Renáta Tomanová (born 9 December 1954) is a former professional

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Career

Tomanová won the girls' singles title at the 1972 French Open. In 1975, she and

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represented Czechoslovakia in the Federation Cup, the international women's team competition. They won the cup after beating the Australian team 3–0 in the final of the World Group. Between 1975 and 1981, she played in 18 ties for the Czechoslovakian team and compiled a 20–7 win–loss record. In May 1975, she won the singles title at the West German Championships in Hamburg after a three-set final against Kazuko Sawamatsu. In 1976, Tomanová reached the singles final at both the

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and the

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. She lost at the French Open to Sue Barker in three sets and at the Australian Open to Evonne Goolagong in straight sets. Tomanová also reached the women's doubles final at the Australian Open with Lesley Turner Bowrey, losing to Goolagong and Helen Gourlay Cawley. In May 1977, she reached the final of the Italian Open, losing to Janet Newberry. In 1978, Tomanová teamed with Betsy Nagelsen to win the women's doubles title at the Australian Open, defeating Naoko Sato and Pam Whytcross in the final in straight sets. With compatriot Pavel Složil, she won the mixed doubles title at the 1978 French Open. Tomanová was coached by

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. ;Senior tour Tomanová is active on the senior tour, and in 2011, she received the Deutsche Tennis Preis from the German tennis federation for her achievements during the 2010 season.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

WTA career finals

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

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomanova, Renata 1954 births Living people Australian Open (tennis) champions Czech female tennis players Czechoslovak female tennis players French Open champions Sportspeople from Jindřichův Hradec Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for Czechoslovakia FISU World University Games silver medalists for Czechoslovakia French Open junior champions Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade