Renáta Tomanová (born 9 December 1954) is a former professional

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player from

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Career

Tomanová won the girls' singles title at the 1972 French Open. In 1975, she and Martina Navratilova represented Czechoslovakia in the Federation Cup, the international women's team competition. They won the cup after beating the Australian team 3–0 in the final of the World Group. Between 1975 and 1981, she played in 18 ties for the Czechoslovakian team and compiled a 20–7 win–loss record. In May 1975, she won the singles title at the West German Championships in Hamburg after a three-set final against

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. In 1976, Tomanová reached the singles final at both the French Open and the Australian Open. She lost at the French Open to Sue Barker 6–2, 0–6, 6–2 and at the Australian Open to

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6–2, 6–2. Tomanová also reached the women's doubles final at the Australian Open with

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, losing to Goolagong and

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. In May 1977, she reached the final of the Italian Open, losing to Janet Newberry. In 1978, Tomanová teamed with Betsy Nagelsen to win the women's doubles title at the Australian Open, defeating

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and Pam Whytcross in the final 7–5, 6–2. With compatriot

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, she won the mixed doubles title at the

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. Tomanová was coached by

Věra Suková Věra Suková (née Pužejová) (13 June 1931 – 13 May 1982) was a tennis player from Czechoslovakia. She was the women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1962, losing to Karen Hantze Susman 6–4, 6–4. Suková was a women's singles semif ...

. ;Senior tour Tomanová is active on the senior tour, and in 2011, she received the Deutsche Tennis Preis from the German tennis federation for her achievements during the 2010 season.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 runners-up)

Women's doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomanova, Renata 1954 births Living people Australian Open (tennis) champions Czech female tennis players Czechoslovak female tennis players French Open champions People from Jindřichův Hradec Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Universiade silver medalists for Czechoslovakia French Open junior champions Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from the South Bohemian Region