Linda Fruhvirtová (; born 1 May 2005) is a Czech professional

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player. In February/March 2023, she achieved career-high

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of 50 in singles and 221 in doubles. She made her

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main-draw debut at the 2020 Prague Open, where she was in receipt of a main-draw wildcard. She won her maiden WTA singles title at the 2022 Chennai Open.

Early life and background

Born on 1 May 2005 in the

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, Linda has a younger sister,

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(born 2007), who is also a tennis player. Linda and Brenda are recipients of

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's foundation. Linda has been training at the Mouratoglou Academy in

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since 2017; she also trained at the

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in January 2021.

Junior career

At the junior level, Fruhvirtová won the singles and doubles titles of the

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tournament. Her sister Brenda won the singles title the year after, making them the first members of the same family to win the title for two consecutive years. Linda Fruhvirtová achieved an ITF Junior career-high ranking of world No. 2, on 13 December 2021. Since that time she managed to climb to the WTA ranking of world No. 151, on 1 August 2022.

Junior Grand Slam performance

Singles: * Australian Open: 1R (2020) * French Open: 2R (2020, 2021) * Wimbledon: SF (2021) * US Open: 3R (2021) Doubles: * Australian Open: SF (2020) * French Open: QF (2021) * Wimbledon: SF (2021) * US Open: QF (2021)

Professional career

2020–21: WTA Tour and top 300 debut

Fruhvirtová made her

main-draw debut at the 2020 Prague Open, receiving wildcards into the singles and doubles tournaments. She also received a wildcard from the

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for the qualifying where she was defeated in the first round by

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. In April, she received a wildcard for the main draw at the

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MUSC Health Open where she won her first WTA singles match when

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retired in the third set. She progressed through the quarterfinals by defeating

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in straight sets in the next round, before losing to eventual champion

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. Linda, at only 15, was the youngest player at that time in the top 400 of the

. She played another

main draw in

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as lucky loser. She defeated

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before losing to

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in two tight sets. She ended season reaching quarterfinals at the

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, in three sets.

2022: First WTA title, WTA 1000 fourth round, major & top 100 debut

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Fruhvirtová received a main-draw wildcard for the Miami Open. In the first round, she defeated

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for her first

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-level victory. In the second round, she recorded the biggest victory of her career, defeating 20th seed and world No. 24,

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, for her first victory over a top 25 opponent. She then recorded her first victory over a top 20 opponent, defeating former world No. 1

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, which secured her a debut in the top 200 after the tournament. At the US Open, she succeeded in getting to the main-draw after three qualifying wins for her

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debut. In her debut Grand Slam main-draw match, she defeated

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. Her journey then was stopped by

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who eliminated her in the following round. At the

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, she won her first WTA Tour title when she beat

in the final, in three sets. With this win, she moved into the top 100 for the first time in her career, at No. 74 in the rankings.

2023: Australian Open debut & fourth round

On her debut at the

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, she reached the fourth round of that major, defeating compatriot

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Performance timeline

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

Singles

''Current after the 2023 Charleston Open.''

Doubles

''Current after the 2023 Miami Open.''

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)

Junior finals

ITF Finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

WTA Tour career earnings

''Current after the 2023 Indian Wells Open.''

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

* She has a 0–2 () record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fruhvirtova, Linda 2005 births Living people Czech female tennis players Tennis players from Prague 21st-century Czech women