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Tereza Valentová
Czech tennis player (born 2007) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tereza Valentová (born 20 February 2007) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 92 in singles and No. 241 in doubles.
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She has a career-high combined junior ranking of No. 4, achieved on 10 June 2024, and won both the 2024 French Open girls' singles and girls' doubles titles.
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Early life and background
Valentová was born to Marcel Valenta and Jitka Janáčková. Her mother is a former sprint canoeist who represented Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, respectively.[1] She began playing tennis at the age of three after watching her father play.[2] She currently trains at TK Sparta Prague.[3]
Juniors
Valentová reached the final of the 2023 US Open in girls' singles, but lost to Katherine Hui.[4] She won the 2024 French Open girls' singles title, defeating compatriot Laura Samson in the final.[5][6] She also won the 2024 French Open girls' doubles title, partnering Renáta Jamrichová.[3]
Grand Slam performance
Singles:
- Australian Open: QF (2023)
- French Open: W (2024)
- Wimbledon: 2R (2023)
- US Open: F (2023)
Doubles:
- Australian Open: 1R (2022)
- French Open: W (2024)
- Wimbledon: 2R (2023)
- US Open: 2R (2023)
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2021–23: WTA Tour debut, first ITF doubles title
In July 2021, Valentová received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the Prague Open, but lost to Naiktha Bains.[7] Later that year, she made her ITF main draw debut at the $25k event in Jablonec nad Nisou, but lost in the first round to Johana Marková. In October 2022, she received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the Ostrava Open, but lost in the first round to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.[8]
In May 2023, she recorded her first senior win in the first round of the Advantage Cars Prague Open. The following month, she reached the semifinal of the Agel Říčany Open, upsetting top seed Laura Pigossi in the process.[9] At the ITS Cup, she reached the quarterfinals in singles and won her first ITF doubles title, partnering Magdaléna Smékalová. She made her WTA doubles debut with a wildcard into the main draw of the Prague Open, where she and partner Nikola Bartůňková reached the semifinals. She also received a wildcard into the singles qualifying draw, but lost in the first round to Dayana Yastremska.[10]
2024: First ITF singles titles
In February, Valentová won back-to-back ITF singles titles at the $15k events in Monastir.[11][12] She followed this up with back-to-back titles at the Říčany Open, where she also won in doubles,[9] and the $35k event in Sharm El Sheikh. At the $50k Lopota Tennis Open, she reached the singles quarterfinal and won the doubles title with partner Viktória Hrunčáková.[13] In May, she reached the singles final of the $35k event in Annenheim, but lost to Marie Benoît.[14]
2025: Major and top 100 debuts, WTA 125 title and 250 semifinal
Valentová made her major main-draw debut at the 2025 French Open after a final qualifying round win over Simona Waltert.[15] She then defeated wildcard entrant Chloé Paquet to record her first major win,[16] before losing to second seed Coco Gauff in the second round.[17]
In June, Valentová won her first WTA 125 title at the Città di Grado Tennis Cup, defeating Barbora Palicová in the final.[18] She then made it to the final of qualification at Wimbledon but lost to Anastasia Zakharova in three sets.[19]
In July, Valentová won her second WTA 125 title at the Porto Open, defeating Lanlana Tararudee in the final.[20] As a result she moved to her new career-high ranking at world No. 106.[21] The following week at the Prague Open, she overcame Aoi Ito,[22] second seed Rebecca Šramková[23] and lucky loser Jessika Ponchet to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal,[24] which she lost to fifth seed and eventual champion Marie Bouzková.[25] As a result of her performance in Prague, Valentová broke into the top 100 in the WTA singles rankings for the first time at world No. 92 on 28 July 2025, making her only the fifth teenager to hit that milestone, alongside Mirra Andreeva, Maya Joint, Iva Jovic, and Victoria Mboko.[26]
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| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | 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.
Singles
Current through the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.
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WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
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Junior finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 1 (title)
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Gallery
Tereza Valentova with her cousins Jan Valenta (on the left) and Michal Valenta (on the right) holding the 2024 French Open trophies for girls' singles and doubles titles.
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 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.
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