Tereza "Tery" Valentová (born 20 February 2007) is a Czech tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 345 in singles and No. 290 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). As a junior, she has world No. 5 as her highest ranking.
In her early senior career, she won her first doubles title on the ITF Women's circuit, the $60k Olomouc in July 2023.
2021–23: Start of the senior career; doubles ITF title and WTA Tour debut[edit]
While still playing in junior circuit, Valentová decided to experience herself at senior tournaments as well. In May 2021, she was given a wilcard for the $25k Prague tournament qualifying. Two month later, she get another qualifying wildcard but this time for WTA Tour level Prague Open. In both occasions she failed to reach main draw, but then in November 2021 made her main-draw debut at the $25k Jablonec nad Nisou tournament.
Her journey then continued in August 2022 at the $60k Prague. There she lost in the first round of both singles and doubles event, making here her doubles debut. Her potentional was recognized given that she received wildcard for her first WTA 500 tournament at the Ostrava Open. However, she lost in the qualifying.
In May 2023, on her first year-tournament, she recorded her first ITF main-draw win at the $60k Prague Open. A month later, she made big progress, where, as a wildcard player, she reached her first semi-finals at the $60k Říčany event, where she lost to Elvina Kalieva.[2] On her way to the semifinals, she did not drop a set.[3] Her next step was the $60k Olomouc tournament, where she went even further. In singles, she reached the quarterfinals[4] but in doubles, alongside compatriot Magdaléna Smékalová, she won her first ITF title.[5] Two weeks later, at the 2023 Prague Open, she received a wildcard for singles qualifying but lost in the first round to Dayana Yastremska.[6] With another wildcard, she made her tour-level debut in doubles alongside Nikola Bartůňková. They defeated Jaqueline Cristian/Greet Minnen duo in the opening match.[7] Followed by the walkover in the next round, they lost to Quinn Gleason and Elixane Lechemia in the semifinals.[8]
(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.
^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.
^The Grade 4 tournaments were reclassified as J60 in 2023.
^The Grade 2 tournaments were reclassified as J200 in 2023.
^The Grade 3 tournaments were reclassified as J100 in 2023.
^The Grade 5 tournaments were reclassified as J30 in 2023.
^The Grade 1 tournaments were reclassified as J300 in 2023.