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Ludmila Cervanova

SVK Age 46 171 cm / 5'7" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1998–2006

Ludmila Cervanova represented Slovakia on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 58. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 76–96 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

58 (Mar 1, 2004)

Elo peak

1685 (55th percentile)

Singles record

76–96 (44.2%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$660,547

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Ludmila Cervanova's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Lourdes Domínguez Lino #89	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 25, 2006*	SF	Bogotá Open	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Gisela Dulko #30	7-6(2) 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 25, 2006*	QF	Bogotá Open	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Mariana Diaz-Oliva #63	1-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 24, 2006*	R16	Bogotá Open	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Andrea Benitez #275	7-5 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 23, 2006*	R32	Bogotá Open	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Ekaterina Bychkova #99	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 11, 2005*	R32	Stockholm	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard

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Ludmila Cervanova's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Magui Serna	1	3	4	Jul 11, 2003	H2H
Mariana Diaz-Oliva	3	0	3	Feb 24, 2006	H2H
Tathiana Garbin	1	2	3	May 5, 2005	H2H
Lubomira Kurhajcova	0	3	3	Feb 17, 2005	H2H
Katarina Srebotnik	0	3	3	Jul 24, 2004	H2H

Career Results

Ludmila Cervanova career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1998	18	1	1	2	50.0%	287	135
1999	19	5	9	14	35.7%	135	102
2000	20	3	8	11	27.3%	102	122
2001	21	11	16	27	40.7%	122	92
2002	22	11	15	26	42.3%	92	103
2003	23	20	14	34	58.8%	103	64
2004	24	15	17	32	46.9%	64	96
2005	25	7	15	22	31.8%	96	119
2006	26	3	1	4	75.0%	119	325
Career		76	96	172	44.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Ludmila Cervanova career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1998	18	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1999	19	0	2	2	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	9	14	35.7%
2000	20	1	3	4	25.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	8	11	27.3%
2001	21	4	5	9	44.4%	5	8	13	38.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	11	16	27	40.7%
2002	22	1	5	6	16.7%	10	9	19	52.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	11	15	26	42.3%
2003	23	2	5	7	28.6%	16	7	23	69.6%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	20	14	34	58.8%
2004	24	1	6	7	14.3%	12	9	21	57.1%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	15	17	32	46.9%
2005	25	1	4	5	20.0%	6	8	14	42.9%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	7	15	22	31.8%
2006	26	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%
Career	—	10	30	40	25.0%	60	54	114	52.6%	6	11	17	35.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	76	96	172	44.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Ludmila Cervanova career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1998	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1999	19	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	9	14	35.7%
2000	20	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	3	5	8	37.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
2001	21	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	7	10	17	41.2%	3	3	6	50.0%	11	16	27	40.7%
2002	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	12	17	29.4%	4	1	5	80.0%	9	15	24	37.5%
2003	23	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	12	7	19	63.2%	5	3	8	62.5%	19	14	33	57.6%
2004	24	0	4	4	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	8	12	20	40.0%	6	1	7	85.7%	15	17	32	46.9%
2005	25	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	6	7	13	46.2%	1	4	5	20.0%	7	15	22	31.8%
2006	26	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	1	4	75.0%
Career		1	11	12	8.3%	6	11	17	35.3%	43	58	101	42.6%	23	16	39	59.0%	73	96	169	43.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 169/172 (98.3%) of Ludmila Cervanova's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Ludmila Cervanova performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	23	5/34	0.8	4.4	67.3%	59.1%	49.5%	52.8%	55.7%	56.2%	42.7%
2004	24	7/32	0.7	2.3	65.7%	56.6%	39.2%	55.2%	32.2%	50.4%	37.5%
2005	25	4/22	1.8	4.5	58.3%	60.8%	36.9%	53.3%	27.3%	50.1%	42.0%
Career		16/172	1.0	3.5	64.3%	58.4%	41.8%	54.0%	38.3%	52.1%	40.2%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 16/172 (9.3%) of Ludmila Cervanova's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Ludmila Cervanova advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1998	18	1509	99.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.25	—	—	—	+0.01
1999	19	1529	121.2	—	—	—	—	—	+52	—	36.4%	-0.67	3–2 (60%)	2–2 (50%)	101.7	-1.02
2000	20	1491	104.0	—	—	—	—	+16	+49	—	33.3%	-1.42	0–2	0–1	—	+0.44
2001	21	1532	117.2	—	—	—	—	-10	-4	+111	42.4%	-0.42	6–6 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	102.0	+0.10
2002	22	1542	113.5	—	—	—	—	-69	+67	—	44.6%	-0.39	3–3 (50%)	2–0	—	+0.38
2003	23	1634	117.8	-0.30	-1.04	0.974	49.8%	-172	+107	-6	55.4%	+0.24	5–3 (63%)	3–4 (43%)	102.5	+0.84
2004	24	1626	110.3	-1.96	-2.43	0.757	44.1%	-197	+83	-3	46.6%	-0.70	5–4 (56%)	7–3 (70%)	104.2	-0.61
2005	25	1485	107.8	-1.61	-0.97	0.841	46.2%	-65	+131	+29	38.9%	-0.76	3–7 (30%)	0–3 (0%)	—	+0.73
2006	26	1531	105.8	—	—	—	—	—	+134	—	60.0%	+0.10	2–0	2–0	—	+0.15
Career		1685	116.9	-1.35	-1.63	0.841	46.4%	-86	+78	+33	44.9%	-0.46	27–27 (50%)	20–17 (54%)	105.7	+0.60

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Ludmila Cervanova Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1999	19	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
2000	20	R128	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
2001	21	—	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
2002	22	R128	R32	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
2003	23	R64	R64	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
2004	24	R64	R128	R32	R128	3–4 (43%)
2005	25	R128	R64	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		2–5 (29%)	4–6 (40%)	3–6 (33%)	1–6 (14%)	10–23 (30%)

WTA 1000

Ludmila Cervanova WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	BER	W-L Win %
2000	20	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
2001	21	—	—	R16	2–1 (67%)
2002	22	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	23	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2004	24	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
2005	25	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	4–7 (36%)

WTA 500

Ludmila Cervanova WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	LIN	SYD	W-L Win %
2003	23	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2005	25	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

WTA 250

Ludmila Cervanova WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	ANT	ASB	EST	LIB	SHA	STO	JAP	VIE	BAL	BAS	BIR	BOG	BOL	BRA	BUD	CAN	CAS	HEL	HOB	KLA	KNO	MOD	OPO	PAL	PAT	PRA	QUE	MOR	SÃO	SOP	WAR	W-L Win %
1998	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1999	19	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	5–6 (45%)
2000	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	2–5 (29%)
2001	21	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	8–12 (40%)
2002	22	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	R32	R32	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	9–10 (47%)
2003	23	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	SF	—	SF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	17–8 (68%)
2004	24	R32	—	R32	R16	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	F	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	12–11 (52%)
2005	25	F	—	—	R16	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	5–10 (33%)
2006	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
W-L		4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–5 (55%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	7–6 (54%)	2–2 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	6–5 (55%)	0–1 (0%)	9–4 (69%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	6–3 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	62–64 (49%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Mar 1, 2004

First Top 100

Apr 26, 1999

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Ludmila Cervanova ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1996	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	661	663	576	567	517	528
1997	17	519	527	489	470	482	498	464	468	382	365	329	287
1998	18	284	275	271	269	234	193	139	134	134	126	131	135
1999	19	137	122	113	88	89	99	98	92	104	101	102	102
2000	20	104	107	110	136	129	134	158	160	140	124	122	122
2001	21	110	113	114	88	82	79	80	83	94	87	92	92
2002	22	96	91	95	103	112	90	96	92	88	107	108	103
2003	23	98	101	94	85	84	85	71	73	67	64	64	64
2004	24	64	63	59	71	75	87	77	81	103	102	97	96
2005	25	99	82	79	88	96	87	125	128	119	117	120	119
2006	26	121	143	147	169	175	211	216	222	273	315	327	325
2007	27	323	792	817	849	940	1068	1239	—	—	—	—	—
2009	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	992	897	893
2010	30	895	922	921	923	914	901	889	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ludmila Cervanova?: Ludmila Cervanova is 46 years old, born on October 15, 1979.
Which country does Ludmila Cervanova represent?: Ludmila Cervanova represents Slovakia in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Ludmila Cervanova?: Ludmila Cervanova is 171 cm / 5'7".
Does Ludmila Cervanova use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Ludmila Cervanova uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Ludmila Cervanova left-handed or right-handed?: Ludmila Cervanova plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Ludmila Cervanova won?: Ludmila Cervanova has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Ludmila Cervanova won?: TennisDB does not group any of Ludmila Cervanova's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Ludmila Cervanova's highest WTA ranking?: Ludmila Cervanova's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 58, first achieved on March 1, 2004.
What is Ludmila Cervanova's career win-loss record?: Ludmila Cervanova has a career WTA singles record of 76 wins and 96 losses (44.2%).
How much career prize money has Ludmila Cervanova earned?: Ludmila Cervanova has earned at least $660,547 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Ludmila Cervanova's career appear in TennisDB?: Ludmila Cervanova appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1998 through 2006.
On which surface does Ludmila Cervanova have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Ludmila Cervanova's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 52.6% (60–54).
Who has Ludmila Cervanova faced most often?: Ludmila Cervanova's most frequent opponent is Magui Serna, with a head-to-head record of 1–3 across 4 meetings.