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Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Schmiedlová at the 2020-21 Billie Jean King Cup
Country (sports) Slovakia
ResidenceBratislava, Slovakia
Born (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 30)
Košice, Slovakia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2011
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMilan Martinec
Prize moneyUS$3,336,491
Singles
Career record349–250
Career titles3 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 26 (12 October 2015)
Current rankingNo. 115 (29 August 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2014, 2015, 2021)
French Open3R (2014, 2020)
Wimbledon2R (2022)
US Open3R (2015)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record39–60
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 213 (15 June 2015)
Current rankingNo. 1326 (29 August 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2015, 2016, 2022)
French Open2R (2015)
Wimbledon1R (2014, 2016)
US Open2R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup10–11
Last updated on: 4 September 2022.

Anna Karolína Schmiedlová[1] (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈanna ˈkarɔliːna ˈʂmiːdlɔʋaː];[2] born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak tennis player.

She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 12 singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 26.

Her younger sister, Kristína Schmiedlová, ended her professional tennis career at the age of 21.

Career

2013: Grand Slam and top-100 debut

Schmiedlová qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament at the French Open.

After Wimbledon, she reached the final of the $100,000 tournament in Biarritz,[3] and lost to Stephanie Vogt in three sets.[4]

She reached the top 100 for the first time with a ranking of world No. 97.[5]

2014: French Open third round

In May, Schmiedlová won the Empire Slovak Open in Trnava. She defeated the defending champion Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the final. The following week, she reached the final of the Prague Open, losing to Britain's Heather Watson in straight sets.[6]

At the French Open, Schmiedlová defeated Zheng Jie in the first round[7] and surprised the former world No. 1, Venus Williams, with a victory in three sets in round two.[7][8] In the third round, she lost to Garbiñe Muguruza in straight sets.[9]

2015: Breakthrough and first WTA Tour title

In February, she reached her first WTA final at the Rio Open, losing to Sara Errani in straight sets. In April, she won her first WTA title at the Katowice Open, where she defeated Camila Giorgi in the final. She won her second WTA title at the Bucharest Open, where she defeated Errani in the final.

At the Wuhan Open, Schmiedlová scored her first top-10 victory, and hence the biggest win of her career, by coming upsetting former world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, in three sets in the second round.[10]

2016: Major slump, out of the top 100

Schmiedlová commenced season at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Varvara Lepchenko.[11] Schmiedlová won her first match of the season at the Apia International Sydney by beating sixth seed Timea Bacsinszky in the first round.[12] She was heavily defeated in the second round by qualifier Monica Puig.[13] Seeded 27th at the Australian Open, Schmiedlová lost in the first round to Daria Kasatkina.[14]

2018: Third WTA title, return to top 100

The Slovakian, ranked 132 in the world before this win in Bogotá, beat Lara Arruabarrena in the final. It was her first title since 2015 and resulted in her return to the top 100.

2020: First third-round appearance at the French Open in six years

Schmiedlová at the 2020 Australian Open.

Schmiedlová kicked off her season at the Brisbane International where she lost to Marta Kostyuk in the second round of qualifying. At Hobart, she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Nina Stojanović. At the Australian Open, she lost her first-round match to sixth seed Belinda Bencic.[15]

Playing in the Fed Cup tie versus Great Britain, Schmiedlová helped Slovakia win 3–1 by beating Heather Watson and Harriet Dart.[16] Playing at the Mexican Open, Schmiedlová was defeated in the first round by Anastasia Potapova.[17] Coming through qualifying at the Monterrey Open, Schmiedlová beat Venus Williams in the first round.[18] She then lost in the second round to ninth seed and eventual finalist, Marie Bouzková.[19] A week later, competing at a $25k tournament in Irapuato, Mexico, she was defeated in the first round by eighth seed Renata Zarazúa.

In August, Schmiedlová played at the TK Sparta Prague Open. Seeded 24th, she reached the quarterfinal round where she lost to second seed and eventual finalist Elisabetta Cocciaretto.[20] In the leadup to the French Open, Schmiedlová played the İstanbul Cup and made it to the second round where she was defeated by Aliaksandra Sasnovich.[21]

At the French Open, Schmiedlová beat 2002 finalist and former world No. 1, Venus Williams, in straight sets in the first round.[22] In the second round, she upset 10th seed and former world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka, to reach the third round for the first time since 2014.[23] Her run ended in the third round with a straight-sets loss to qualifier and eventual semifinalist Nadia Podoroska.[24]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[25]

Singles

Current through the 2022 Emilia Romagna Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 2R 2R 1R A 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 8 3–8 27%
French Open 2R 3R 1R 1R A 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 0 / 9 6–9 40%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R NH Q2 2R 0 / 7 1–7 13%
US Open 2R 1R 3R 1R Q3 1R A A 2R 2R 0 / 7 5–7 42%
Win–loss 2–3 3–4 3–4 0–4 0–0 0–4 0–3 2–2 2–3 3–4 0 / 31 15–31 33%
Year-end championships
WTA Elite Trophy[a] DNQ RR DNQ NH 0 / 1 1–0 100%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH 2R NH A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Billie Jean King Cup[b] A A WG2 WG2 PO PO WG2 RR[c] 0 / 1 7–7 50%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[d] A A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Indian Wells Open A 1R 1R 2R Q1 A 1R NH 1R A 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Miami Open A 2R 2R 2R A A 1R NH Q2 A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Madrid Open A A A 1R A 1R 2R NH Q2 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Italian Open A A 1R 1R A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Cincinnati Open A Q1 QF 1R A Q1 A A A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[e] A Q2 QF A A A A NH 0 / 1 3–1 75%
China Open Q2 A 1R A A A A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 7 17 24 23 0 15 12 5 14 17 Career total: 134
Titles 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Career total: 3
Finals 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Career total: 5
Overall win–loss 3–7 5–17 38–21 6–24 0–1 12–15 7–13 6–5 14–16 7–17 3 / 134 98–136 42%
Win (%) 30% 23% 64% 20% 0% 44% 35% 55% 47% 29% Career total: 42%
Year-end ranking 74 73 26 227 133 77 138 139 84 $3,070,697

Doubles

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 ... 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open A 1R 1R A A 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
French Open 1R 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Wimbledon 1R A 1R NH A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 1–3 1–3 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 12 2–12 14%

WTA career finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250 (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2015 Rio Open, Brazil International[f] Clay Italy Sara Errani 6–7(2–7), 1–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2015 Katowice Open, Poland International Hard (i) Italy Camila Giorgi 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–1 Jul 2015 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay Italy Sara Errani 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 3–1 Apr 2018 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International Clay Spain Lara Arruabarrena 6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Jan 2019 Hobart International, Australia International Hard United States Sofia Kenin 3–6, 0–6

WTA 125 tournament finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 Belgrade Challenger, Serbia Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus 6–3, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (12 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–2)
$80,000 tournaments (2–0)
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (5–3)
$10,000 tournaments (4–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (9–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2011 ITF Yerevan, Armenia 10,000 Clay Georgia (country) Tatia Mikadze 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Mar 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 3–0 Apr 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam 7–5, 6–2
Win 4–0 May 2012 ITF Bad Saarow, Germany 10,000 Clay Czech Republic Kateřina Vaňková 6–1, 6–3
Win 5–0 May 2012 ITF Brescia, Italy 25,000 Clay Spain Beatriz García Vidagany 6–3, 6–2
Loss 5–1 Jul 2012 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Germany Laura Siegemund 6–7(7–9), 3–6
Win 6–1 Oct 2012 ITF Netanya, Israel 25,000 Hard Liechtenstein Stephanie Vogt 0–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–2 Nov 2012 ITF Helsinki, Finland 25,000 Carpet (i) Switzerland Amra Sadiković 4–6, 0–6
Win 7–2 Apr 2013 ITF Civitavecchia, Italy 25,000 Clay Poland Magda Linette 6–0, 6–1
Loss 7–3 Jul 2013 Open de Biarritz, France 100,000 Clay Liechtenstein Stephanie Vogt 6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Win 8–3 Mar 2014 Osprey Challenger, United States 50,000[g] Clay New Zealand Marina Erakovic 6–2, 6–3
Win 9–3 May 2014 Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia 75,000[h] Clay Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová 6–4, 6–2
Loss 9–4 May 2014 ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic 100,000 Clay United Kingdom Heather Watson 6–7(5–7), 0–6
Win 10–4 Jun 2017 ITF Grado, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Martina Trevisan 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 11–4 Jun 2017 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay Belarus Vera Lapko 6–4, 7–5
Loss 11–5 Aug 2017 ITF Landisville, United States 25,000 Hard Belarus Vera Lapko 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 12–5 Oct 2017 Classic of Macon, United States 80,000 Hard United States Victoria Duval 6–4, 6–1
Oct 2022 Empire Women's Indoor, Slovakia 60,000 Hard (i) Germany Eva Lys

Doubles: 4 (4 runner–ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–3)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2011 ITF Izmir, Turkey 10,000 Clay Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova Russia Tatiana Kotelnikova
Russia Eugeniya Pashkova 		4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Slovakia Chantal Škamlová United States Anamika Bhargava
United States Sylvia Krywacz 		6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss 0–3 Oct 2012 ITF Netanya, Israel 25.000 Hard Slovakia Zuzana Luknárová Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 May 2013 Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia 80,000 Clay Slovakia Jana Čepelová Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová 		1–6, 1–6

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2012 French Open Clay Germany Annika Beck 6–3, 5–7, 3–6

Wins over top-10 players

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score ASR
2016
1. Italy Roberta Vinci No. 8 Rio Summer Olympics Hard 1R 6–4, 7–5 No. 59

Notes

  1. ^ WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
  2. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  3. ^ Edition is split into two years due to COVID-19.
  4. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  5. ^ In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  6. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  7. ^ The $50,000 ITF tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.
  8. ^ The $75,000 ITF tournaments were reclassified as $75,000 in 2017.

References

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