Leona Lásková (born 7 April 1970) is a Czech former professional
tennis
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player.
Biography
Lásková reached top rankings on the professional tour of 122 in singles and 93 in doubles.
On the WTA Tour, Lásková's best singles performance came at
Athens
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in 1988, when she made it through to the semi-finals, beating second seed
Judith Wiesner en route. Her only WTA Tour final came in doubles and was also in Athens, partnering with
Jana Pospíšilová to a runner-up finish in 1990.
At grand slam level she twice featured in the main draw of the
French Open
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women's singles and also played in the doubles main draws at
Wimbledon
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and the
US Open.
Retiring from the tour in 1995, Lásková is now a tennis trainer at TK Sparta Prague.
WTA Tour finals
Doubles (0–1)
ITF finals
Singles (3–1)
Doubles (1–0)
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
Czech female tennis players
Czechoslovak female tennis players