Lucie Hradecká

Lucie Hradecká

Full name	Lucie Hradecká
Country	Czech Republic
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic
Born	(1985-05-21) 21 May 1985 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight	72 kg (160 lb)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed strokes)
Prize money	$2,448,732
Singles
Career record	371–232
Career titles	0 WTA, 18 ITF
Highest ranking	41 (6 June 2011)
Current ranking	112 (20 May 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2012, 2013)
French Open	2R (2009, 2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2009, 2010, 2011)
US Open	2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	345–141
Career titles	15 WTA, 30 ITF
Highest ranking	4 (22 October 2012)
Current ranking	5 (20 May 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2012)
French Open	W (2011)
Wimbledon	F (2012)
US Open	F (2012)
Olympic Games	F (2012)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2013)
French Open	–
Wimbledon	–
US Open	SF (2012)
Last updated on: 20 May 2013.

Olympic medal record
Competitor for Czech Republic
Women's Tennis
Silver	2012 London	Doubles

Lucie Hradecká (Czech pronunciation: [ˈlutsɪjɛ ˈɦradɛtskaː]; born 21 May 1985 in Prague) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won 15 WTA doubles titles, including the 2011 French Open, in which she won her first Grand Slam title.

Career

2002–2011

Hradecká has won 18 ITF singles titles, but no WTA singles titles. She has won 11 WTA and 29 ITF doubles titles.

She won her first doubles title on the WTA Tour in 2006 at Portorož with partner Renata Voráčová, as the fourth-seeded team. In the final, the Czech team defeated Eva Birnerová and Émilie Loit, the second seeds, by walkover. They also had a victory over the top seeds Maria Elena Camerin and Emmanuelle Gagliardi in the semifinal.

She reached the third round of doubles competition with Hana Šromová as qualifiers at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships before going down to fifth seeds Meghann Shaughnessy and Anna-Lena Grönefeld. En route they defeated twelfth seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amélie Mauresmo, both Grand Slam singles champions at the time and the previous year's Wimbledon doubles runner-ups by walkover.

In 2007, she made the doubles semifinals of the 2007 Indian Wells Masters tournament with Voráčová. En route, the team defeated Janette Husárová and Meghann Shaughnessy, the seventh seeds, in the first round, and legendary team and third-seeded Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez in three sets in the quarterfinals, before losing to top seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.

Later that year, Hradecká and Voráčová won Bad Gastein over Ágnes Szávay and Vladimíra Uhlířová. She again won the 2007 Portorož title with Voráčová over Elena Likhovtseva and Andreja Klepač in the final.

Hradecká reached her very first singles final at Bad Gastein in July 2008, where, as a qualifier, she defeated players such as Patricia Mayr of Austria to get to the final, where she lost to the fourth seed Pauline Parmentier 4–6, 4–6, after leading 4–1 in the first set. She also reached the doubles final. As a result of the singles final, Hradecká rose from her ranking of 237 to about 150 in the world.

At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Hradecká held two match points over 13th seeded Ana Ivanović in the first round. However, she was unable to close it out, losing 5–7, 6–2, 8–6.

At her home tournament, the 2010 ECM Prague Open, Hradecká pleased her fans with a dramatic comeback to defeat Stefanie Vögele in the first round. Hradecká came back from 1–5 down in the first set to win 7–6, 6–2. In the second round she crushed fellow double-hander Monica Niculescu 6–2, 6–1 and reached the semifinals before losing to Ágnes Szávay. A year later at the same tournament, Hradecká was the winner, defeating qualifier Paula Ormaechea in the final.

Lucie paired-up with Andrea Hlaváčková to win her first Grand Slam title at the 2011 French Open, defeating the Indian-Russian duo of Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina in the final.

2012

Lucie kicked-off the 2012 season at the ASB Classic in Auckland. She defeated Alberta Brianti and upset second seed Peng Shuai to book a place in the quarterfinals, where she fell to eventual champion Zheng Jie. Then, Lucie went to Hobart for the Moorilla International, where she was overpowered by Shahar Pe'er in round one.

Going into the Australian Open, Hradecká crushed Evgeniya Rodina in the first round. She lost to Vera Zvonareva in the second. Next, at the Dow Corning Tennis Classic in Midland, she made it to the quarterfinals, where she lost to Jamie Hampton. At the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Hradecká defeated Anna Tatishvili before falling to Lesia Tsurenko.

She then suffered two-first round deficits at the Premier Mandatory events BNP Paribas Open and the Sony Ericsson Open, falling to Zheng Jie and Irina-Camelia Begu, respectively. Then, at the Oaks Club Challenger in Osprey, Lucie made it to the quarterfinals, with wins over Melinda Czink and Eugenie Bouchard, where she was beaten by Edina Gallovits-Hall. Next, Hardecká went on to beat Urszula Radwańska in the first round of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, before losing to Stefanie Vögele.

After losing early in Estoril, Hradecká qualified for Madrid. She caused the two biggest upsets in the tournament by beating both the world no.4, Petra Kvitová (who also was the defending champion) and the world no.5, Samantha Stosur, on the way to her first ever semifinals appearance at the Premier level. In the semifinals, she lost to Serena Williams in straight sets, 6–7^(5–7), 0–6, where she won just six points in the second set.

Lucie and Andrea Hlaváčková reached their second Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, losing to the Williams sisters.

Major finals

Grand Slam

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2011	French Open	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Andrea Hlaváčková	Serena Williams Venus Williams	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	2012	US Open	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4–6, 2–6

Mixed Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2013	Australian Open	Hard	František Čermák	Jarmila Gajdošová Matthew Ebden	3–6, 5–7

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	2012	London	Grass	Andrea Hlaváčková	Serena Williams Venus Williams	4–6, 4–6

WTA career finals

Singles: 6 (0–6)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) Tier III, IV & V / International (0–6) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Runner-up 1. 20 July 2008 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Pauline Parmentier 4–6, 4–6 Runner-up 2. 18 May 2009 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Clay Aravane Rezaï 6–7(2–7), 1–6 Runner-up 3. 2 August 2009 Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey Hard Vera Dushevina 0–6, 1–6 Runner-up 4. 30 April 2011 Barcelona Ladies Open, Barcelona, Spain Clay Roberta Vinci 6–4, 2–6, 2–6 Runner-up 5. 16 September 2012 Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada Hard (i) Kirsten Flipkens 1–6, 5–7 Runner-up 6. 25 May 2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Clay Alizé Cornet 6-7(4-7), 0-6 Doubles: 24 (15–9) Legend Grand Slam tournaments (1–2) WTA Tour Championships (0–1) Olympic Games (0–1) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–0) Premier (0–2) International (13–3) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score Runner-up 1. 18 July 2006 Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary Hard Renata Voráčová Janette Husárová Michaëlla Krajicek 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 Winner 1. 24 September 2006 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia Hard Renata Voráčová Eva Birnerová Émilie Loit W/O Winner 2. 29 July 2007 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Renata Voráčová Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová 6–3, 7–5 Winner 3. 23 September 2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia Hard Renata Voráčová Andreja Klepač Elena Likhovtseva 5–7, 6–4, [10–7] Winner 4. 3 May 2008 ECM Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic Clay Andrea Hlaváčková Jill Craybas Michaëlla Krajicek 1–6, 6–3, [10–6] Winner 5. 20 July 2008 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Andrea Hlaváčková Sesil Karatantcheva Nataša Zorić 6–3, 6–3 Winner 6. 26 July 2009 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria Hard Andrea Hlaváčková Tatjana Malek Andrea Petkovic 6–2, 6–4 Winner 7. 1 August 2009 Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey Hard Renata Voráčová Julia Görges Patty Schnyder 2–6, 6–3, [12–10] Runner-up 2. 29 August 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, United States Hard Iveta Benešová Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 2–6, 5–7 Winner 8. 9 January 2010 Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia Hard Andrea Hlaváčková Melinda Czink Arantxa Parra Santonja 2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4] Winner 9. 25 July 2010 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin 6–7(2–7), 6–1, [10–5] Runner-up 3. 19 February 2011 Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States Hard (i) Andrea Hlaváčková Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva 3–6, 6–4, [8–10] Winner 10. 3 June 2011 French Open, Paris, France Clay Andrea Hlaváčková Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina 6–4, 6–3 Winner 11. 18 July 2011 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Eva Birnerová Jarmila Gajdošová Julia Görges 4–6, 6–2, [12–10] Runner-up 4. 25 October 2011 BGL Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Hard (i) Ekaterina Makarova Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 5–7, 3–6 Winner 12. 7 January 2012 ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand Hard Andrea Hlaváčková Julia Görges Flavia Pennetta 6–7(2–7), 6–2, [10–7] Winner 13. 25 February 2012 Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States Hard (i) Andrea Hlaváčková Vera Dushevina Olga Govortsova 6–3, 6–4 Runner-up 5. 6 July 2012 The Championships, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass Andrea Hlaváčková Serena Williams Venus Williams 5–7, 4–6 Runner-up 6. 5 August 2012 Summer Olympics, London, United Kingdom Grass Andrea Hlaváčková Serena Williams Venus Williams 4–6, 4–6 Winner 14. 19 August 2012 Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States Hard Andrea Hlaváčková Katarina Srebotnik Jie Zheng 6–1, 6–3 Runner-up 7. 25 August 2012 New Haven Open at Yale, New Haven, United States Hard Andrea Hlaváčková Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–4, 0–6, [4–10] Runner-up 8. 9 September 2012 US Open, New York, United States Hard Andrea Hlaváčková Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 4–6, 2–6 Winner 15. 21 October 2012 BGL Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Hard (i) Andrea Hlaváčková Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu 6–3, 6–4 Runner-up 9. 28 October 2012 WTA Championships, Istanbul, Turkey Hard Andrea Hlaváčková Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 1–6, 4–6 ITF Circuit finals Singles: 25 (18–7) $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Runner-up 1. 4 May 2003 Pula, Croatia Clay Virág Németh 6–4, 0–6, 1–6 Winner 1. 24 August 2003 Enschede, Netherlands Clay Lotty Seelen 7–5, 6–4 Runner-up 2. 7 September 2003 Mestre, Italy Clay Lenka Šnajdrová 3–6, 6–1, 2–6 Winner 2. 4 October 2003 Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia Clay Irina Delitz 6–3, 6–2 Winner 3. 5 April 2004 Cavtat, Croatia Clay Lenka Tvarošková 7–5, 6–0 Winner 4. 18 April 2004 Bol, Croatia Clay Romina Oprandi 6–4, 6–3 Winner 5. 30 May 2004 Biograd, Croatia Clay Lisa Tognetti 6–3, 6–2 Winner 6. 13 June 2004 Staré Splavy, Czech Republic Clay Sabrina Jolk 6–1, 7–6(7–3) Winner 7. 12 September 2004 Durmersheim, Germany Clay Petra Russegger 6–0, 5–7, 7–6(7–1) Runner-up 3. 20 February 2005 Biberach, Germany Hard (i) Kristina Barrois 5–7, 4–6 Winner 8. 13 March 2005 Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia Carpet (i) Kristina Andlovic 6–4, 6–2 Winner 9. 19 November 2005 Průhonice, Czech Republic Hard (i) Agnieszka Radwańska 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(10–8) Runner-up 4. 10 December 2005 Přerov, Czech Republic Carpet (i) Joanna Sakowicz 4–6, 4–6 Winner 10. 12 February 2006 Capriolo, Italy Carpet (i) Darija Jurak 6–1, 6–4 Winner 11. 27 May 2007 Gorizia, Italy Clay Eloisa María Compostizo de Andrés 6–2, 6–3 Runner-up 5. 10 May 2008 Florence, Italy Clay Jelena Dokić 1–6, 3–6 Winner 12. 3 August 2008 Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay Carmen Klaschka 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 Winner 13. 8 February 2009 Belfort, France Carpet (i) Vesna Manasieva 6–3, 6–2 Winner 14. 15 February 2009 Midland, US Hard (i) Eleni Daniilidou 6–3, 6–3 Runner-up 6. 14 February 2010 Midland, US Hard (i) Elena Baltacha 7–5, 2–6, 3–6 Winner 15. 16 May 2010 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Ajla Tomljanović 6–1, 7–6(7–4) Runner-up 7. 19 September 2010 Mestre, Italy Clay Zuzana Ondrášková 3–6, 3–6 Winner 16. 7 November 2010 Nantes, France Hard (i) Valeria Savinykh 6–3, 6–1 Winner 17. 13 February 2011 Midland, US Hard (i) Irina Falconi 6–4, 6–4 Winner 18. 8 May 2011 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Paula Ormaechea 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 Doubles performance timeline Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Grand Slam Tournaments Australian Open A A 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R SF 2R 0 / 7 9–7 French Open A 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R W SF 1 / 7 12–6 Wimbledon A 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R F 0 / 7 9–7 US Open A 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R QF F 0 / 7 10–7 Win–Loss 0–0 1–3 0–4 2–4 3–4 5–4 10–3 13–4 1–1 1 / 28 40–27 Year-End Championship Tour Championships A A A A A A A F 0 / 1 1–1 Olympic Games Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held S NH 0 / 1 4–1 WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments Indian Wells A A SF A 1R 2R 1R SF 2R 0 / 6 8–6 Miami A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 6 2–6 Madrid Not Held A A A 2R 0 / 1 0–1 Beijing Tier II A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 WTA Premier 5 Tournaments Dubai Tier II A A A Premier 0 / 0 0–0 Doha Tier II A Not Held P A A 0 / 0 0–0 Rome A A A 2R A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 Montréal / Toronto A A A A 2R 2R QF A 0 / 3 4–2 Cincinnati Tier III A 2R 2R W 1 / 3 7–2 Tokyo A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 Career statistics Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 W–L WTA Levels & GS Tournament Played 7 7 11 12 17 18 19 16 6 Titles 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 4 14 Finals 0 1 2 2 3 3 4 9 24 Overall Win–Loss 4–7 7–6 15–9 16–9 22–15 25–15 30–16 47–12 4–6 169–93 Year End Ranking Ranking 87 53 67 51 42 38 15 4 Singles performance timeline This table is current through the 2013 Australian Open. Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 W–L Grand Slam Tournaments Australian Open LQ 1R 1R 2R 2R 2–4 French Open 2R 1R 2R 1R 2–4 Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R 0–4 US Open 1R 1R 1R 2R 1–4 Win–Loss 1–3 0–4 1–4 2–4 1–1 5–16 References External links Lucie Hradecká at the Women's Tennis Association Lucie Hradecká at the International Tennis Federation Top ten tennis players