2024-25 Tennis Roster
Michaela Kucharova
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Milotice nad Becvou, Czech Republic
- High School:
- Gymnazium Jana Blahoslava
2024-25 (Senior)
- Ends her WVU career with 128 wins, ranking 11th all-time in program history
- Ranked 15th in program history with 60 career singles victories
- Finished 30-20 overall for the 2024-25 season
- Only Mountaineer to win at least 30 total matches for the 2024-25 season
- Becomes just the second Mountaineer to win at least 30 matches three times during her career
- Spring 2025
- Finished 19-13 overall, including 7-9 in singles play and 12-4 in doubles play
- One of two Mountaineers to win three Big 12 matches in singles play
- Primarily played as the No. 3 seed in singles
- Fall 2024
- Finished 11-7 overall, including 4-5 in singles play and 7-2 in doubles play
- Played with Maja Dodik in doubles
- Named to the College Sports Communicators 2024-25 Academic All-District Team
- Named a 2025 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete
- 2025 Spring Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipient
2023-24 (Junior)
- Finished 37-17 overall for the 2023-24 season
- Was one of three players to win 30 or more matches during the 2023-24 season
- Spring 2024
- Finished 23-13 overall, including 10-3 in singles and 13-10 in doubles play
- Fall 2023
- Finished 14-4 overall, including 8-1 in singles play and 6-3 in doubles play
- Had the most wins on the team in the fall
- Ranked No. 6 with Momoko Nagato in the ITA Atlantic Regional doubles rankings
- Named to the College Sports Communicators 2023-24 Academic All-District Team
- 2024 Spring Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Named a 2024 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete
2022-23 (Sophomore)
- Finished the season at 38-34 overall, going 15-21 in singles play and 23-13 in doubles play
- One of three players to finish with 30+ wins for the year
- Finished 3-5 in the Big 12 in singles play
- Played primarily as the No. 3 seed in singles and the No. 2 seed in doubles
- Played primarily with Momoko Nagato in doubles
- Named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team member for the 2023 season
- Named to the 2022-23 Academic All-District Women’s Tennis Team by College Sports Communicators
- Named to the 2023 Spring Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021-22 (Freshman)
- Posted a 23-15 overall record during her freshman campaign, with a 12-2 fall circuit record
- Was the only Mountaineer to go undefeated during the fall, tallying an 8-0 record
- One of five players to have a 20+ win season
- One of two Mountaineers to secure Big 12 singles wins
Prep
- Played for TK Precheza Prerov under coaches Martin Kaspar, Patrik Navar and Petr Hutka
- Has a current Czech Republic national ranking of 46th
- Won singles at the 2021 Regional Championship
- Took third in singles and first in doubles at the 2021 national tournament in Opava; also took second in doubles at nationals in Brno
- Two-time doubles champion at two different 2020 national tournaments, and finished third in doubles at three different national tournaments
- Placed first in doubles at two 2019 national tournaments, as well as a second place finish in doubles at a national tournament in Houstka
- Ended 2019 with a ITF singles ranking of 1781 and a WTA doubles ranking of 1211
- Took first in doubles at the 2019 U18 Regional Championship
- Won two doubles regional championship titles and one singles in 2018; also, took second place in doubles at a national tournament in Trebic
- Ranked 31st in the Czech Republic in U18 Juniors during the 2017 season
- Ended 2016 ranked 28th in U14 in the Czech Republic
- Kucharova took first in doubles at two different U18 Junior national tournaments, and first in one national tournament during 2016
- Won singles and second in doubles at the Regional Championship in 2016
- Placed third at the 2016 ITF Tournament, Zilina Junior Tour G4
- In 2015, she finished first at U14 National Championship in doubles and was a member of the fourth-place team with TK Precheza Prerov
- Highest national ranking of 58 in 2015
- Placed third at the 2015 U18 Juniors National Tournament Category A in Ostrava
Personal
- Daughter of Zdenek Kuchar and Jana Kucharova
- Has one brother
- Birthday is Nov. 21
- Majoring in Finance
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
WVU Tennis Senior Day 2025
Tuesday, April 08
TEN: West Virginia Defeats Toledo, Temple
Monday, February 17
TEN: West Virginia Sweeps Cleveland State, Mount St. Mary's
Tuesday, February 11
2025 Tennis Hype Video
Wednesday, January 15
