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Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional
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player. A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 2012. She was also an integral member of the Czech Republic's national team and helped her country to win five titles at the Fed Cup (now Billie Jean King Cup) between 2011 and 2016, in addition to winning two Olympic medals in both women's doubles with Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková in
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and in mixed doubles with
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in
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. Hradecká also reached the top 45 in singles and was a finalist in seven tour-level singles tournaments. She announced her retirement from the sport at the end of the 2022 season. In 2006, Hradecká won her first WTA Tour title in doubles in 2006 with partner Renata Voráčová at the Slovenia Open. Five years later, she made her breakthrough at the Grand Slam tournaments when she won her first of two women's doubles
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titles at the 2011 French Open with Hlaváčková. In 2012, despite losing her next two major finals, she won the silver medal at the Summer Olympics and won her first
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(now WTA 1000) title in
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, both with Hlaváčková. Her continued success led her to a second major title at the US Open in the following year before placing runner-up at the
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and 2017 US Open. Hradecká was also an accomplished mixed-doubles player, having won the 2013 French Open with
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in addition to reaching two finals at the 2013 Australian Open (with Čermák) and the 2015 French Open (with Marcin Matkowski) and the mixed-doubles bronze in
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with Štěpánek. In singles, Hradecká achieved her highest ranking on the WTA Tour of world No. 41 in June 2011. She reached her first final in 2008 at the Austrian Open and reached six additional finals but did not win them. Her best result at a major was at the 2015 Australian Open, where she defeated former world No. 1, Ana Ivanovic, en route to the third round.


Career


2002–2008: Career beginnings, first pro tour titles

She won her first doubles title on the WTA Tour in 2006 at Portorož with partner Renata Voráčová as the fourth-seeded team. In the final, the Czech team defeated Eva Birnerová and Émilie Loit, the second seeds, by walkover. They also had a victory over the top-seeds Maria Elena Camerin and Emmanuelle Gagliardi in the semifinals. As qualifiers, she reached the third round of doubles competition with Hana Šromová at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, then lost to fifth seeds Meghann Shaughnessy and Anna-Lena Grönefeld. En route, they defeated 12th-seeds
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and Amélie Mauresmo, the previous year's Wimbledon runner-ups by walkover. In 2007, she made the doubles semifinals of the Indian Wells Open tournament with Voráčová. En route, the team defeated Janette Husárová and Meghann Shaughnessy, the seventh seeds, in the first round, and third-seeded Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez in three sets in the quarterfinals, and then lost to top seeds Lisa Raymond and
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. Later that year, Hradecká and Voráčová won at Bad Gastein, beating Ágnes Szávay and Vladimíra Uhlířová. They also won the 2007 Portorož title, beating
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and Andreja Klepač in the finals. Hradecká reached her first singles final at Bad Gastein in July 2008, where, as a qualifier, she got to the final, but lost to the fourth-seed Pauline Parmentier 4–6, 4–6. She also reached the doubles final.


2009–11: 2011 French Open doubles champion, top 50 singles debut

Hradecká won the same tournament, defeating Paula Ormaechea in the final. She paired with
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to win her first Grand Slam title at the
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, defeating Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina in the final.


2012: Wimbledon doubles final, Olympic silver medal, world No. 4

In
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, Hradecká qualified for
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. She caused the two biggest upsets in the tournament by beating the world No. 4
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(who was the defending champion) and the world No. 5, Samantha Stosur on the way to her first semifinals at the Premier level, where she lost to
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in straight sets. Hradecká and Andrea Hlaváčková reached their second Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, losing to the Williams sisters. Hradecká and Andrea Hlaváčková wons the silver medal in women's aboubles at the Summer Olympics in London.


2015–16: Singles success, Australian Open doubles final, top 10 year-end doubles ranking

Hradecká started 2015 ranked 141st in the world and had to qualify for the main draw of the Australian Open, which she did with three wins in the qualifying rounds. She then reached the third round, her best career showing in singles at any major. Hradecká reached the
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final with Andrea Hlaváčková, losing to Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza.


2017–22: Third US Open doubles final, retirement

Hradecká reached another final at the 2017 US Open with Kateřina Siniaková, losing to Hingis and Chan Yung-jan. She announced her final retirement in doubles in October 2022. Her last match was at the Guadalajara Open.


Performance timelines

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


Singles

''Current through the 2021 Wimbledon.''


Doubles


Grand Slam tournament finals


Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)


Mixed doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)


Other significant finals


Tour Championships


Doubles: 1 (runner-up)


Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 tournaments


Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)


Olympic Games medal matches


Doubles: 2 (1 silver medal)


Mixed doubles: 1 (bronze medal)


WTA Tour finals


Singles: 7 (7 runner-ups)


Doubles: 53 (26 titles, 27 runner-ups)


ITF Circuit finals


Singles: 27 (20 titles, 7 runner–ups)


Doubles: 50 (35 titles, 15 runner–ups)


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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hradecka, Lucie 1985 births Living people Czech female tennis players Tennis players from Prague French Open champions Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for the Czech Republic Olympic medalists for the Czech Republic in tennis Olympic silver medalists for the Czech Republic Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles US Open (tennis) champions Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Hopman Cup competitors