Elizabeth Hana Mandlik (born 19 May 2001) is an American

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player. She is the daughter of Grand Slam tennis champion

Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia who later obtained Australian citizenship. During her career she won four Grand Slam singles titles - the 1980 Australian Open, 1981 French Op ...

. Mandlik has career-high rankings by the

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(WTA) of world No. 119 in singles and world No. 187 in doubles, both achieved on 7 November 2022. She has won seven singles titles and three doubles titles on the

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Career

2019: WTA debut

Mandlik made her

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main-draw debut at the 2019 Luxembourg Open in the doubles tournament, partnering

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2022: First WTA win, top 125 debut

Ranked No. 240, Mandlik qualified for the main draw and earned her first WTA tournament win at the

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, defeating

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in straight sets. In the second round, she took world No. 4 and second seed

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to three sets, losing in a final set tiebreaker. As a result, she moved 60 positions into the top 200, at world No. 181 in the rankings. Mandlik won the US Open Wildcard Challenge to enter the women's singles tournament where she made her major main-draw debut, 33 years after her mother last played in the US Open. Mandlíková became the first US Open women's singles champion in the

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to have a daughter also play the US Open. Mandlik reached the second round of the US Open, defeating Tamara Zidansek in three sets, in the first round, and losing to eventual finalist Ons Jabeur, in straight sets, in the second.

2023: Australian Open debut

She made her debut at the

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as a lucky loser.

Personal life

Mandlik is the daughter of Grand Slam tennis champion

Performance timeline

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2023 ATX Open.''

Doubles

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Notes

References

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* * 2001 births Living people American female tennis players Sportspeople from Boca Raton, Florida American people of Czech descent Tennis people from Florida 21st-century American women {{US-tennis-bio-stub