Věra Suková

Věra Suková
Full nameVěra Pužejová Suková
Country (sports) Czechoslovakia
Born(1931-06-13)13 June 1931
Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia
Died13 May 1982(1982-05-13) (aged 50)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 5 (1962, Lance Tingay)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenSF (1957, 1963)
WimbledonF (1962)
US OpenQF (1962)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQF (1957, 1960, 1964)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenW (1957)
WimbledonSF (1960, 1961)

Věra Suková (née Pužejová) (13 June 1931 – 13 May 1982) was a tennis player from Czechoslovakia. She was the women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1962, losing to Karen Hantze Susman 6–4, 6–4.

Suková was a women's singles semifinalist at the French Championships in 1957 and 1963. She teamed with Jiří Javorský to win the mixed doubles title at that tournament in 1957. They were the runners-up in 1961. According to Lance Tingay, Suková was ranked in the world top ten in 1957, 1962, and 1963, reaching a career high of World No. 5 in those rankings in 1962.

Suková was the Czechoslovak national women's singles champion 11 times between 1952 and 1964. After retirement from tennis, Suková served as the coach of Czechoslovakia's national women's team. Under her guidance, the team won the Fed Cup in 1975.