Brenda Fruhvirtová (born 2 April 2007) is a Czech professional

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player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 87, achieved on 29 July 2024. She reached a career-high ITF junior ranking of world No. 4, achieved on 13 December 2021.

Early life and background

Born in

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, the capital of the

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, Brenda is the younger sister of fellow professional tennis player,

Linda Fruhvirtová Linda Fruhvirtová (; born 1 May 2005) is a Czech professional tennis player. On 26 June 2023, she reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 49. She peaked at No. 187 in the doubles rankings in October 2023. She made ...

. The Fruhvirtová sisters have been training at the

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since 2017, and are recipients of the Patrick Mouratoglou foundation.

Career

Juniors

In 2018, Fruhvirtová won the U12 Eddie Herr tournament. She was ten years old when she won the title. In April 2019, Brenda won the 2019 Trnava Cup U14 single title. In 2019, Brenda and her sister Linda Fruhvirtová won the '' Petits As'' doubles title together with Linda also winning the singles title; one year later Brenda won the singles title. The Fruhvirtová sisters became the first members of the same family to win the title two years in a row. In July 2020, Fruhvirtová defeated world No. 54,

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, during an exhibition tournament in the Czech Republic. A few weeks later, Fruhvirtová was invited to participate in the Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) at the Mouratoglou Academy. She was one of the four players to compete in the first women's edition UTS, and lost to

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. In September 2020, she received a wildcard by the

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to compete in the girls' singles draw at the

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. She was the youngest player to feature in the event (13 years old).

Junior Grand Slam performance

Singles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: 1R (2020, 2022) * Wimbledon: – * US Open: Q1 (2021) Doubles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: 1R (2020) * Wimbledon: – * US Open: QF (2021)

2021: Professional debut

Aged just 14, Fruhvirtová made her professional debut at the WTA 125 tournament in

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in December, where she defeated Jeong Moon in the first round, before losing to eighth seed

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in her next match.

2022: Eight titles on the ITF Circuit, top 200 & WTA Tour debut

At 14 years, 10 months and four days, Fruhvirtová became the youngest ITF Circuit champion, claiming her first title at the $25k Tucuman event in Argentina, since American

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, then 14 years, 9 months old, won a $10k event in Orlando in 2015. She won a second $25k title in Tucuman the following week. Fruhvirtová made her

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debut, after being awarded a wildcard into the Abierto Zapopan qualifying draw; she defeated former world No. 5,

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, and

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to reach the main draw and make her WTA Tour debut, where she lost in straight sets to the sixth seed and former world No. 3,

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. In the six months following her 15th birthday, she won another six $25k tournaments at Klosters (Jun 26), Danderyd (Aug 14), Mogyorod (Aug 21), Braunschweig (Aug 28) and Santa Margherita di Pula (Sep 18 & Oct 23).

2023-24: Major and top 100 debuts

She qualified for her first major in her qualifying debut at the

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. As the youngest player in the top 250, she became the fifth-youngest qualifier in Australian Open history and the youngest since

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in 2018. She received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2023 Miami Open. She also qualified for the

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making her debut at this major. In January 2024, she again qualified for the

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for a second consecutive year. She recorded her first win at a major defeating

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, and reached the top 100 in the rankings. Having made it through qualifying, Fruhvirtová defeated 24th seed Mirra Andreeva in the first round at the

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for her first main draw win at the grass-court major, before losing to

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in her next match.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the

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.''

Doubles

''Current through the 2024 Australian Open.''

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (15 titles)

Doubles: 1 (title)

Junior finals

ITF Circuit

Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Longest winning streak

27-match win streak (2022)

Record against other players

Top 10 wins

* She has a 0–3 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Double bagel matches

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fruhvirtová, Brenda 2007 births Living people Czech female tennis players Tennis players from Prague 21st-century Czech sportswomen