Sára Bejlek (born 31 January 2006) is a Czech

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player. Bejlek has career-high

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of 174 in singles, achieved on 14 November, and 671 in doubles, set on 1 August 2022. She has won four ITF singles titles and one ITF doubles title. Bejlek won her biggest singles title-to-date at the

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, where she defeated

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in the final, 6–0, 6–0. This achievement secured her an improvement of 557 positions in comparison with her previous WTA ranking.

Early life

Bejlek was born in

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on 31 January 2006.

Junior career

Junior Grand Slam results - Singles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: SF (2022) * Wimbledon: 2R (2021) * US Open: – Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: W (2022) * Wimbledon: 2R (2021) * US Open: – Bejlek won the

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in girl's doubles event, partnering with Lucie Havlíčková. In addition, she reached semifinal in singles.

Career overview

2021: First ITF title

In July, she won her first ITF Circuit title at the $60k

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, after making double bagel over

in the final. This result climbed her to No. 447 just one month, after making her

debut.

2022: Grand Slam & top 200 debut

In June, she won title at the $60k

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, the Macha Lake Open defeating her compatriot

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in the final. The following week, Bejlek made her

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-level qualifying debut at

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, but lost in the first round to

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. A month later, she defended her title at the $60k ITS Cup in Olomouc, this time defeating

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in the final. She continued with making progress at the US Open with her

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main-draw debut due to three wins in the qualifying. She was the youngest player in the 2022 US Open main draw, having been the youngest direct entrant to qualifying.https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2022-08-26/meet_the_2022_us_open_womens_qualifiers.html

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

Notes

References

External links

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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bejlek, Sara 2006 births Living people Czech female tennis players People from Znojmo District Sportspeople from the South Moravian Region Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles