Linda Nosková (born 17 November 2004) is a Czech tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of No. 56, reached on 9 January 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 160, set on 3 October 2022. In August 2022, she became the youngest player in the top 100, a distinction
Coco Gauff
Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff (born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles, reached on October 24, 2022, and world No. 1 in doubles, achieved on August 15, 2022. Gauff won h ...
previously had held since October 2019. On the ITF Circuit, she has collected six singles titles and one doubles title. Her biggest title so far she won at the $100k
Reinert Open
The Reinert Open is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor clay courts. The event is classified as a $100,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament and has been held in Versmold
Versmold (; wep, Vassem) is a town in G ...
in
Versmold
Versmold (; wep, Vassem) is a town in Gütersloh District in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located some 30 km west of Bielefeld.
History
In 1096 Versmold was first mentioned in a document, and is thus one of the oldes ...
.
At the early ages, Nosková showed sign to be promising tennis player. As a junior, she is former world No. 5 that she achieved on 14 June 2021. Despite having only four Grand Slam appearances as a junior (per two in both events), she won the
2021 French Open
The 2021 French Open was a major level tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 30 May to 13 June 2021, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. The qualifiers too ...
in girls' singles event. In addition, in girls' doubles event, she has semifinal of the French Open in the same edition, as well as quarterfinal of the
2020 Australian Open
The 2020 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park, from 20 January to 2 February 2020. It was the 108th edition of the Australian Open, the 52nd in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the year. T ...
.
Early life
Nosková grew up in the village of
Bystřička
Bystřička a municipality and village in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Bystřička lies on the Vsetínská Bečva river, approximately north of Vsetín, north-east of Zlín, and e ...
in the
Vsetín
Vsetín () is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants.
Originally a small town, Vsetín has become an important centre of industrial, economic, cultural and sports life during the 20th century.
Administr ...
region. Her first touch with the tennis was at the age of seven, when she started training in Valašské Meziříčí. Three years later, she became a player for TK Na Dolina in
Trojanovice
Trojanovice is a municipality and village in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants.
Geography
Trojanovice is located about southeast of Nový Jičín and south of Ostrava. It ...
near
Frenštát pod Radhoštěm
Frenštát pod Radhoštěm (; german: Frankstadt (unter dem Radhoscht)) is a town in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is p ...
. In 2018, she moved to
Přerov
Přerov (; german: Prerau) is a city in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 41,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Bečva River. In the past it was a major crossroad in the heart of Moravia in the Czech Republic. The historic centre ...
because of tennis.
Junior career
Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:
* Australian Open: 2R (
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
)
* French Open: W (
2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
)
* Wimbledon: –
* US Open: –
Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles:
* Australian Open: QF (
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
)
* French Open: SF (
2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
)
* Wimbledon: –
* US Open: –
Nosková won the
2021 French Open
The 2021 French Open was a major level tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 30 May to 13 June 2021, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. The qualifiers too ...
girls' singles title. On 14 June 2021, she reached world No. 5 in the combined ITF junior rankings.
Professional career
2019–21: Four ITF titles
Nosková made her ITF Circuit debut in July 2019 at the $25k Torino tournament in qualifying. Despite failing to reach main-draw, she get to the quarterfinal in the doubles event. In October of the same year, she made her singles main-draw debut at the $15k Lousada tournament and also won her first win as a senior. The following week, in the same city, she reached her first semifinal. A month later, she reached another semifinal, this time at the $15k Milovice tournament in her home country.
Her 2020 season started in August 2020 with the qualifying of the
Prague Open In tennis, Prague Open may refer to:
* Prague Open (1987–1999)
* ATP Prague Open
* WTA Prague Open
* Sparta Prague Open Challenger
The Sparta Prague Open Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on Tennis court#Clay courts, clay cou ...
, but she lost to
Laura Ioana Paar
Laura Ioana Paar (née Andrei; born 31 May 1988) is a Romanian tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 190 in singles, achieved on 31 January 2021, and 113 in doubles, set on 9 March 2020. Laura has won one doubles title on the WTA To ...
. Three weeks later, she made her debut at the
WTA Challenger Tour
WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012.
In the past (2012–2015) sometimes called the WTA Challenger series2020 WTA 125 Prague. Getting there after receiving wildcard, she lost to Mayar Sherif in the first round. She finished season with the $25k
Přerov
Přerov (; german: Prerau) is a city in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 41,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Bečva River. In the past it was a major crossroad in the heart of Moravia in the Czech Republic. The historic centre ...
tournament where she lost to Barbora Krejčíková in the first round. It was only her third tournament of the year and well as only one in doubles. In doubles, she also lost in the first round.
Nosková started 2021 season in the middle of the February at the $15k Sharm El Sheikh event where she reached her first ITF final. After losing to Shalimar Talbi in the final, she reached another semifinal there the following week. In March 2021, she won her first senior ITF title at the $15k event in Bratislava, defeating fellow Czech
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 ...
in the final. Right after that, she won another $15k event in Bratislava (back-to-back titles), this time defeating Iva Primorac in the final. In June 2021, she reached semifinal of the
Macha Lake Open
The Macha Lake Open is a tennis tournament of the ITF Women's Circuit played on outdoor clay courts. It has been held in Česká Lípa, Czech Republic, since 1993 and is classified as a $60,000 event.
In 2022, the venue was moved from TO Staré S ...
in Staré Splavy in both events, losing to
Zheng Qinwen
Zheng Qinwen ( zh, 郑钦文; born 8 October 2002 in Shiyan 十堰, Hubei 湖北, China 中国) is a Chinese tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 24 October 2022. Zheng is the current No. 2 female Chinese ...
in singles event. It was her first semifinal of the $60k event, but in August, she won her first $60K title at the
Zubr Cup
The Zubr Cup is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor clay courts. The event is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour tournament and has been held in Přerov
Přerov (; german: Prerau) is a city i ...
in Přerov. In the final, she defeated
Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik
Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik (née Cadanțu; born 3 May 1990) is a Romanian tennis player.
On 6 January 2014, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 59. Her best doubles ranking by the WTA is No. 101, achieved on 11 June 2012.
...
. In October, she advanced to her first ITF final in doubles event. A month later, she finished year at the $25k Milove tournament where she won her fourth title in singles and finished as a runner-up in doubles.
2022: Grand Slam and top 100 debut, doubles win over Williams sisters
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
as a qualifier, making her the youngest Czech player to compete at a major since Nicole Vaidišová (17 years 127 days) at the 2006 US Open and the youngest player to qualify for the tournament since 16-year-old Michelle Larcher de Brito in
2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
. In the first round of the main draw, she faced US Open champion Emma Raducanu but lost despite winning the first set. The following week, she reached semifinals of the WTA 125
Makarska International Championships
The Makarska International Championships is a WTA 125-level professional women's tennis tournament. It takes place on outdoor clay courts, during the second week of French Open at the Tennis Center Makarska in the city of Makarska, Croatia. The t ...
.
In July, she won her first $100k title at the
Reinert Open
The Reinert Open is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor clay courts. The event is classified as a $100,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament and has been held in Versmold
Versmold (; wep, Vassem) is a town in G ...
defeating Ysaline Bonaventure in the final. Three weeks later, she entered her first WTA Tour semifinal at the
Prague Open In tennis, Prague Open may refer to:
* Prague Open (1987–1999)
* ATP Prague Open
* WTA Prague Open
* Sparta Prague Open Challenger
The Sparta Prague Open Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on Tennis court#Clay courts, clay cou ...
where she lost to compatriot and later champion,
Marie Bouzková
Marie Bouzková (, born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. She attained her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 26 on 31 October 2022. On 9 May 2022, she peaked at No. 24 in the WTA doubles rankings. So far, she has won one ...
. There she marked her first top 50 win after defeating
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. Cornet has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circu ...
in the second round. This result led her into the top 100 for the first time, at world No. 94, becoming the youngest woman in the top 100, a distinction
Coco Gauff
Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff (born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles, reached on October 24, 2022, and world No. 1 in doubles, achieved on August 15, 2022. Gauff won h ...
previously had held since October 2019. By reaching semifinals, she became the youngest Czech woman to reach a tour-level semifinal since Vaidišová (17 years, 189 days) in Linz in 2006.
At the US Open, she competed her second Grand Slam qualifying and advanced to the main draw with three qualifying wins. In the second round of qualifying, she defeated former top-10 player Eugenie Bouchard. However, she lost in the first round of the main draw to Bouzková in a three-set match. Partnering with
Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in ...
, she defeated
Serena
Serena most commonly refers to:
* Serena Williams (born 1981), professional tennis player
Serena may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Serena (genre), 13th-century Occitan poetic genre
* ''Serena'' (1962 film), a British crime t ...
Adelaide International 1
The Adelaide International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Adelaide, South Australia at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre. The tournament is held in January or February, and forms part of the WTA and ATP tour ...
she came through qualifying beating Anna Kalinskaya, and Anastasia Potapova to make the main draw. In the first round, she beat world no. 8
Daria Kasatkina
Daria Sergeyevna Kasatkina (born 7 May 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. She is currently the Russian No. 1 player in singles. She made her top-ten debut in the WTA rankings towards the end of the 2018 season and has been ranked ...
to get her first top 10 win, and in the second round she beat fellow qualifier Claire Liu making her first WTA 500 quarterfinal. She defeated 2-time major champion and former no.1 Victoria Azarenka in a three-set thriller in the quarterfinals, winning the final set tiebreak 8–6, also saved one match point. Then she beat top seed and World No. 2 Ons Jabeur to reach her first ever WTA final where she lost to second seed Aryna Sabalenka. As a result she moved close to 50 positions up in the rankings to No. 56. Despite being ranked well inside the top 100 by the
2023 Australian Open
The 2023 Australian Open was a Grand Slam level tennis tournament held at Melbourne Park, from 16–29 January 2023. It was the 111th edition of the Australian Open, the 55th in the Open Era, and the first major of the year. The tournament consi ...
, Nosková needed to play qualifying in order to gain entry to the main draw, due to the sudden nature of her rise up the rankings. She lost in the first round of qualifying to world No. 192
Katherine Sebov
Katherine Sebov (born January 5, 1999) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 190, on 16 January 2023, and a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 22, on 20 July 2015.
Early life
Sebov was ...
, ending her main draw qualification hopes.
Performance timelines
''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 after the
2023 Adelaide International 1
The 2023 Adelaide International 1 was a tennis tournament on the 2023 ATP Tour and 2023 WTA Tour. It was a combined ATP Tour 250 and WTA 500 tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. This was the fourth e ...
.''
Doubles
''Current after the 2022 season.''
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 runner-up
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)
Junior finals
Grand Slam tournament finals
Girls' singles: 1 (title)
Junior Circuit finals
Singles (4–1)
Doubles (3–3)
Head-to-head record
Record against top 10 players
''Nosková's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.''
Record against No. 11–20 players
''Nosková's record against players who have been ranked world No. 11–20. Active players are in boldface:''
*
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. Cornet has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circu ...