TK Sparta Prague ( cs, Tenisový klub Sparta Praha) is a tennis club and training center in

Bubeneč Bubeneč is a district in the north-west of Prague. 52% of the district is in Prague 7, but most of the built-up area is in Prague 6. Sparta Prague football club and their stadium Generali Arena is situated at the south-eastern edge of Bubeneč, ...

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

, Czech Republic. Located near

Stromovka Stromovka (Royal Game Reserve) is a large park in the Bubeneč district of Prague. It sits on the floodplain of the river Vltava. At present, it spreads over an area of 95 hectares. It was established in the thirteenth century as a game reserve fo ...

on the left bank of the

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, it is one of the most prestigious tennis clubs in the country.

History

TK Sparta Prague was founded in 1905. It houses 23 outdoor and 12 indoor courts. The club hosts the

WTA Prague Open The Prague Open (currently branded as the Livesport Prague Open for sponsorship reasons) is a professional women's tennis tournament held in Prague, Czech Republic. It began in 2010, initially as an ITF Circuit $50,000 event upgraded to $100,000. ...

and the

Sparta Prague Open Challenger The Sparta Prague Open Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It has been held in Prague, Czech Republic since 2000 on the TK Spa ...

. The club was damaged during the

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and

2013 European floods Extreme flooding in Central Europe began after several days of heavy rain in late May and early June 2013. Flooding and damages primarily affected south and east German states (Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony, Bavaria and Baden-W� ...

Notable players

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 ...

Jakub Filip Jakub Filip (born 25 September 2005) is a Czech tennis player. He became a junior Grand Slam champion in the Boys' doubles at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. Career Junior career From Dvůr Králové nad Labem, he is a member of TK Sparta Pra ...

Lucie Havlíčková Lucie Havlíčková (born 13 March 2005) is a Czech tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 381 in singles and 370 in doubles, both achieved November 2022. Havlíčková made her Women's Tennis Association, WTA Tour main-draw debut a ...

Jan Kodeš Jan Kodeš (born 1 March 1946) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time major singles champion, Kodeš was one of the premier players in the early 1970s. Kodeš's greatest success was achieved on the clay courts of the French ...

Alena Kovačková Alena Kovačková (born 13 June 2008) is a Czech tennis player. Career Junior career Whilst ranked European number one in the U14s, Kovackova won the U16 title at the Tennis Europe Masters in Monte Carlo in October 2022. Later that year she beca ...

Petra Kvitová Petra Kvitová, OLY ( , ; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 29 career singles titles, including two major titles at Wimbledon in 2011 and i ...

Tomáš Macháč Tomáš Macháč (; born 13 October 2000) is a Czech professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 97 on 12 December 2022 and doubles ranking of world No. 427 on 1 Au ...

Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia who later obtained Australian citizenship. During her career she won four Grand Slam singles titles - the 1980 Australian Open, 1981 French Op ...

Barbora Palicová Barbora Palicová (; born 11 March 2004) is a Czech tennis player. Palicová has a career high WTA ranking of 200 in singles, achieved on 28 November 2022. Palicová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Prague Open, where she received a ...

Karolina Plíšková Karolina may refer to: People *Karolina (name) *Karolina (singer), singer/songwriter from Eilat, Israel Places *Karolina, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) *Karolina, Grodzisk Mazowiecki County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Kar ...

Patrik Rikl Patrik Rikl (born 6 January 1999) is a Czech tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket th ...

* Laura Samson *

Kateřina Siniaková Kateřina Siniaková (; ; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in doubles. She is a six-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2018 and 2021 French Opens, 2018 and 2022 Wimbled ...

Barbora Strýcová Barbora Strýcová (; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She won her fir ...

Tereza Valentová Tereza "Tery" Valentová (born 20 February 2007) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 264 in singles and No. 241 in doubles. She has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 4, achieved on 10 Ju ...

Michael Vrbenský Michael Vrbenský (born 26 December 1999) is a Czech tennis player. Vrbenský has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 282 achieved on 19 July 2021. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 270 achieved on 14 September 2 ...

References

External links

Official website
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