Background
Cervanová was born in Piešťany and currently still lives in her birthplace.
Cervanová was born in Piešťany and currently still lives in her birthplace.
Cervanová graduated from high school in 1997, the same year she turned pro.
She turned professional in 1997. Her favourite tennis court surface is clay, and her best shot is the backhand. She is coached by January Kuval.
Apart from tennis, she enjoys reading, swimming and beach volleyball.
Her favorite places to visit are Paris and Rio de Janeiro. She has also reached the final of the tournament Casablanca in 2004, where she lost to Émilie Loit of France, 6–2 6–2 and the semi-final of Bratislava in 2001, where she lost to Rita Grande of Italy 6–3 6–2.
Recently she reached the semi final of Bogotá in 2006, losing to Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–1 6–3. The International Tennis Federation Tour is a tier below the Women's Tennis Association Tour.
Currently, she is ranked 211th in the world in singles.
She reached a career high of 58 in the world in singles on March 1, 2004 and 186 in doubles on May 5, 1997. She is the Slovak Number 5, with Daniela Hantuchová being the Number 1, Martina Suchá being the 2nd, Jarmila Gajdošová being 3rd and Henrieta Nagyová being 4th. Cervanová has made little progress in each of the 4 Grand Slam tournaments, her best reaching the 3rd round of Wimbledon in 2004, and the 3rd round of the French Open in 2002.
She also has a great attitude to tennis, as she describes herself as ambitious, hard-working and capricious.