Tereza Mihalíková (; born 2 June 1998) is a Slovak

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player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 349 by the

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(WTA), achieved June 2018, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 48, attained on 7 November 2022. While still playing mostly at tournaments of the

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in singles, she had her breakthrough in doubles, after winning her first

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title in 2021 and debuting in the top 100 rankings. She has won only one WTA doubles title and three

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in both events. First, in 2015, she won the girls' singles event, after defeating

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in the final. Her doubles title came a year later, when, alongside

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, she defeated

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and

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. She is also three time Grand Slam finalist in doubles: 2014 US Open and

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and

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in 2015.

Junior career

Junior Grand Slam performance

Singles: * Australian Open: W (

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) * French Open: 2R (

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) * Wimbledon: 3R (

) * US Open: 2R (

) Doubles: * Australian Open: W (

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) * French Open: 2R (

) * Wimbledon: F (

) * US Open: F (

)

Highlights

In 2014, Mihalíková reached the final of the girls' doubles tournament at the US Open, partnering with

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. She was also a member of the Slovak

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team (U16). Together with

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and Tamara Kupková, she reached the final in 2014, when they lost to the United States team (

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, Tornado Alicia Black,

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). Mihalíková entered doubles competition at the

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, again alongside Lapko. They lost their quarterfinal match to the eventual champions, Miriam Kolodziejová and

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. But she won the singles competition, defeating British

in the final. At the 2016 Australian Open, Mihalíková won the girls' doubles event with

and ended runner-up in the girls' singles event, losing the final to Vera Lapko.

Professional career

2021: Progress in doubles; first WTA Tour title and top 100 debut

Mihalíková made a progress in her doubles career after making some good results during the season of 2021. In early season, she get to the title at the $25K Hamburg tournament, partnering with

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. Two months later, they advanced to the another final but this time finished as a runner-up at the $25K event in Manacor. In June, her progress continued with her first

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, she lost to the pair of

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and

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. The following month, she reached another Challenger final, at the

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alongside

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. Just like the previous final, she lost in three sets. Things got even better in September, when she reached her first WTA Tour tournament doubles final. Partnering with

, she defeated

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, in three sets. In October, she won two ITF $60k tournaments; the first one at the Henderson Open in Las Vegas, followed up with the title at the

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. In the first half of December, she was successful in her third attempt in a WTA Challenger final. She won the title at the Open Angers alongside

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, after beating former Grand Slam tournament doubles champion,

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, and former Grand Slam doubles finalist,

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. These results pushed her in December into the top 100 for the first time.

Performance timeline

Singles

Doubles

''Current through the 2022 Guadalajara Open.''

WTA career finals

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

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 35 (19 titles, 16 runner–ups)

Junior finals

Junior Grand Slam tournaments

Girls' singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Girls' doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

ITF Junior Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Doubles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Doubles (1–3)

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mihalikova, Tereza 1998 births Living people People from Topoľčany Slovak female tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles 21st-century Slovak women