Tereza Mihalíková (; born 2 June 1998) is a Slovak

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player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 33 by the WTA, reached on 17 March 2025. She has won one doubles title on the

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and three WTA Challenger doubles titles, along with eight singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Mihalíková was very successful as a junior. As a former junior No. 4, she won the

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in both events. First, in 2015, she won the girls' singles event, after defeating

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in the final. Her doubles title came a year later, when, alongside

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, she defeated

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and

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. She is also three time Grand Slam finalist in doubles: 2014 US Open and

and

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in 2015. While still playing mostly in tournaments of the ITF Circuit in singles, she had her breakthrough in doubles by winning her first career title in 2021 and debuting in the top 100.

Career

2014–2016: Juniors

Grand Slam performance

Singles: * Australian Open: W (

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) * Wimbledon: 3R (

) * US Open: 2R (

) Doubles: * Australian Open: W (

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) * French Open: 2R (

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) * US Open: F (

) In 2014, Mihalíková reached the final of the girls' doubles tournament at the

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, partnering with

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. She was also a member of the Slovak

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team (U16). Together with Viktória Kužmová and Tamara Kupková, she reached the final in 2014, when they lost to the United States team (

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). Mihalíková entered doubles competition at the

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, again alongside Lapko. They lost their quarterfinal match to the eventual champions,

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and

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. But she won the singles competition, defeating British

in the final. At the

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, Mihalíková won the girls' doubles event with

and ended runner-up in the girls' singles event, losing the final to Vera Lapko.

2021: Progress in doubles: WTA Tour title and top 100

In June, Mihalíková reached her first WTA Challenger final at the Bol Ladies Open. Together with

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, she lost to the pair of

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and

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. The following month, she reached another Challenger final, at the

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alongside

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 ...

. Just like in the previous final, she lost in three sets. Mihalíková reached her first WTA Tour doubles final at the Zavarovalnica Sava Portorož in September. Partnering with

, she defeated

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and

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, in three sets. In December, she was successful in her third attempt in a WTA Challenger final, winning the title at the Open Angers alongside

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, after beating

Vera Zvonareva Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲerə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ran ...

and

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. These results pushed her into the top 100 for the first time.

2022: Two WTA 125 doubles titles

Alongside

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, Mihalíková won the doubles title at the WTA 125 Contrexeville in July, with a win in the final over

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and

Alexandra Panova Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of world No. 30 achieved on 28 October 2024. She peaked at No. 71 in singles on 3 ...

. In October, oartnering with

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, she won the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico in October, defeating

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and

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in the final.

2024: Two WTA 250 finals

Mihalíková was runner-up at the

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alongside

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and at the Rosmalen Open partnering with

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. Playing with Nicholls, she reached back-to-back quarterfinals at the

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and at the next WTA 1000, the

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. In November, Mihalíková partnered

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to win the deciding doubles match against the USA pair of

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and

that saw Slovakia qualify for the

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quarterfinals. The pair then repeated the feat in the semifinals by overcoming Nicholls and

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as Slovakia defeated Great Britain to make it into the final for the first time since 2002.

2025: First WTA 1000 final

With her partner

, Mihalíková reached her first WTA 1000 final at the

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with an upset win over fifth seeds

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and

Zhang Shuai Zhang Shuai ( zh , s = 张帅 , p = Zhāng Shuài ; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high doubles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022 and a singles ranking of No. 22 re ...

. They lost the final to

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and

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. In May, Mihalíková and Nicholls were runners-up at the WTA 125 Trophée Clarins, losing to

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and

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in the final.

Performance timeline

Doubles

''Current through the 2023 China Open.''

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 35 (19 titles, 16 runner–ups)

Junior Circuit finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Girls' singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Girls' doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Doubles (5–5)

Notes

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mihalikova, Tereza 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Topoľčany Slovak female tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles 21st-century Slovak sportswomen