Tereza Smitková

Tereza Smitková

Smitková at the 2014 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Full name	Tereza Smitková
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Born	10 October 1994 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Height	1.76 m
Prize money	$ 664,637
Singles
Career record	155–103
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	57 (6 April 2015)
Current ranking	146 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2015)
French Open	2R (2015)
Wimbledon	4R (2014)
US Open	2R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	57–43
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	184 (19 May 2014)
Current ranking	387 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	—
French Open	1R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	1R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–0
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

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

Smitková has won one singles WTA 125K series title as well as four singles and five doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 6 April 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 57. On 19 May 2014, she peaked at world number 184 in the doubles rankings.

Career

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 and final round of qualifying to fifth seed Danka Kovinić.

In the qualifying tournament for Wimbledon 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 number 51 and had won the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships 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]

WTA finals

WTA 125K series finals

Singles (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	3 November 2014	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	7–6^(7–4), 7–5

ITF finals (9–7)

Singles (4–2)

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Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 August 2011	Iława, Poland	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	3–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	16 January 2012	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Maryna Zanevska	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	2.	13 February 2012	Leimen, Germany	Hard (i)	Melanie Klaffner	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 1–6
Winner	2.	12 March 2012	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Katarzyna Piter	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	3.	9 April 2012	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Karla Popović	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	14 April 2014	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nigina Abduraimova	6–3, 4–6, 7–6^(7–4)

Doubles (5–5)

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Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (3–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	9 April 2012	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Martina Kubičíková	Tereza Martincová Petra Rohanová	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	16 April 2012	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Jesika Malečková	Nicole Clerico Anaïs Laurendon	2–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	20 August 2012	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Jesika Malečková	Anastasia Pivovarova Arina Rodionova	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	19 November 2012	Vendryně, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Martina Kubičíková	Jesika Malečková Kateřina Vaňková	6–7^(2–7), 2–6
Winner	3.	24 June 2013	Zlín, Czech Republic	Clay	Martina Borecká	Paula Kania Katarzyna Piter	6–1, 5–7, [10–8]
Runner-up	3.	19 August 2013	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Tereza Malíková	Clothilde de Bernardi Isabella Shinikova	6–3, 1–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	4.	2 September 2013	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Petra Krejsová	Laura Thorpe Stephanie Vogt	6–7^(5–7), 5–7
Runner-up	5.	23 September 2013	Loughborough, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Magda Linette	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	2–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Winner	4.	11 November 2013	Zawada, Poland	Carpet (i)	Nikola Fraňková	Justyna Jegiołka Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–1, 2–6, [10–8]
Winner	5.	21 April 2014	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Petra Krejsová	Michaëlla Krajicek Aleksandra Krunić	1–6, 7–6^(7–2), [11–9]

References

1. "Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Main Draw Singles" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
2. "Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Qualifying Singles" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
3. "Danka na korak od Rolan Garosa, Smitkova na putu ka snovima". Vijesti (in Montenegrin). 22 May 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
4. "Wimbledon qualifying: Gabi Taylor & Emily Webley-Smith beaten". BBC Sport. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
5. Beattie, Michael (27 June 2014). "Life changing victory for Tereza Smitkova over Jovanovski". Wimbledon. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
6. Beattie, Michael (30 June 2014). "Lucie Safarova puts paid to Smitkova's Wimbledon dreams". Wimbledon. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

External links

• Tereza Smitková at the Women's Tennis Association
• Tereza Smitková at the International Tennis Federation
• Tereza Smitková at the Fed Cup