Marketa Kochta

Marketa Kochta (born 14 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Early life and family Kochta was born in Prague, then part of Czechoslovakia, but later emigrated to Munich, where her father Jiří was a noted ice hockey coach.

As a junior, she was coached by her father and in 1991 was a member of the German team that won the World Youth Cup (now Junior Fed Cup).

Her elder sister Renata also played on the WTA Tour.

Kochta was previously married to Czech former tennis player Jiří Vaněk

In 1993, she made the semifinals of the Mazda Classic, a WTA Tour tournament in San Diego.

Kochta's 1994 season was the strongest of her career, culminating in a mid-year ranking of 45, which remained her highest. She was nominated for the WTA Most Impressive Newcomer Award. Highlights for the year included beating Tracy Austin and Katerina Maleeva to make the third round of the 1994 French Open as well as upsetting world No. 5, Gabriela Sabatini, at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

She made the third round of the 1997 Australian Open as a qualifier.

ITF finals Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–4) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 21 August 1989 Neumünster, West Germany Clay Maja Živec-Škulj 6–2, 4–6, 3–6Loss 2. 16 April 1990 Naples, Italy Clay Katia Piccolini 2–6, 4–6Loss 3. 8 October 1990 Salisbury, United States Hard Elly Hakami 6–4, 6–7, 3–6Win 4. 1 April 1991 Moulins, France Hard Catherine Suire 6–3, 6–4 Loss 5. 2 August 1998 Winnipeg, Canada Hard Hila Rosen 6–1, 4–6, 6–7Win 6. 5 September 1999 Spoleto, Italy Clay Gloria Pizzichini 6–2, 7–6

Doubles (1–4) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 15 June 1998 Sopot, Poland Clay Syna Schmidle Rita Kuti-Kis Anna Földényi 1–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss 2. 14 June 1999 Gorizia, İtaly Clay Erica Krauth Gisela Riera Mariam Ramon Climent 5–7, 3–6Win 3. 14 November 1999 Rungsted, Denmark Carpet (i) Syna Schmidle Mia Buric Jasmin Wöhr 6–4, 7–6, 6–2Loss 4. 25 June 2000 Sopot, Poland Clay Ludmila Richterová Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová 3–6, 2–6Loss 5. 10 September 2000 Bucharest, Romania Clay Katarina Mišić Antoaneta Pandjerova Desislava Topalova 4–6, 2–6