Alice Noháčová (born 20 June 1967) is a Czech former professional

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player.

Biography

Born in

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, Noháčová started out on the professional tour in the late 1980s. From 1989, she began making the main draw of

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events, where she featured mostly as a doubles player. She was ranked as high as 115 in the world for doubles and twice reached the semifinals of the

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. Her best performance at Grand Slam level was a second-round appearance in the women's doubles at the 1991 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Iva Budařová. Noháčová was previously married to Czech tennis player

David Rikl David Rikl (born 27 February 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His success came mostly in doubles, winning 30 titles and finishing runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships Men's Doubles ...

. Together they had two sons, Philip and Patrik. The youngest, Patrik, was a top junior player, winning the

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boys' doubles title.

ITF finals

Doubles (4–7)

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