Barbora Štefková (born 4 April 1995) is a retired
Czech
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tennis player.
Štefková had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 154, achieved on 27 February 2017. On 14 January 2019, she peaked at No. 100 in the doubles rankings. She won nine singles and twelve doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
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Štefková won her biggest title to date at the
2016 Lale Cup in
Istanbul
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, where she defeated
Anastasia Pivovarova in the final.
Her
WTA Tour
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WTA Tour tou ...
main-draw debut she made at the
2016 Prague Open in the doubles draw alongside
Tereza Smitková
Tereza Smitková (born 10 October 1994) is a Czech tennis player.
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 ...
.
Štefková made her WTA main-draw singles debut at the
2016 Coupe Banque Nationale. She upset defending champion
Annika Beck
Annika Beck (; born 16 February 1994) is a German former professional tennis player. She started playing tennis at the age of four when introduced to the game by her parents. A baseliner whose favorite shot is forehand, and favorite surface is ...
in the first round, before falling to
Alison Van Uytvanck.
Due to
reactive arthritis
Reactive arthritis, also known as Reiter's syndrome, is a form of inflammatory arthritis that develops in response to an infection in another part of the body (cross-reactivity). Coming into contact with bacteria and developing an infection can t ...
she retired from professional tennis in June 2019.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
WTA 125 tournament finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Doubles: 17 (12 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Performance timeline
Singles
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''
Notes
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2013: WTA ranking–726,
2014: WTA ranking–441,
2015: WTA ranking–290.
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Czech female tennis players
Sportspeople from Olomouc
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