Věra Suková
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Věra Suková (June 13, 1931 – May 13, 1982) was a tennis player from Czechoslovakia. She was the women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1962.
She was born Věra Pužejová in Uherské Hradiště. 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.
Věra Suková died in 1982 in Prague.
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