Nikola Fraňková (born 7 February 1988) is a Czech former

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player. In her career, Fraňková won one singles title and 18 doubles titles on the

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. On 9 March 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 249. On 14 September 2009, she peaked at No. 157 in the doubles rankings. Fraňková won four $25,000 doubles events in 2006, and in 2009 participated in three

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qualifying draws, at

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and

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, losing in the first round in each.

Junior career

She and

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were the runners-up to

Victoria Azarenka Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former wo ...

and

Marina Erakovic Marina Erakovic ( ; hr, Marina Eraković ; born 6 March 1988) is a retired tennis player from New Zealand. She achieved career-high rankings of 39 in singles and 25 in doubles, and won one singles title, at U.S. National Indoor Tennis Champio ...

in the

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girls' doubles. Fraňková won the girls' doubles at the 2005 US Open, with Russian

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (1–4)

Doubles: 30 (18–12)

Junior career

Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frankova, Nikola 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Brno Czech female tennis players US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade bronze medalists for the Czech Republic 21st-century Czech women