Barbora Palicová

Barbora Palicová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbarbora ˈpalɪtsovaː]; born 11 March 2004) is a Czech tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of 190 in singles, achieved on 21 November 2024.

Barbora Palicová

Barbora Palicová in Wimbledon, 2023
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Born	(2004-03-11) 11 March 2004 (age 21) Neratovice, Czech Republic
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$226,644
Singles
Career record	153–99
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 179 (6 January 2025)
Current ranking	No. 189 (17 March 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2023, 2025)
French Open	Q2 (2023)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2023, 2025)
US Open	Q1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	23–25
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 265 (7 August 2023)
Current ranking	No. 448 (14 October 2024)
Last updated on: 14 October 2024.

Palicová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Prague Open, where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament.^[1] She made her singles main-draw debut at the 2022 Prague Open, losing in the first round to Lucie Havlíčková.^[2] Given a wildcard entry into the 2025 Prague Open, Palicová defeated Priscilla Hon for her first WTA Tour main-draw win,^[3] before losing to Jessika Ponchet in the second round.^[4]

Junior career

Grand Slam performance - Singles:

• Australian Open: –
• French Open: 2R (2021)
• Wimbledon: 1R (2021)
• US Open: –

Grand Slam performance - Doubles:

• Australian Open: –
• French Open: 2R (2021)
• Wimbledon: 2R (2021)
• US Open: –

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2025	Città di Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	Clay	Tereza Valentová	2–6, 6–4, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend W60/75 tournaments (1–1) W50 tournaments (1–2) W25 tournaments (0–1) W15 tournaments (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–3) Clay (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Hurricane Tyra Black	0–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Jan 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	İlay Yörük	6–3, 7–6(2)
Loss	1–2	Feb 2022	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	W25	Hard (i)	Sonay Kartal	6–7(5), 5–7
Win[5]	2–2	Aug 2022	Přerov Cup, Czech Republic	W60	Clay	Sada Nahimana	6–2, 1–6, 6–0
Loss	2–3	Feb 2024	ITF Edgbaston, United Kingdom	W50	Hard (i)	Magali Kempen	3–6, 6–7(6)
Win	3–3	May 2024	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	W50	Clay	Victoria Mboko	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	3–4	Aug 2024	ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	W75	Clay	Lola Radivojević	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–5	Oct 2024	ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France	W50	Hard (i)	Anastasia Zakharova	6–3, 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend W100 tournaments (0-1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2023	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK	W100	Hard (i)	Elena Malõgina	Harriet Dart Olivia Gadecki	0–6, 2–6

Junior career finals

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grade 1 / B1 (0–2)
Grade 2 (1–1)
Grade 3 (0–0)
Grade 4 (0–1)
Grade 5 (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2018	ITF Slovenská Ľupča, Slovakia	Grade 5	Clay	Michaela Kadlecková	6–4, 1–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Dec 2018	ITF Zagreb, Croatia	Grade 4	Hard	Séléna Janicijevic	1–6, 0–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 2019	ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic	Grade 2	Clay	Maria Timofeeva	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Jan 2020	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	Grade 1	Carpet	Kristina Dmitruk	1–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	1–4	Aug 2021	ITF Gladbeck, Germany	Grade 2	Clay	Kristyna Tomajkova	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	1–5	Sep 2021	ITF Charleroi, Belgium	Grade 1	Clay	Brenda Fruhvirtová	6–1, 3–6, 1–6

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

Legend
Grade A (0–1)
Grade 1 / B1 (1–0)
Grade 2 (1–2)
Grade 3 (1–0)
Grade 4 (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2019	ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic	Grade 2	Clay	Hibah Shaikh	Mara Guth Sinja Kraus	6–0, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Feb 2020	ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania	Grade 2	Hard	Natália Szabanin	Kylie Bilchev Daria Butsko	6–7(5), 4–6
Win	2–1	Aug 2021	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	Grade 3	Clay	Eva Shaw	Kristyna Hranacová Katrin Pavková	6–3, 7–6(8)
Loss	2–2	Aug 2021	ITF Gladbeck, Germany	Grade 2	Clay	Eva Shaw	Tilwith Di Girolami Laura Isabel Pütz	3–6, 3–6
Win	3–2	Oct 2021	ITF Vrsar, Croatia	Grade 1	Clay	Brenda Fruhvirtová	Lucija Ćirić Bagarić Lucie Havlíčková	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	3–3	Oct 2021	ITF Cape Town, South Africa	Grade A	Hard	Brenda Fruhvirtová	Petra Marčinko Johanne Svendsen	3–6, 2–6