Gabriela Chmelinová (née Navrátilová; born 2 June 1976) is a Czech former
tennis
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player.
In her career, Chmelinová won six singles titles and 55 doubles titles on the
ITF Circuit. On 23 June 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 258. On 25 July 2005, she peaked at No. 55 in the doubles rankings.
Until 2003, Navrátilová played mainly on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
It serves as a developmenta ...
in Europe, garnering over 60 titles. From 2004, she began to play exclusively in doubles and became a more active participant on the
WTA Tour
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. She reached six finals and the semifinals of the
2005 Australian Open
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, partnering with
Michaela Paštiková. She announced her retirement in November 2008.
In November 2014, in a comeback in an ITF tournament in Poland, she reached the final, partnered with
Karolína Muchová
Karolína Muchová (; born 21 August 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 8, achieved on 11 September 2023. Muchová has won one WTA Tour title at the 2019 Korea Open – S ...
. In 2016, Chmelinová retired again and finally from professional tour.
She is related to
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova (, ; ; born October18, 1956) is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, singles for 332 weeks (List of WTA number ...
by her paternal grandfather.
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 6 (runner-ups)
ITF finals
Singles: 12 (6–6)
Doubles: 87 (55–32)
Doubles performance timeline
References
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1976 births
Living people
Czech female tennis players