Alena Palmeová-West

Alena Palmeová-West (born 7 January 1945) is a Czech former professional tennis player.

Alena Palmeová-West

Full name	Alena Palmeová-West
Country (sports)	Czechoslovakia
Born	(1945-01-07) 7 January 1945 (age 80) Jihlava, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Singles
Career titles	11
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1971)
Wimbledon	3R (1969, 1971)
US Open	2R (1971)
Doubles
Career titles	1
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	3R (1970)
Wimbledon	1R (1970, 1974)
US Open	1R (1971)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	1R (1971)

Biography

Palmeová born in 1945 in Jihlava. She married American William Sidney West on July 17, 1970, divorced 1984. After the wedding she played under the name Alena Palmeová-West.

Career

Palmeová won 11 international tournaments in singles and played in the finals in 19 tournaments. In doubles, she won one tournament and played in the finals in two tournaments. At Grand Slam level she was most successful at Wimbledon, making the third round of the Wimbledon in both 1969 and 1971.^[1]

Playing for Czechoslovakia at the Federation Cup, Palmeová has a win–loss record of 2–4.^[2]

Career finals

Singles (11 titles – 19 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1964	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Tsu Sun Tsen	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Sep 1966	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Clay	Anna Dmitrieva	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Sep 1967	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Vlasta Vopičková	3–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Jun 1968	Leverkusen, West Germany	Clay	Almut Sturm	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Jul 1968	Travemünde, West Germany	Clay	Gail Chanfreau	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	May 1969	Leverkusen, West Germany	Clay	Helga Niessen Masthoff	2–6, 5–7
Loss	2–5	Sep 1969	Beersheeba, Israel	Hard	Sally Holdsworth	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	2–6	Sep 1969	Netanya, Israel	Hard	Sally Holdsworth	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Win	3–6	Oct 1969	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Sally Holdsworth	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3–7	Apr 1970	Charlotte, United States	Clay	Nancy Richey	0–6, 0–6
Win	4–7	Apr 1971	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Yelena Granaturova	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–7	Apr 1971	Netanya, Israel	Hard	Andrée Martin	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–7	Mar 1972	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Nathalie Fuchs	6–1, 6–2
Loss	6–8	Apr 1972	Montana, Switzerland	Clay	Lesley Hunt	1–6, 0–6
Loss	6–9	Apr 1972	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Linda Tuero	3–6, 1–6
Win	7–9	May 1972	Terrassa, Spain	Clay	Marilyn Pryde	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–10	May 1972	Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Linda Tuero	1–6, 4–6
Loss	7–11	Jul 1972	Fulda, West Germany	Clay	Heide Orth	0–6, 0–6
Win	8–11	Aug 1972	Grado, Italy	Clay	Michelle Rodríguez	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8–12	Oct 1972	Hong Kong	Carpet (i)	Kazuko Sawamatsu	2–6, 3–6
Loss	8–13	Nov 1972	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Kazuko Sawamatsu	3–6, 0–6
Win	9–13	Jul 1973	Davos, Switzerland	Clay	Danièle Bouteleux	3–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss	9–14	Aug 1973	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Lucia Bassi	3–6, 1–6
Loss	9–15	Aug 1973	Brummana, Lebanon	Clay	Raquel Giscafré	4–6, 7–9
Loss	9–16	May 1974	Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win	10–16	Jul 1974	Montana, Switzerland	Clay	Lucia Bassi	7–6, 6–4
Loss	10–17	Aug 1974	İstanbul, Turkey	Clay	Raquel Giscafré	1–6, 3–6
Loss	10–18	Jul 1975	Travemünde, West Germany	Clay	Helga Niessen Masthoff	4–6, 4–6
Loss	10–19	Jul 1975	Montana, Switzerland	Clay	Linky Boshoff	6–7, 2–6
Win	11–19	Aug 1975	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Marianne Kindler	6–3, 6–2

Doubles (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1964	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Olga Lendlová	Vlasta Kodešová Jitka Volavková	6–2, 8–6
Loss	1–1	Aug 1965	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Jitka Volavková	Annette Van Zyl Gail Chanfreau	1–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2	Jul 1966	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Olga Lendlová	Vlasta Kodešová Jitka Volavková	6–1, 3–6, 10–12
Loss	1–3	Oct 1972	Hong Kong	Carpet (i)	Frances Taylor	Hideko Goto Kazuko Sawamatsu	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Jul 1974	Montana, Switzerland	Clay	Lucia Bassi	Judy Connor Lynn Cooper	7–6, 6–4