Tereza Martincová (; born 24 October 1994) is a Czech professional
tennis
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player.
Martincová has won one doubles title on the
WTA Tour
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and four singles titles on the
ITF Circuit. On 14 February 2022, she reached her best
WTA singles ranking of No. 40. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 77 in the
doubles rankings.
Career
2013–15
In June 2013, Martincová made her
WTA Tour
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main-draw debut at the
Nürnberger Versicherungscup. After coming through all three qualifying rounds, she lost to
Estrella Cabeza Candela in round one. One month later, Martincová once again came through qualifying at the
Baku Cup, defeating
Oksana Kalashnikova in the first round, but losing to
Tadeja Majerič in the second.
In 2014, first WTA Tour event for Martincová was the
Nürnberger Versicherungscup where she qualified for the main draw, and then lost to
Anastasia Rodionova. She qualified for the
Swedish Open in Båstad, before
Mona Barthel defeated her in the first round. At the
Coupe Banque Nationale in
Quebec City
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, Martincová once again passed qualifying, but again lost in the first main-draw round, this time to
Shelby Rogers.
In 2015, Martincová made her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the
Brasil Tennis Cup after victories over
Quirine Lemoine and
Ajla Tomljanović. She also made her Grand Slam debut at the
US Open.
2016–20
In 2016, she improved her best performance on WTA Tour, making it to the semifinals of the
Tournois de Québec, and earning victories over
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 ...
,
Ekaterina Alexandrova and
Jessica Pegula.
Martincová realized her best performance at a
major championship in 2017, reaching the first round at the
US Open by defeating
Valentini Grammatikopoulou,
Vera Lapko
Vera Valeryevna Lapko (; born 29 September 1998) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player.
She won seven singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women ...
and Georgia Brescia in
qualifying. She repeated her best performance on the WTA Tour, reaching the semifinals of the
Ladies Championship Gstaad.
In 2018, she reached her second ITF Circuit final in doubles, playing alongside
Michaëlla Krajicek
Michaëlla Krajicek (; born 9 January 1989) is a Dutch former tennis player. She has won three singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one WTA 125 tournaments, WTA 125 doubles title, and 14 titles in singles and 24 in double ...
.
She won her fourth ITF title in
Essen
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, defeating
Paula Badosa in the 2019 final. She achieved her best performance at
Wimbledon
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, reaching the first round by defeating
Xu Shilin,
Caroline Dolehide and
Anna Blinkova in
qualifying. She also reached the first round of the
US Open, repeating her best performance at this tournament, and third qualifying round at the
Australian Open
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.
Her performances kept improving in 2020 when she repeated her best score in
Melbourne
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, reaching
last qualifying round. At the
Qatar Open, she went through
qualifying defeating
Kristýna Plíšková and
Misaki Doi. She reached the second round of the tournament by defeating Misaki Doi (playing as
lucky loser
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) again, and then lost to
Maria Sakkari
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. This was the first time, she reached the main draw of a Premier-5 tournament.
2021–22: Top 100 in singles & doubles, WTA Tour singles final & first title in doubles
Qualified for
2021 Dubai Championships, she reached the third round at a WTA-1000 event for the first time, defeating Kristýna Plíšková and world No. 11,
Kiki Bertens. After qualifying for another WTA-1000 event in
Miami
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and making second round, where she pushed world No. 9 and eventual finalist,
Bianca Andreescu
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, to a tiebreak in the first set, she made her top 100 singles debut. Later, she scored her first Grand Slam tournament match-win at the
French Open
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, defeating
Ivana Jorović 6–3, 7–6. She then lost to 28th seeded
Jessica Pegula, in straight sets. Martincová started her grass-court season with quarterfinal showings in
Nottingham
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and
Birmingham
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, scoring big wins over former top-10 members and major champions,
Samantha Stosur
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and
Jeļena Ostapenko
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. Entering
Wimbledon
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in good form, she stormed into the third round on grandslam for the first time, defeating former quarterfinalist
Alison Riske and
Nadia Podoroska. Her run was ended by eventual finalist and compatriot
Karolína Plíšková.
Martincová then reached her first WTA Tour final in
Prague
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without dropping a set. She won just two games in the championship match against compatriot and French Open champion
Barbora Krejčíková
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. Entering the
US Open unseeded, Martincová was swept aside in the first round by 18th seed
Victoria Azarenka
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in the straight sets, despite being 4–1 up in the first set. In September 2021, she reached her first WTA 500 level quarterfinal in
2021 Ostrava Open, defeating
Kateřina Siniaková and
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
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before losing to eventual finalist Maria Sakkari. She ended season by losing a titanic battle at
Kremlin Cup, losing 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 to world No. 6 and eventual
2021 WTA Finals champion,
Garbiñe Muguruza
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, in the second round. In November, she made her top 50 debut, finishing year as world No. 48.
Martincová qualified into the
Australian Open
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main draw for the first time. In the first round, she defeated
Lauren Davis
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, before she lost to 30th seeded
Camila Giorgi
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in the second. She won just one singles match before entering the Australian Open, but she reached her first WTA doubles final at the
Melbourne Summer Set 2 with
Mayar Sherif, followed by another doubles final the following week at the
Adelaide International 2 with
Markéta Vondroušová, losing both in three sets. Martincová made her top 100 debut in doubles, after reaching the second round of the
Australian Open
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with Vondroušová.
Partnering
Marta Kostyuk, Martincová won the doubles title at the
2022 Zavarovalnica Sava Portorož, defeating
Tereza Mihalíková and
Cristina Bucșa in the final.
2023: Drop in results
After two successful years, she made significant drop during the 2023 season. She started with three first-round losses at the Australian Tour - Auckland Classic, Hobart International and Australian Open, respectively. No progress at the following tournaments such as not passing qualifying at the WTA 1000 Qatar Ladies & Indian Wells Open. She then recorded her first year tour-level win at the Miami Open where she defeated Tamara Korpatsch, before losing to Beatriz Haddad Maia. Both matches were played in the three sets.
Due to weak tour level performances, she was forced to also play some ITF tournaments. As her preparation for the following clay season, she played at the $80k Zaragoza tournament, where she was advanced to the final. Despite losing to Viktoriya Tomova in the final, it was her first significant result of the year. Still, she continued to struggle with results, since she was eliminated in the qualifying of the Madrid Open, reaching only first round of the Italian Open and losing in the first round of the French Open. During the grass-court season, she recorded her second tour win of the year at the
Birmingham Classic. After a first-round loss at
Wimbledon
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, she started with some better results when she reached semifinals of the
WTA Challenger at
Contrexéville, France. She followed this up with the second round of the
Warsaw Open, quarterfinals at the
Prague Open, and another quarterfinal at the WTA Challenger
Polish Open.
2024
Martincová qualified for the
ATX Open but lost in the first round to second seed
Sloane Stephens in straight sets.
Endorsements
She is sponsored by
Mizuno for her clothing and by
Wilson for her racquets.
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
2024 Wuhan Open.''
Doubles
''Current through the 2024 French Open.''
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Doubles: 2 (runner–ups)
WTA Tour career earnings
''Current after the
2023 Canadian Open.''
Head-to-head records
Record against top 10 players
* She has a 1–11 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Double bagel matches
Matches without dropping a single game
Notes
References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Czech female tennis players
Tennis players from Prague
21st-century Czech sportswomen