Jana Pospíšilová

Jana Pospíšilová
Country (sports)	Czechoslovakia; Czech Republic
Born	23 March 1970 (age 54); Kostelec u Křížků,; Czechoslovakia
Retired	1998
Prize money	$237,965
Singles
Career record	188-156
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 49 (13 February 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1990)
French Open	2R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon	1R (1989, 1990)
US Open	1R (1989, 1990)
Doubles
Career record	138-103
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 83 (13 May 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1990, 1991)
French Open	2R (1988)
Wimbledon	2R (1990, 1992)
US Open	1R (1989, 1990)

Jana Rychlá (born Jana Pospíšilová on 23 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.

Career

As a junior, Pospíšilová was a member of the Czechoslovak team which won the 1986 World Youth Cup in Japan and she was runner-up to Natasha Zvereva in the girls' singles at the 1987 French Open.^[1]

In both 1988 and 1989 she competed for Czechoslovakia in the Federation Cup. When Czechoslovakia won the competition in 1988, Pospíšilová featured in all five World Group matches, as the doubles partner of Jana Novotná. The pair were unbeaten until losing in the final to the USSR, but Czechoslovakia had already secured the title after winning both singles matches.^[2] In 1989 she played in two ties, again as a doubles player, this time partnering Regina Rajchrtová.

Pospíšilová began competing on the WTA Tour in 1988. In her first season she had a win over second-seeded Helena Suková in a match at the 1988 European Indoors and lost the final of the Southern Cross Classic to Fed Cup teammate Jana Novotná, to finish at 50th in the year-end rankings.^[3] She peaked at 49 in the world early in 1989. Other career highlights include wins over Hana Mandlíková at the 1989 Canadian Open held in Toronto and victory against Pam Shriver at the 1990 NSW Open in Sydney. At the 1990 Athens Trophy, Pospíšilová partnered with Leona Lásková to reach her only career doubles final. The final was decided by a last set tie-break, which they lost 6–8 to Laura Garrone and Karin Kschwendt.^[4]

Personal life

Pospíšilová's is the elder sister of Czech tennis player Jaroslav Pospíšil.^[5]

She has been married to Czech actor Petr Rychlý since 2006.^[6]

WTA Tour career finals

Singles: 1 runner-up

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	November, 1988	Adelaide, Australia	Tier II	Hard	Jana Novotná	5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	September, 1990	Athens, Greece	Tier V	Clay	Leona Lásková	Laura Garrone Karin Kschwendt	0–6, 6–1, 6–7⁽⁶⁾

ITF finals

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (6–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	19 January 1987	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Catrin Jexell	3–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	28 September 1987	Bol, Yugoslavia	Clay	Karin Kschwendt	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	12 October 1987	Mali Lošinj, Yugoslavia	Clay	Karin Kschwendt	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	29 July 1991	Acireale, Italy	Clay	Li Fang	0–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	4 December 1995	Přerov, Czech Republic	Hard	Petra Rampre	6–2, 7–6⁽³⁾
Runner-up	3.	17 December 1995	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Hard	Katarína Studeníková	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	19 February 1996	Nürnberg, Germany	Carpet (i)	Ekaterina Sysoeva	6–3, 6–3
Winner	5.	3 November 1996	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Laurence Andretto	6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Winner	6.	2 June 1997	Bytom, Poland	Clay	Miroslava Vavrinec	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–7⁽⁰⁾, 6–1

Doubles (15–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	29 September 1986	Sibenik, Yugoslavia	Clay	Petra Langrová	Denisa Krajčovičová Radka Zrubáková	6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	6 October 1986	Mali Lošinj, Yugoslavia	Clay	Petra Langrová	Denisa Krajčovičová Radka Zrubáková	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	13 October 1986	Rabac, Yugoslavia	Clay	Petra Langrová	Denisa Krajčovičová Radka Zrubáková	3–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	3 August 1987	Rheda, West Germany	Clay	Hana Fukárková	Nora Bajchiková Denisa Krajčovičová	6–2, 6–0
Winner	4.	20 August 1987	Darmstadt, West Germany	Clay	Hana Fukárková	Nora Bajchiková Denisa Krajčovičová	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	12 October 1987	Mali Lošinj, Yugoslavia	Clay	Denisa Krajčovičová	Michaela Frimmelová Petra Holubová	5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	5.	17 June 1991	Modena, Italy	Clay	Denisa Krajčovičová	Yvonne Grubben Stephanie Rottier	6–1, 6–4
Winner	6.	2 September 1991	Arzachena, Italy	Hard	Nanne Dahlman	Ilana Berger Louise Pleming	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	30 March 1992	Moncalieri, Italy	Clay	Radka Bobková	Elena Makarova Kateřina Šišková	4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner	7.	6 April 1992	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Radka Bobková	Estefanía Bottini Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–3, 2–6, 7–6
Winner	8.	31 August 1992	Klagenfurt, Austria	Clay	Denisa Krajčovičová	Katja Oeljeklaus Heike Thoms	w/o
Runner-up	4.	14 September 1992	Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Kateřina Šišková	Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund	1–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	29 March 1993	Moulins, France	Hard	Agnese Gustmane	Isabelle Demongeot Catherine Suire	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	10.	6 September 1993	Klagenfurt, Austria	Clay	Květa Peschke	Ivana Jankovská Eva Melicharová	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	5.	7 March 1994	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Hard	Květa Peschke	Lara Bitter Maaike Koutstaal	5–7, 3–6
Winner	11.	17 October 1994	Flensburg, Germany	Carpet	Kateřina Šišková	Kirstin Freye Silke Meier	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	20 November 1994	Bad Gögging, Germany	Carpet (i)	Kateřina Šišková	Cătălina Cristea Tatjana Ječmenica	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	12.	12 August 1996	Lohmar, Germany	Clay	Alena Vašková	Michaela Paštiková Jitka Schönfeldová	6–7⁽¹⁾, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	13.	1 September 1997	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Kateřina Šišková	Ana Alcázar Eva Bes	6–1, 6–0
Winner	14.	22 September 1997	Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Radka Bobková	Maria Goloviznina Evgenia Kulikovskaya	6–2, 6–3
Winner	15.	17 August 1998	Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	Clay	Magdalena Kučerová	Katharzyna Teodorowicz Anna Bieleń-Żarska	6–3, 4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾