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Andrea Hlaváčková

Andrea Hlaváčková at the 2011 US Open
Full name	Andrea Hlaváčková
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Plzeň, Czech Republic
Born	(1986-08-10) 10 August 1986 Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2004
Prize money	$1,848,310
Singles
Career record	283–239
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 58 (10 September 2012)
Current ranking	No. 104 (19 August 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2011)
French Open	1R (2011, 2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2010, 2011, 2012)
US Open	4R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	281–141
Career titles	13 WTA, 17 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 3 (22 October 2012)
Current ranking	No. 7 (8 July 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2012)
French Open	W (2011)
Wimbledon	F (2012)
US Open	F (2012, 2013)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	Silver Medal (2012)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	W (2013)
Last updated on: 17 June 2013.

Olympic medal record
Representing Czech Republic
Women's Tennis
	2012 London	Doubles

Andrea Hlaváčková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈandrɛa ˈɦlavaːtʃkovaː]; born 10 August 1986 in Plzeň) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her highest singles ranking is World No. 58, which she reached on 10 September 2012, and her highest doubles ranking is World No. 3, reached on 22 October 2012. In her career, Hlaváčková has won 12 WTA doubles titles, as well as 17 ITF doubles titles and seven ITF singles titles. Hlaváčková won the doubles title at the 2011 French Open, when she was paired with Lucie Hradecká. She was part of the winning Czech team in Fed Cup 2012.[1] She also won the mixed doubles title at the 2013 US Open paired with Max Mirnyi.

Tennis career

Hlaváčková won her first International Tennis Federation (ITF) doubles title in 2003, on 19 October, with compatriot Tereza Szafnerová. The team defeated Lucie Kriegsmannová and Pavlína Šlitrová in the final.

In 2006, Andrea won her first and only ITF singles title in Tenerife, Spain, when she beat Monique Adamczak in the final. Hlaváčková won her first ITF doubles title of 2006 in Jersey, Channel Islands, with Matea Mezak. Hlaváčková and Renata Voráčová won a title in Fontanafredda, Italy over Daniela and Sandra Klemenschits. In late 2006, she won three straight doubles events that she entered. All of them came with compatriot Nikola Franková in November and December.

In 2007, Hlaváčková won her first WTA doubles title, partnered with compatriot Petra Cetkovská. Hlaváčková and Sandra Klösel of Germany entered the 2007 Wimbledon women's doubles competition main draw as lucky losers. The team defeated Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska in the first round, but fell to Michaëlla Krajicek and Agnieszka Radwańska in the second. The Czech team won the title in their home country, at the Prague Open. They defeated Ji Chunmei and Sun Shengnan. On the ITF Circuit, Hlaváčková won four doubles titles. Her first of the year came in March in Tenerife, Spain along with Margit Rüütel. Her next two titles came in La Palma, Spain and Calvià, Spain, both with Cetkovská. Hlaváčková won her fourth title with Lucie Hradecká in Jersey, Great Britain to retain her crown.

Hlaváčková made a successful WTA partnership with Lucie Hradecká, and teamed with her to win the 2008 ECM Prague Open in their home country of the Czech Republic in Prague. To win, the pair defeated Jill Craybas and Michaëlla Krajicek in the final. Their second title of the year then came at the 2008 Gastein Ladies, where they beat Sesil Karatantcheva and Nataša Zorić in the final.

She won her first Grand Slam title in doubles with Lucie Hradecká at the 2011 French Open, beating Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina in the final.

On 5 August 2012, Hlaváčková won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London along with her women's doubles partner Lucie Hradecká.

At the 2012 US Open, Hlaváčková reached the fourth round. She upset Maria Kirilenko in the third round, but was defeated by fourth seed and eventual champion Serena Williams in the Round of 16, 6-0, 6-0.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2011	French Open	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Lucie Hradecká	Serena Williams Venus Williams	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	2012	US Open	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2013	US Open	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 6-4

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2013	US Open	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Abigail Spears Santiago González	7–6(7–5), 6–3

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1

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

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 July 2013	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Yvonne Meusburger	5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 23 (13 titles, 9 runners-up)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (1–2)
WTA Tour Championships (0–1)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–0)
Tier II / Premier (1–2)
Tier III, IV & V / International (10–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	7 May 2007	ECM Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Petra Cetkovská	Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan	7–6(9–7), 6–2
Winner	2.	28 April 2008	ECM Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Jill Craybas Michaëlla Krajicek	1–6, 6–3, 10–6
Winner	3.	14 July 2008	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Sesil Karatantcheva Nataša Zorić	6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	20 July 2009	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Tatjana Malek Andrea Petkovic	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	3 January 2010	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Melinda Czink Arantxa Parra Santonja	2–6, 7–6(7–3), 10–4
Runner-up	1.	19 February 2011	Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Lucie Hradecká	Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	6.	24 April 2011	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Fes, Morocco	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Nina Bratchikova Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 6–4
Winner	7.	21 May 2011	Brussels Open, Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Galina Voskoboeva	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 6–0, [10–5]
Winner	8.	3 June 2011	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	16 July 2011	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy	Clay	Klára Zakopalová	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	5–7, 1–6
Winner	9.	7 January 2012	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Julia Görges Flavia Pennetta	6–7(2–7), 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	10.	25 February 2012	Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Lucie Hradecká	Vera Dushevina Olga Govortsova	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	6 July 2012	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Lucie Hradecká	Serena Williams Venus Williams	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	5 August 2012	Summer Olympics, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Lucie Hradecká	Serena Williams Venus Williams	4–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	19 August 2012	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Katarina Srebotnik Jie Zheng	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	25 August 2012	New Haven Open at Yale, New Haven, United States	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–4, 0–6, [4–10]
Runner-up	6.	9 September 2012	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4–6, 2–6
Winner	12.	21 October 2012	BGL Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Lucie Hradecká	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	28 October 2012	WTA Championships, Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Lucie Hradecká	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	3 February 2013	Open GDF Suez, Paris, France	Hard (i)	Liezel Huber	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	7 April 2013	Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States	Clay (green)	Liezel Huber	Kristina Mladenovic Lucie Šafářová	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	13.	14 July 2013	Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Nina Bratchikova Anna Tatishvili	6–4, 6–1
Pending	14./10.	8 September 2013	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua

Singles statistics

This table is current through the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	1R	1R	1–3
French Open	A	1R	LQ	1R	0–2
Wimbledon	2R	2R	2R	1R	3–4
US Open	A	LQ	4R	LQ	3–1
Win–Loss	1–1	2–3	4–3	0–3	7–10

Doubles statistics

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only Main Draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam Tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records. This table is current through the 2013 Western & Southern Open.

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	3R	2R	SF	2R	0 / 5	9–5
French Open	A	A	A	1R	3R	W	SF	SF	1 / 5	16–4
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	F	QF	0 / 7	10–7
US Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	QF	F		0 / 4	9–4
Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–4	5–4	10–3	18–4	8–3	1 / 21	44–20
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held		A	Not Held			S	NH	0 / 1	4–1
Year-End Championship
Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	F		0 / 1	1–1
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	SF	2R	0 / 4	5–4
Miami	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 4	0–4
Madrid	Not Held			A	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 1	0–2
Beijing	Tier II			A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	NH	Tier II		A	A	A	Premier		0 / 0	0–0
Doha	Tier II		A	Not Held		P	A	QF	0 / 1	2–1
Rome	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	QF	0 / 2	2–2
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
Cincinnati	Tier III			A	A	2R	W	2R	1 / 3	6–2
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	No.
Tournament Played	1	3	7	10	14	19	17	14	85
Titles	0	1	2	1	1	3	4	1	13
Finals	0	1	2	1	1	5	9	3	22
Overall Win–Loss	1–1	5–2	12–5	14–9	17–13	30–16	48–12	24–13	151–71
Year-End Ranking	236	99	71	59	45	14	3

External links

• Andrea Hlaváčková at the Women's Tennis Association