Lucie Safarova
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Šafářová at the 2016 US Open
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| Country (sports) |
 Czech Republic
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| Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco | |||||||||
| Born |
4 February 1987 Brno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
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| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||
| Turned pro | 2002 | |||||||||
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||
| Coach(es) | František Čermák | |||||||||
| Prize money | $10,067,274 | |||||||||
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| Career record | 401–287 (58.28%) | |||||||||
| Career titles | 7 WTA, 7 ITF | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 5 (14 September 2015) | |||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 55 (30 January 2017) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | QF (2007) | |||||||||
| French Open | F (2015) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (2014) | |||||||||
| US Open | 4R (2014) | |||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||
| Tour Finals | RR (2015) | |||||||||
| Olympic Games | 3R (2008) | |||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||
| Career record | 151–129 (53.93%) | |||||||||
| Career titles | 13 WTA, 1 ITF | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 2 (30 January 2017) | |||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 2 (30 January 2017) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2015, 2017) | |||||||||
| French Open | W (2015) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (2014, 2015) | |||||||||
| US Open | W (2016) | |||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||
| Tour Finals | F (2016) | |||||||||
| Olympic Games |
 Bronze medal (2016) |
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| Fed Cup |
W (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015) Record 13–12 |
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Medal record
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| Last updated on: 13 October 2016. | ||||||||||
Lucie Šafářová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈlutsɪjɛ ˈʃafaːr̝ovaː]; born 4 February 1987) is a professional Czech tennis player from Brno. Šafářová has won seven WTA tour singles titles, thirteen doubles titles and reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 Australian Open by upsetting defending champion Amélie Mauresmo in the fourth round. She reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and her first Grand Slam final at the 2015 French Open. She also won the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 French Open , 2016 US Open and 2017 Australian Open women's doubles titles partnering with Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
Šafářová plays left-handed with a two-handed backhand and possesses a high topspin forehand similar to that of male tennis star Rafael Nadal. Her timing off the ground allows her to project groundstrokes with power, and she is quick to spot opportunities to take the initiative. Šafářová is notorious for having a volatile return that is capable of hitting clean winners, as well as unforced errors. Her preferred surface is clay. She was coached by Rob Steckley until September 2016 when she split and hired Frantisek Cermak ending a coaching relationship of more than 3 and half years.
Šafářová won her first WTA Tour event in May 2005 at the Estoril Open in Portugal, where she defeated fourth-seeded Li Na in a three-sets final. In June she lost the final of the Rosmalen grass court tournament to fellow Czech Klára Koukalová in three sets. She won her second tournament at the Forest Hills Tennis Classic in August, which was played at the historic West Side Tennis Club, after a victory in the final against Sania Mirza.
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