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Vera Suková
Vera Suková (1931 – 1982) was a tennis player
from Czechoslovakia. She was the women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in
1962.
She was born Vera Pužejová on June 13, 1931 in
Uherské Hradište. She won the Czechoslovakian national women's
singles title 11 times between 1952 and 1964.
In 1957 she was a women's singles semi-finalist and mixed
doubles champion at Roland Garros.
In 1962, she reached the women's singles final at Wimbledon,
where she was defeated by Karen Hantze Susman 6-4, 6-4.
After retirement from playing, she served as coach of Czechoslovakia's
national women's team. Under her guidance, the Czechoslovakian team won the
Fed Cup in 1975.
Her husband Cyril Suk II, who she married in 1961, was President
of the Czechoslovakian Tennis Federation. Her two children Helena Suková
(born 1965) and Cyril Suk III (born 1967) both became successful professional
tennis players.
Vera Suková died on May 13, 1982 in Prague.
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