Czech tennis player
Linda Klimovičová![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Linda_Klimovi%C4%8Dov%C3%A1_%2851314990677%29.jpg/220px-Linda_Klimovi%C4%8Dov%C3%A1_%2851314990677%29.jpg) |
Country (sports) | Czech Republic |
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Born | (2004-06-18) 18 June 2004 (age 20) |
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Plays | Right-handed |
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Prize money | $59,632 |
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Singles |
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Career record | 108–57 |
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Career titles | 5 ITF |
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Highest ranking | No. 217 (15 July 2024) |
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Current ranking | No. 217 (15 July 2024) |
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Doubles |
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Career record | 29–13 |
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Career titles | 4 ITF |
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Highest ranking | No. 408 (18 March 2024) |
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Current ranking | No. 413 (15 July 2024) |
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Last updated on: 15 July 2024. |
Linda Klimovičová (born 18 June 2004) is a Czech tennis player.
She has a career-high combined junior ranking of 31, achieved on 25 October 2021.
Klimovičová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Prague Open, where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament.[1]
Career overview
Junior
At the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, she reached semifinals of the girls' singles event as her best junior Grand Slam performance.[2][3]
- Singles:
- Australian Open: –
- French Open: 1R (2022)
- Wimbledon: SF (2022)
- US Open: 1R (2021)
- Doubles:
- Australian Open: –
- French Open: 2R (2022)
- Wimbledon: QF (2022)
- US Open: 2R (2021)
Professional
In April 2022, she won her first ITF Women's Circuit title at the $15k Sharm El Sheikh tournament in doubles event, alongside fellow Czech player Dominika Šalková.[4] Later, in August 2022, she reached her first singles final at Bydgoszcz but lost to Valeriia Olianovskaia.[5] The following year in February, she won her first ITF Circuit title at Sharm El Sheikh, defeating Katarína Kužmová in the final.[6] In September 2023, in Frýdek-Místek, she won her first $25k doubles title.[7] Two months later, she won her first singles $25k title at the tournament in Solarino.[8] There she also triumphed in doubles, partnering with Julie Štruplová.[9]
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend | W50 tournaments (1–0) | W25/35 tournaments (3–3) | W15 tournaments (1–1) | | Finals by surface | Hard (2–2) | Clay (0–2) | Carpet (3–0) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2022 | ITF Bydgoszcz, Poland | W15 | Clay | Valeriia Olianovskaia | 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Feb 2023 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Katarína Kužmová | 7–5, 6–7(3), 6–2 |
Loss | 1–2 | Oct 2023 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W25 | Hard | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 6–7(1), 5–7 |
Win | 2–2 | Nov 2023 | ITF Solarino, Italy | W25 | Carpet | Emilie Lindh | 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–1 |
Win | 3–2 | Nov 2023 | ITF Solarino, Italy | W25 | Carpet | Lisa Pigato | 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 4–2 | Mar 2024 | ITF Solarino, Italy | W35 | Carpet | Jessica Pieri | 6–3, 6–0 |
Loss | 4–3 | Apr 2024 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W35 | Hard | Tereza Valentová | 5–7, 2–6 |
Loss | 4–4 | May 2024 | ITF Monzón, Spain | W35 | Clay | Sonay Kartal | 1–6, 0–6 |
Win | 5–4 | Jun 2024 | ITF Palma del Río, Spain | W50 | Hard | Leonie Küng | 7–5, 6–4 |
Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Legend | W60 tournaments (0–1) | W25/35 tournaments (3–2) | W15 tournaments (1–0) | | Finals by surface | Hard (2–1) | Clay (1–1) | Carpet (1–1) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2021 | ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic | W25 | Carpet (i) | Lucie Havlíčková | Maja Chwalińska
Katherine Sebov | 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Apr 2022 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Dominika Šalková | Mei Hasegawa
Saki Imamura | 6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2022 | ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic | W60 | Clay | Dominika Šalková | Elixane Lechemia
Julia Lohoff | 5–7, 5–7 |
Win | 2–2 | Sep 2023 | ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic | W25 | Clay | Mana Kawamura | Maryna Kolb
Nadiya Kolb | 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 3–2 | Nov 2023 | ITF Solarino, Italy | W25 | Carpet | Julie Štruplová | Gaia Maduzzi
Vittoria Paganetti | 6–1, 6–7(4), [10–8] |
Loss | 3–3 | Jan 2024 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W35 | Hard | Isabella Shinikova | Daria Khomutsianskaya
Evialina Laskevich | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 4–3 | Feb 2024 | ITF Helsinki, Finland | W35 | Hard (i) | Laura Hietaranta | Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Martyna Kubka | 6–3, 6–1 |
Junior finals
ITF Circuit
Singles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)
Legend |
Grade 1 / B1 (2–1) |
Grade 2 (0–2) |
Grade 3 (1–2) |
Grade 4 (0–3) |
Grade 5 (0–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2019 | ITF Prague, Czech Republic | Grade 4 | Hard | Dominika Šalková | 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2019 | ITF Wels, Austria | Grade 4 | Clay | Bianca Behulová | 1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Mar 2020 | ITF Trnava, Slovakia | Grade 3 | Hard | Radka Zelníčková | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Sep 2020 | ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic | Grade 2 | Clay | Tereza Valentová | 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–5 | Oct 2020 | ITF Véska, Czech Republic | Grade 4 | Clay | Julie Štruplová | 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 2–6 |
Win | 1–5 | Oct 2020 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | Grade 3 | Hard | Lola Radivojević | 5–7, 6–0, 6–1 |
Loss | 1–6 | Oct 2020 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | Grade 3 | Hard | Brenda Fruhvirtová | 2–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 1–7 | Feb 2021 | ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania | Grade 2 | Hard | Tatiana Prozorova | 3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–8 | Jul 2021 | ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom | Grade 1 | Grass | Linda Fruhvirtová | 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 2–8 | Oct 2021 | ITF Sanxenxo, Spain | Grade 1 | Hard | Mirra Andreeva | 6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 3–8 | Jan 2022 | ITF Svyatopetrivske village, Ukraine | Grade 1 | Hard | Kristyna Tomajková | 6–2, 3–1 ret. |
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Legend |
Grade 1 / B1 (0–1) |
Grade 2 (2–1) |
Grade 3 (0–1) |
Grade 4 (0–0) |
Grade 5 (0–1) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2019 | ITF Arlon, Belgium | Grade 5 | Carpet | Andrea Nova | Victoria Borodulina Tara Würth | 2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Sep 2020 | ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic | Grade 2 | Clay | Dominika Šalková | Alina Granwehr Laura Isabel Pütz | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–2 | Oct 2020 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | Grade 3 | Hard | Lola Radivojević | Anastasiia Gureva Elena Pridankina | 1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | May 2021 | ITF Oberpullendorf, Austria | Grade 2 | Clay | Brenda Fruhvirtová | Anaelle Leclercq Erika Matsuda | 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 2–3 | May 2021 | ITF Tribuswinkel, Austria | Grade 2 | Clay | Lucie Havlíčková | Tilwith Di Girolami Amelie Van Impe | 6–4, 2–6, [18–16] |
Loss | 2–4 | Oct 2021 | ITF Sanxenxo, Spain | Grade 1 | Hard | Anca Todoni | Mirra Andreeva Hanne Vandewinkel | 4–6, 3–6 |
References
- ^ "Livesport Prague Open: Do čtyřhry zasáhne sedm Češek včetně Bouzkové s Hradeckou". tenisovysvet.cz (in Czech). 11 July 2021.
- ^ Ross McLean (7 July 2022). "Klimovicova into semis with dreams of being latest Czech success story". ITF Women's Circuit. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Wimbledon: Džabúrová i Rybakinová jsou poprvé ve finále! Klimovičová se dostala do juniorského semifinále (in Czech)" [Wimbledon: Džabúrová and Rybakinová are in the final for the first time! Klimovičová reached the junior semifinals]. tenisovysvet.cz. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ David Schlegel, Filip Lefenda (13 February 2023). "Osmnáctiletá Klimovičová po prvním titulu: Původně to vypadalo, že na turnaj vůbec nepojedu (in Czech)" [Eighteen-year-old Klimovičová after her first title: Initially, it seemed that I would not go to the tournament at all]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ Petr Sumbal (21 August 2022). "Klimovičová si na první titul musí počkat, premiérové finále skončilo porážkou (in Czech)" [Klimovičová has to wait for her first title, the premiere final ended in defeat]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ Petr Sumbal (12 February 2023). "Průlom! Osmnáctiletá Klimovičová slaví po velkém boji první profesionální titul (in Czech)" [Breakthrough! Eighteen-year-old Klimovičová celebrates her first professional title after a great fight]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ Pavel Lebeda (8 September 2023). "ITF Frýdek-Místek: Kučmová neztratila ani gem! Do semifinále proklouzla i Štruplová (in Czech)" [ITF Frýdek-Místek: Kučmová did not lose a game! Štruplová also slipped into the semi-finals]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ Pavel Lebeda (12 November 2023). "B. Fruhvirtová má další titul, slaví také Klimovičová. Nouza rozehraje kvalifikaci (in Czech)" [B. Fruhvirtová has another title, Klimovičová also celebrates. Emergency will play qualification]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ "Solarino 2: Maduzzi/Paganetti Sfiorano il titolo in doppio (in Italian)" [Solarino 2: Maduzzi/Paganetti come close to the doubles title]. supertennis.tv. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
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