Strýcová at the 2016 US Open
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Full name | Barbora Strýcová | |||||||||
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Country (sports) | Czech Republic | |||||||||
Born |
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
28 March 1986 |||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||
Turned pro | 2003 | |||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||
Prize money | $ 5,915,942 | |||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||
Career record | 478–334 (58.87%) | |||||||||
Career titles | 1 WTA, 9 ITF | |||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 16 (16 January 2017) | |||||||||
Current ranking | No. 17 (28 January 2017) | |||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||
Australian Open | 4R (2016, 2017) | |||||||||
French Open | 3R (2016) | |||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (2014) | |||||||||
US Open | 3R (2014, 2015) | |||||||||
Other tournaments | ||||||||||
Olympic Games | 2R (2016) | |||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||
Career record | 381–216 (63.82%) | |||||||||
Career titles | 20 WTA, 10 ITF | |||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 12 (30 January 2017) | |||||||||
Current ranking | No. 12 (30 January 2017) | |||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||
Australian Open | SF (2015) | |||||||||
French Open | QF (2015) | |||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (2013) | |||||||||
US Open | SF (2014) | |||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||
Olympic Games | Bronze (2016) | |||||||||
Mixed doubles | ||||||||||
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | ||||||||||
Australian Open | QF (2010) | |||||||||
French Open | 2R (2010, 2011) | |||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (2004) | |||||||||
US Open | QF (2011) | |||||||||
Team competitions | ||||||||||
Fed Cup | W (2011), (2012), (2014), (2015), (2016) Record 13–8 | |||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 30 January 2017. |
Barbora Strýcová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbarbora ˈstriːtsovaː]; born 28 March 1986 in Plzeň), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a professional Czech tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is world number 16, a ranking she achieved on 16 January 2017.
Strýcová was a strong junior player, winning two Grand Slams in girls' singles: the 2002 Australian Open and then defending that title at the 2003 Australian Open. She also won three Grand Slam girls' doubles titles between 2001 and 2003.
She reached world number 1 in both singles and doubles on the junior rankings, achieving both in 2002, and was named the ITF Junior World Champion that same year. In her junior career, she beat several players who went on to become notable professionals such as Maria Sharapova, Anna-Lena Grönefeld, Tatiana Golovin, Shahar Pe'er and Maria Kirilenko.
Turning professional in 2003, Strýcová had already worked her ranking into the top 300 after some good results in ITF Women's Circuit events over 2002. She continued to play mostly ITF circuit events throughout the year, and made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon, qualifying and losing in the first round to Tatiana Perebiynis. She finished the year ranked world number 161.
2004 turned out to be the year that Strýcová stepped up considerably. She began the year by qualifying for the Australian Open and then reached the fourth round at the WTA tournament in Indian Wells, beating seeded player Eleni Daniilidou before losing to Justine Henin, a result that broke her into the top 100 for the first time. She recorded another notable win over Anna Smashnova in Amelia Island, and won her first two Grand Slam main draw matches at the Australian Open and French Open. After hitting a rough patch in the middle part of the season, she finished the year strongly by reaching her first WTA semifinal at an event in Guangzhou and winning an ITF event in Saint-Raphaël, France. She finished the season ranked world number 56.