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Renata Voráčová

Czech tennis player (born 1983) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Renata Voráčová
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Renata Voráčová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈrɛnata ˈvoraːtʃovaː]; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player.

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Voráčová has won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 58 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 11 October 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 74. On 21 August 2017, she peaked at No. 29 in the WTA doubles rankings.[1]

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Background and early life

Voracova's father, Frantisek, owns a gas company, while her mother, Vlasta, manages a sports center. She also has brother, David, that is a professional dancer and still studying. She started playing tennis aged 7.[2]

Junior achievements

As a junior, Voráčová reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles and No. 3 in doubles. One of the highlights of her junior tennis career was winning the 2001 French Open doubles title, alongside Petra Cetkovská.[3]

Career

2017

At the Wimbledon Championships, Voráčová made the second week of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, with partner Makoto Ninomiya reaching the semifinals of the ladies' doubles.[4][5] They lost in three sets to Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu.[6] Due to her surprise run, Voráčová reached a new career-high ranking of 32 on 17 July, after 17 years on the WTA Tour. And she even got better by the month of August, reaching world No. 29.

2022

Voráčová started her 2022 season at the Melbourne Summer Set 2, where she lost in the first round of the doubles tournament.[7] Her Australian visa was later cancelled after her medical exemption from Australia's vaccination rules was rejected by the Australian government, forcing Voráčová to withdraw from the Australian Open amid her deportation.[8][9][10]

Performance timelines

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W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# 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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[11]

Singles

Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.

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Doubles

Current through the 2023 Miami Open.

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WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)

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WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 29 (15 titles, 14 runner–ups)

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Doubles: 95 (59 titles, 36 runner–ups)

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ITF Junior Circuit

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

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Notes

  1. 2000: WTA ranking–750, 2001: WTA ranking–240, 2016: WTA ranking–643, 2017: WTA ranking–N/A, 2019: WTA ranking–627.
  2. 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 to 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.
  3. In 2009, the German Open was replaced by the Madrid Open. The Premier Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

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