Marie Bouzková (, born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional
tennis
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player. She reached a career-high
WTA singles ranking of No. 24 on 12 December 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 15 on 6 May 2024. She has won one singles title (at the
2022 Prague Open
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) and five doubles titles on the
WTA Tour
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. In addition, she has won twelve singles titles and three doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
It serves as a developmenta ...
.
She won the 2014 US Open girls' singles title, defeating
Anhelina Kalinina
Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina ( ; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 22 May 2023, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 25. She peaked at No. 92 in the doubles rankings in January 2025. She has ...
in the final. She made her WTA Tour debut at the
2015 Mexican Open, where she lost in the first round. Bouzková rose to prominence following her run to the semifinals at the
2019 Rogers Cup where she defeated
Sloane Stephens
Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Stephens has won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2 ...
,
Jeļena Ostapenko
Jeļena "Aļona" Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 5 in singles and No. 4 in doubles by the WTA. Ostapenko has won nine WTA Tour-level singles and eleven doubles tit ...
, and
Simona Halep
Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 64 w ...
, before falling to
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...
but she pushed the former world No. 1 to three sets, winning the first one 6–1. She won her maiden WTA Tour title in doubles, partnering fellow Czech
Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis 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 w ...
, at the
2021 Birmingham Classic.
Early life and background
Bouzková was born in
Prague
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to father Milan and mother Květa, and has a younger brother, Benjamin Milan. She began playing tennis at a club owned by her parents in Prague. She moved to
Florida
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at age ten – initially trained at Bollietieri Academy for two years, before continuing to work with her dad and then Requeni from 2014. Marie admires the play of
Serena Williams
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and
Rafael Nadal
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. Besides
Czech
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** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
, she speaks some
German
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, fluently
English, and
Spanish
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**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
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...
, and received her bachelor's degree in business administration with a minor in sports marketing and management through
Indiana University East
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in 2022.
Professional career
2013–15: First titles on ITF Circuit & WTA Tour debut
Bouzková started playing as a senior in April 2013, at the
WTA Tour
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tournament
Katowice Open
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where she was handed a
wildcard for qualifying but lost in the first round to
Katarzyna Piter
Katarzyna Piter (; born 16 February 1991) is a Polish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
In May 2014, she reached her career-high ranking of No. 95 in singles and in July 2022, No. 66 in doubles. She has won three doubles ti ...
. Two months later, she made her debut on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
It serves as a developmenta ...
at
Zlín
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($25k). Her first match win came in August at
Prague
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when she defeated fellow Czech
Nikola Fraňková.
In March 2014, she recorded her first ITF Circuit semifinal at
Gainesville. For the second year in-a-row, she received a wildcard for the
Katowice Open qualifying but again missed her WTA Tour main-draw debut. In early October, she won her first title at
Hilton Head by defeating
Natalia Vikhlyantseva
Natalia Konstantinovna Vikhlyantseva (Russian: Наталья Константиновна Вихлянцева; born 16 February 1997) is a former Russian tennis player. Her favourite court surface is grass.
Vikhlyantseva has career-high rankin ...
in straight sets. Later, she reached the quarterfinals of the $50k
Toronto
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tournament. As a result, she was noted in the
WTA top 500.
Thanks to a wildcard Bouzková finally made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the
2015 Mexican Open in
Acapulco
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, losing to
Sesil Karatantcheva
Sesil Radoslavova Karatantcheva (; born 8 August 1989) is a Bulgarian former tennis player.
On 7 November 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. On 19 April 2010, she peaked at No. 154 in the doubles rankings.
In her career ...
in the first round. In April, she missed main draws of the
Katowice Open
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and
Prague Open In tennis, Prague Open may refer to:
* Prague Open (1987–1999)
* 1992 HTC Prague Open, HTC Prague Open, held only in 1992
* BVV Prague Open (1993–1994)
* I.ČLTK Prague Open, Advantage Cars Prague Open
* WTA Prague Open, Livesport Prague Open
* ...
. In June, she won two back-to-back tournaments at Grand Baie La Croisette on
Mauritius
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, and followed this up with another title at
La Possession
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on the isle of
Réunion
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(France). In August, she reached finals of the
Horb and
Pörtschach events. In September, she made the semifinals of the $25k event in
Monterrey
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; it was her last significant result of the year. In addition, she won another title at Grand Baie La Croisette, her only played tournament in doubles that year.
2016–18: Success on the ITF Circuit & Grand Slam debut
The following three years, Bouzková had some success on the ITF Circuit. She started 2016 season as finalist in
Fort-de-France
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History
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(
Martinique
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). She then travelled to
Guadeloupe
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where she recorded her first title of the year at
Petit-Bourg
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. In February, she won the $25k event in
Cuernavaca
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, and then lifted the trophy in May at
Monzón, Spain. A month later, she won the title at
Puszczykowo, defeating
Valeria Savinykh in the final, not dropping a single set during the tournament. In September, she played the qualifying of the
Tournoi de Québec
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, her first appearance at any WTA tournaments of the season. After losing to
Lauren Davis
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in the first round, she was forced to continue with ITF Circuit events. However, she had not reached any semifinals by the end of the year.
In January 2017, Bouzková suffered two early losses at two $25k events in the United States. Her next destination was Australia, where she began with a semifinal at the $60k
Burnie International
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. After an early loss in the following week at the $60k
Launceston International, she won the title at
Perth
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($25k) defeating compatriot
Markéta Vondroušová
Markéta Vondroušová (; born 28 June 1999) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 6 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Vondroušová has won two singles titles, including the 2023 Wimbledon Champio ...
. In early March, she failed to qualify for the
Mexican Open in Acapulco but then won another title at
Orlando
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. A month later, she entered the main draw of the
Ladies Open Bien/Bielle through qualifying, as her first main-draw appearance since the Mexican Open in February 2015. She lost in the first round to
Barbora Strýcová
Barbora Strýcová (; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles.
She won two Gra ...
. Still in Switzerland, a week later Bouzková reached semifinals of the $25k
Chiasso Open. In May, she reached another ITF final, this time at Monzón ($25k), but lost to
Georgina García Pérez
Georgina García Pérez (; born 13 May 1992) is an inactive Spanish tennis player.
She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with 12 singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Women's ...
. Some progress was seen from Bouzková, since she made her
Grand Slam debut at the
Wimbledon qualifying. After recording her first win there, she was stopped in the second round of qualifying. At the
US Open, she had another attempt to reach a major main draw but lost in the first round of qualifying. In late September, she played in the final at
Stillwater ($25k) but lost to
Aleksandra Wozniak
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. She finished year with two early losses at
WTA Challengers in Asia, in
Hua Hin
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and
Taipei
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, her WTA 125 debut.
Her 2018 season was marked with her Grand Slam debut in singles and her return to compete in doubles events. After losing in the qualifying of the first three majors, Bouzková won three matches in the qualifying of the
US Open and so entered the main draw. There, she lost her first match against
Ana Bogdan
Ana Bogdan (born 25 November 1992) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2009, she peaked at No. 39 in the WTA rankings in July 2023.
Bogdan had a successful junior career, reaching world No. 2 on 5 January 20 ...
. During the year, she advanced to only one final, at the $25k
Irapuato
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tournament in February, and won the title by defeating
Kristína Kučová
Kristína Kučová (; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings.
She has won one singles title on ...
. Playing only five events, she reached one semifinal, at the $60k
Challenger de Granby in July 2018.
2019: Premier-5 semifinal, top 100, three top-10 wins
For Bouzková season started at the
Brisbane International
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where she passed qualifying, and in the first round faced
Samantha Stosur
Samantha Jane Stosur (born 30 March 1984) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and ...
. Bouzková won but was stopped in the next round by
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), holding the position for a total of eight weeks, and has been ...
. At the
Australian Open
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, she lost in the first round of qualifying to fellow Czech
Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles by the Wome ...
. On both the
Indian Wells and
Miami Open, she failed to qualify. In the clay-court season, she reached the first round of the
Prague Open In tennis, Prague Open may refer to:
* Prague Open (1987–1999)
* 1992 HTC Prague Open, HTC Prague Open, held only in 1992
* BVV Prague Open (1993–1994)
* I.ČLTK Prague Open, Advantage Cars Prague Open
* WTA Prague Open, Livesport Prague Open
* ...
, and passed qualifying at the
French Open
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, before losing to
Bianca Andreescu
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (; born June 16, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked world No. 4 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Andreescu has won two singles titles on the WTA T ...
in round one. At
Wimbledon
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* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
Wimbledon may also refer to:
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* W ...
, she also reached the main draw through qualifying. There, she beat
Mona Barthel
Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German tennis player.
On 18 March 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 14 September 2015, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings.
Barthel has won four singles and three double ...
in the first round, before losing to
Maria Sakkari
Maria Sakkari (, ; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her the highest-ranked Greek player ...
in the second.
During the
US Open Series
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...
, she played at the
Silicon Valley Classic where she was beaten in the first round. The following week at the
Canadian Open, she had her first appearance in the qualifying of some
Premier-5 tournament, and she accomplished her career-best result so far. On the way to the semifinals, she defeated
Leylah Fernandez, former US Open champion
Sloane Stephens
Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Stephens has won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2 ...
, former French Open champion
Jeļena Ostapenko
Jeļena "Aļona" Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 5 in singles and No. 4 in doubles by the WTA. Ostapenko has won nine WTA Tour-level singles and eleven doubles tit ...
, and even two-time Grand Slam champion
Simona Halep
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, with Stephens and Halep being her first two top-ten wins. Facing
Serena Williams
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in the semifinals, Bouzková won the first set before Serena made a turnover and won the match. At the
US Open, she made her main-draw debut in a major tournament without playing qualifying; however, she lost her first-round match to
Ajla Tomljanović
Ajla Tomljanović ( ; ; born 7 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. On 3 April 2023, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32. On 5 January 2015, she peaked at No. 47 in the doubles rankings. She has won four s ...
. On the Asian swing, she reached quarterfinals at
Guangzhou
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, scoring her third top-ten win, over
Elina Svitolina
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina (, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and No. 108 in doubles by the WTA rankings, WTA. Svitolina has won 18 WTA Tour single ...
, and the second round at the
Wuhan Open
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, but failed to qualify for the
China Open.
In July, she reached the top 100, and finished the year as No. 57.
2020: First WTA Tour singles final, top 50 in singles
Bouzková lost in the first rounds of the
Brisbane International
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(to
Madison Keys
Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 5 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Keys has won ten WTA Tour-level career singles ...
), and of the
Hobart International the following week. Playing at the
Australian Open
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for the first time in the main draw, she was stopped in round one by defending champion,
Naomi Osaka
is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 25 weeks, the first Asian player to hold the ...
. She suffered another opening-round loss at the
Mexican Open. The following week at the
Monterrey Open, she finally reached her first WTA Tour final but lost to Elina Svitolina in a tough three-setter. After that performance, she entered the top 50, at No. 47 on 9 March.
In her first tournament after the
COVID-19 pandemic
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outbreak, she reached quarterfinals but lost to eventual champion
Jennifer Brady
Jennifer Elizabeth Brady (born April 12, 1995) is an inactive American tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 13 on 22 February 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of 44 on 19 August 2019. Brady has won one WTA ...
. She also had success at the
Cincinnati Open reaching the third round, before losing to
Anett Kontaveit
Anett Kontaveit (; born 24 December 1995) is an Estonian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 6 June 2022 to become the highes ...
. At the
US Open, she lost in the first round to
Jessica Pegula. Playing at the
Italian Open, she made her debut at that tournament but was stopped in the second round by
Elena Rybakina
Elena Andreyevna Rybakina (born 17 June 1999) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked world No. 3 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, making her the first Kazakhstani ...
. On 31 August, she reached a new career-high in singles, at No. 46.
2021: Doubles raising: two major quarterfinals, maiden career title & top 35
In June, she won her maiden WTA Tour title in doubles at the
Birmingham Classic, partnering compatriot
Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis 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 w ...
. They defeated the pair of
Ons Jabeur
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and
Ellen Perez
Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player.
Her career-high rankings in singles and doubles are world No. 162 and No. 7, achieved in August 2019 and in April 2024, respectively.
She has won eight doubles titl ...
in a tight three-setter. At the
Prague Open In tennis, Prague Open may refer to:
* Prague Open (1987–1999)
* 1992 HTC Prague Open, HTC Prague Open, held only in 1992
* BVV Prague Open (1993–1994)
* I.ČLTK Prague Open, Advantage Cars Prague Open
* WTA Prague Open, Livesport Prague Open
* ...
, she lifted her second trophy, again with Hradecká.
2022: Wimbledon quarterfinal, WTA Tour singles title & top 30
Bouzková recorded her first major match win at the
Australian Open
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, over qualifier
Rebecca Marino.At
Indian Wells, she reached the third round at this tournament for the first time.
Partnering
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Sara Sorribes Tormo (; born 8 October 1996) is a Spanish professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 32 on 7 February 2022 and No. 17 in doubles on 6 May 2024. She has won two singles titl ...
, she won the doubles title at the
İstanbul Cup
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, defeating
Natela Dzalamidze
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and
Kamilla Rakhimova
Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova ( rus, Камилла Станиславовна Рахимова, , kɐˈmʲiɫə rɐˈxʲiməvə; born 28 August 2001) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings of No. 61 in si ...
in the final.
Bouzková reached the third round at the WTA 1000-level at
Madrid
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.At the
French Open
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, she reached the second round in singles for the first time in her career but had to withdraw from her match against
Elise Mertens
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and her doubles match due to COVID-19.
At
Wimbledon
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, she defeated three Americans (seventh seed
Danielle Collins
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,
Ann Li and 28th seed
Alison Riske-Amritraj) to reach the fourth round. Next, she defeated
Caroline Garcia
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for the first Grand Slam quarterfinal in her career.
At the
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, Bouzková defeated
Anastasia Potapova
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to win the first career WTA Tour title. As a result, she returned to the top 50 in the rankings on 1 August 2022, at world No. 46.
At the WTA 1000
Cincinnati Open, she reached the second round and played against 11th seed
Coco Gauff who retired. In doubles, she made the round of 16 with
Laura Siegemund
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Siegemund reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 on 29 January 2024 and has won fourteen doubles titles on the WTA Tour.
She is a three-time Gran ...
. As a result, she recorded a new career-high of No. 41 in singles, and returned to the top 40 in doubles.
At the WTA 1000
Guadalajara Open, she reached quarterfinals only for the second time at this level, defeating
Liudmila Samsonova
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. She entered the semifinals, after
Anna Kalinskaya
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was forced to retire from the match. As a result, she recorded a new career-high in the top 30 of the singles rankings. However, she lost her semifinal match to
Maria Sakkari
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in two sets; play was delayed by rain after the first set and had to be continued the following day.
2023: Third top-5 win & French Open singles quarterfinal, Italian doubles semifinal
She reached the fourth round of the WTA 1000
Italian Open for the first time, defeating sixth seed Coco Gauff for her third top-5 win. In the same tournament, on her debut in doubles, she reached semifinals, alongside
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
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, using protected ranking. They lost the match to fourth seeds and eventual champions, Elise Mertens and
Storm Hunter.
Bouzková and Sorribes Tormo won their first WTA 1000 tournament at the
China Open, defeating
Giuliana Olmos
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and
Chan Hao-ching
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in the final.
French Open controversy
At the
2023 French Open
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,
Miyu Kato and
Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from the tournament during their doubles match after a ball returned by Kato accidentally hit a ball girl. The incident sparked controversy and criticism of opponents Bouzková and
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Sara Sorribes Tormo (; born 8 October 1996) is a Spanish professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 32 on 7 February 2022 and No. 17 in doubles on 6 May 2024. She has won two singles titl ...
, who argued for the disqualification. Kato hit a one-handed backhand to return the ball towards the ball girl. The ball girl seemed unaware that the ball was coming towards her and it unintentionally struck her, causing her discomfort and tears. After a consultation with officials, Kato and Sutjiadi were defaulted. The punishment received surprise and backlash from some viewers and tennis commentators. Former player
Gilles Simon
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Personal li ...
criticized Bouzková's and Sorribes Tormo's actions, and some suggested they should face consequences for escalating the situation and lying about their role in calling for the default. Also for laughing after Kato and her partner were disqualified. The incident drew widespread attention and sparked debates about sportsmanship in tennis. Kato issued an apology, expressing remorse for accidentally striking the ball girl.
2024: First WTA 500 final
She reached the final at the
Washington Open defeating three Americans, qualifier
McCartney Kessler,
Taylor Townsend and wildcard
Robin Montgomery, and then upset top seed
Aryna Sabalenka
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, before ultimately losing to
Paula Badosa in three sets.
Performance timelines
''Only main-draw results in
WTA Tour
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,
Grand Slam tournaments,
Billie Jean King Cup,
Hopman Cup
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,
United Cup and
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are included in win–loss records.
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Singles
''Current through the
2024 Miami Open.''
Doubles
''Current through the
2024 Miami Open.''
Mixed doubles
Significant finals
WTA 1000 tournaments
Doubles: 1 (title)
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups)
Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 16 (12 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Doubles: 3 (3 titles)
Junior finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Girls' singles: 1 (title)
Girls' doubles: 1 (runner–up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)
WTA Tour career earnings
''Current through the
2023 Canadian Open.''
Career Grand Slam statistics
Seedings
Singles
Doubles
Best Grand Slam results details
Grand Slam winners are in boldface, and runner–ups are in ''italics''.
Top 10 wins
* She has a 11–14 () record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Notes
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Czech female tennis players
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Tennis players from Prague
Tennis players from Bradenton, Florida
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles
21st-century Czech sportswomen
Tennis controversies