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Linda Fruhvirtová (; born 1 May 2005) is a Czech professional
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player. On 26 June 2023, she reached a career-high singles
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of world No. 49. She peaked at No. 187 in the doubles rankings in October 2023. She made her
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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
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, Linda has a younger sister,
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(born 2007), who is also a tennis player. Linda and Brenda are recipients of
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's foundation. Linda has been training at the
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in
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since 2017; she also trained at the
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in January 2021.


Junior career

At the junior level, Fruhvirtová won the singles and doubles titles of the
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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
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main-draw debut at the 2020 Prague Open, receiving wildcards into the singles and doubles tournaments. She also received a wildcard from the
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for the qualifying where she was defeated in the first round by
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. In April, she received a wildcard for the main draw at the
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MUSC Health Open where she won her first WTA singles match when
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retired in the third set. She progressed through the quarterfinals by defeating
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in straight sets in the next round, before losing to eventual champion
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. Fruhvirtová, at only 15, was the youngest player at that time in the top 400 of the WTA rankings. She played another
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main draw in
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as lucky loser. She defeated
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, before losing to
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. She ended season reaching quarterfinals at the
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Korea Open, before losing to
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, 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
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for her first
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-level victory. In the second round, she recorded the biggest victory of her career, defeating 20th seed and world No. 24,
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, her first victory over a top 25 opponent. She then recorded her first victory over a top 20 opponent, defeating former world No. 1,
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, which secured her a debut in the top 200 after the tournament. At the
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, she succeeded in getting to the main draw after three qualifying wins for her
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debut. In her first Grand Slam main-draw match, she defeated
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. Her journey was stopped by
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who eliminated her in the following round. At the
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, 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
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, she reached the fourth round of this major defeating
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,
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and
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, before losing to
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. On 20 March 2023, she was world No. 50, becoming the youngest player in the top 50. At the Birmingham Classic, she defeated
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and sixth seed
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to make it through to her first grass-court quarterfinals, where she lost to top seed
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.


2024–25: Puerto Vallarta and Birmingham finals

At the 2024 Nottingham Open, Fruhvirtová qualified for the main draw and defeated
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, before losing to top seed
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in the second round. She reached the same stage at the 2024 Jiangxi Open with a win over
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but lost to sixth seed
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. Given a wildcard entry into the 2025 WTA 125 Puerto Vallarta Open, Fruhvirtová was runner-up after receiving a walkover against eighth seed
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followed by wins over qualifier
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, second seed
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and
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to reach the final, where she lost to top seed
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in straight sets. She was also runner-up at the 2025 WTA 125 Birmingham Open, losing to fifth seed
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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
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.''


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.


Notes


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fruhvirtova, Linda 2005 births Living people Czech female tennis players Tennis players from Prague 21st-century Czech sportswomen