [[Olympic Games]].

As of October 2011, she has won over [[United States dollar|$]]7.9 [[million]] from playing tennis. She is currently working with some [[Coach (sport)|coaches]] who work for the Sanchez-Casal Academy, usually Angel Gimenez and Eduardo Nicolas. Her [[Women's Tennis Association]] Tour [[wikt:mentor|mentor]] was [[Martina Navratilova]]. Navratilova was her doubles partner for a while in early 2005.  Outside tennis, she has [[Model (person)|modelled]] [[Clothing|clothes]] and has been in some [[television]] [[Advertisement|advertisements]].

== Personal life ==
Hantuchová's parents are both [[Science|scientists]].  Her father, Igor Hantucha, is a [[professor]] who teaches [[computer science]].  Her mother, Mariane Hantuchová, is a [[Poison|toxicologist]]. Daniela was taught to play tennis by her [[grandmother]], Helena, when she was six years old.  Helena used to be a [[Slovakia|Slovakian]] [[Nation|national]] champion.  Even though Daniela practiced a lot at tennis, she studied hard at [[school]] as well.<ref name="theage" />  

Hantuchová's parents were [[Divorce|divorced]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/aus08/news/story?id=3209689|title = Hantuchova, Ivanovic persevere despite growing pains|author = Bonnie D. Ford|work = [[ESPN]]|accessdate = 2008-06-30|date = 2008-01-23}}</ref>  At the same time Hantuchová lost [[weight]], and people became worried she was ill with [[anorexia]].  She said "I have proved that physically I don't have any problems."<ref name="theage">{{Cite web |url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/29/1056825268466.html|title = A towering talent|accessdate = 2008-06-30|date = 2003-06-29|work = theage.com.au}}</ref>  

Hantuchová speaks three languages ([[German language|German]], [[Slovak language|Slovak]], and [[English language|English]]),<ref name="officialwebsite">{{Cite web |url = http://www.danielahantuchova.com/ask-dani.html?pg=3|title = Ask Dani|publisher = Hantuchova's official website|accessdate = 2011-07-05}}</ref> and can play the [[piano]].  She has several [[Hobby|hobbies]], such as [[skiing]] and [[ice skating]].  She has been in several [[Advertisement|advertisements]] on [[television]], such as the [[campaign]] for [[Sony]] with [[Ana Ivanović]] in July 2006.<ref name="profile2" />  Hantuchová has also been in [[Italy|Italian]] ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' [[magazine]], as a [[Model (person)|model]].<ref name="profile2" /> She now lives in [[Monte Carlo]], [[Monaco]].<ref name="profile1" />

== Playing style ==
Hantuchová holds her [[racket]] in her right hand but uses both hands when playing [[backhand]] shots.<ref name="profile1" />  She can hit the ball hard with both her [[forehand]] and backhand. She has a strong [[Serve (tennis)|serve]] and can play well when close to the [[wikt:net|net]].  She is famous for her long legs which are {{convert|110|cm|in|0|lk = on}} long.<ref name="theage" />  Because she is so tall ({{height|m = 1.81}}), she can run a long way in a short amount of time, which also helps in returning shots.<ref name="si" />

== Professional career ==
Hantuchová became a [[Profession|professional]] tennis player in 1999, when she was 15 years old. She started training in [[Florida]], but still went back to [[Bratislava]], Slovakia, to [[wikt:study|study]].<ref name="theage" />  She won her first WTA tournament in 2000, a [[Doubles (tennis)|doubles]] title which she won in Bratislava.<ref name="profile2" />  In 2001, she played her first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] [[Competition|tournament]] at the [[Australian Open]].<ref name="profile1">{{Cite web |url = http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Player/Activity/0,,12781~3589,00.html|work = [[Women's Tennis Association]]|accessdate = 2011-07-04|title = Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) – activity}}</ref>  Hantuchová lost in her first match in Australia to [[Russia|Russian]] player [[Anna Kournikova]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/2001/australian_open/player_profiles/women.html|work = Sports Illustrated|accessdate = 2008-07-01|title = 2001 Australian Open – Women's seeds}}</ref>  However, she won the [[mixed doubles]] tournament, playing with [[Czechs|Czech]] player [[Leos Friedl]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2001/wimbledon_2001/1430737.stm|title = Joy for Friedl and Hantuchova|accessdate = 2008-07-01|date = 2001-07-09|publisher = [[BBC]]}}</ref>  Hantuchová  won her second WTA doubles competition by winning with Russian player [[Elena Bovina]] in [[Luxembourg]].<ref name="profile2" />  She finished the year in the top 100,<ref name="profile2" /> and was given an award by the [[Women's Tennis Association]] (WTA) for being the best new player in 2001.<ref name="awards">{{Cite web |url = http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Awards|title = WTA Awards|work = [[Women's Tennis Association]]|accessdate = 2011-07-04}}</ref>

[[File:Daniela_Hantuchova_Zurich_Open_2006.jpg|alt=Daniela Hantuchova in a white top and red & white shorts, red cap, walking on a blue indoor surface|right|thumb|Hantuchová in 2006]]
[[File:Daniela_Hantuchova_at_the_2009_Brisbane_International2.jpg|right|thumb|Hantuchová in 2009]]
In 2002, Hantuchová lost in the quarter-final of both the [[Wimbledon Championships]] and the [[U.S. Open (tennis)|US Open]].  However, playing with [[Zimbabwe|Zimbabwean]] [[Kevin Ullyett]], she won the mixed doubles at the [[Australian Open]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/australian_open/1784536.stm|title = Mixed success for scratch pair|date = 2002-01-27|accessdate = 2008-07-01|publisher = [[BBC]]}}</ref>  She also came second in the doubles in Australia, playing with [[Spain|Spanish]] player [[Arantxa Sanchez Vicario]].  She and Ullyett lost the mixed doubles final at Wimbledon in the same season.  She did win her first [[Singles (tennis)|singles]] WTA tournament, beating [[Switzerland|Swiss]] player [[Martina Hingis]] at the [[Indian Wells Masters|Masters]] tournament at [[Indian Wells]] in [[California]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E1DC1738F934A25750C0A9649C8B63|title = Hantuchova Shocks Hingis for First Title|work = [[The New York Times]]|accessdate = 2008-07-01|date = 2002-03-17}}</ref>  She also won two more WTA doubles tournaments, in [[Florida]] and [[Connecticut]] in the [[United States]].  Both times she won with Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.<ref name="profile2" />  Hantuchová finished the season in the top 10,<ref name="profile1" /> and was given an award for being the most improved player in 2002 by the WTA.<ref name="awards" /> In January 2003, Hantuchová was the fifth best female tennis player in the world.  As of June 2008, this is the best she has done.<ref name="split4good" /> Later in 2003, she split up from her [[England|English]] coach, Nigel Sears.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3245989.stm|publisher = [[BBC]]|accessdate = 2008-01-07|date = 2003-11-06|title = Hantuchova splits with coach|author = Jonathan Overend}}</ref>  

Sears coached Hantuchová again in 2004 and in 2005, where she won the mixed doubles at the [[French Open]] and the US Open.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/06/20/utwimbers220.xml|title = Wimbledon: Andy Murray faces Fabrice Santoro in first round at SW19|accessdate = 2008-07-01|date = 2008-06-20|work = Daily Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4228038.stm|title = Hantuchova & Bhupathi take title|accessdate = 2008-07-01|publisher = [[BBC]]|date = 2005-09-08}}</ref> This means she had won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments. In June 2005, she and [[Japan|Japanese]] player [[Ai Sugiyama]] won a WTA tour doubles tournament in [[Birmingham]], [[England]].  The same pair came second in the doubles final at the French Open.  Hantuchová won her sixth WTA doubles title with Russian player [[Anastasia Myskina]] in [[Germany]] in October 2005.<ref name="profile2" />

Hantuchová and Sugiyama won another doubles tournament in March 2006, this time in [[Doha]] in [[Qatar]]. Hantuchová finally split up with her coach, Sears, for good in April 2006.<ref name="split4good">{{Cite web |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4941978.stm|title = Hantuchova parts with coach again|publisher = [[BBC]]|date = 2006-04-25|accessdate = 2008-07-01}}</ref>  She went on to win her eigthth WTA doubles tournament in May 2006 in [[Rome]] in [[Italy]], again with Ai Sugiyama.<ref name="profile2" />  Hantuchová won her second singles match WTA Tour title in March 2007, beating [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] at Indian Wells again.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/6463373.stm|title = Hantuchova wins second tour title|accessdate = 2008-07-01|date = 2007-03-18|publisher = [[BBC]]}}</ref>  She then won her third singles Tour title in October 2007, beating Swiss player [[Patty Schnyder]] in [[Linz]] in [[Austria]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E4DC123DF93AA15753C1A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=|work = [[New York Times]]|accessdate = 2008-07-01|date = 2007-10-29|title = Hantuchova Tops Schnyder}}</ref>  Hantuchová lost in the semi-final of the 2008 Australian Open to [[Serbia|Serbian]] player [[Ana Ivanović]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/22813397/|work = [[NBC]]|date = 2008-01-24|accessdate = 2008-07-01|title = Sharapova rolls into Australian Open final}}</ref>  She also lost in the second round at Wimbledon in June 2008.<ref name="profile2" /> Since the semi-final appearance, Hantuchová has failed to make it beyond the fourth round in any of the Grand Slam tournaments.<ref name="profile2" /> 

Hantuchová has also played tennis for Slovakia in an international tennis competition called the [[Fed Cup]]. As of July 2011, she has played 44 matches and won 29 of them.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=20011505|title = Fed Cup – player profile – Daniela Hanutchova|accessdate = 2011-07-04|work = [[Fed Cup]]}}</ref>  She helped Slovakia win the Fed Cup in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/2395285.stm|title = Slovakia win Fed Cup|accessdate = 2008-07-01|date = 2002-11-03|publisher = [[BBC]]}}</ref>  In 2004, she played for Slovakia in the [[Olympic Games]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]].<ref name="profile2" />  She is [[Sponsor|sponsored]] by [[sportswear]] company [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] and racket [[Manufacture|manufacturer]] [[Prince (company)|Prince]].<ref name="profile1" /><ref name="si">{{Cite web |url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/jon_wertheim/news/2002/08/14/wertheim_insider/|title = She's got legs – But Hantuchova also has plenty of game|work = Sports Illustrated|accessdate = 2008-07-01|date = 2002-08-14|author = John Wertheim}}</ref> As of October 2011, she has won over [[United States dollar|$]]7.9 [[million]] from playing tennis.  She is the first Slovak woman to win this much money just from tennis tournaments.<ref name="profile2">{{Cite web |url = http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Player/Stats/0,,12781~3589,00.html|work = [[Women's Tennis Association]]|accessdate = 2011-07-04|title = Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)}}</ref>

== Grand Slam record ==
[[File:Hantuchova04.jpg|alt=Daniela Hantuchova in a white dress and white cap, holding her racket aloft, holding a ball in her left hand|right|thumb|Hantuchová at Wimbledon in 2004]]
The following table shows how far Hantuchová [[wikt:progress|progressed]] in each of the [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles tournaments she has played in.<ref name="profile1" />

{| style="text-align: center;" class="wikitable sortable" width="50%;"
! scope="col" width="10%" |Year
! scope="col" width="17%" |[[Australian Open]]
! scope="col" width="17%" |[[French Open]]
! scope="col" width="17%" |[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
! scope="col" width="17%" |[[U.S. Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|-
! scope="row" |2001
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 1
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 1
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 2
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 1
|-
! scope="row" |2002
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 3
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 4
| style="background:#ffebcd;" |{{sort|Round 5|Quarter final}}
| style="background:#ffebcd;" |{{sort|Round 5|Quarter final}}
|-
! scope="row" |2003
| style="background:#ffebcd;" |{{sort|Round 5|Quarter final}}
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 2
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 2
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 3
|-
! scope="row" |2004
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 2
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 1
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 3
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 3
|-
! scope="row" |2005
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 3
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 3
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 3
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 3
|-
! scope="row" |2006
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 4
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 4
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 4
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 2
|-
! scope="row" |2007
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 4
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 3
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 4
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 1
|-
! scope="row" |2008
| style="background:yellow;" align="center" |{{sort|Round 6|Semi final}}
|{{sort|Round 9|–}}
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 2
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 1
|-
! scope="row" |2009
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 3
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 1
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 4
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 4
|-
! scope="row" |2010
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 3
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 4
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 2
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 3
|-
! scope="row" |2011
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 1
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 4
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 3
| style="background:#afeeee;" |Round 1
|}

Hantuchová did not play in the [[French Open]] in 2008 because she suffered a stress fracture on her right heel.

== Victories ==
[[File:Daniela_Hantuchova_Roland_Garros_2006.jpg|alt=Daniela Hantuchova in a white top and red shorts with white trim, waiting to receive a serve on a red clay court|right|thumb|Hantuchová at the [[French Open]] in 2006]]
The following table is a [[summary]] of the [[Women's Tennis Association]] and [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] [[Competition|tournaments]] won by Hantuchová (as of October 2011):
{| style="text-align: left;" class="wikitable" width="40%;"
! scope="col" width="15%" |Year
! scope="col" width="85%" |Tournament wins
|-
! scope="row" align="center" |2000
|WTA doubles (Bratislava)
|-
! scope="row" align="center" |2001
|Wimbledon mixed doubles<br>
WTA doubles (Luxembourg)
|-
! scope="row" align="center" |2002
|Australian Open mixed doubles<br>
WTA singles (Indian Wells)<br>
WTA doubles (Florida)<br>
WTA doubles (Connecticut)
|-
! scope="row" align="center" |2005
|French Open mixed doubles<br>
US Open mixed doubles<br>
WTA doubles (Germany)
|-
! scope="row" align="center" |2006
|WTA doubles (Qatar)<br>
WTA doubles (Rome)
|-
! scope="row" align="center" |2007
|WTA singles (Indian Wells)<br>
WTA singles (Austria)
|-
! scope="row" align="center" |2011
|WTA doubles (Miami) <br>
WTA singles (Pattaya City)
|}

== Achievements ==
[[File:Daniela-practice_court_0512.jpg|alt=Daniela Hanutchova wearing a black top and red shorts, just about the serve the ball|right|thumb|Hantuchová in Australia in 2005]]

=== Team achievements ===
* 2000 – Eurotel Doubles champion
* 2002 – Fed Cup champion
* 2004 – [[Hopman Cup]] finalist
* 2004 – Athens Olympic Games
* 2005 – Hopman Cup champion

=== Special achievements ===
* 2001 – [[WTA Awards|WTA Newcomer of the Year]] Award
* 2002 – [[WTA Awards|WTA Most Improved Player of the Year]] Award

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== Other websites ==
{{Commonscat|Daniela Hantuchová}}
* {{ITF female profile|20011505|Daniela Hantuchová}}
* {{FedCup player|20011505|Daniela Hantuchová}}
* {{Twitter|dhantuchova|Daniela Hantuchova}}
* {{Cite web |url = http://dhantuchova.com/|title = Hantuchová's official website|accessdate = July 5, 2011}}

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