Eva Birnerová

Eva Birnerová
	Birnerová at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Plzeň, Czech Republic
Born	14 August 1984 (age 40); Duchcov, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	9 November 2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,131,089
Singles
Career record	333–306
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 59 (29 January 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2007)
French Open	2R (2005)
Wimbledon	3R (2013)
US Open	2R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	183–199
Career titles	3 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	52 (21 May 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2005)
French Open	3R (2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2004, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013)
US Open	2R (2004, 2005, 2006, 2012)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2006)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–2

Eva Birnerová (born 14 August 1984) is a retired Czech tennis player.

In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eight singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 29 January 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 59. On 21 May 2012, she peaked at No. 52 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for Czech Republic Fed Cup team, Birnerová has accumulated a win–loss record of 0–2.

Career

Birnerová was an all-court player who preferred playing on grass.

In juniors, Birnerová was the 2002 European Champion and No. 1 in the combined world ranking of 18-U.

In 2006, she won her first WTA Tour doubles title in Stockholm, alongside Jarmila Gajdošová.

In 2011, Birnerová reached her first WTA singles final in Tashkent, losing to top seed Ksenia Pervak in straight sets.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier M & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2011	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Ksenia Pervak	3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (3–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Aug 2005	Nordic Light Open, Sweden	Tier IV	Hard	Mara Santangelo	Émilie Loit Katarina Srebotnik	4–6, 3–6
Win	1.	Aug 2006	Nordic Light Open, Sweden	Tier IV	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	0–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	18 September 2006	Slovenia Open	Tier IV	Hard	Émilie Loit	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	w/o
Win	2.	17 July 2011	Austrian Open	International	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Julia Görges Jarmila Gajdošová	4–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Win	3.	18 February 2012	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3.	5 May 2012	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	International	Clay	Michaëlla Krajicek	Janette Husárová Magdaléna Rybáriková	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	28 July 2012	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan	International	Hard	Alberta Brianti	Irina Buryachok Valeria Solovieva	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	23 February 2013	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Tímea Babos Mandy Minella	4–6, 3–6
Loss	6.	7 April 2013	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Tímea Babos Kimiko Date-Krumm	1–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (8–5)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	17 September 2001	ITF Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Sophie Erre	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	2.	25 February 2002	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Peng Shuai	6–4, 7–5
Winner	3.	17 June 2002	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Chanelle Scheepers	7–5, 6–4
Winner	4.	7 April 2003	ITF Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Zuzana Ondrášková	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	7 July 2003	ITF Vittel, France	Clay	Tatiana Poutchek	6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	17 November 2003	ITF Deauville, France	Clay (i)	Camille Pin	6–4, 6–3
Winner	7.	30 January 2006	ITF Urtijëi, Italy	Carpet (i)	Marta Domachowska	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	6 September 2010	ITF Katowice, Poland	Clay	Magda Linette	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	8.	20 September 2010	ITF Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anne Kremer	7–6^(7–1), 3–6, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	25 July 2011	ITF Olomouc, Czech Republic	Clay	Nastassja Burnett	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	22 October 2012	ITF Ismaning, Germany	Carpet (i)	Annika Beck	3–6, 6–7^(8–10)
Runner-up	4.	4 November 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Ksenia Pervak	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Runner-up	5.	9 December 2013	ITF Madrid, Spain	Hard	Amandine Hesse	6–4, 0–6, 2–6

Doubles: 19 (11–8)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (6–6)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (2–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	12 October 1998	ITF Nicosia, Cyprus	Clay	Annette Zweck	Galina Misiuriova Liina Suurvarik	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	30 October 2000	ITF Minsk, Belarus	Carpet (i)	Alexandra Zerkalova	Raissa Gourevitch Liudmila Nikoyan	2–4, 3–5, 5–3, 4–2, 4–0
Runner-up	1.	25 February 2002	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Jana Hlaváčková	Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-ha	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	8 July 2002	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Dominika Luzarová	Kirstin Freye Andrea Glass	5–7, 2–6
Winner	3.	16 September 2002	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Gabriela Chmelinová	Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Maria Kondratieva	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	7 July 2003	ITF Vittel, France	Clay	Libuše Průšová	Yuliya Beygelzimer Tatiana Poutchek	3–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	26 April 2004	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	Ruxandra Dragomir Antonia Matic	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Runner-up	4.	26 July 2004	ITF Modena, Italy	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	Gabriela Chmelinová Michaela Paštiková	2–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	13 October 2008	ITF Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Lucie Hradecká	Gracia Radovanovic Renata Voráčová	6–4, 6–3
Winner	6.	12 April 2010	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Ksenia Milevskaya Lenka Wienerová	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Winner	7.	7 June 2010	ITF Zlín, Czech Republic	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	Tereza Hladíková Michaela Pochabová	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	28 June 2010	ITF Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Sorana Cîrstea Andreja Klepač	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Runner-up	5.	13 September 2010	ITF Mestre, Italy	Clay	Andreja Klepač	Claudia Giovine Karin Knapp	7–6^(8–6), 5–7, [11–13]
Runner-up	6.	4 October 2010	ITF Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Andreja Klepač	Petra Cetkovská Renata Voráčová	5–7, 2–6
Winner	9.	6 June 2011	Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom	Grass	Petra Cetkovská	Regina Kulikova Evgeniya Rodina	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	27 June 2011	ITF Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Vesna Dolonts	Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele	3–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	24 October 2011	ITF Barnstaple, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anne Keothavong	Sandra Klemenschits Tatjana Malek	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	12 March 2012	ITF Nassau, Bahamas	Hard	Anne Keothavong	Janette Husárová Katalin Marosi	1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Winner	11.	17 February 2014	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Michaëlla Krajicek	Aleksandra Krunić Amra Sadiković	6–1, 4–6, [10–6]

Grand Slam 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.

Singles

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	1R	LQ	1R	3R	A	A	A	LQ	1R	LQ	2–4
French Open	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	LQ	1R	LQ	1–6
Wimbledon	A	LQ	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	3R	3–5
US Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	2R	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1–2
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–3	2–4	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	9–18

Doubles

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Australian Open	A	3R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	3–5
French Open	A	3R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	2–5
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	0–5
US Open	2R	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	4–6
Win–loss	1–2	5–4	2–4	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–4	9–19

References

External links

Eva Birnerová at the Women's Tennis Association
Eva Birnerová at the International Tennis Federation
Eva Birnerová at the Billie Jean King Cup
Eva Birnerová Official Website