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Viktoriya Kutuzova
Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Odesa, Ukraine
Born	19 August 1988 (age 36); Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2014
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$586,580
Singles
Career record	190–135
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 76 (28 November 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2006, 2009, 2010)
French Open	2R (2006, 2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2006)
US Open	2R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	10–23
Highest ranking	No. 285 (20 April 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2006)
French Open	1R (2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2009)

Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukrainian: Вікторія Кутузова, romanized: Viktoriia Kutuzova, born 19 August 1988) is a former tennis player from Ukraine. On 28 November 2005, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 76.

Career

Even though considered a potential superstar on tour, Kutuzova remained most notable for her results as a 14-year-old. In her debut WTA Tour main-draw event, the Tier-II tournament in Los Angeles 2003, Kutuzova beat top-50 player Lina Krasnoroutskaya in the first round, and top-30 player Alexandra Stevenson in her next match, before losing in the third round to the then-world No. 12, Ai Sugiyama.

Other career highlights in WTA Tour events included a fourth-round appearance at the Tier-I event at Indian Wells 2005, eventually losing to then-No. 1, Lindsay Davenport. Kutuzova also made the second round at three of the four Grand Slam events on the tour.

As a junior, she reached the final of the Australian Open in 2003 losing to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová.

Kutuzova experienced considerable success on the ITF Circuit. She won four French ITF events. In 2008, Kutuzova won her biggest ITF title in Cagnes-sur-Mer. Her other titles came in Poitiers (2005) and Deauville (2005 and 2006). In 2009, she reached the final of the $100k event in Torhout, losing to Karolina Šprem, in straight sets.

Kutuzova suffered shoulder problems throughout her young career which stalled her progression on the main tour.

After having over a year off-tour, Kutuzova used her protected ranking to enter her first big event, the 2011 Sparta Prague Open, where she lost to Katarzyna Piter in round one. She also entered Roland Garros using her protected ranking, but was beaten by Chanelle Scheepers, also in the first round.

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (6–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 2005	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Victoria Azarenka	4–6, 2–6
Win	2.	Nov 2005	ITF Deauville, France	Clay	Tsvetana Pironkova	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
Win	3.	Nov 2005	Internationaux de Poitiers, France	Hard	Maret Ani	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	4.	Nov 2006	ITF Deauville, France	Clay	Alberta Brianti	6–1, 6–2
Win	5.	4 May 2008	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Maret Ani	6–1, 7–5
Loss	6.	Apr 2009	Torhout Open, Belgium	Hard	Karolina Šprem	1–6, 4–6
Win	7.	Aug 2011	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Laura-Ioana Andrei	6–2, 7–5
Win	8.	Dec 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Patricia Maria Tig	3–6, 6–1, 6–1

Doubles (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jun 2008	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Anna Lapushchenkova	Ágnes Szatmári Aurélie Védy	4–6, 3–6

Performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	Q1	A	1R	1R	A	3–4
French Open	A	2R	Q2	Q1	2R	A	1R	3–5
Wimbledon	Q3	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	9–4
US Open	1R	2R	Q3	A	1R	A	A	6–4
Win–loss	5–2	3–3	3–4	3–2	7–4	0–1	0–1	21–17