Andrea Hlaváčková

Hlaváčková at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Full name	Andrea Hlaváčková
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Plzeň, Czech Republic
Born	(1986-08-10) 10 August 1986 (age 29) Plzeň, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2004
Prize money	$3,069,016
Singles
Career record	337–295
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 58 (10 September 2012)
Current ranking	No. 148 (5 October 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2011)
French Open	1R (2011, 2013, 2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2010, 2011, 2012)
US Open	4R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	373–181
Career titles	15 WTA, 19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 3 (22 October 2012)
Current ranking	No. 23 (5 October 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2012)
French Open	W (2011)
Wimbledon	F (2012)
US Open	W (2013)
Tour Finals	F (2012)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (2014)
US Open	W (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	4–2
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Doubles
Last updated on: 10 October 2015.

Andrea Hlaváčková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈandrɛa ˈɦlavaːtʃkovaː]; born 10 August 1986) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her highest singles ranking is World No. 58, which she reached in September 2012, and her highest doubles ranking is World No. 3, reached on 22 October 2012. In her career, Hlaváčková has won 14 WTA doubles titles, as well as 17 ITF doubles titles and seven ITF singles titles. Hlaváčková has won two Grand Slam doubles titles, the 2011 French Open and the 2013 US Open, both times partnered with Lucie Hradecká. The pair are also the 2012 Olympic silver medallists. She was part of the winning Czech team in Fed Cup 2012.[1] She also won the mixed doubles title at the 2013 US Open paired with Max Mirnyi.

Hlaváčková's elder sister is retired tennis player Jana Hlaváčková.

Tennis career[edit]

Hlaváčková won her first International Tennis Federation (ITF) doubles title in 2003, on 19 October, with compatriot Tereza Szafnerová. The team defeated Lucie Kriegsmannová and Pavlína Šlitrová in the final.

In 2006, Hlaváčková won her first and only ITF singles title in Tenerife, Spain, when she beat Monique Adamczak in the final. Hlaváčková won her first ITF doubles title of 2006 in Jersey, Channel Islands, with Matea Mezak. Hlaváčková and Renata Voráčová won a title in Fontanafredda, Italy over Daniela and Sandra Klemenschits. In late 2006, she won three straight doubles events that she entered. All of them came with compatriot Nikola Franková in November and December.

In 2007, Hlaváčková won her first WTA doubles title, partnered with compatriot Petra Cetkovská. Hlaváčková and Sandra Klösel of Germany entered the 2007 Wimbledon women's doubles competition main draw as lucky losers. The team defeated Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska in the first round, but fell to Michaëlla Krajicek and Agnieszka Radwańska in the second. The Czech team won the title in their home country, at the Prague Open. They defeated Ji Chunmei and Sun Shengnan. On the ITF Circuit, Hlaváčková won four doubles titles. Her first of the year came in March in Tenerife, Spain along with Margit Rüütel. Her next two titles came in La Palma, Spain and Calvià, Spain, both with Cetkovská. Hlaváčková won her fourth title with Lucie Hradecká in Jersey, Great Britain to retain her crown.

Hlaváčková made a successful WTA partnership with Lucie Hradecká, and teamed with her to win the 2008 ECM Prague Open in their home country of the Czech Republic in Prague. To win, the pair defeated Jill Craybas and Michaëlla Krajicek in the final. Their second title of the year then came at the 2008 Gastein Ladies, where they beat Sesil Karatantcheva and Nataša Zorić in the final.

She won her first Grand Slam title in doubles with Lucie Hradecká at the 2011 French Open, beating Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina in the final.

On 5 August 2012, Hlaváčková won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London along with her women's doubles partner Lucie Hradecká.^[1]

At the 2012 US Open, Hlaváčková reached the fourth round. She upset Maria Kirilenko in the third round, but was defeated by fourth seed and eventual champion Serena Williams in the Round of 16, 6-0, 6-0.^[2]

At the 2013 US Open, Hlaváčková won both the mixed doubles title paired with Max Mirnyi and the women's doubles title with Lucie Hradecká.^[3]

Significant finals[edit]

Grand Slam finals[edit]

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)[edit]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2011	French Open	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Lucie Hradecká	Serena Williams Venus Williams	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	2012	US Open	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2013	US Open	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6–7 (4–7), 6–1, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)[edit]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2013	US Open	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Abigail Spears Santiago González	7–6(7–5), 6–3

Olympic finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)[edit]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Silver	2012	London	Grass	Lucie Hradecká	Serena Williams Venus Williams	4–6, 4–6

WTA career finals[edit]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	21 July 2013	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Yvonne Meusburger	5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 29 (15 titles, 13 runners-up)[edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in final	Score in final
Winner	1.	7 May 2007	ECM Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Petra Cetkovská	Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan	7–6(9–7), 6–2
Winner	2.	28 April 2008	ECM Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Jill Craybas Michaëlla Krajicek	1–6, 6–3, 10–6
Winner	3.	14 July 2008	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Sesil Karatantcheva Nataša Zorić	6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	20 July 2009	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Tatjana Malek Andrea Petkovic	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	3 January 2010	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Melinda Czink Arantxa Parra Santonja	2–6, 7–6(7–3), 10–4
Runner-up	1.	19 February 2011	Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Lucie Hradecká	Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	6.	24 April 2011	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Fes, Morocco	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Nina Bratchikova Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 6–4
Winner	7.	21 May 2011	Brussels Open, Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Galina Voskoboeva	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 6–0, [10–5]
Winner	8.	3 June 2011	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	16 July 2011	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy	Clay	Klára Zakopalová	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	5–7, 1–6
Winner	9.	7 January 2012	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Julia Görges Flavia Pennetta	6–7(2–7), 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	10.	25 February 2012	Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Lucie Hradecká	Vera Dushevina Olga Govortsova	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	6 July 2012	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Lucie Hradecká	Serena Williams Venus Williams	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	5 August 2012	Summer Olympics, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Lucie Hradecká	Serena Williams Venus Williams	4–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	19 August 2012	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	25 August 2012	New Haven Open at Yale, New Haven, United States	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–4, 0–6, [4–10]
Runner-up	6.	9 September 2012	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4–6, 2–6
Winner	12.	21 October 2012	BGL Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Lucie Hradecká	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	28 October 2012	WTA Championships, Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Lucie Hradecká	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	3 February 2013	Open GDF Suez, Paris, France	Hard (i)	Liezel Huber	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	7 April 2013	Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States	Clay (green)	Liezel Huber	Kristina Mladenovic Lucie Šafářová	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	13.	14 July 2013	Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Nina Bratchikova Anna Tatishvili	6–4, 6–1
Winner	14.	8 September 2013	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	15 September 2013	Challenge Bell, Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Lucie Hradecká	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	14 September 2014	Coupe Banque Nationale, Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Julia Görges	Lucie Hradecká Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	3–6, 6–7(8–10)
Winner	15.	4 October 2014	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Peng Shuai	Cara Black Sania Mirza	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	28 February 2015	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Lara Arruabarrena María Teresa Torró Flor	6–7(2–7), 7–5, [11–13]
Runner-up	13.	21 June 2015	Aegon Classic, Birmingham, Great Britain	Grass	Lucie Hradecká	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	4-6, 4-6
Runner-up	14.	18 October 2015	Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	3–6, 5–7

Singles statistics[edit]

This table is current through the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.

Doubles statistics[edit]

Key

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup - / Fed Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Only Main Draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam Tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records. This table is current through the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Andrea Hlaváčková at the Women's Tennis Association
• Andrea Hlaváčková at the International Tennis Federation
• Andrea Hlaváčková at the Fed Cup

Women's Tennis Association: Top Czech female singles tennis players as of 9 November 2015 1. Petra Kvitová (6 ) 2. Lucie Šafářová (9 ) 3. Karolína Plíšková (11 ) 4. Barbora Strýcová (41 ) 5. Lucie Hradecká (53 ) 6. Denisa Allertová (63 ) 7. Klára Koukalová (106 ) 8. Kateřina Siniaková (108 ) 9. Kristýna Plíšková (113 ) 10. Tereza Smitková (125 )

Women's Tennis Association: Top Czech female doubles tennis players as of 9 November 2015 1. Lucie Šafářová (4 ) 2. Lucie Hradecká (17 ) 3. Andrea Hlaváčková (20 ) 4. Barbora Strýcová (28 ) 5. Karolína Plíšková (46 ) 6. Kateřina Siniaková (58 ) 7. Renata Voráčová (86 ) 8. Barbora Krejčíková (87 ) 9. Eva Hrdinová (88 ) 10. Klára Koukalová (127 )