Lucie Šafářová

Lucie Šafářová

Lucie Šafářová at the 2014 US Open
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Brno, Czech Republic
Born	(1987-02-04) 4 February 1987 Brno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$6,229,542
Singles
Career record	364–254
Career titles	6 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 11 (2 March 2015)
Current ranking	No. 13 (25 May 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (2007)
French Open	SF (2015)
Wimbledon	SF (2014)
US Open	4R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	97–113
Career titles	6 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 15 (3 February 2014)
Current ranking	No. 22 (23 March 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2015)
French Open	QF (2013, 2015)
Wimbledon	QF (2014)
US Open	3R (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (2011, 2012, 2014) Record 13–13
Last updated on: 4 May 2015.

Lucie Šafářová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈlutsɪjɛ ˈʃafaːr̝ovaː]) (born 4 February 1987) is a professional Czech tennis player. She was born in Brno. Šafářová has won six WTA tour singles titles, six doubles titles and reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 Australian Open, upsetting defending champion Amélie Mauresmo en route. She has reached twelve singles finals. She reached her first Grand Slam semifinal in 2014 at Wimbledon. In 2015, she won the Australian Open doubles title partnering with Bethanie Mattek-Sands. As of 2 March 2015, she is ranked world No. 11.

Playing style

Šafářová plays left-handed with a two-handed backhand, and possesses a high topspin forehand similar to that of male tennis star Rafael Nadal. Her timing off the ground allows her to project groundstrokes with power, and she is quick to spot opportunities to take the initiative. Šafářová is notorious for having a volatile return, capable of hitting clean winners, as well as unforced errors. Her preferred surface is clay.

Career

2005–2006

Šafářová won in Portugal, but lost in the Netherlands to fellow Czech tennis player Klara Koukalová, 6–3, 2–6, 2–6. In August, she won her second tournament over Sania Mirza in the final.

Šafářová started off 2006 with a straight-set victory in the final of the Gold Coast tournament, upsetting world no. 6 Patty Schnyder in the semifinal, en route to the title. Also in 2006, she made her first Tier II semifinal at Amelia Island, upsetting Nicole Vaidišová in the round of 16. She later lost to eventual champion Nadia Petrova. Šafářová then made another semifinal, this time at the Tier IV Palermo. She was eventually defeated by Anabel Medina Garrigues.

2007

At the start of 2007, instead of defending her Gold Coast title, Šafářová played the Hopman Cup, representing the Czech Republic. Due to not defending the points at that tournament, she came into the first Grand Slam of the year ranked no. 70 and unseeded. Yet Šafářová made headlines at the 2007 Australian Open, when she stunned the defending champion and no. 2 seed Amélie Mauresmo in the fourth round, 6–4, 6–3. She then lost to fellow Czech Nicole Vaidišová, 1–6, 4–6, in the quarterfinals. After the Australian Open, her ranking rose from no. 70 to no. 31.

Šafářová continued her good start to 2007 at the Open Gaz de France in Paris. She reached the final, defeating Tsvetana Pironkova in three sets and Nicole Vaidišová, Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Justine Henin, all in straight sets. However, she failed against Nadia Petrova, 6–4, 1–6, 4–6. She pulled out of her next event in Antwerp due to a shoulder injury.

Šafářová lost in round 3 of both Indian Wells and Miami to Shahar Pe'er and Serena Williams, respectively. She defeated Daniela Hantuchová, 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, in the Czech Republic vs. Slovak Republic Fed Cup encounter. Šafářová then lost in the SF of Tier IV Estoril to Victoria Azarenka, 4–6, 0–6.

At Roland Garros, Šafářová defeated Mauresmo again, this time in the third round, 6–3, 7–6. It was the second time in a row that Šafářová had beaten Mauresmo in a Grand Slam, after winning their only previous encounter in January at the Australian Open. In the next round, Šafářová lost in three sets to Anna Chakvetadze.

As the 25th seed, Šafářová defeated Zuzana Ondrášková at Wimbledon, followed by a win over Eleni Daniilidou in three sets. However, she lost to third seed (and world no. 3) Jelena Janković in round 3, also in three sets, after coming within two points of another Grand Slam upset. The match was described as the best WTA match of 2007 up to that point and the best women's Wimbledon match in many years.

Šafářová entered the 2007 US Open as the 20th seed, defeating Jessica Moore in the first round and Andrea Petkovic in the second round. She fell to Marion Bartoli in the third round. Closing out the 2007 Grand Slams, she placed third round or better in all, and made the quarterfinals in the Australian Open.

2008

At the beginning of 2008, Šafářová once again decided to enter the Perth Hopman Cup. She was ranked no. 23 and took on world no. 56 Alicia Molik. The Czechs lost the match, 5–7, 2–6, followed by a loss with her partner on and off the court, Tomáš Berdych, in mixed Doubles. She then competed against Serena Williams. Šafářová lost the first set, 0–6. She managed to come back to win the second set, 6–2, but lost the final set, 5–7. Šafářová and Berdych lost the first set of the mixed doubles, 0–6. They eventually had to leave the tournament, due to Berdych's health concerns.

Šafářová's second competition of the year was the Medibank International. In round 1, she faced Australia's Alicia Molik. Šafářová won the first set, 7–6. In the second set, Molik was up, 6–5, but Šafářová was able to force a tiebreaker. Both had set points and match points throughout the tiebreaker, but Šafářová was able to come out on top, 12–10, leaving the final score, 7–6, 7–6. She subsequently pulled out of the second round against world no. 1 Justine Henin.

Šafářová entered the Australian Open as the 22nd seed. In the first round, she faced Catalina Castaño of Colombia, losing, 1–6, 4–6, in 71 minutes. Later it was revealed that a gluteal strain was plaguing Šafářová during the match. She sustained the injury from her first-round encounter against Molik at the 2008 Sydney Medibank International.

Competing at the Pacific Life Open in the United States, Šafářová, seeded 26th, lost 6–7, 6–2, 4–6, in the second round to American Ashley Harkleroad. Following that, Šafářová played the Sony Ericcson Open, where she lost, 2–6, 1–6, in the third round to fourth seed Jelena Janković.

2009

Šafářová began the year with a quarterfinal showing at the international hard-court event in Brisbane. She defeated the Australians Isabella Holland and Samantha Stosur, before being defeated by second-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, 6–7, 4–6. After failing to qualify for the premier event in Sydney, Šafářová reached the third round of the Australian Open en route defeating Sybille Bammer and Marina Erakovic, before losing to Marion Bartoli, 6–3, 2–6, 1–6.

2010

Šafářová at the 2010 US Open

Šafářová started the 2010 season by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2010 Brisbane International, before losing to eventual champion Kim Clijsters, 1–6, 6–0, 4–6.

She then suffered disappointing first-round losses at the 2010 Moorilla Hobart International, retiring against Kateryna Bondarenko at 2–6, 7–6, 2–3 and the 2010 Australian Open, losing to sixth seed Venus Williams, 2–6, 2–6.

Šafářová made her first final of the year at the 2010 Open GDF Suez in Paris by defeating Flavia Pennetta in the semifinals, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. She won the first set, but could not hold on, falling 7–6, 1–6, 4–6 to top seed Elena Dementieva in the final.

Šafářová then suffered two more first-round losses at the 2010 Monterrey Open, losing to Julie Coin 7–5, 4–6, 4–6, and the 2010 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, losing to Julia Görges, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6.

At the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Šafářová was unseeded and won her first-round match, defeating Kaia Kanepi, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3, and then defeated María José Martínez Sánchez in the second round, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2, after being down match points at 5–2 in the second set. She then fell to fourth seed Victoria Azarenka.

At the 2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Šafářová upset world no. 2 and top seed Caroline Wozniacki in the second round. She then fell in three sets to qualifier Anna Lapushchenkova in the quarterfinals.

Šafářová upset world no. 9 Agnieszka Radwańska in the third round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, but lost to eventual champion María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–7, 4–6, in the quarterfinals.

Šafářová upset world no. 12 Maria Sharapova in the first round of the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. She then defeated Olga Govortsova and Alexandra Dulgheru to advance to the quarterfinals, where she beat world no. 18 Nadia Petrova. She retired from a thigh injury while trailing Aravane Rezaï, 1–6, in the semifinals.

Šafářová was seeded 24th at the 2010 French Open. She defeated Jelena Dokić in the first round, but was defeated by Polona Hercog, 1–6, 2–6, in the second round.

2011

Šafářová attended the 2011 Brisbane International and made it to the quarterfinals with tough matches from Akgul Amanmuradova and Shahar Pe'er, before losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 2–6, 7–6, 3–6.

As the 31st seed at the 2011 Australian Open, Šafářová struggled through her first two rounds, defeating Shuai Zhang 7–5 4–6 6–1, in the first round, and Klára Zakopalová, 6–3, 6–7, 7–5 in the second. In the third round, she lost in two sets to world no. 2 Vera Zvonareva, 4–6, 6–7, having had a set point in the second set.

Following the Australian Open, Šafářová defeated Daniela Hantuchová of Slovakia in the 2011 Fed Cup, but retired in her second rubber against Jana Čepelová.

Her next tournament was the 2011 Open GDF Suez, where she fell to a resurgent Jelena Dokić in the first round, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6. A week later at the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships, Šafářová once again lost in the first round, this time to fellow Czech Klára Zakopalová 2–6, 2–6. Her performance at the 2011 Qatar Ladies Open was more positive, as she defeated world no. 10 Agnieszka Radwańska 7–6, 6–3, before falling in three sets in the second round to Flavia Pennetta.

Šafářová had her best result in 2011 at the 2011 Malaysian Open, where she reached the final and held championship points against an in-form Jelena Dokić, but succumbed 2–6, 6–7, 4–6, having held two match points in the second-set tiebreaker.

She reached the second round of Indian Wells, beating Kristina Barrois in round 1, 7–6, 6–7, 6–0, serving a WTA season-high 18 aces, before losing a close match to 21st seed Petkovic, 6–7, 5–7. The following week as 31st seed, she had a bye in round 1 of Miami, before beating Patty Schnyder, 6–2, 6–4, in round 2. She then lost to fourth seed Samantha Stosur, 0–6, 6–7 in round 3.

Šafářová was forced to pull out of the Czech Fed Cup tie against Belgium the following week due to a left thigh problem. She attempted to play Stuttgart, but lost 1–6, 4–6 to Barrois. She then pulled out of Barcelona with the same leg injury.

Her next tournament was the premier Madrid event. She defeated Spanish player Anabel Medina Garrigues, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6 coming back from 0–3 and match point down in the third set to win. She followed this with a 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 win over seventh seed Jelena Janković in round 2, and a 6–3, 6–3 win over Gajdosova in round 3, making this the second consecutive year she has reached the Madrid quarterfinals. She lost a hard-fought match to fourth seed Victoria Azarenka, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6 in the quarterfinals.

In Rome the following week, she began with a 7–5, 6–2 win over Kimiko Date-Krumm. In the second round, she fell to Janković, 0–6, 3–6.

Unseeded at the French Open, she opened with a 6–1, 6–1 win over Kirsten Flipkens. In round 2, she led 6–2, 4–2 against 17th seeded German Julia Görges, but eventually succumbed 6–2, 5–7, 2–6. In the doubles event, she and Michaëlla Krajicek opened with a win over Miami champions A. Radwańska/Hantuchová, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2. In round 2, they defeated Pauline Parmentier and Kristina Mladenovic, 2–6, 7–6, 6–0, before falling to fifth seeded Madrid Champions Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko, 5–7, 3–6. This marked her best doubles result at the French Open.

As the fourth seed in Copenhagen, she made a series of tough three-set wins, never winning the first set. Beating Konta, Krajicek, Zhang, and Martić (after trailing 6–1, 4–0), she lost the final to home favourite and world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, 1–6, 4–6. She then travelled to Eastbourne, where she lost in the opening round to eventual champion Marion Bartoli, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7, despite holding match point.

At Wimbledon, Šafářová was seeded 31st. She defeated fellow Czech Lucie Hradecká, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, in round 1; her first win at Wimbledon since 2007. She was defeated by another Czech, Zakopalová in round 2, 0–6, 7–6, 4–6. She next played on clay in Båstad, but was taken out by Vesna Dolonts, 3–6, 4–6, in round 1.

She pulled out of tournaments in Baku and San Diego, before returning to the tour in Toronto. Following wins over Polona Hercog and Simona Halep, she took out 8th seeded Francesca Schiavone, 6–3, 6–3 to reach her second Toronto quarterfinal. She lost this match to eventual champion Serena Williams, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6. In Cincinnati the following week, she defeated Zakopalová, 6–2, 6–2, but lost her second-round match to fifth seed, Li Na, 3–6, 4–6.

Seeded 27th at the US Open, she began by defeating Magdaléna Rybáriková, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, scoring her first US Open win since 2007. She then defeated American wildcard Madison Keys, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4, before a disappointing round-3 loss to Monica Niculescu. In Quebec City the week following the US Open, she lost in round 2 to Andrea Hlaváčková as the second seed.

Taking a small break, she re-entered the tour in Beijing. She lost in the first round to Petkovic, 6–7, 4–6. She followed this up with a semifinal appearance in Linz, Austria, losing to Dominika Cibulková. The following week in the premier Moscow event, she took out second seed Agnieszka Radwańska in round 2, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, before losing to Kaia Kanepi in the semifinals, 7–6, 4–6, 3–6.

To finish the year, Lucie was a part of the Czech Fed Cup team. Despite losing both her matches to the higher-ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, she and the Czech team won 3 rubbers to 2.

2012

Šafářová reached the quarterfinals in Sydney, but lost to Li Na, 2–6, 6–7. She was taken out in the first round of the Australian Open by Christina McHale, 2–6, 4–6.

On 23 March 2012, at the Miami Masters, Šafářová lost to Heather Watson of Great Britain 2–6 1–6 in a match lasting one hour, 20 minutes. The young British player was ranked 129 in the world.

Šafářová reached the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, losing to Li Na in 3 sets. With this result she will be ranked well within the top 20 for the first time in her career.

2014

Šafárová had a match point in the third round of the Australian Open against Li Na, but was eventually beaten in three sets as Li went on to win her second Grand Slam. At the 2014 Sony Open Tennis she lost in three tight sets to Maria Sharapova in the 3rd round. She would go on to lose to Sharapova again in the first round of the 2014 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Roland Garros was her next grand slam. Šafárová was the 23rd seed at the tournament. She defeated the in-form Ana Ivanovic in the 3rd round 6–3, 6–3, but lost in the next round to Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets. At Wimbledon, she reached her first ever Grand Slam Semifinal, losing in 2 sets to fellow Czech Petra Kvitová for the 5th time this year.

2015: Debut in Top 10

Šafárová captured her first Grand Slam title by partnering with American Bethanie Mattek-Sands to win the Australian Open women's doubles final, defeating the 14th seeds Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie.

In Qatar Total Open, Safarova defeated former grand slam champion Sam Stosur in the first round, took out 5th seed Ekaterina Makarova, 6th seed Andrea Petkovic and 9th seed Carla Suarez Navarro en route to her first final in over one and a half year. In the final she defeated former No.1 Victoria Azarenka in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, and won her first premier and the biggest title so far.

Safarova started her French Open campaign by defeating long time friend Anastatia Pavlyuchenkova in two tiebreakers. She went on defeating Kurumi Nara and 20th seed Sabine Lisicki, before setting up a clash with the defending champion Maria Sharapova in the fourth round. The czech overpowered the 2nd seed ended the Russian defending campaign in straight sets 7-6, 6-4. In the quarter final match against upcoming Spaniard talent 21st seed Garbine Muguruza. After winning the tight first set 7-6, she finished the match 6-3, advancing to her second semi final in a grand slam in her career. She will play former champion Ana Ivanovic for a place in the finals.

Personal life

Šafářová speaks three languages, Czech, German and English. She was in a relationship with fellow Czech tennis player Tomáš Berdych until they broke up in 2011.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2015	Australian Open	Hard	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	6–4, 7–6(7–5)

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2013	Madrid	Clay	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Cara Black Marina Erakovic	6–2, 6–4

WTA career finals

Singles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runners-up)

Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010) Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (1–3) Tier III, IV & V / International (5–4)

Titles by Surface Hard (4–3) Grass (0–1) Clay (1–1) Carpet (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1 May 2005	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Li Na	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	18 June 2005	Ordina Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Klára Zakopalová	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	20 August 2005	Forest Hills Tennis Classic, Forest Hills, United States	Hard	Sania Mirza	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	3.	7 January 2006	Brisbane International, Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Flavia Pennetta	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	5 February 2007	Open GDF Suez, Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Nadia Petrova	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	23 August 2008	Forest Hills Tennis Classic, Forest Hills, United States	Hard	Peng Shuai	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	20 September 2009	Challenge Bell, Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Melinda Czink	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	14 February 2010	Open GDF Suez, Paris, France	Hard (i)	Elena Dementieva	7–6(7–5), 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	6 March 2011	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Jelena Dokić	6–2, 6–7(9–11), 4–6
Runner-up	6.	11 June 2011	E-Boks Danish Open, Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Caroline Wozniacki	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	7 April 2012	Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States	Clay (green)	Serena Williams	0–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	15 September 2013	Challenge Bell, Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Marina Erakovic	6–4, 6–3
Winner	6.	28 February 2015	Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010) Grand Slam tournaments (1–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–0) Tier II / Premier (4–0) Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (2–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (4–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 August 2008	Nordea Nordic Light Open, Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Petra Cetkovská	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	7–5, 6–4
Winner	1.	8 April 2012	Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States	Clay (green)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Winner	2.	7 April 2013	Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States	Clay (green)	Kristina Mladenovic	Andrea Hlaváčková Liezel Huber	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	3.	11 May 2013	Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain	Clay	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Cara Black Marina Erakovic	6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	10 January 2014	Apia International Sydney, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Tímea Babos	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	5.	30 January 2015	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	6.	26 April 2015	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik	6-4, 6-3

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	1R	QF	1R	3R	1R	3R	1R	2R	3R	1R	0 / 10	11–10
French Open	A	1R	1R	4R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	4R		0 / 10	11–10
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	SF		0 / 9	9–9
US Open	Q2	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	4R		0 / 10	11–10
Win–Loss	0–0	0–3	1–3	11–4	1–4	3–4	1–4	6–4	3–4	3–4	13–4	0–1	0 / 39	42–39
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			3R	Not Held			1R	Not Held			0 / 2	2–2
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	3R	3R	2R	2R	1R	2R	4R	2R	3R	3R	0 / 9	13–9
Miami	A	A	2R	3R	3R	2R	3R	3R	2R	2R	3R	2R	0 / 9	14–9
Madrid	Not Held					3R	SF	QF	3R	1R	3R	QF	0 / 6	13–6
Beijing	Tier II					2R	1R	1R	1R	QF	3R		0 / 6	6–6
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Tier II					A	A	1R	Premier			QF	0 / 2	3–2
Doha	Not Tier I				3R	Not Held		P	QF	2R	3R	P	0 / 4	8–4
Rome	A	A	2R	A	1R	2R	QF	2R	A	A	A	2R	0 / 5	6–5
Canada	A	1R	2R	2R	A	QF	1R	QF	SF	1R	3R		0 / 8	11–8
Cincinnati	Tier III					2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	3R		0 / 6	4–6
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	3R	QF	Premier		0 / 4	8–4
Wuhan	Not Held										1R		0 / 1	0–1
Career Statistics	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	No.
Tournaments Played	—	11	22	16	20	24	23	23	22	23	23	4	211
Titles	—	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		5
Finals Reached	—	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0		12
Overall Win–Loss	—	15–9	21–21	28–16	17–19	32–23	27–22	34–23	26–22	22–20	39–24	4–4	265–203
Year-End Ranking	185	50	41	24	65	42	33	25	17	29	17

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	A	3R	1R	2R	1R	QF	QF	W	1 / 9	16–8
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R	QF	1R		0 / 9	7–9
Wimbledon	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	QF		0 / 9	4–9
US Open	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	3R	2R		0 / 10	5–10
Win–Loss	0–2	0–3	0–4	1–3	3–4	3–4	3–4	0–4	8–4	7–4	6–0	0 / 37	32–36
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held			1R	Not Held			1R	Not Held			0 / 2	0–2
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	0 / 4	0–4
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	1R	A	0 / 3	3–3
Madrid	Not Held				A	A	A	2R	W	QF		1 / 3	8–2
Beijing	Tier II				A	A	A	A	2R	A		0 / 1	1–1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Tier II				A	A	A	Premier			1R	0 / 1	0–1
Doha	Tier II			SF	Not Held		P	A	QF	1R	P	0 / 3	5–3
Rome	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 1	0–1
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R		0 / 3	2–3
Cincinnati	Tier III				1R	A	A	A	2R	QF		0 / 3	3–3
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	Premier		0 / 1	1–1
Wuhan	Not Held									A		0 / 0	0–0
Career Statistics	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	No.
Tournament Played	4	5	4	10	14	7	8	15	17	18	5	84
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	6
Finals Reached	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	7
Overall Win–Loss	0–4	0–5	0–4	7–10	6–13	3–7	5–8	12–14	26–14	19–17	10–3	88–99
Year-End Ranking	511	786	881	91	120	149	134	59	18	29

Top 10 Wins Per Season

Season	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total
Wins	1	5	0	0	2	4	3	0	3	3	21

Wins Over Top 10 Players Per Season

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments
WTA Tour Championships
Tournament of Champions
Fed Cup
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5
Tier II / Premier
Tier III, IV & V / International

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2006
1.	Patty Schnyder	No. 7	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Quarterfinals	6–4, 6–3
2007
2.	Amélie Mauresmo	No. 3	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	4th Round	6–4, 6–3
3.	Nicole Vaidišová	No. 9	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	2nd Round	6–4, 6–2
4.	Svetlana Kuznetsova	No. 5	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Quarterfinals	6–3, 6–4
5.	Justine Henin	No. 2	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Semifinals	7–6(7–5), 6–4
6.	Amélie Mauresmo	No. 4	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	3rd Round	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2010
7.	Caroline Wozniacki	No. 2	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	2nd Round	6–4, 6–4
8.	Agnieszka Radwańska	No. 9	Rome, Italy	Clay	3rd Round	1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
2011
9.	Agnieszka Radwańska	No. 10	Doha, Qatar	Hard	2nd Round	7–6(7–3), 6–3
10.	Jelena Janković	No. 7	Madrid, Spain	Clay	2nd Round	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
11.	Francesca Schiavone	No. 8	Toronto, Canada	Hard	2nd Round	6–3, 6–3
12.	Agnieszka Radwańska	No. 8	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	2nd Round	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
2012
13.	Caroline Wozniacki	No. 4	Doha, Qatar	Hard	2nd Round	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
14.	Vera Zvonareva	No. 9	Charleston, United States	Hard	Quarterfinals	6–3, 6–3
15.	Samantha Stosur	No. 5	Montreal, Canada	Hard	3rd Round	7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–5)
2014
16.	Caroline Wozniacki	No. 10	Sydney, Australia	Hard	2nd Round	6–4, 7–6(9–7)
17.	Dominika Cibulková	No. 10	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	3rd Round	6–4, 6–2
18.	Angelique Kerber	No. 10	Fed Cup, Prague, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Final	6–4, 6–4
2015
19.	Ekaterina Makarova	No. 9	Doha, Qatar	Hard	2nd Round	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
20.	Andrea Petkovic	No. 10	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Quarterfinals	6–2, 6–1
21.	Maria Sharapova	No. 2	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	4th Round	7–6(7–3), 6–4

External links

• Lucie Šafářová at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lucie Šafářová at the Billie Jean King Cup