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Suková
Suková is a female form of the Czech surname Suk. Notable people with the surname include: * Helena Suková (born 1965), Czech tennis player * 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 Championships, Wimbledon in 1962, losing to Karen Hantze Susman 6–4, 6–4. Suková was ... (1931–1982), Czechoslovakian tennis player {{surname Surnames of Czech origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Suková
Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and No. 4 in singles. Suková won 14 major titles: nine in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is also a two-time Olympic silver medalist in doubles, a four-time major singles runner-up, and won a total of ten singles titles and 69 doubles titles. Family Suková comes from a prominent Czech tennis family. Her mother, Věra Pužejová Suková, was a women's singles finalist at Wimbledon in 1962. Her father, Cyril Suk II, was president of the Czechoslovak Tennis Federation. Her brother, Cyril Suk III, is a former professional player on the men's tour who teamed with Suková to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, at the French Open in 1991 and at Wimbledon in 1996 and 1997. Career Suková turned professional in 1981. Her career-high world rankings were fourth in singles and firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Championships, Wimbledon in 1962, losing to Karen Hantze Susman 6–4, 6–4. Suková was a women's singles semifinalist at the French Open, French Championships in 1957 and 1963. She teamed with Jiřà Javorský to win the mixed doubles title at that tournament in 1957. They were the runners-up in 1961. According to Lance Tingay, Suková was ranked in the world top ten in 1957, 1962, and 1963, reaching a career high of World No. 5 in those rankings in 1962. Suková was the Czechoslovak national women's singles champion 11 times between 1952 and 1964. After retirement from tennis, Suková served as the coach of Czechoslovakia's national women's team. Under her guidance, the team won the Fed Cup in 1975. Personal life Her husband Cyril Suk II, whom she married in 1961, was president of the Czechoslovak Tennis Federation. Their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Surname
Czech names are composed of a given name and a family name (surname). Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves upon baptism but they generally use one. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bridegroom's surname. Given names In the Czech Republic, names are simply known as ("names") or, if the context requires it, ' ("baptismal names"). The singular form is '. A native Czech given name may have Christian roots or traditional Slavic pre-Christian origin (e.g. Milena, Božena, Jaroslav, Václav, Vojtěch). It used to be a legal obligation for parents to choose their child's name from a list that was pre-approved by the government. Special permission was necessary for other names with exceptions for minorities and foreigners. Since the Velvet revolution in 1989, parents have had the right to give their child any name they wish, provided it is used somewhere in the world and is not insulting or demeaning. However, in recent yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suk (name)
Suk is a both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Surname Europe In central and eastern Europe, the surname comes from Czech suk ("knot" in wood), as well as Ukrainian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian cognates, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sǫkъ. The surname is gender-neutral in many countries but a feminine form is used in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: Suková. The Polish equivalent is Sęk. *Cyril Suk (born 1967), Czech tennis player * Feliks Suk (1845–1915), Croatian university professor * František Janda-Suk (1878–1955), Czech athlete * Grigoriy Suk (1896–1917), Russian aviator *Josef Suk (composer) (1874–1935), Czech composer of classical music * Josef Suk (violinist) (1929–2011), Czech violinist, grandson of Josef Suk, the composer * Mykola Suk (born 1945), Ukrainian pianist * Oleh Suk (born 1965), Ukrainian rock musician * Václav Suk (1861–1933), Czech violinist and composer * Vávra Suk (born 1973), Czech-born Swedish polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
