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The 2022 Prague Open (branded as the 2022 Livesport Prague Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's
tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament played on outdoor
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s at the ''TK Sparta Praha''. It was the 13th ( WTA and non-WTA) edition of the tournament and part of the
2022 WTA Tour The 2022 Hologic WTA Tour is the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2022 tennis season. The 2022 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the Int ...
, classified as a
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. It took place in
Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
,
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from 25 to 31 July 2022. This was the second edition of the tournament held on outdoor hard courts, as opposed to clay courts in previous editions.


Champions


Singles

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Marie Bouzková Marie Bouzková (, born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. She attained her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 26 on 31 October 2022. On 9 May 2022, she peaked at No. 24 in the WTA doubles rankings. So far, she has won one ...
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Anastasia Potapova Anastasia Sergeyevna Potapova (born 30 March 2001) is a Russian tennis player. Potapova has a career-high ranking of No. 44 achieved on 17 October 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 44 achieved on 3 October 2022. Potapova is a former junior No ...
, 6–0, 6–3. This was Bouzková’s first WTA Tour singles title.


Doubles

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Anastasia Potapova Anastasia Sergeyevna Potapova (born 30 March 2001) is a Russian tennis player. Potapova has a career-high ranking of No. 44 achieved on 17 October 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 44 achieved on 3 October 2022. Potapova is a former junior No ...
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Yana Sizikova Yana Dmitriyevna Sizikova ( rus, Яна Дмитриевна Сизикова, , ˈjanə ˈsʲizʲɪkəvə; born 12 November 1994) is a Russian tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of 336 in singles, achieved on 20 June 2016, and on 2 M ...
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Angelina Gabueva Angelina Alexandrovna Gabueva (russian: Ангелина Александровна Габуева; born 7 December 1988) is a Russian tennis player. Gabueva has won two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 17 June 2013, she reac ...
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Anastasia Zakharova Anastasia Vladimirovna Zakharova (russian: Анастасия Владимировна Захарова; born 18 January 2002) is a Russian tennis player. Zakharova has career-high WTA rankings of 156 in singles and 93 in doubles. Up to date, sh ...
, 6–3, 6–4


Singles main draw entrants


Seeds

Rankings are as of 18 July 2022.


Other entrants

The following players received wildcard entry into the singles main draw: *
Lucie Havlíčková Lucie Havlíčková (born 13 March 2005) is a Czech tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 381 in singles and 370 in doubles, both achieved November 2022. Havlíčková made her Women's Tennis Association, WTA Tour main-draw debut a ...
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Anett Kontaveit Anett Kontaveit (; born 24 December 1995) is an Estonian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 2 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 6 June 2022, making her the highest-ranked Eston ...
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Linda Nosková Linda Nosková (born 17 November 2004) is a Czech tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of No. 56, reached on 9 January 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 160, set on 3 Octo ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *
Dalila Jakupović Dalila Jakupović (born 24 March 1991) is a Slovenian tennis player of Bosnian descent. Jakupović to date has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with two WTA Challenger doubles titles. She also has won five singles and ten doubles ti ...
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Barbora Palicová Barbora Palicová (; born 11 March 2004) is a Czech tennis player. Palicová has a career high WTA ranking of 200 in singles, achieved on 28 November 2022. Palicová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Prague Open, where she received a ...
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Dominika Šalková Dominika Šalková (born 28 June 2004) is a Czech tennis player. Šalková has a career-high singles ranking of 209 by the WTA, achieved on 29 January 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 147, achieved on 28 August 2023. Šal ...
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Oksana Selekhmeteva Oksana Olegovna Selekhmeteva ( rus, Окса́на Оле́говна Селехме́тьева, links=no; ; born 13 January 2003) is a Russian tennis player. Selekhmeteva has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA ...
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Anastasia Zakharova Anastasia Vladimirovna Zakharova (russian: Анастасия Владимировна Захарова; born 18 January 2002) is a Russian tennis player. Zakharova has career-high WTA rankings of 156 in singles and 93 in doubles. Up to date, sh ...
The following players received entry as lucky losers: *
Nao Hibino is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 56 in singles and No. 43 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Hibino has won two singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Along with that, she ...
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Sinja Kraus Sinja Kraus (born 29 April 2002) is an Austrian tennis player. Kraus has career-high WTA rankings of 192 in singles and world No. 345 in doubles, both achieved January 2023. She reached a career-high ITF juniors ranking of No. 87, on 21 January ...
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Natalia Vikhlyantseva Natalia Konstantinovna Vikhlyantseva (Russian: Наталья Константиновна Вихлянцева; born 16 February 1997) is a Russian tennis player. Her favourite court surface is grass. Vikhlyantseva has career-high rankings of 5 ...


Withdrawals

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Ekaterina Alexandrova Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, links=no; ; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won three WTA singles titles, three WTA 125 titl ...
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Ekaterine Gorgodze Ekaterine Gorgodze ( ka, ეკატერინე გორგოძე, tr, ; born 3 December 1991) is a Georgian professional tennis player. Gorgodze has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and also four doubles titles on the WTA Challe ...
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Belinda Bencic Belinda Bencic ( sk, Belinda Benčičová, ; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won six singl ...
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Anna Blinkova Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova ( rus, Анна Владимировна Блинкова, , ˈanːə blʲɪnˈkovə, Ru-Anna Blinkova.ogg; born 10 September 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won one singles and one doubles title ...
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Lucia Bronzetti Lucia Bronzetti (born 10 December 1998) is an Italian tennis player. Bronzetti has career-high WTA rankings of No. 47 in singles and No. 375 in doubles. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2023 Morocco Open. She has also re ...
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Nao Hibino is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 56 in singles and No. 43 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Hibino has won two singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Along with that, she ...
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Harriet Dart Harriet Dart (born 28 July 1996) is a British professional tennis player. Dart entered the WTA top 100 for the first time in March 2022 and achieved her career-high singles ranking of 84 on 25 July 2022. She also has a career-high doubles ran ...
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Ylena In-Albon Ylena In-Albon (born 6 March 1999) is a Swiss tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 110 in singles, achieved on 6 June 2022, and world No. 225 in doubles, set on 3 February 2020. Career In-Albon made her main-draw debut on the WTA ...
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Océane Dodin Océane Dodin (, born 24 October 1996) is a professional tennis player from France. WTA rankings, Ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), she reached a career-high of 46 as a singles player in June 2017 and No. 375 in October 2017 as a d ...
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Vitalia Diatchenko Vitalia Anatolyevna Diatchenko ( rus, Виталия Анатольевна Дьяченко, , vʲɪˈtalʲɪjə dʲjɪˈtɕenkə, Ru-Vitalia_Diatchenko.ogg; born 2 August 1990) is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ...
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Beatriz Haddad Maia Beatriz Haddad Maia (born 30 May 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. On 22 August 2022, she reached a career-high in the WTA rankings in singles at No. 15. Haddad Maia has won two singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, on ...
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Chloé Paquet Chloé Paquet (; born 1 July 1994) is a French professional tennis player. She has achieved career-high WTA rankings of No. 101 in singles on 25 April 2022 and 247 in doubles on 12 June 2017. Career 2010–2016: WTA Tour debut Paquet made her d ...
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Petra Kvitová Petra Kvitová, OLY ( , ; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 29 career singles titles, including two major titles at Wimbledon in 2011 and i ...
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Sinja Kraus Sinja Kraus (born 29 April 2002) is an Austrian tennis player. Kraus has career-high WTA rankings of 192 in singles and world No. 345 in doubles, both achieved January 2023. She reached a career-high ITF juniors ranking of No. 87, on 21 January ...
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Karolína Muchová Karolína Muchová (; born 21 August 1996) is a Czech tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 19, achieved on 17 May 2021. Muchová has reached two finals on the WTA Tour, winning one title, the International-level Kore ...
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Natalia Vikhlyantseva Natalia Konstantinovna Vikhlyantseva (Russian: Наталья Константиновна Вихлянцева; born 16 February 1997) is a Russian tennis player. Her favourite court surface is grass. Vikhlyantseva has career-high rankings of 5 ...
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Donna Vekić Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player and businesswoman. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour – at the 2014 Malaysian Open, at the 2017 Nottingham Open, and the 2021 Courmayeur Ladies Open. S ...
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Viktoriya Tomova Viktoriya Konstantinova Tomova ( bg, Виктория Константинова Томова, born 25 February 1995) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player. Tomova reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 89 achieved on 31 October 2022. ...


Doubles main draw entrants


Seeds

Rankings are as of 18 July 2022.


Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcard entry into the doubles main draw: *
Lucie Havlíčková Lucie Havlíčková (born 13 March 2005) is a Czech tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 381 in singles and 370 in doubles, both achieved November 2022. Havlíčková made her Women's Tennis Association, WTA Tour main-draw debut a ...
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Linda Nosková Linda Nosková (born 17 November 2004) is a Czech tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of No. 56, reached on 9 January 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 160, set on 3 Octo ...
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Barbora Palicová Barbora Palicová (; born 11 March 2004) is a Czech tennis player. Palicová has a career high WTA ranking of 200 in singles, achieved on 28 November 2022. Palicová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Prague Open, where she received a ...
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Dominika Šalková Dominika Šalková (born 28 June 2004) is a Czech tennis player. Šalková has a career-high singles ranking of 209 by the WTA, achieved on 29 January 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 147, achieved on 28 August 2023. Šal ...
The following pairs received entry using protected rankings: *
Lucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in ...
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Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (née Hlaváčková; ; born 10 August 1986) is a Czech retired professional tennis player. She is a three-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2011 French Open and 2013 US Open in women's doubles alo ...
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Magda Linette Magda Linette (born 12 February 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2009, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in February 2020. Linette has reached five finals on the WTA Tour, winning ...
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Yanina Wickmayer Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 12, on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she achieved a career-high of world No. ...
The following pair received entry as alternates: *
Angelina Gabueva Angelina Alexandrovna Gabueva (russian: Ангелина Александровна Габуева; born 7 December 1988) is a Russian tennis player. Gabueva has won two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 17 June 2013, she reac ...
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Anastasia Zakharova Anastasia Vladimirovna Zakharova (russian: Анастасия Владимировна Захарова; born 18 January 2002) is a Russian tennis player. Zakharova has career-high WTA rankings of 156 in singles and 93 in doubles. Up to date, sh ...


Withdrawals

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Irina Bara Irina Maria Bara (born 18 March 1995) is a professional tennis player from Romania. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 104, achieved on 18 April 2022. On 13 May 2019, she peaked at No. 56 in the WTA doubles rankings. She won her ...
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Ekaterine Gorgodze Ekaterine Gorgodze ( ka, ეკატერინე გორგოძე, tr, ; born 3 December 1991) is a Georgian professional tennis player. Gorgodze has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and also four doubles titles on the WTA Challe ...
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Ekaterina Yashina Ekaterina Yuryevna Yashina ( rus, Екатерина Юрьевна Яшина, , ɪ̯ɪkətʲɪˈrʲinə ˈjaʂɨnə; born 6 August 1993) is a professional Russian tennis player. On 7 January 2019, she reached her highest singles ranking of worl ...
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Kirsten Flipkens Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens (; born 10 January 1986) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Flipkens has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, winning the 2012 T ...
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Alison Van Uytvanck Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player. Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as 12 singles and two doubles titles on th ...
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Angelina Gabueva Angelina Alexandrovna Gabueva (russian: Ангелина Александровна Габуева; born 7 December 1988) is a Russian tennis player. Gabueva has won two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 17 June 2013, she reac ...
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Anastasia Zakharova Anastasia Vladimirovna Zakharova (russian: Анастасия Владимировна Захарова; born 18 January 2002) is a Russian tennis player. Zakharova has career-high WTA rankings of 156 in singles and 93 in doubles. Up to date, sh ...
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Julia Lohoff Julia Lohoff (née Wachaczyk; born 13 April 1994) is a German tennis player. She is a doubles specialist who reached her career-high doubles ranking by the WTA of No. 61 in February 2022. Lohoff has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as wel ...
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Laura Ioana Paar Laura Ioana Paar (née Andrei; born 31 May 1988) is a Romanian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 190 in singles, achieved on 31 January 2021, and 113 in doubles, set on 9 March 2020. Laura has won one doubles title on the WTA To ...
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Anastasia Dețiuc Anastasia Dețiuc (born 14 December 1998) is a Czech–Moldovan tennis player. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 72, reached on 25 September 2023. On the ITF Junior Circuit The ITF Junior Circuit is the premier level for worldwid ...
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Miriam Kolodziejová Miriam Kolodziejová ( pl, Kołodziej; born 11 April 1997) is a Czech tennis player. On 16 May 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 247. On 30 January 2023, she peaked at No. 48 in the WTA doubles rankings. Kolodziejová h ...
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Ingrid Neel Ingrid Neel (born June 16, 1998) is an American tennis player. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with two singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 8 June 2015, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 50 ...
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Rosalie van der Hoek Rosalie van der Hoek (born 16 December 1994) is a Dutch tennis player. Van der Hoek, who prefers clay courts, has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 83, achieved on 18 October 2021. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 W ...
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Ingrid Neel Ingrid Neel (born June 16, 1998) is an American tennis player. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with two singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 8 June 2015, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 50 ...
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Astra Sharma Astra Sharma (born 11 September 1995) is a Singaporean-born Australian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 84 in singles and world No. 91 in doubles. Sharma has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the W ...


References


External links


Official website
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