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1992Aug, 22

Ema Burgić Bucko

Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player
Ema Burgić Bucko (born 22 August 1992) is a retired tennis player from Bosnia.

In her career, she won three singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 3 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 466. On 17 October 2016, she peaked at No. 145 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Fed Cup, Burgić Bucko has a win–loss record of 8–9.

She won her first tournament on the ITF Circuit in 2008 as a 16-year-old, at a $10k event in La Vall d'Uixó, Spain.In June 2015, she married fellow tennis player Attila Bucko.

Burgić Bucko announced her retirement from professional tennis in February 2017.

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Events on 1992

  • 1Feb

    Bhopal disaster

    The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
  • 1Mar

    Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

    Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • 9Apr

    Manuel Noriega

    A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
  • 27Apr

    International Monetary Fund

    The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
  • 23Jul

    Pope Benedict XVI

    A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.