Vladimíra Uhlířová (born 4 May 1978) is a retired Czech tennis player.
In her career, she won five doubles titles on the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
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, as well as 17 doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
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. In October 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 400. In October 2007, she peaked at No. 18 in the doubles rankings.
Uhlířová reached the semifinals of the
2007 US Open, partnering
Ágnes Szávay
Ágnes Szávay ( hu, Szávay Ágnes, ; born 29 December 1988) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. The 2007 WTA Newcomer of the Year achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 13 in April 2008.
Personal life
Szávay was bor ...
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She announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2016.
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Uhlířová now provides television commentary on the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tourna ...
. She speaks several languages, and is therefore able to translate many of the non-English exchanges when on-court coaching takes place during matches.
Grand Slam doubles performance timeline
Significant finals
Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments
Doubles: 1 runner-up
WTA career finals
Doubles: 18 (5 titles, 13 runner-ups)
ITF finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Doubles: 29 (17–12)
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Sportspeople from České Budějovice
Czech female tennis players