Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a Slovak former professional
tennis
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player. In her career, she won four singles titles and one doubles title on the
WTA Tour. Rybáriková reached the semifinals of the
2017 Wimbledon Championships and broke into the top 30 for the first time in September 2017, and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 17, in March 2018.
Early life
Rybáriková started tennis at the age of eight. She was born in Piešťany to father Anton, a business manager, and mother Mária. She has two older siblings, Filip and Naďa. She moved to Bratislava at age 15 to train at the national tennis centre. Her favourite surfaces were grass and hardcourts.
Career summary
2006–2009
In 2006, Rybáriková reached the girls' singles final at Wimbledon. On her way there, she defeated the future top-30 ranked players
Tamira Paszek and
Alisa Kleybanova. In the final, she lost to the long time world No. 1,
Caroline Wozniacki. The same year, she won two matches at the
Prague Open, making her first tour quarterfinal.
In 2008, she won her first $50k title and came through qualifying to reach the main draws of both
Roland Garros and
Wimbledon. She reached the third round of a Grand Slam championship for the first time at the
US Open. In October, she reached her first
WTA Tour semifinal at the
Tier IV Tashkent Open.
At the
2009 Hobart International, Rybáriková defeated the top-seed
Flavia Pennetta, in straight sets, in the quarterfinals for her first win over a top-15 player. A month later, at the
Pattaya Open, she beat Wozniacki in the quarterfinals for her second win over a top-15 player. She won the first of her four WTA Tour singles titles at
Birmingham
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in June, defeating
Li Na, before reaching the third round of the
US Open.
2010–2014
Rybáriková won her second WTA singles title at the
2011 Cellular South Cup and her third at the
2012 Washington Open. In June 2013, she reached the semifinals at the
Birmingham Classic, before winning her fourth WTA tournament when successfully defending her title at the
Washington Open, which included a win over
Angelique Kerber in the quarterfinals. Partnering
Andrea Petkovic, she reached the semifinals of the women's doubles at the
2014 Wimbledon Championships
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.
2015
Rybáriková began her 2015 season at the
Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to
Elina Svitolina
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. In Hobart at the
Hobart International, Rybáriková was defeated in the first round by eventual champion
Heather Watson. At the
Australian Open, Rybáriková got her first win of the season by beating Ana Konjuh in the first round; she lost in the second round to
Peng Shuai.
During the
Fed Cup tie versus the Netherlands, Rybáriková lost her singles matches to
Arantxa Rus and
Kiki Bertens. In the end, The Netherlands defeated Slovakia 4–1. At the
Diamond Games, Rybáriková was defeated in the first round by Belgian wildcard
Alison Van Uytvanck. In Mexico at the
Abierto Mexicano, Rybáriková reached the quarterfinals where she lost to top seed
Maria Sharapova
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. Seeded eighth at the
Monterrey Open, Rybáriková reached the quarterfinal round where she retired after losing the first set to third seed Caroline Garcia. At the
Indian Wells Open, Rybáriková was defeated in the first round by qualifier Lara Arruabarrena. Playing at the
Miami Open, she lost in the first round to Van Uytvanck. Seeded fourth at the
Katowice Open, Rybáriková was defeated again by Van Uytvanck in round one.
Rybáriková only played one clay-court warm-up tournament before the French Open. In Rome at the
Italian Open, she won her first match in almost two months by defeating Italian wildcard
Nastassja Burnett in the first round before she lost to 16th seed Jelena Janković. At the
French Open, Rybáriková won her first-round match over qualifier
Olivia Rogowska. In the second round, she was eliminated by the 28th seed Flavia Pennetta.
Rybáriková started the grass-court season at the
Nottingham Open seeded seventh, losing in the first round to the British wildcard
Johanna Konta. At the
Birmingham Classic, she upset ninth seed
Garbiñe Muguruza in the first round. She followed up her first-round win by beating Anna Karolína Schmiedlová in the second round; she was defeated in the third round by eighth seed Sabine Lisicki. At the
Eastbourne International, Rybáriková managed to get into the main draw after winning two matches in qualifying. However, she lost in the first round to Svetlana Kuznetsova. At the
Wimbledon Championships, Rybáriková upset eighth seed Ekaterina Makarova in her second-round match. In round three, she was defeated by qualifier Olga Govortsova.
Competing at the
İstanbul Cup, Rybáriková reached the semifinals and lost to Urszula Radwańska.
She began her
US Open Series at the
Washington Open where she was defeated in the opening round by eventual finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. In Toronto at the
Canadian Open, she lost in the first round of qualifying to Monica Puig. At the
Western & Southern Open, she was upset in the first round of qualifying by Sesil Karatantcheva.
2016
Rybáriková began her season at the
Auckland Open. She lost in the final round of qualifying in a close match to
Naomi Broady. At the
Sydney International, Rybáriková was defeated in the final round of qualifying by
Lara Arruabarrena. However, due to
Daria Gavrilova withdrawing from the tournament due to a left abdominal muscle injury, Rybáriková got a lucky loser spot into the main draw. In the first round, she was defeated by qualifier and eventual finalist Monica Puig. At the
Australian Open, Rybáriková won her first-round match over
Yanina Wickmayer. In the second round, she retired after losing the first set to
Lauren Davis.
She returned in March to compete at the
Monterrey Open where she lost in the first round to top seed Sara Errani. Playing at
Indian Wells, Rybáriková reached the quarterfinals, after wins over Laura Robson, 31st seed Daria Gavrilova, seventh seed Belinda Bencic, and ninth seed Roberta Vinci. She suffered a leg injury in her quarterfinal match and was defeated by 13th seed and eventual champion Victoria Azarenka.
As the top seed at the
Slovak Open, Rybáriková retired with a knee injury during her first-round match against her compatriot
Viktória Kužmová. At the
French Open, she lost in the first round to top seed and three-time champion, Serena Williams.
Rybáriková played one grass-court event before Wimbledon at the
Nottingham Open where she upset sixth seed Heather Watson in the first round. She retired in her second-round match against lucky loser Tamira Paszek due to a knee injury. At
Wimbledon, she was defeated in the first round by
Eugenie Bouchard.
Rybáriková was absent for the rest of the year owing to wrist and knee surgeries, and ended the season ranked 156.
2017
Rybáriková returned to the tour after a seven-month absence in February 2017 and by March her ranking had dropped to world No. 453. She won two ITF titles in Japan in May, to improve her ranking to 188, before defeating
CoCo Vandeweghe in the first round at the
French Open, further improving her ranking to 117. Rybáriková went on to have an excellent grass-court season, winning 18 out of 20 matches. She won the ITF title in Surbiton, reached the semifinals at Nottingham (losing to Johanna Konta), and won another ITF title in Ilkley, to return to the world top 100 (No. 85) for the first time in over a year. The grass-court season culminated in her reaching the semifinals at the
Wimbledon Championships, having never before advanced beyond the third round of any major event. Her Wimbledon run included victories over the world No. 3,
Karolína Plíšková, in the second round,
[
] and the world No. 25 Vandeweghe in the quarterfinals,
[
] and ended with a loss to eventual champion Garbiñe Muguruza in the semifinals.
[
][
] Ranked No. 33 after Wimbledon, she broke into the top 30 for the first time in September 2017, after reaching the third round of the
US Open, where she again lost to Muguruza. In November, she qualified for the
Elite Trophy, and achieved a career-best year-end ranking of world No. 20.
2018
Rybáriková started the season at the
Sydney International where she lost in the first round to qualifier
CiCi Bellis. Seeded 19th at the
Australian Open, she reached the fourth round in which she was defeated by second seed and eventual champion, Caroline Wozniacki.
2019
Rybáriková started her 2019 season at the
Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Donna Vekić. At the
Australian Open, Rybáriková was defeated in the first round by eighth seed and eventual finalist, Petra Kvitová.
In March, she competed at
Indian Wells and lost in the first round to
Tatjana Maria. In
Miami
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, she was defeated in the second round by 15th seed Julia Görges. Seeded eighth at the
Monterrey Open, Rybáriková reached the semifinal where she lost to second seed, defending and eventual champion, Garbiñe Muguruza.
Beginning her clay-court season at the
Rabat Grand Prix, Rybáriková was defeated in the first round by qualifier
Ysaline Bonaventure. At the
Madrid Open, she retired during her first-round qualifying match against
Irina Bara. At the
French Open, Rybáriková lost in the first round to Johanna Larsson.
Seeded fifth at the
Surbiton Trophy, she made it to the final where she was defeated by third seed and defending champion, Alison Riske. At the
Nottingham Open, she retired during her first-round match against
Astra Sharma due to a respiratory infection. As the top seed at the
Ilkley Trophy, Rybáriková lost in the second round to
Beatriz Haddad Maia. At the
Wimbledon Championships, she stunned tenth seed
Aryna Sabalenka in her first-round match before she was defeated in the second round by qualifier
Coco Gauff.
Playing in Canada at the
Vancouver Open, Rybáriková lost in the first round to
Kurumi Nara. At the
US Open, she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by
Han Na-lae.
Rybáriková ended the year ranked 173 and confirmed her retirement in October 2020.
Career statistics
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
References
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1988 births
Living people
Slovak female tennis players
Sportspeople from Piešťany
21st-century Slovak sportswomen