Tereza Mihalíková

Tereza Mihalíková (; born 2 June 1998) is a Slovak tennis 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 WTA Tour 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 Australian Open in both events. First, in 2015, she won the girls' singles event, after defeating Katie Swan in the final. Her doubles title came a year later, when, alongside Anna Kalinskaya, she defeated Dayana Yastremska and Anastasia Zarycká. She is also three time Grand Slam finalist in doubles: 2014 US Open and Australian Open and Wimbledon 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 (2015)
* French Open: 2R (2014)
* Wimbledon: 3R (2015)
* US Open: 2R (2014)

Doubles:
* Australian Open: W (2016)
* French Open: 2R (2014)
* Wimbledon: F (2015)
* US Open: F (2014)

In 2014, Mihalíková reached the final of the girls' doubles tournament at the US Open, partnering with Vera Lapko.

She was also a member of the Slovak Junior Fed Cup team (U16). Together with Viktória Kužmová and Tamara Kupková, she reached the final in 2014, when they lost to the United States team (CiCi Bellis, Tornado Alicia Black, Sofia Kenin).

Mihalíková entered doubles competition at the 2015 Australian Open, again alongside Lapko. They lost their quarterfinal match to the eventual champions, Miriam Kolodziejová and Markéta Vondroušová. But she won the singles competition, defeating British Katie Swan in the final. At the 2016 Australian Open, Mihalíková won the girls' doubles event with Anna Kalinskaya 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 Ekaterine Gorgodze, she lost to the pair of Aliona Bolsova and Katarzyna Kawa. The following month, she reached another Challenger final, at the Swedish Open alongside Kamilla Rakhimova. 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 Anna Kalinskaya, she defeated Aleksandra Krunić and Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, 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 Greet Minnen, after beating Vera Zvonareva and Monica Niculescu. These results pushed her into the top 100 for the first time.

2022: Two WTA 125 doubles titles

Alongside Ulrikke Eikeri, Mihalíková won the doubles title at the WTA 125 Contrexeville in July, with a win in the final over Han Xinyun and Alexandra Panova.

In October, oartnering with Aldila Sutjiadi, she won the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico in October, defeating Ashlyn Krueger and Elizabeth Mandlik in the final.

2024: Two WTA 250 finals

Mihalíková was runner-up at the Transylvania Open alongside Harriet Dart and at the Rosmalen Open partnering with Olivia Nicholls.

Playing with Nicholls, she reached back-to-back quarterfinals at the China Open and at the next WTA 1000, the Wuhan Open.

In November, Mihalíková partnered Viktória Hrunčáková to win the deciding doubles match against the USA pair of Taylor Townsend and Ashlyn Krueger that saw Slovakia qualify for the Billie Jean King Cup quarterfinals. The pair then repeated the feat in the semifinals by overcoming Nicholls and Heather Watson 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 Olivia Nicholls, Mihalíková reached her first WTA 1000 final at the 2025 BNP Paribas Open with an upset win over fifth seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Zhang Shuai. They lost the final to Asia Muhammad and Demi Schuurs.

In May, Mihalíková and Nicholls were runners-up at the WTA 125 Trophée Clarins, losing to Irina Khromacheva and Fanny Stollár 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)

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{{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