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| Daniela Hantuchova |
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"I guess the attention paid to appearance is something that belongs to tennis, too. I think the main thing for me is [to] really just enjoy what I do on the court and have fun and be relaxed because I guess that's where I play my best tennis."
-Daniela Hantuchova
| Date of Birth: April 23, 1983. |
| Birthplace: Poprad, Slovakia. |
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| Hardcore tennis aficionados will tell you Daniela Hantuchova is famous as a rising star of the WTA (Women's Tennis Association). The rest of us know her as one of the hottest female athletes around today. So when center court is totally booked with guys wanting to take a peek at Maria Sharapova or some new flavor-of-the-week, we'll head over to Court 1 to get our fix of Daniela. |
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| Daniela is a talented, budding young star of the tennis world. She has four doubles titles under her belt and the 2002 Indian Wells Singles Trophy is her mantelpiece. She also helped her native country, Slovakia, win the Fed Cup in 2002. |
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The tennis sensation Daniela Hantuchova was born on April 23, 1983, in Poprad, Slovakia. Her father Igor was a Computer Science professor at the University of Technology at Bratislava while her mother Marianna was a toxicologist (she would eventually leave this profession to manage her daughter's career).
Tennis was a sport that everyone in the Hantuchova family played. However, it really was her grandmother Helena, a former Czech national player, who was responsible for introducing Daniela to a racket at the age of 3.
Sensing that Daniela loved the sport and had potential, Helena signed her up at Slavia STU, one of the largest tennis clubs in Bratislava. On indoor hard and clay courts, Daniela studied under Joseph Bulko.
At age 13, Daniela began getting serious about her game. She started spending her winters training at the Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton, Florida, a tennis school responsible for such success stories as that of Maria Sharapova.
In 1998, Daniela began competing seriously. She joined the ITF Circuit, qualifying in her hometown of Bratislava. In 1999, she won two ITF challenger titles, Jackson and Fano. Daniela then turned pro and joined the ranks of the WTA, playing her first tournament again at Bratislava. |
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