Linda Fruhvirtová

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

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2020 Prague Open, after receiving wildcard, and won her maiden singles title at the 2022 Chennai Open.

Early life and background

Born on 1 May 2005 in the Czech Republic, Linda has a younger sister, Brenda (born 2007), who is also a tennis player. Linda and Brenda are recipients of Patrick Mouratoglou's foundation. Linda has been training at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Southern France since 2017; she also trained at the Evert Tennis Academy in January 2021.

Junior career

At the junior level, Fruhvirtová won the singles and doubles titles of the Petits As tournament. Her sister Brenda won the singles title the year after, making them the first members of the same family to win the title for two consecutive years.

Linda Fruhvirtová achieved an ITF Junior career-high ranking of world No. 2, on 13 December 2021. Since that time, she managed to climb to the WTA ranking of 151, on 1 August 2022.

Junior Grand Slam performance

Singles:
* Australian Open: 1R (2020)
* French Open: 2R (2020, 2021)
* Wimbledon: SF (2021)
* US Open: 3R (2021)

Doubles:
* Australian Open: SF (2020)
* French Open: QF (2021)
* Wimbledon: SF (2021)
* US Open: QF (2021)

Professional

2020–21: WTA Tour debut

Fruhvirtová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2020 Prague Open, receiving wildcards into the singles and doubles tournaments.

She also received a wildcard from the 2021 Miami Open for the qualifying where she was defeated in the first round by Nina Stojanović.
In April, she received a wildcard for the main draw at the WTA 250 MUSC Health Open where she won her first WTA singles match when Alizé Cornet retired in the third set. She progressed through the quarterfinals by defeating Emma Navarro in straight sets in the next round, before losing to eventual champion Astra Sharma. Fruhvirtová, at only 15, was the youngest player at that time in the top 400 of the WTA rankings.

She played another WTA 250 main draw in Cleveland as lucky loser. She defeated Tara Moore, before losing to Magda Linette. She ended season reaching quarterfinals at the WTA 125 Korea Open, before losing to Ekaterina Kazionova, in three sets.

2022: First WTA Tour title, WTA 1000 debut & fourth round, major & top 100 debuts

Fruhvirtová received a main-draw wildcard for the Miami Open to make her debut at the WTA 1000 level. In the first round, she defeated Danka Kovinić for her first WTA 1000-level victory. In the second round, she recorded the biggest victory of her career, defeating 20th seed and world No. 24, Elise Mertens, her first victory over a top 25 opponent. She then recorded her first victory over a top 20 opponent, defeating former world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka, which secured her a debut in the top 200 after the tournament.

At the US Open, she succeeded in getting to the main draw after three qualifying wins for her major debut. In her first Grand Slam main-draw match, she defeated Wang Xinyu. Her journey was stopped by Garbiñe Muguruza who eliminated her in the following round.

At the Chennai Open, she won her first WTA Tour title when she beat Magda Linette in the final, in three sets. With this win, she moved into the top 100 for the first time in her career, at No. 74 in the rankings.

2023: Australian fourth round, first grass court quarterfinal

On her debut at the Australian Open, she reached the fourth round of this major defeating Jaimee Fourlis, Kimberly Birrell and Markéta Vondroušová, before losing to Donna Vekić.
On 20 March 2023, she was world No. 50, becoming the youngest player in the top 50.

At the Birmingham Classic, she defeated Elina Svitolina and sixth seed Bernarda Pera to make it through to her first grass-court quarterfinals, where she lost to top seed Barbora Krejčíková.

2024–25: Puerto Vallarta and Birmingham finals

At the 2024 Nottingham Open, Fruhvirtová qualified for the main draw and defeated Lily Miyazaki, before losing to top seed Ons Jabeur in the second round. She reached the same stage at the 2024 Jiangxi Open with a win over Kathinka von Deichmann but lost to sixth seed Arantxa Rus.

Given a wildcard entry into the 2025 WTA 125 Puerto Vallarta Open, Fruhvirtová was runner-up after receiving a walkover against eighth seed Hailey Baptiste followed by wins over qualifier Priscilla Hon, second seed Maya Joint and Heather Watson to reach the final, where she lost to top seed Jaqueline Cristian in straight sets. She was also runner-up at the 2025 WTA 125 Birmingham Open, losing to fifth seed Greet Minnen in the final.

Performance timelines

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

Singles

''Current through the 2025.''

Doubles

''Current through the 2024 Australian Open.''

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)

Junior finals

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

WTA Tour earnings

''Current after the 2023 Canadian Open.''

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

* She has a 0–4 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

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2005 births
Living people
Czech female tennis players
Tennis players from Prague
21st-century Czech sportswomen