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Rebecca Šramková
Slovak tennis player (born 1996) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rebecca Šramková (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈrebeka ˈʂramkɔʋaː]; born 19 October 1996) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33, achieved on 14 July 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 209, reached on 9 June 2025.[1] She has won one WTA Tour singles title in Hua Hin, Thailand. On the ITF Women's Circuit, she has won 13 singles titles and four doubles titles.[2]
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At the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup, playing for the Slovakia national team, she contributed to her country reaching the final for the first time.
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Juniors
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Šramková achieved her highest ranking of 200 on 14 July 2014. She won one title in doubles and none in singles.[3]
2012–2014: Professional debut
Her debut in the main competitions of the ITF Circuit was in May 2012, when she advanced from qualifying at the $10k tournament in Velenje, Slovenia. In the second round, she lost to Slovenian Anja Prislan. She won the premier single at this level of tennis in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia. At the $10k event which took place in September 2013, she defeated Dunja Stamenković from Serbia in the final.
2015–2016: WTA Tour qualifying debut, first ITF title
She made her WTA Tour singles qualifying debut 2015 on the grass courts of the Nottingham Open. At the beginning of the qualifying competition, she was eliminated by the second seeded Zhu Lin.
Šramková won her biggest singles title to date at the 2016 Open de Biarritz, a $100k tournament, where she defeated Martina Trevisan in the final in three sets. This was her fifth title on the ITF Circuit.[4]
2017–2022: Major and WTA Tour debuts
She made her Grand Slam main-draw singles debut at the 2017 Australian Open by mastering the three-round qualifying rounds, where she dealt with Virginie Razzano in the decisive match. However, in the opening round of the singles tournament, she lost to Chinese player Duan Yingying.
She made her tour debut at the Ladies Championship Gstaad where she defeated Nina Stojanović in the first round.
At the 2021 Prague Open, she defeated top seed and world No. 12, Petra Kvitová, for the biggest win of her career.[5][6]
At the 2022 French Open, on her debut at this major, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser after the withdrawal of Rebecca Peterson.[5]
2023–2024: WTA Tour title, 1000 & top 50 debuts, BJK Cup finalist
At the 2023 Warsaw Open, she qualified for the main draw and defeated second seed and world No. 18, Karolína Muchová, to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, from 5-1 down in the third set, saving four match points.[7][5]
In September 2023, Šramková reached her first WTA 125 final in Bari where she lost to Tamara Zidanšek, despite having four match points in the second set.[8]
She made her WTA 1000 debut at the 2024 Indian Wells Open, after qualifying for the main draw, and won her first match at this level over Wang Yafan. Ranked No. 120, she also qualified for the main draw at the Italian Open and defeated wildcard Georgia Pedone, 26th seed Katie Boulter and Sofia Kenin to reach the fourth round, before losing to Jelena Ostapenko.[9][10] As a result, she reached the top 100 in the WTA rankings for the first time in her career on 20 May 2024.[5]
She also qualified for the 2024 French Open but lost to Amanda Anisimova.[11] and made her debut at Wimbledon.[10] At the Budapest Grand Prix, she reached her second Tour quarterfinal, upsetting third seed Wang Xiyu, before losing to Eva Lys.[12]
In September 2024, ranked No. 136, Šramková reached her first WTA 250 final at the Jasmin Open, after defeating qualifier Elsa Jacquemot,[13] second seed Clara Burel in straight sets,[14][15] Sara Sorribes Tormo saving a match point to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal,[16][17] and seventh seed Lucia Bronzetti.[18][10] In the final, she lost in straight sets to Sonay Kartal.[19] Ranked No. 89, she reached back-to-back finals in a month at the Thailand Open, defeating local qualifier and WTA Tour debutante Mananchaya Sawangkaew, Magda Linette,[20] Jana Fett, and Tamara Zidanšek.[21] Šramková defeated Laura Siegemund in the final to claim her maiden Tour-level title and became the tenth first-time WTA Tour champion in the season. She moved to a new career-high at No. 61 on 23 September 2024, raising more than 40 positions up in the singles rankings and became the Slovak No. 1 player ahead of Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.[22][23] On her debut at the China Open, where she qualified for the main draw, she defeated Anhelina Kalinina[24] and upset 22nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova to reach the third round at a WTA 1000 for the second time, recording her ninth straight match and fourth top 50 win for the season and the biggest win by ranking.[25][26] At the Jiangxi Open, Šramková reached a third final since the US Open with wins over Wei Sijia, avenging her first-round loss in Guangzhou,[27] and Laura Siegemund.[28] She lost the final to Viktorija Golubic in straight sets.[29][30]
2025: Nottingham semifinal
Šramková defeated Katie Volynets[31] to reach the second round at the Australian Open for the first time, where she lost to second seed Iga Świątek.[32]
In February at the Qatar Open, she recorded wins over Anhelina Kalinina,[33] and 12th seed Mirra Andreeva[34] to make it into the third round, at which point her run was ended by fifth seed Elena Rybakina.[35] Later that month, Šramková reached the quarterfinals at the Mérida Open by overcoming Lulu Sun[36] and third seed Beatriz Haddad Maia[37] before losing in the last eight to qualifier Emiliana Arango in three sets.[38]
At the Italian Open in May, she defeated McCartney Kessler,[39] but was eliminated in the second round by 17th seed Jeļena Ostapenko.[40]
Moving onto the grass-court season at the Nottingham Open in June, Šramková overcame qualifier Laura Siegemund,[41] fourth seed Yulia Putintseva[42] and seventh seed Linda Nosková[43] to reach the semifinals, where she lost to McCartney Kessler.[44]
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In 2017, Šramková made her debut on the Slovak Fed Cup team in Forlì, being part of a match against hosting Italian team, at World Group II, in which she won both singles against Sara Errani and Francesca Schiavone as a player outside the top 100. With the decision set, they were dying alongside Anna Karolína Schmiedlová during the opening set of doubles. The Slovak team won 3–2.[citation needed]
In November 2024, Šramková defeated world No. 11, Danielle Collins, as Slovakia overcame the USA to qualify for the Billie Jean King Cup quarterfinals.[45][46] She then defeated Ajla Tomljanović as Slovakia overcame Australia to reach the semifinals.[47][48] In the last four, Šramková came back from a set down to defeat Katie Boulter to help Slovakia beat Great Britain and make it into the final for the first time since 2002.[49] She lost to Jasmine Paolini in the final as Slovakia were defeated by Italy.[50]
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| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[51]
Singles
Current through the 2024 China Open.
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
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WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 19 (13 titles, 6 runner–ups)
Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner–ups)
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Notes
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
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