Tereza_Smitkova

Tereza Smitková

Tereza Smitková

Czech tennis player


Tereza Smitková (born 10 October 1994) is a Czech tennis player.

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Smitková has won one singles WTA 125 title as well as eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 6 April 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 57. On 19 May 2014, she peaked at No. 184 in the WTA doubles rankings.

In June 2013, Smitková made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Nürnberger Versicherungscup.[1] After coming through all three qualifying rounds,[2] she lost to Julia Cohen in round one. A year later, she reached the third round of qualifying at the 2014 French Open, defeating 17th seed Victoria Duval in the first round and former top-20 player Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second.[3] She lost in the third round of qualifying to fifth seed Danka Kovinić.

In the Wimbledon qualifying in June 2014, Smitková again reached the third round,[4] this time defeating Madison Brengle in three sets to seal her maiden Grand Slam main-draw appearance. In the main draw, she defeated Hsieh Su-wei in the first round before upsetting grass-court specialist CoCo Vandeweghe, who was ranked world No. 51 and had won the Rosmalen Open the week before, in round two. In the third round, she defeated Bojana Jovanovski, in a match where Jovanovski served for the match twice and had held a match point on Smitková's serve.[5] Her run was over in round four, after losing to fellow Czech Lucie Šafářová in straight sets.[6]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current after the 2023 Dubai Championships.

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Doubles

Current after the 2023 Australian Open.

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WTA 125 tournament finals

Singles: 1 title

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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Doubles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

  • She has a 0–2 (0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
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Notes

  1. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. 2011: WTA Ranking – 867,
    2012: WTA Ranking – 391.
  3. 2011: WTA Ranking – 813,
    2012: WTA Ranking – 383,
    2013: WTA Ranking – 268,
    2020: WTA Ranking – 322,
    2021: WTA Ranking – 495.

References

  1. "Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Main Draw Singles" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. "Danka na korak od Rolan Garosa, Smitkova na putu ka snovima". Vijesti (in Montenegrin). 22 May 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  3. Beattie, Michael (27 June 2014). "Life changing victory for Tereza Smitkova over Jovanovski". Wimbledon. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. Beattie, Michael (30 June 2014). "Lucie Safarova puts paid to Smitkova's Wimbledon dreams". Wimbledon. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

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