Magdalena Rybáriková

Magdaléna Rybáriková

Rybáriková at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Bratislava, Slovakia
Born	(1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 28) Piešťany, Slovakia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 2,728,810
Singles
Career record	345–247
Career titles	4 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 31 (19 August 2013)
Current ranking	No. 97 (14 March 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2014, 2015, 2016)
French Open	2R (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	3R (2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	58–61
Career titles	1 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 50 (6 June 2011)
Current ranking	No. 168 (14 March 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2011)
French Open	3R (2014)
Wimbledon	SF (2014)
US Open	3R (2010)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	14–11
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Magdaléna Rybáriková (born 4 October 1988) is a Slovak professional tennis player. On 19 August 2013, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of 31.

Rybáriková is coached by Martin Lezak and her fitness coaches are Kristian Cupak and Michal Dubovec. Like many tennis players she started young at the age of 8. She was born in Piešťany to father Anton, a business manager, and mother Maria. She has two older siblings, Filip and Nada, and a dog named Dolor. She moved to Bratislava at age 15 to train at the national tennis center there. Her favorite surfaces are grass and hard. She likes pizza, chicken, iced tea, and the movie "Pretty Woman". Her favorite tournaments are Wimbledon and the US Open. She admires Martina Hingis and Roger Federer as tennis players. She has stated that if she wasn't a tennis player, she would like to study archaeology, as she likes the Indiana Jones movies. She carries with her a toy duck as a lucky charm.

Rybáriková started to play on the Juniors circuit in 2002. Rybáriková then began playing on the ITF Circuit for the first time in 2004. In 2006, she reached the Girls' Singles final at Wimbledon. On her way there she defeated some of today's big names including Tamira Paszek and Alisa Kleybanova. In the final she lost 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 to one of today's top players, former world number one Caroline Wozniacki. The same year she also won two matches at the ECM Prague Open, making her first tour QF. In 2008 she won her first ITF 50k title and came through qualifying to reach the main draws' of both Roland Garros and Wimbledon. At the French Open, she won her first round match against Karolina Šprem 7–6(3), 3–6, 8–6. However, Rybáriková lost in the second round to eventual finalist Dinara Safina, 6–0, 6–1. At Wimbledon, Rybáriková lost in the first round to Monica Niculescu 1–6, 6–3, 6–4. At the US Open, Rybáriková beat Gisela Dulko 6–4, 6–0 in the first round. In the second round, she beat Tamira Paszek 6–1, 6–2. However she lost in the third round to No. 15 seed Patty Schnyder, but not without a fight, 7–6(4) 6–4. She then later in October reached her first tour SF, at the Tier IV Tashkent Open as the No. 5 seed. In the first round she defeated Kathrin Wörle 6–4, 6–4. In the second round she beat Vesna Manasieva 6–1, 7–5. In the quarterfinals she crushed Ioana Raluca Olaru 6–1, 6–2. She then lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Sorana Cîrstea. Rybáriková lost 6–3 in the first set, before retiring afterwards due to injury.