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Sára Bejlek

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Sára Bejlek
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Sára Bejlek (born 31 January 2006) is a Czech tennis player.[2] She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 114 in singles, achieved on 6 May 2024, and No. 671 in doubles, set on 1 August 2022. Bejlek has won two singles titles on the WTA 125 tour.

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Junior Grand Slam performance

Singles:

  • Australian Open: –
  • French Open: SF (2022)
  • Wimbledon: 2R (2021)
  • US Open: –

Doubles:

  • Australian Open: –
  • French Open: W (2022)
  • Wimbledon: 2R (2021)
  • US Open: –

Bejlek won the 2022 French Open girl's doubles event, partnering with Lucie Havlíčková.[3] In addition, she reached the semifinals in singles.[4]

Professional career

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2021: First ITF Circuit title & top 500

In July, she won her first and up to date biggest title at the $60k ITS Cup in Olomouc, Czech Republic, by double bagelling Paula Ormaechea in the final.[5] As a result, after making her WTA rankings debut, she improved her rank by 557 positions to No. 447 in just one month.[6][7]

2022: Grand Slam & top 200 debuts

In June, at the Česká Lípa, she won the $60k Macha Lake Open, defeating fellow Czech Jesika Malečková in the final.[8] The following week, Bejlek made her Grand Slam qualifying debut at Wimbledon Championships, but she was defeated by Emina Bektas.[9] A month later, she defended her title at the ITS Cup, this time defeating Lina Gjorcheska in the final.[10] She continued with making progress at the US Open making her Grand Slam main-draw debut after three wins in the qualifying. She was the youngest player in the tournament’s main draw, having been the youngest direct entrant to qualifying.[11] [12][13][14]

2023: Australian Open and French Open debuts

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Bejlek at the 2023 French Open

At 16, as the second-youngest player in the top 200, she made her debut at the Australian Open.[15] She lost to her compatriot Barbora Krejčíková in the first round.[16] In early April, she reached her first final of the year, the $60k Split tournament, but lost to Tara Würth.[17]

A month later, she made her qualifying debut at the WTA 1000 tournament at the Italian Open. In the first round of qualifying, she triumphed with losing only three games.[18] Still, she failed to qualify after losing in the following round of qualifying.[19] Next destination was the French Open where she passed qualifying without losing a set, to reach the main draw at Roland Garros for the first time.[20] Like the previous two Grand Slam tournament main-draw appearances, she lost in the first round, this time to Kamilla Rakhimova.[21]

After failing in Wimbledon in qualifying,[22] she reached another $60k final in the Hague but lost it to Arantxa Rus.[23] Two weeks later, she finally won her first title of the year, at the $25k tournament in Pärnu, Estonia.[24] In early September, she reached her third $60k final of the year in the Czech Republic, at the Prague Open, but again finished runner-up.[25]

Bejlek won her first WTA 125 title at the Copa Colina in Chile on 19 November 2023 defeating Diane Parry in the final.[26]

2024: WTA 1000 and top 125 debuts

At the Australian Open, Bejlek qualified into the main draw for the second consecutive year[27] but lost in the first round to 32nd seed Leylah Fernandez.[28]

She also qualified for the Madrid Open, making her WTA 1000 debut and recording wins over Anna Blinkova,[29][30] 24th seed Anna Kalinskaya[31] and Ashlyn Krueger to reach the fourth round,[32] where she lost to Elena Rybakina in straight sets.[33] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 114, on 6 May 2024.[34]

2025: First Grand Slam win and WTA quarterfinal

For the third year in a row, Bejlek qualified for the Australian Open,[35] making her the youngest player at 18 years-old to qualify for the women’s main draw,[36] but lost in the first round, this time to Caroline Dolehide.[37]

For a second time, ranked No. 193, Bejlek also reached the main draw at the French Open, after qualifying, with a straight sets win over top seed Yulia Starodubtseva.[38] She recorded her first major win with an upset over 26th seed Marta Kostyuk,[39] before losing to Jaqueline Cristian in the second round.[40]

Bejlek claimed her second WTA 125 title at the Makarska Open in Croatia, defeating Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva in the final.[41][42]

At the Prague Open she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal with wins over Moyuka Uchijima[43] and eighth seed Alycia Parks,[44] before her run was ended by fourth seed Wang Xinyu.[45]

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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, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[46]

Singles

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WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Junior finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

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ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Doubles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Record against other players

Double bagel matches[b]

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Notes

  1. 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.
  2. a bagel match ends 6–0, 6–0
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