Vladimíra Uhlířová

Vladimíra Uhlířová
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	London, England
Born	4 May 1978 (age 46); České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$868,362
Singles
Career record	58–79
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 400 (6 October 2003)
Doubles
Career record	319–302
Career titles	5 WTA, 17 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 18 (1 October 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2011)
French Open	3R (2007, 2008, 2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	SF (2007)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2012)
French Open	QF (2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2008, 2010)
US Open	QF (2008)

Vladimíra Uhlířová (born 4 May 1978) is a retired Czech tennis player.

In her career, she won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In October 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 400. In October 2007, she peaked at No. 18 in the doubles rankings.

Uhlířová reached the semifinals of the 2007 US Open, partnering Ágnes Szávay.

She announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2016.^[1]

Uhlířová now provides television commentary on the WTA Tour. She speaks several languages, and is therefore able to translate many of the non-English exchanges when on-court coaching takes place during matches.

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Australian Open	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	QF	2R	3R	A	A	9–7
French Open	2R	3R	3R	2R	2R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	10–10
Wimbledon	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	A	A	6–8
US Open	1R	SF	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	5–7
Win–Loss	1–3	8–4	4–4	1–4	2–4	6–4	5–4	3–3	0–1	0–1	30–32

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2011	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]

WTA career finals

Doubles (5–13)

Winner-Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1)
Premier (1–4)
International (4–8)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–7)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 February 2007	Open Gaz de France, Paris	Carpet (i)	Gabriela Navrátilová	Cara Black Liezel Huber	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	3 March 2007	Qatar Total Open, Doha	Hard	Ágnes Szávay	Martina Hingis Maria Kirilenko	1–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	23 April 2007	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Ágnes Szávay	Martina Müller Gabriela Navrátilová	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	23 July 2007	Gastein Ladies, Austria	Clay	Ágnes Szávay	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	10 February 2008	Open Gaz de France, Paris	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko	1–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	13 April 2008	Amelia Island Championships, United States	Clay	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	27 July 2008	LA Women's Championships, United States	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6–2, 5–7, [4–10]
Winner	3.	25 July 2009	Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož	Hard	Julia Görges	Camille Pin Klára Zakopalová	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	25 October 2009	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–1, 0–6, [7–10]
Winner	4.	24 July 2010	Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož	Hard	Maria Kondratieva	Anna Chakvetadze Marina Erakovic	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	7.	31 July 2010	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	Hard	Maria Kondratieva	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	4–6, 6–1, [9–11]
Runner-up	8.	26 September 2010	Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Julia Görges Polona Hercog	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	25 April 2011	Barcelona Ladies Open, Spain	Clay	Natalie Grandin	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	7–5, 4–6, [2–10]
Runner-up	10.	21 May 2011	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Natalie Grandin	Akgul Amanmuradova Chuang Chia-jung	7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Runner-up	11.	10 July 2011	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Natalie Grandin	Anabel Medina Garrigues Alicja Rosolska	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	21 August 2011	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Winner	5.	25 September 2011	Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Vera Dushevina Galina Voskoboeva	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up	13.	26 May 2012	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Natalie Grandin	Olga Govortsova Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, [3–10]

ITF Finals

Singles (0–1)

Legend
$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.	30 September 2002	Winter Park, United States	Clay	Julie Ditty	2–6, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles (17–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 August 2002	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Zuzana Černá	Valeria Bondarenko Edita Liachovičiūtė	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	24 November 2002	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Ema Janašková	Joana Cortez Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	3–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	12 January 2003	Tallahassee, United States	Hard	Petra Rampre	Antonia Matic Arpi Kojian	6–2, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Winner	4.	23 March 2003	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Daniela Berček	Borka Majstorović Frederica Piedade	W/O
Winner	5.	7 April 2003	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Zuzana Černá	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	27 April 2003	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	İpek Şenoğlu	Jana Macurová Gabriela Chmelinová	4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	6 July 2003	Heerhugowaard, Netherlands	Clay	Kika Hogendoorn	Tessy van de Ven Suzanne van Hartingsveldt	4–6, 0–2 ret.
Runner-up	8.	11 August 2003	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Zuzana Černá	Elke Clijsters Kirsten Flipkens	2–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	15 February 2004	Albufeira, Portugal	Clay	Zuzana Černá	Kildine Chevalier Frederica Piedade	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	10.	5 April 2004	Patras, Greece	Hard	Martina Müller	Chantal Coombs Emily Webley-Smith	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	25 April 2004	Bari, Italy	Clay	Martina Müller	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados	2-6, 7-5, 2-6
Runner-up	12.	23 May 2004	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	1-6, 6-4, 4-6
Winner	13.	31 May 2004	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Nadejda Ostrovskaya Kathrin Wörle	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	14.	22 June 2004	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Martina Müller	Erica Krauth Katalin Marosi	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	15.	16 November 2004	Tucson, United States	Hard	Līga Dekmeijere	Krysty Marcio Jessica Nguyen	6–4, 6–4
Winner	16.	16 January 2005	Tampa, United States	Hard	Julie Ditty	Cory Ann Avants Kristen Schlukebir	6–1, 6–2
Winner	17.	23 January 2005	Miami, United States	Hard	Julie Ditty	Mélanie Marois Sarah Riske	6–3, 2–6, 7–6⁽³⁾
Winner	18.	6 February 2005	Rockford, United States	Hard (i)	Julie Ditty	Joana Cortez Svetlana Krivencheva	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	19.	24 April 2005	Dothan, United States	Clay	Julie Ditty	Carly Gullickson Galina Voskoboeva	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Winner	20.	11 June 2005	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–2, 6–2
Winner	21.	11 September 2005	Denain, France	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Zsófia Gubacsi Mariya Koryttseva	6–0, 7–5
Winner	22.	22 January 2006	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Maureen Drake	Zuzana Kučová Chanelle Scheepers	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	23.	4 February 2006	Ortisei, Italy	Carpet	Lucie Hradecká	Tatiana Poutchek Anastasiya Yakimova	6–4, 6–2
Winner	24.	11 August 2009	Trnava, Slovak Republic	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Michaela Paštiková Darina Šeděnková	6–4, 6–2
Winner	25.	8 September 2009	Biella, Italy	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Darya Kustova Renata Voráčová	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Runner-up	26.	5 November 2009	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Renata Voráčová	Lucie Hradecká Michaela Paštiková	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	27.	19 December 2009	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Julia Görges Oksana Kalashnikova	6–4, 2–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	28.	17 December 2010	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Sania Mirza	Julia Görges Petra Martić	4–6, 6–7⁽⁷⁾
Winner	29.	14 March 2011	Nassau, Bahamas	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears	6–4, 6–2