Lucie Hradecká

Lucie Hradecká

Hradecká at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Lucie Hradecká
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic
Born	(1985-05-21) 21 May 1985 Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$ 4,281,064
Singles
Career record	453–290
Career titles	0 WTA, 19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 41 (6 June 2011)
Current ranking	No. 71 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2015)
French Open	2R (2009, 2011, 2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
US Open	2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	452-184
Career titles	21 WTA, 34 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 4 (22 October 2012)
Current ranking	No. 9 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2016)
French Open	W (2011)
Wimbledon	F (2012)
US Open	W (2013)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (2012)
Olympic Games	Silver Medal (2012)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2013)
French Open	W (2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2011, 2013)
US Open	SF (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (2011), (2012), (2014), (2015), (2016) (7–5)
Medal record Representing  Czech Republic Olympic Games 2012 London Doubles 2016 Rio de Janeiro Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 14 August 2016.

Lucie Hradecká (Czech pronunciation: [ˈlutsɪjɛ ˈɦradɛtskaː]; born 21 May 1985 in Prague) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won 19 WTA doubles titles, including two Grand Slam titles, the 2011 French Open and the 2013 US Open, partnered both times by fellow Czech Andrea Hlaváčková. The pair are also the 2012 Olympic silver medallists in doubles. She has also won a mixed doubles Grand Slam title, the 2013 French Open with František Čermák. Her biggest singles career highlight to date was defeating former world number one Ana Ivanovic in the first round of the 2015 Australian Open.

Career

2002–2011: Career beginnings, first pro tour titles, 2011 French Open doubles champion

She won her first doubles title on the WTA Tour in 2006 at Portorož with partner Renata Voráčová, as the fourth-seeded team. In the final, the Czech team defeated Eva Birnerová and Émilie Loit, the second seeds, by walkover. They also had a victory over the top seeds Maria Elena Camerin and Emmanuelle Gagliardi in the semifinal.

As qualifiers, she reached the third round of doubles competition with Hana Šromová at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships before going down to fifth seeds Meghann Shaughnessy and Anna-Lena Grönefeld. En route they defeated twelfth seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amélie Mauresmo, both Grand Slam singles champions at the time and the previous year's Wimbledon doubles runner-ups by walkover.

In 2007, she made the doubles semifinals of the 2007 Indian Wells Masters tournament with Voráčová. En route, the team defeated Janette Husárová and Meghann Shaughnessy, the seventh seeds, in the first round, and legendary team and third-seeded Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez in three sets in the quarterfinals, before losing to top seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.

Later that year, Hradecká and Voráčová won at Bad Gastein beating Ágnes Szávay and Vladimíra Uhlířová. She again won the 2007 Portorož title with Voráčová beating Elena Likhovtseva and Andreja Klepač in the final.

Hradecká reached her very first singles final at Bad Gastein in July 2008, where, as a qualifier, she defeated players such as Patricia Mayr of Austria to get to the final, where she lost to the fourth seed Pauline Parmentier 4–6, 4–6, after leading 4–1 in the first set. She also reached the doubles final. As a result of the singles final, Hradecká rose from her ranking of 237 to about 150 in the world.

At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Hradecká held two match points over 13th seeded Ana Ivanovic in the first round. However, she was unable to close it out, losing 5–7, 6–2, 8–6.

At her home tournament, the 2010 ECM Prague Open, Hradecká pleased her fans with a dramatic comeback to defeat Stefanie Vögele in the first round. Hradecká came back from 1–5 down in the first set to win 7–6, 6–2. In the second round she crushed fellow double-hander Monica Niculescu 6–2, 6–1 and reached the semifinals before losing to Ágnes Szávay. A year later at the same tournament, Hradecká was the winner, defeating qualifier Paula Ormaechea in the final.

Lucie paired-up with Andrea Hlaváčková to win her first Grand Slam title at the 2011 French Open, defeating the Indian-Russian duo of Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina in the final.

2012: Wimbledon doubles final, Olympic silver medal

Lucie kicked-off the 2012 season at the ASB Classic in Auckland. She defeated Alberta Brianti and upset second seed Peng Shuai to book a place in the quarterfinals, where she fell to eventual champion Zheng Jie. Then, Lucie went to Hobart for the Moorilla International, where she was overpowered by Shahar Pe'er in round one.

Going into the Australian Open, Hradecká crushed Evgeniya Rodina in the first round. She lost to Vera Zvonareva in the second. Next, at the Dow Corning Tennis Classic in Midland, she made it to the quarterfinals, where she lost to Jamie Hampton. At the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Hradecká defeated Anna Tatishvili before falling to Lesia Tsurenko.

She then suffered two-first round defeats at the Premier Mandatory events BNP Paribas Open and the Sony Ericsson Open, falling to Zheng Jie and Irina-Camelia Begu, respectively. Then, at the Oaks Club Challenger in Osprey, Lucie made it to the quarterfinals, with wins over Melinda Czink and Eugenie Bouchard, where she was beaten by Edina Gallovits-Hall. Next, Hardecká went on to beat Urszula Radwańska in the first round of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, before losing to Stefanie Vögele.

After losing early in Estoril, Hradecká qualified for Madrid. She caused the two biggest upsets in the tournament by beating both the world no.4, Petra Kvitová (who also was the defending champion) and the world no.5, Samantha Stosur, on the way to her first ever semifinals appearance at the Premier level. In the semifinals, she lost to Serena Williams in straight sets, 6–7^(5–7), 0–6, where she won just six points in the second set.

Lucie and Andrea Hlaváčková reached their second Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, losing to the Williams sisters.^[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she and Radek Štěpánek lost in the first round of the mixed doubles, but she and Andrea Hlaváčková were much more successful, winning the silver medal.^[2]

2015: Singles success

Hradecká started 2015 ranked 141st in the world, and thus had to qualify for the main draw of the Australian Open, which she successfully did with three wins in the qualifying rounds. The first round saw her pitted against world number five Ana Ivanovic. After losing the first set winning only one game, Hradecká would come back to win this match in three sets, marking the biggest victory of her career thus far.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2011	French Open	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Andrea Hlaváčková	Serena Williams Venus Williams	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	2012	US Open	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2013	US Open	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6–7(4), 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	2016	Australian Open	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6–7(1–7), 3–6

Mixed Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2013	Australian Open	Hard	František Čermák	Jarmila Gajdošová Matthew Ebden	3–6, 5–7
Winner	2013	French Open	Clay	František Čermák	Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor	1–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Runner-up	2015	French Open	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Mike Bryan	6–7(3–7), 1–6

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	2012	London	Grass	Andrea Hlaváčková	Serena Williams Venus Williams	4–6, 4–6

WTA career finals

Singles: 7 (7 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 July 2008	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Pauline Parmentier	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	18 May 2009	Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France	Clay	Aravane Rezaï	6–7(2–7), 1–6
Runner-up	3.	2 August 2009	Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Vera Dushevina	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	30 April 2011	Barcelona Ladies Open, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Roberta Vinci	6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	16 September 2012	Challenge Bell, Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Kirsten Flipkens	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	25 May 2013	Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France	Clay	Alizé Cornet	6–7(4–7), 0–6
Runner-up	7.	2 May 2015	Sparta Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Karolína Plíšková	6–4, 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 38 (21 titles, 17 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 July 2006	Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Janette Husárová Michaëlla Krajicek	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	24 September 2006	Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Eva Birnerová Émilie Loit	W/O
Winner	2.	29 July 2007	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–3, 7–5
Winner	3.	23 September 2007	Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Andreja Klepač Elena Likhovtseva	5–7, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	4.	3 May 2008	ECM Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Jill Craybas Michaëlla Krajicek	1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	5.	20 July 2008	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Sesil Karatantcheva Nataša Zorić	6–3, 6–3
Winner	6.	26 July 2009	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Tatjana Malek Andrea Petkovic	6–2, 6–4
Winner	7.	1 August 2009	Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Julia Görges Patty Schnyder	2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Runner-up	2.	29 August 2009	Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, United States	Hard	Iveta Benešová	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	2–6, 5–7
Winner	8.	9 January 2010	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Melinda Czink Arantxa Parra Santonja	2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]
Winner	9.	25 July 2010	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	6–7(2–7), 6–1, [10–5]
Runner-up	3.	19 February 2011	Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	10.	3 June 2011	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	6–4, 6–3
Winner	11.	18 July 2011	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Jarmila Gajdošová Julia Görges	4–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Runner-up	4.	25 October 2011	BGL Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Makarova	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	5–7, 3–6
Winner	12.	7 January 2012	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Julia Görges Flavia Pennetta	6–7(2–7), 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	13.	25 February 2012	Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Vera Dushevina Olga Govortsova	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	6 July 2012	The Championships, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Andrea Hlaváčková	Serena Williams Venus Williams	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	5 August 2012	Summer Olympics, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Andrea Hlaváčková	Serena Williams Venus Williams	4–6, 4–6
Winner	14.	19 August 2012	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	25 August 2012	New Haven Open at Yale, New Haven, United States	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–4, 0–6, [4–10]
Runner-up	8.	9 September 2012	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4–6, 2–6
Winner	15.	21 October 2012	BGL Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	28 October 2012	WTA Championships, Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	1–6, 4–6
Winner	16.	14 July 2013	Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Nina Bratchikova Anna Tatishvili	6–4, 6–1
Winner	17.	8 September 2013	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	15 September 2013	Challenge Bell, Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	4 January 2014	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez	6–2, 0–6, [4–10]
Winner	18.	14 September 2014	Coupe Banque Nationale, Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	Julia Görges Andrea Hlaváčková	6–3, 7–6(10–8)
Runner-up	12.	18 October 2014	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Barbora Krejčíková	Timea Bacsinszky Kristina Barrois	6-3, 4-6, [4-10]
Runner-up	13.	28 February 2015	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Lara Arruabarrena María Teresa Torró Flor	6–7(2–7), 7–5, [11–13]
Runner-up	14.	21 June 2015	Aegon Classic, Birmingham, Great Britain	Grass	Andrea Hlaváčková	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	4-6, 4-6
Runner-up	15.	26 July 2015	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	Danka Kovinić Stephanie Vogt	6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Winner	19.	29 August 2015	Connecticut Open, New Haven, United States	Hard	Julia Görges	Chuang Chia-jung Liang Chen	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	16.	18 October 2015	Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	17.	29 January 2016	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6–7(1–7), 3–6
Winner	20.	18 September 2016	Challenge Bell, Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Alla Kudryavtseva Alexandra Panova	7–6(7–2),7–6(7–2)
Winner	21.	21 October 2016	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina	4–6, 6–0, [10–7]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 25 (18–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 May 2003	Pula, Croatia	Clay	Virág Németh	6–4, 0–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	24 August 2003	Enschede, Netherlands	Clay	Lotty Seelen	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	7 September 2003	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Lenka Šnajdrová	3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Winner	2.	4 October 2003	Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia	Clay	Irina Delitz	6–3, 6–2
Winner	3.	5 April 2004	Cavtat, Croatia	Clay	Lenka Tvarošková	7–5, 6–0
Winner	4.	18 April 2004	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Romina Oprandi	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	30 May 2004	Biograd, Croatia	Clay	Lisa Tognetti	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	13 June 2004	Staré Splavy, Czech Republic	Clay	Sabrina Jolk	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	7.	12 September 2004	Durmersheim, Germany	Clay	Petra Russegger	6–0, 5–7, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up	3.	20 February 2005	Biberach, Germany	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	5–7, 4–6
Winner	8.	13 March 2005	Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia	Carpet (i)	Kristina Andlovic	6–4, 6–2
Winner	9.	19 November 2005	Průhonice, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Agnieszka Radwańska	4–6, 6–1, 7–6(10–8)
Runner-up	4.	10 December 2005	Přerov, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Joanna Sakowicz	4–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	12 February 2006	Capriolo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Darija Jurak	6–1, 6–4
Winner	11.	27 May 2007	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Eloisa Compostizo de Andrés	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	10 May 2008	Florence, Italy	Clay	Jelena Dokić	1–6, 3–6
Winner	12.	3 August 2008	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Carmen Klaschka	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	13.	8 February 2009	Belfort, France	Carpet (i)	Vesna Manasieva	6–3, 6–2
Winner	14.	15 February 2009	Midland, US	Hard (i)	Eleni Daniilidou	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	14 February 2010	Midland, US	Hard (i)	Elena Baltacha	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	15.	16 May 2010	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Ajla Tomljanović	6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	7.	19 September 2010	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Zuzana Ondrášková	3–6, 3–6
Winner	16.	7 November 2010	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Valeria Savinykh	6–3, 6–1
Winner	17.	13 February 2011	Midland, US	Hard (i)	Irina Falconi	6–4, 6–4
Winner	18.	8 May 2011	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles performance timeline

Only Main Draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam Tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records. This table is current through the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.

Notes

• ¹ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 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.
• ² In 2014, the Toray Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.

Singles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2016 Australian Open.

References

External links

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