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Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Grönefeld at the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open
ITF nameAnna-Lena Groenefeld
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceHannover, Germany
Born (1985-06-04) 4 June 1985 (age 39)
Nordhorn, West Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned proApril 2003
RetiredDecember 2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$4,662,619
Singles
Career record287–205
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 14 (17 April 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2005)
French OpenQF (2006)
Wimbledon1R (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010)
US Open4R (2008)
Doubles
Career record451–318
Career titles17
Highest rankingNo. 7 (6 March 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2006, 2015)
French OpenQF (2009)
WimbledonSF (2005, 2013, 2017)
US OpenSF (2005, 2015)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2019)
Mixed doubles
Career titles2
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2006, 2019)
French OpenW (2014)
WimbledonW (2009)
US OpenSF (2010, 2016)
Team competitions
Fed CupF (2014), record 20–18

Anna-Lena Grönefeld (also spelled Groenefeld; married name Herzgerodt;[1] born 4 June 1985) is a German former professional tennis player.

Competing as a professional from 2003 until 2019, she won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2006 Mexican Open, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open. She is a two-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles,[2] having won the 2009 Wimbledon Championships alongside Mark Knowles, and the 2014 French Open with Jean-Julien Rojer. Grönefeld also finished runner-up in mixed doubles at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and 2017 French Open.

In women's doubles, Grönefeld won 17 career titles, most notably the 2005 Rogers Cup with Martina Navratilova, and reached seven Grand Slam semifinals. She was part of the German team which reached the final of the 2014 Davis Cup, and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.[3]

Career

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Groenefeld, 2016

2002–2006: Breakthrough

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In 2002, she was the singles champion of both the Belgium and Frankfurt International Championships and a finalist at the Orange Bowl. In June 2003, she captured the prestigious French Open junior title, becoming the first player from Germany since 1957 to accomplish this feat. In July 2003, she continued her superb form and won the Apple and Eve Newsday Long Island Classic, held in Woodbury, New York. She was also an accomplished doubles player in juniors winning the French Open title and reaching the finals at Wimbledon. As a result of her tennis success in 2003, Grönefeld had achieved the junior world ranking of No. 1 in singles and doubles. She launched her professional career debut under the direction of the USA Academy and Rafael Font de Mora.

Grönefeld made her professional breakthrough in 2005, rising 54 places throughout the year. She reached the third round of the Australian Open, French Open and the US Open and played three finals in WTA Tour events throughout the season, including at the Tier II event in Beijing, although failing to win any of them. She also rose into the top 10 in the world in doubles, cementing her position as one of the most promising young doubles players on the tour at the time.

In 2006, she represented Germany along with Nicolas Kiefer at the Hopman Cup. She went on to win her first title at the Mexican Open in Acapulco and completed a career best showing at Roland Garros, by reaching the quarterfinals, where she lost to Justine Henin. Her ranking peaked at 14, and remained in the top 20 for much of the year, despite a significant drop in results in the latter half of the season, as the German failed to progress beyond the quarterfinals of most tournaments. She split with Font de Mora in September 2006 and began to work with Dirk Dier.

2007: Loss of form

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Her run of bad form continued into 2007, and as of 19 June, Grönefeld had been eliminated in the first round of her last five tournaments. Grönefeld blamed her run of bad form on the situation with Font de Mora, suggesting that he was giving her opponents tactics on how to beat her. She also had a substantial weight gain over the past several months.[4] Her ranking subsequently dipped below the top 100 for the first time since 2004. On 20 August 2007, Grönefeld announced that she would be taking a break from the tour, coming back in 2008.

In August 2007, it was revealed that Font de Mora was planning to sue Grönefeld for lack of discipline during their partnership, stating: "She had to adhere to a standard of performance, a standard of training and a standard of diet. She absolutely let herself go and sabotaged her marketability and her performance on the court. You work for years and invest all this money into developing contracts and developing endorsements and then she just gets around the wrong people and does the wrong things and her performance affects everything."[5] He also denied her allegations that he interfered with her matches.

2008–2009: Comeback

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Grönefeld made her official comeback on 3 May 2008, at the $75k event in Zagreb, Croatia. She was seeded fourth in the qualifying draw, winning three consecutive matches to reach the main draw. She then won the Smart Card Open Monet+ in Zlín, Czech Republic, for the first title of her comeback. Grönefeld went on to win another two ITF title over the following fortnight: a $10k event in Alkmaar, Netherlands, and a $25k event at Périgueux, France.

Grönefeld took advantage of her feed-up wildcard into the Tier IV Gaz de France Grand Prix (a result of winning the $75k Zlín event), reaching the quarterfinals with an upset win over Lucie Šafářová. She then played in Bad Gastein, where she was defeated in three tight sets in the second round by Pauline Parmentier.

Her good form allowed Grönefeld to win another $50k event in Rimini at the beginning of August. She also reached the final of a $50k Bronx Open, where she lost to Elena Bovina.

After winning her three qualification rounds, Grönefeld played at the 2008 US Open, and reached the fourth round of the main draw, only losing to Dinara Safina. Prior to her loss to Safina, Grönefeld had won six matches in a row without losing a single set, the highlights being her victory over Daniela Hantuchová in the first round and over Alizé Cornet in the third round, both top 20 players at the time.

After losing against Austrian runner-up Tamira Paszek in the first round in Bali, Grönefeld received a wildcard for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart but lost in the first round against Venus Williams. With her doubles partner, Patty Schnyder, Grönefeld, however, won the doubles competition against the top seeds Květa Peschke and Rennae Stubbs.

After winning the first two matches at the qualification for the Zurich Open, Grönefeld lost her third match against Petra Kvitová. With doubles partner Patty Schnyder she reached the finals.

Performance timelines

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Key
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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[6]

Singles

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Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q3 3R 2R 2R A 1R 1R Q2 0 / 5 4–5
French Open A 2R 3R QF 1R A 2R A A 0 / 5 8–5
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R Q1 0 / 6 0–6
US Open Q2 1R 3R 1R A 4R 1R Q2 Q1 0 / 5 5–5
Win–loss 0–0 1–3 6–4 5–4 1–3 3–1 1–4 0–2 0–0 0 / 21 17–21
Career statistics
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 4
Overall win–loss 3–6 7–19 40–25 31–27 6–15 7–7 20–25 6–11 0–2 120–137
Year-end ranking 120 75 21 19 205 77 67 169 263 47%

Doubles

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Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 3R SF QF A QF 2R 3R 1R 2R 2R SF QF 3R 3R 1R 0 / 14 27–13
French Open A A 3R 2R 1R A QF A 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 13 12–13
Wimbledon A A SF QF 2R A QF A 2R 3R SF QF 3R QF SF 2R QF 0 / 13 34–13
US Open A 2R SF 2R A 3R 3R 3R 2R 1R 3R 1R SF 1R 1R 3R 2R 0 / 15 22–15
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 12–4 9–4 4–3 2–1 11–4 3–2 5–4 3–4 8–3 4–4 11–4 5–4 6–4 6–4 5–4 0 / 55 95–54
Year-end championships
WTA Finals did not qualify QF DNQ SF 0 / 2 2–3
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A not held A not held 2R not held 1R not held 0 / 2 1–2
Fed Cup A 1R PO 1R PO 1R PO 1R PO 1R PO F A 1R A SF 1R 0 / 9 9–11
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A QF QF A A 1R A A 2R A 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 10 7–10
Miami Open A A 1R 1R A A SF A A 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R QF 1R 0 / 11 10–11
Madrid Open not held 1R A A 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R QF 1R QF 0 / 9 7–9
China Open Tier II QF A A QF 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R QF 0 / 9 9–9
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open Tier II A A 1R A SF SF 2R QF 1R 2R 1R QF 0 / 9 12–9
Italian Open A A SF 2R 2R A A A A 1R 2R SF 2R 2R 2R SF F 0 / 11 18–11
Canadian Open A A W F A A 1R 1R A A F 1R 1R 2R F 1R F 1 / 11 21–10
Cincinnati Open NH Tier III 1R A A A F 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R F 0 / 8 8–8
Tokyo / Wuhan Open A A A A A A 1R A A F QF 2R 1R 1R QF 1R SF 0 / 9 9–9
Former Tier I tournaments
Charleston Open A A 2R SF A A not Premier 5 0 / 2 2–1
German Open 1R 1R 1R SF 2R A not held 0 / 5 3–5
San Diego Open T II A 1R F A not held / not Premier 5 0 / 2 3–2
Kremlin Cup A A 1R QF A A not Premier 5 0 / 2 1–1
Zurich Open A 1R A QF A T II not held 0 / 2 1–2
Career statistics
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Career
Tournaments 4 10 21 24 14 8 23 12 11 21 22 24 24 26 23 24 22 313
Titles 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 17
Finals 0 4 3 5 1 3 2 2 2 5 5 1 0 1 2 2 6 44
Overall win–loss 1–4 19–11 38–16 40–20 14–13 14–7 26–20 15–11 17–11 31–20 37–21 21–24 23–23 22–27 29–22 24–24 36–24 407–298
Win % 20% 63% 70% 67% 52% 67% 57% 58% 61% 61% 64% 47% 50% 45% 57% 50% 60% 58%
Year-end ranking 264 47 11 11 52 56 25 56 53 18 15 36 22 28 21 26 11

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 SR W–L
Australian Open A QF 1R A 1R 2R A A A 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R QF 0 / 10 7–10
French Open 1R A A A SF A A 2R 2R W 2R 1R F SF 2R 1 / 10 19–9
Wimbledon 3R QF 1R A W A A 3R 3R A 2R F 2R 2R A 1 / 10 13–9
US Open 2R QF A A 2R SF A A 1R 1R A SF 1R 2R 1R 0 / 10 11–10
Win–loss 2–3 5–3 0–2 0–0 9–3 4–2 0–0 2–2 2–3 6–2 1–3 8–4 4–4 4–4 3–3 2 / 40 50–38

Grand Slam tournament finals

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Mixed doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2009 Wimbledon Grass The Bahamas Mark Knowles India Leander Paes
Zimbabwe Cara Black
7–5, 6–3
Win 2014 French Open Clay Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer Germany Julia Görges
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss 2016 Wimbledon Grass Colombia Robert Farah Finland Henri Kontinen
United Kingdom Heather Watson
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 2017 French Open Clay Colombia Robert Farah Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
India Rohan Bopanna
6–2, 2–6, [10–12]

Other significant finals

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Premier Mandatory / Premier 5 tournaments

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Doubles: 10 (1 title, 9 runner-ups)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2005 Toronto Hard United States Martina Navratilova Spain Conchita Martínez
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2006 San Diego Hard United States Meghann Shaughnessy Zimbabwe Cara Black
Australia Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 2–6
Loss 2006 Toronto Hard Zimbabwe Cara Black United States Martina Navratilova
Russia Nadia Petrova
1–6, 2–6
Loss 2012 Tokyo Hard Czech Republic Květa Peschke United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears
1–6, 4–6
Loss 2013 Toronto Hard Czech Republic Květa Peschke Serbia Jelena Janković
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–5, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 2013 Cincinnati Hard Czech Republic Květa Peschke Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
China Peng Shuai
6–2, 3–6, [10–12]
Loss 2017 Toronto Hard Czech Republic Květa Peschke Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina
0–6, 4–6
Loss 2019 Rome Clay Netherlands Demi Schuurs Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Australia Ashleigh Barty
6–4, 0–6, [3–10]
Loss 2019 Toronto Hard Netherlands Demi Schuurs Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
5–7, 0–6
Loss 2019 Cincinnati Hard Netherlands Demi Schuurs Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
4–6, 1–6

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–2)
Tier III, IV & V / International (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2005 Pattaya Open, Thailand Tier IV Hard Spain Conchita Martínez 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2005 China Open, Beijing Tier II Hard Russia Maria Kirilenko 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2005 Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City Tier II Hard (i) Belgium Kim Clijsters 2–6, 4–6
Win 1–3 Mar 2006 Mexican Open, Acapulco Tier III Clay Italy Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles: 44 (17 titles, 27 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 (1–9)
Tier II / Premier (7–8)
Tier III, IV & V / International (9–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (11–22)
Clay (5–4)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2004 Nordic Light Open,
Sweden
Tier IV Hard Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi Australia Alicia Molik
Austria Barbara Schett
3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2004 Vancouver Open,
Canada
Tier V Hard Belgium Els Callens United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Abigail Spears
3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2004 Cincinnati Open,
United States
Tier III Hard Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi Germany Marlene Weingärtner
United States Jill Craybas
5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 0–4 Oct 2004 Filderstadt Open,
Germany
Tier II Hard (i) Germany Julia Schruff Zimbabwe Cara Black
Australia Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 2–6
Win 1–4 Feb 2005 Pattaya Open,
Thailand
Tier IV Hard France Marion Bartoli Poland Marta Domachowska
Croatia Silvija Talaja
6–3, 6–2
Win 2–4 Aug 2005 Canadian Open,
Toronto
Tier I Hard United States Martina Navratilova Spain Conchita Martínez
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–4 Sep 2005 Bali International,
Indonesia
Tier III Hard United States Meghann Shaughnessy China Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie
6–3, 6–3
Win 4–4 Mar 2006 Mexican Open,
Acapulco
Tier III Clay United States Meghann Shaughnessy Japan Shinobu Asagoe
France Émilie Loit
6–1, 6–3
Win 5–4 Jul 2006 Stanford Classic,
United States
Tier II Hard Israel Shahar Pe'er Italy Maria Elena Camerin
Argentina Gisela Dulko
6–1, 6–4
Loss 5–5 Aug 2006 San Diego Open,
United States
Tier I Hard United States Meghann Shaughnessy Zimbabwe Cara Black
Australia Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 2–6
Loss 5–6 Aug 2006 Canadian Open,
Montreal
Tier I Hard Zimbabwe Cara Black United States Martina Navratilova
Russia Nadia Petrova
1–6, 2–6
Loss 5–7 Oct 2006 Luxembourg Open Tier II Hard (i) South Africa Liezel Huber Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Italy Francesca Schiavone
6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Win 6–7 Jan 2007 Sydney International,
Australia
Tier II Hard United States Meghann Shaughnessy France Marion Bartoli
United States Meilen Tu
6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
Win 7–7 Oct 2008 Stuttgart Open,
Germany
Tier II Hard (i) Switzerland Patty Schnyder Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–2, 6–4
Loss 7–8 Oct 2008 Zurich Open,
Switzerland
Tier II Hard (i) Switzerland Patty Schnyder Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 8–8 Nov 2008 Tournoi de Québec,
Canada
Tier III Carpet (i) United States Vania King United States Jill Craybas
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win 9–8 Jan 2009 Brisbane International,
Australia
International Hard United States Vania King Poland Klaudia Jans
Poland Alicja Rosolska
3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win 10–8 Oct 2009 Linz Open,
Austria
International Hard (i) Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Poland Klaudia Jans
Poland Alicja Rosolska
6–1, 6–4
Loss 10–9 Mar 2010 Monterrey Open,
Mexico
International Hard United States Vania King Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 11–9 Aug 2010 Danish Open,
Denmark
International Hard (i) Germany Julia Görges Russia Vitalia Diatchenko
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
6–4, 6–4
Loss 11–10 Mar 2011 Monterrey Open,
Mexico
International Hard United States Vania King Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
7–6(10–8), 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 11–11 Oct 2011 Linz Open,
Austria
International Hard (i) Germany Julia Görges New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Russia Elena Vesnina
5–7, 1–6
Loss 11–12 Feb 2012 Open GDF Suez,
France
Premier Hard (i) Croatia Petra Martić United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss 11–13 Apr 2012 Stuttgart Open,
Germany
Premier Clay (i) Germany Julia Görges Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
4–6, 5–7
Loss 11–14 Jun 2012 Gastein Ladies,
Austria
International Clay Croatia Petra Martić United States Jill Craybas
Germany Julia Görges
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [9–11]
Loss 11–15 Sep 2012 Pan Pacific Open,
Japan
Premier 5 Hard Czech Republic Květa Peschke United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears
1–6, 4–6
Win 12–15 Oct 2012 Linz Open (2),
Austria
International Hard (i) Czech Republic Květa Peschke Germany Julia Görges
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6–3, 6–4
Loss 12–16 Jan 2013 Brisbane International,
Australia
Premier Hard Czech Republic Květa Peschke United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
India Sania Mirza
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 13–16 May 2013 Brussels Open,
Belgium
Premier Clay Czech Republic Květa Peschke Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Israel Shahar Pe'er
6–0, 6–3
Loss 13–17 Jun 2013 Nuremberg Cup,
Germany
International Clay Czech Republic Květa Peschke Romania Raluca Olaru
Russia Valeria Solovyeva
6–2, 6–7(3–7), [9–11]
Loss 13–18 Aug 2013 Canadian Open,
Toronto
Premier 5 Hard Czech Republic Květa Peschke Serbia Jelena Janković
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–5, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 13–19 Aug 2013 Cincinnati Open,
United States
Premier 5 Hard Czech Republic Květa Peschke Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
China Peng Shuai
6–2, 3–6, [10–12]
Win 14–19 Feb 2014 Open GDF Suez,
France
Premier Hard (i) Czech Republic Květa Peschke Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
6–7(7–9), 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 14–20 Oct 2016 Linz Open,
Austria
International Hard (i) Czech Republic Květa Peschke Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Win 15–20 May 2017 Prague Open,
Czech Republic
International Clay Czech Republic Květa Peschke Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 15–21 Aug 2017 Canadian Open,
Toronto
Premier 5 Hard Czech Republic Květa Peschke Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina
0–6, 4–6
Win 16–21 Apr 2018 Stuttgart Open (2),
Germany
Premier Clay (i) United States Raquel Atawo United States Nicole Melichar
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Loss 16–22 Oct 2018 Linz Open,
Austria
International Hard (i) United States Raquel Atawo Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss 16–23 Feb 2019 Qatar Ladies Open,
Doha
Premier Hard Netherlands Demi Schuurs Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan
1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 17–23 Apr 2019 Charleston Open,
United States
Premier Clay Poland Alicja Rosolska Russia Irina Khromacheva
Russia Veronika Kudermetova
7–6(9–7), 6–2
Loss 17–24 May 2019 Italian Open,
Rome
Premier 5 Clay Netherlands Demi Schuurs Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Australia Ashleigh Barty
6–4, 0–6, [3–10]
Loss 17–25 Jun 2019 Birmingham Classic,
United Kingdom
Premier Grass Netherlands Demi Schuurs Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
4–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10]
Loss 17–26 Aug 2019 Canadian Open,
Toronto
Premier 5 Hard Netherlands Demi Schuurs Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
5–7, 0–6
Loss 17–27 Aug 2019 Cincinnati Open,
United States
Premier 5 Hard Netherlands Demi Schuurs Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
4–6, 1–6

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2016 San Antonio Open, United States Hard United States Nicole Melichar Poland Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
6–1, 6–3

ITF finals

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Singles (12–2)

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$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 4 August 2002 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay Croatia Ivana Zupa 6–3, 6–4
Winner 2. 26 January 2003 ITF Hull, United Kingdom Hard (i) Netherlands Tessy van de Ven 7–6(4), 6–3
Winner 3. 15 June 2003 ITF Hamilton, Canada Clay Canada Beier Ko 6–3, 6–3
Winner 4. 13 July 2003 Vancouver Open, Canada Hard Puerto Rico Vilmarie Castellvi 6–2, 6–4
Winner 5. 20 July 2003 ITF Oyster Bay, United States Hard United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up 6. 2 May 2004 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay France Séverine Beltrame 4–6, 4–6
Winner 7. 26 July 2004 ITF Modena, Italy Clay Tunisia Selima Sfar 6–2, 6–4
Winner 8. 7 September 2004 Open Denain, France Clay Madagascar Dally Randriantefy 6–3, 6–2
Winner 9. 15 June 2008 ITF Zlín, Czech Republic Clay Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Winner 10. 22 June 2008 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Marlot Meddens 6–1, 6–1
Winner 11. 29 June 2008 ITF Périgueux, France Clay France Florence Haring 6–3, 6–3
Winner 12. 3 August 2008 ITF Rimini, Italy Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 13. 17 August 2008 Bronx Open, United States Hard Russia Elena Bovina 3–6, 5–7
Winner 14. 23 April 2011 ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium Clay (i) Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck 6–3, 7–5

Doubles (6–1)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 13 September 2004 Open Denain, France Clay Ukraine Yuliana Fedak Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner 2. 29 June 2008 ITF Périgueux, France Clay Turkey İpek Şenoğlu China Han Xinyun
China Xu Yifan
6–3, 6–4
Winner 3. 29 August 2009 Bronx Open, United States Hard United States Vania King France Julie Coin
Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier
6–0, 6–3
Winner 4. 1 November 2010 Ismaning Open, Germany Carpet (i) Germany Kristina Barrois Ukraine Tetyana Arefyeva
Ukraine Yuliana Fedak
6–1, 7–6(3)
Winner 5. 22 April 2011 ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium Clay Germany Tatjana Malek Ukraine Elina Svitolina
Ukraine Maryna Zanevska
7–5, 6–3
Winner 6. 8 May 2011 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Croatia Petra Martić Croatia Darija Jurak
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
1–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Runner-up 7. 24 July 2011 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Germany Kristina Barrois Sweden Johanna Larsson
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
6–7(2), 4–6

Fed Cup statistics

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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Overall
Singles
Played 4 4 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
Win 0 4 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Loss 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Doubles
Played 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 20
Win 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
Loss 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 11

References

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  5. ^ "Canadian in middle of coach's bitter feud". National Post. 17 August 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
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