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Renata Voráčová
Voráčová at the 2015 French Open
Country (sports) Czech Republic
Born (1983-10-06) 6 October 1983 (age 40)
Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2000
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,661,920
Singles
Career record496–414
Career titles0 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 74 (11 October 2010)
Current rankingNo. 493 (20 May 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2007)
French Open1R (2011)
Wimbledon1R (2008, 2010)
US Open1R (2002, 2007, 2010)
Doubles
Career record606–349
Career titles11 WTA, 3 WTA 125K, 56 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 29 (21 August 2017)
Current rankingNo. 81 (15 July 2019)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2003, 2014)
French Open3R (2012)
WimbledonSF (2017)
US Open2R (2008, 2012, 2014)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2008)
Wimbledon3R (2011)
US Open1R (2017)
Last updated on: 20 May 2019.

Renata Voráčová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈrɛnata ˈvoraːtʃovaː]; born 6 October 1983) is a professional Czech tennis player.

Voráčová has won ten WTA and three 125K doubles titles, as well as 15 singles and 56 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 11 October 2010, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 74. On 21 August 2017, she peaked at No. 29 in the doubles rankings.

Career

As a junior, Voráčová reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles and No. 3 in doubles. One of the highlights of her junior tennis career was winning the 2001 French Open doubles title with Petra Cetkovská.

2017

At the Wimbledon Championships, Voráčová made the second week of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, with partner Makoto Ninomiya reaching the semifinals of the ladies' doubles. They lost 6–7, 6–4, 7–9 to Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu. Due to her surprise run, Voráčová reached a new career-high ranking of 32 on July 17, after 17 years on the WTA Tour.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2001 French Open Clay Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská Haiti Neyssa Etienne
Germany Annette Kolb
6–3, 3–6, 6–3

WTA career finals

Doubles: 20 (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (11–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–5)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1–0 Nov 2002 PTT Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Republic of Ireland Kelly Liggan Russia Lina Krasnoroutskaya
Russia Tatiana Panova
7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up 1–1 Jul 2006 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Slovakia Janette Husárová
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner 2–1 Sep 2006 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož Hard Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Czech Republic Eva Birnerová
France Émilie Loit
w/o
Winner 3–1 Jul 2007 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Hungary Ágnes Szávay
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–3, 7–5
Winner 4–1 Sep 2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož (2) Hard Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
5–7, 6–4, [10–7]
Runner-up 4–2 Oct 2007 Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada Carpet (i) Canada Stéphanie Dubois United States Christina Fusano
United States Raquel Kops-Jones
2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner 5–2 Jul 2009 İstanbul Cup, Turkey Hard Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Germany Julia Görges
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Runner-up 5–3 Oct 2009 Luxembourg Open Hard (i) Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6–1, 0–6, [7–10]
Runner-up 5–4 Apr 2010 Morocco Open, Fes Clay Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 5–5 Jul 2010 Swedish Open, Båstad Clay Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–7(0–7), 0–6
Winner 6–5 Oct 2010 Generali Ladies Linz, Austria Hard (i) Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Winner 7–5 Apr 2011 Morocco Open, Fes Clay Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Russia Nina Bratchikova
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
6–3, 6–4
Winner 8–5 Jul 2012 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Italy Clay Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová Croatia Darija Jurak
Hungary Katalin Marosi
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Winner 9–5 Oct 2014 HP Open, Osaka, Japan Hard Japan Shuko Aoyama Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Germany Tatjana Maria
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 9–6 Jan 2015 ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand Hard Japan Shuko Aoyama Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 9–7 May 2016 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Germany Clay Japan Shuko Aoyama Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 9–8 Sep 2016 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard Netherlands Demi Schuurs Romania Raluca Olaru
Turkey İpek Soylu
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 9–9 Jan 2017 ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand Hard Netherlands Demi Schuurs Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
2–6, 2–6
Winner 10–9 Aug 2017 Citi Open, Washington D.C. Hard Japan Shuko Aoyama Canada Eugenie Bouchard
United States Sloane Stephens
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 10–10 Jan 2019 Shenzhen Open, China Hard China Duan Yingying China Peng Shuai
China Yang Zhaoxuan
4–6, 3–6
Winner 11–10 Jul 2019 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Italy (2) Clay Sweden Cornelia Lister Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Netherlands Arantxa Rus
7–6(7–2), 6–2

WTA 125K series finals

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

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 3 November 2014 Limoges, France Hard (i) Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
2–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Runner-up 1. 14 November 2016 Limoges, France Hard (i) United Kingdom Anna Smith Luxembourg Mandy Minella
Belgium Elise Mertens
4–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 11 June 2017 Bol, Croatia Clay Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska
Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 16 March 2019 Guadalajara, Mexico Hard Sweden Cornelia Lister United States Maria Sanchez
Hungary Fanny Stollár
5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 8 June 2019 Bol, Croatia Clay Sweden Cornelia Lister Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Luxembourg Mandy Minella
6–0, 6–7(3–7), [4–10]
Winner 3. 4 August 2019 Karlsruhe, Germany Clay Spain Lara Arruabarrena China Han Xinyun
China Yuan Yue
6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–4]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 W–L
Australian Open Q3 Q1 Q1 A A 2R 1R Q1 1R 1R A A Q3 1R 1–5
French Open Q1 Q3 A Q2 A Q3 Q1 Q1 Q2 1R Q1 A Q1 Q2 0–1
Wimbledon A Q1 A A A Q2 1R Q2 1R Q1 A A Q1 Q1 0–2
US Open 1R Q1 A A Q2 1R Q1 Q1 1R Q1 A Q1 Q2 Q3 0–3

Doubles

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 W–L
Australian Open 2R 1R A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 2R 1R A 1R 1R 2–11
French Open 1R A 1R A 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 2R 6–13
Wimbledon 3R A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R SF 1R 9–13
US Open 1R A A A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3–13
Win–Loss 3–4 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–4 2–4 0–4 0–4 2–4 3–3 0–3 5–4 0–4 0–2 4–4 1–4 20–50

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