Vladimíra Uhlířová

Vladimíra Uhlířová

Full name	Vladimíra Uhlířová
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	London, United Kingdom
Born	4 May 1978 České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.65 m
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$871,239
Singles
Career record	58–79
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 400 (6 October 2003)
Doubles
Career record	319–302
Career titles	5 WTA, 17 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 18 (1 October 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2011)
French Open	3R (2007, 2008, 2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	SF (2007)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2012)
French Open	QF (2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2008, 2010)
US Open	QF (2008)

Vladimíra Uhlířová (born 4 May 1978 in České Budějovice) is a retired Czech tennis player.

Uhlířová has won five doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as 17 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. In October 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of World No. 400, whilst reaching World No. 18 in doubles in October 2007.

Uhlířová reached the semifinals of the 2007 US Open partnering Ágnes Szávay.

She announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2016.^[1] Uhlířová now provides commentary for TennisTV on the WTA Tour.

Women's doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Australian Open	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	QF	2R	3R	A	A	9–7
French Open	2R	3R	3R	2R	2R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	10–10
Wimbledon	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	A	A	6–8
US Open	1R	SF	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	5–7
Win–Loss	1–3	8–4	4–4	1–4	2–4	6–4	5–4	3–3	0–1	0–1	30–32

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2011	Cincinnati	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]

WTA Finals

Doubles (5–13)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1) Premier (1–4) International (4–8)

Finals by surface Hard (3–7) Clay (2–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 February 2007	Open Gaz de France, Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Gabriela Navrátilová	Cara Black Liezel Huber	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	3 March 2007	Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Ágnes Szávay	Martina Hingis Maria Kirilenko	1–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	23 April 2007	Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Ágnes Szávay	Martina Müller Gabriela Navrátilová	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	23 July 2007	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Ágnes Szávay	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	10 February 2008	Open Gaz de France, Paris, France	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko	1–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	13 April 2008	Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia Island, United States	Clay	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	27 July 2008	East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6–2, 5–7, [4–10]
Winner	3.	25 July 2009	Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Julia Görges	Camille Pin Klára Zakopalová	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	25 October 2009	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–1, 0–6, [7–10]
Winner	4.	24 July 2010	Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Maria Kondratieva	Anna Chakvetadze Marina Erakovic	6–4, 2–6, 10–7
Runner-up	7.	31 July 2010	İstanbul Cup, İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Maria Kondratieva	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	4–6, 6–1, [9–11]
Runner-up	8.	26 September 2010	Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Julia Görges Polona Hercog	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	25 April 2011	Barcelona Ladies Open, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Natalie Grandin	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	7–5, 4–6, [2–10]
Runner-up	10.	21 May 2011	Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France	Clay	Natalie Grandin	Akgul Amanmuradova Chuang Chia-jung	7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Runner-up	11.	10 July 2011	Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Natalie Grandin	Anabel Medina Garrigues Alicja Rosolska	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	21 August 2011	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Winner	5.	25 September 2011	Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Vera Dushevina Galina Voskoboeva	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up	13.	26 May 2012	Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France	Clay	Natalie Grandin	Olga Govortsova Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, [3–10]

References

1. http://www.itftennis.com/antidoping/news/retired-players.aspx

External links

• Vladimíra Uhlířová at the Women's Tennis Association
• Vladimíra Uhlířová at the International Tennis Federation