Iveta Benešová

Iveta Benešová

Iveta Benešová at the 2011 Australian Open
Full name	Iveta Benešová
Country	Czech Republic
Residence	Most, Czech Republic
Born	(1983-02-01) 1 February 1983 Most, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	56 kg (120 lb; 8.8 st)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,249,495
Singles
Career record	378–327
Career titles	2 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	25 (6 April 2009)
Current ranking	366 (13 May 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2011, 2012)
French Open	3R (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2007, 2009, 2011)
US Open	2R (2004, 2008, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	265–220
Career titles	14 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	17 (31 January 2011)
Current ranking	123 (13 May 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2008, 2011)
French Open	3R (2005, 2006, 2010)
Wimbledon	3R (2010)
US Open	QF (2011)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles	1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2009)
French Open	QF (2011)
Wimbledon	W (2011)
US Open	2R (2009), 1R (2012)
Last updated on: 13 May 2013.

Iveta Benešová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɪvɛta ˈbɛnɛʃovaː]; born on 1 February 1983 in Most, Czechoslovakia) is a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of 7 and turned professional in 1998 in Prague. She has won two WTA Tour events and one Grand Slam in mixed doubles partnering with Jürgen Melzer at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.

Career

2005–2008

In the 2006 Australian Open, for the first time, she reached the third round of a Grand Slam by beating 5th seed Mary Pierce 6–3, 7–5. She lost in the next round 6–4, 6–1 to former No.1 Martina Hingis.

Entering as a qualifier in the 2008 French Open, she reached the third round, beating 15th seed and compatriate Nicole Vaidišová 7–6(2), 6–1 in the first round, and losing to compatriate Petra Cetkovská 6–3, 6–3.

2009

Benešová at the 2009 French Open.

Benešová started the year by playing the first edition of the Brisbane International. She lost in the first round to qualifier Sesil Karatantcheva, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2. A week later, Benešová lost in the final of the tournament in Hobart, Australia to fellow-Czech Petra Kvitová. At the Australian Open, Benešová lost in the second round to eventual semifinalist and fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva 6–4, 6–1.

Immediately after the Australian Open Series, Benešová played in front of her home crowd in the Fed Cup tie against Spain. Despite losing her singles rubber to Nuria Llagostera Vives 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, the Czech team advanced to the semifinals after winning the tie 4–1.

At the Open GDF SUEZ in Paris, Benešová lost in the first round to World No. 1 Serena Williams 6–1, 6–4. Benešová then reached the semifinals of the tournament in Acapulco, a clay court event. In the quarterfinals, Benešová beat Mathilde Johansson 6–1, 6–3 before losing in the semifinals to defending champion Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 6–3.

On 6 April 2009, Benešová achieved her career-high singles ranking of World No. 25.

Benešová was seeded sixth at the first edition of the Monterrey Open. She beat fellow Czech Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the quarterfinals 7–5, 6–4 before losing in the semifinals to unseeded Li Na, 6–3, 6–3.

Benešová fell to Ana Ivanović in the third round of the 2009 French Open.

At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Benešová beat Britain's Katie O'Brien in the first round, before falling to Jelena Janković in the second round.

2010

In singles, she defeated Romanian Simona Halep 6–4, 6–2 in the final of 2010 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem to win her first WTA Tour trophy since 2004.

In doubles, she has won three titles. Along with Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, she grabbed the titles in Paris as their opponents Cara Black and Liezel Huber withdrew and Monterrey defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Vania King. Partnering with Anabel Medina Garrigues, she won Fes, making her winning both singles and doubles in the tournament.

Benešová at the 2008 French Open

2011

Benešová reached the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open, but was defeated by second seed Vera Zvonareva.

At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Benešová won the mixed doubles title with partner and later husband Jürgen Melzer.

2012

Benešová once again reached the fourth round of the 2012 Australian Open, being defeated by eventual champion Victoria Azarenka in straight sets.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2011	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Jürgen Melzer	Mahesh Bhupathi Elena Vesnina	6–3, 6–2

WTA career finals

Singles: 8 (2–6)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Olympic Gold (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)	Premier Mandatory (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)	Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier III (1–0)	Premier (0–0)
Tier IV & V (0–5)	International (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 October 2002	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Maja Matevžič	0–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	7 March 2004	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up	2.	20 April 2004	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Émilie Loit	5–7, 6–7(1–7)
Runner-up	3.	28 August 2004	Forest Hills, United States	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	16 January 2006	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	20 May 2008	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Maria Kirilenko	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	16 January 2009	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Petra Kvitová	5–7, 1–6
Winner	2.	1 May 2010	Fes, Morocco	Clay	Simona Halep	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 22 (14–8)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Olympic Gold (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–2)	Premier Mandatory (0–0)
Tier II (2–0)	Premier 5 (1–0)
Tier III (1–2)	Premier (3–1)
Tier IV & V (1–0)	International (6–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	13 February 2005	Paris, France	Carpet	Květa Peschke	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	15 October 2006	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Galina Voskoboeva	Francesca Schiavone Květa Peschke	4–6 7–6 1–6
Runner-up	2.	6 January 2007	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Galina Voskoboeva	Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	30 September 2007	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Hard	Janette Husárová	Victoria Azarenka Shahar Pe'er	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	23 February 2008	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Bethanie Mattek	Jelena Kostanić Tošić Martina Müller	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	1 March 2008	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Petra Cetkovská	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	18 May 2008	Rome, Italy	Clay	Janette Husárová	Chuang Chia-jung Chan Yung-jan	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Winner	4.	3 August 2008	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Petra Cetkovská Lucie Šafářová	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	2 March 2009	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Mara Santangelo Nathalie Dechy	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	13 July 2009	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Kateryna Bondarenko Alona Bondarenko	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	29 August 2009	New Haven, United States	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	2–6, 6–7
Winner	5.	25 October 2009	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Vladimíra Uhlířová Renata Voráčová	6–1, 0–6, [10–7]
Winner	6.	14 February 2010	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Cara Black Liezel Huber	W/O
Winner	7.	7 March 2010	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania King	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner	8.	1 May 2010	Fes, Morocco	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	6–3, 6–1
Winner	9.	2 October 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Shahar Pe'er Peng Shuai	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	8.	24 October 2010	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	4–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	14 January 2011	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	11.	6 March 2011	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania King	6–7(8–10), 6–2, [10–6]
Winner	12.	1 May 2011	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	5–7, 6–4, [11–9]
Winner	13.	25 October 2011	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova	7–5, 6–3
Winner	14.	29 April 2012	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–4, 7–5

Singles performance timeline

Current through the 2012 US Open.

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Australian Open	LQ	1R	LQ	1R	3R	2R	LQ	2R	2R	4R	4R	11–8
French Open	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R	7–11
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	3–11
US Open	1R	1R	2R1	1R	1R	1R	2R2	1R	2R	1R	1R	3–11
Win–Loss	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–4	3–4	2–4	3–3	4–4	2–4	4–4	3–4	24–41
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH		1R	Not Held			2R	Not Held			-	1–2
Year-End Championship
WTA Champ's	Absent											0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tour
Indian Wells		2R	3R	3R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	9–11
Key Biscayne		1R	A	1R	2R	2R	A	QF	1R	3R	3R	11–8
Madrid	Not Held			Not Tier 1				1R	1R	2R	1R	1–4
Beijing	Not Play							1R	A	1R	-	0–2
WTA Premier 5 Tour
Dubai	Not Held & Tier I								1R	1R	-	0–2
Rome											2R	1–1
Cincinnati	Not Held & Tier I							1R	3R		-	2–2
Montreal / Toronto									1R		-	0–1
Tokyo			LQ	QF			LQ	QF	1R		-	5–3
WTA Premier Tour
Charleston				3R	1R						1R	2–3
Warsaw		1R		1R	1R				1R		-	0–4
Moscow							2R	1R	LQ		-	1–2
Doha			LQ					Not Held			-	0–0
Zurich								Not Held			-	0–0
San Diego			2R	2R			Not Held				-	2–2
WTA International Tour
Brisbane				2R	2R	1R	LQ	1R	1R	2R	3R	5–7
Auckland	LQ		LQ								-	0–0
Hobart	LQ	SF	1R	SF	F			F	1R		-	16–8
Acapulco			W		2R	1R	QF	SF			-	14–4
Monterrey								SF	2R	2R	-	5–3
Marbella									1R		-	0–1
Barcelona							1R		QF		-	2–2
Fes		1R	1R						W		-	5–2
Estoril	LQ	2R	F			LQ	F	2R			-	11–6
's-Hertogenbosch		1R		1R	2R		1R	2R			-	2–5
Budapest	1R	QF	SF		2R	1R		1R	1R		-	7–7
Båstad	1R	1R	1R		1R	1R	QF	1R			-	3–7
Prague				QF		1R	QF	SF	2R		-	8–5
Copenhagen	Not Held								2R		-	1–1
Year End Ranking	81	140	36	54	60	119	43	39	60	54

Doubles performance timeline

Current through the 2012 US Open.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Australian Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	2R	3R	2R	7–9
French Open	1R	3R	3R	1R	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	7–9
Wimbledon	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	3R	3R	3R	2R	9–9
US Open	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	3R	QF	2R	10–9
Win–Loss	1–4	2–4	3–4	1–4	4–4	5–4	7–4	7–4	3–4	33–36

External links

• Iveta Benešová at the Women's Tennis Association