Gabriela Chmelinová

Gabriela Navratilova-Chmelinová
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Born	2 June 1976 (age 47); Czechoslovakia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	2008, 2016
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$345,020
Singles
Career record	283–242 (53.9%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 258 (23 June 2003)
Doubles
Career record	474–238 (66.6%)
Career titles	55 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 32 (25 July 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2005)
French Open	2R (2005, 2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2005)
US Open	1R (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2005)

Gabriela Chmelinová (née Navrátilová; born 2 June 1976) is a Czech former tennis player.

Chmelinová has won six singles titles and 55 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 23 June 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 258. On 25 July 2005, she peaked at No. 55 in the doubles rankings.

Until 2003, Navrátilová played mainly on the ITF Women's Circuit in Europe, garnering over 60 titles. From 2004, she began to play exclusively in doubles and became a more active participant on the WTA Tour. She reached six finals and the semifinals of the 2005 Australian Open, partnering with Michaela Paštiková. She announced her retirement in November 2008.

In November 2014, in a comeback in an ITF tournament in Poland, she reached the final, partnered with Karolína Muchová. In 2016, Chmelinová retired again from the professional tennis tour.

She is related to Martina Navratilova by her paternal grandfather.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 6 (6 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5
Tier II / Premier (0–1)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1 March 2004	Mexican Open	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Runner-up	12 March 2004	Portugal Open	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Janette Husárová	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10 January 2005	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	Michaela Paštiková	Tathiana Garbin Tina Križan	5–7, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up	11 July 2005	Internazionali di Modena, Italy	Clay	Michaela Paštiková	Yuliya Beygelzimer Mervana Jugić-Salkić	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	5 February 2007	Open Gaz de France, Paris	Carpet (i)	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Cara Black Liezel Huber	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	23 April 2007	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Martina Müller	Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová	5–7, 2–6

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 12 (6–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	24 June 1996	ITF Bastad, Sweden	Clay	Sofia Finér	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	13 January 1997	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Stephanie Rottier	3–6, 6–4, 2–2 ret.
Runner-up	3.	12 January 1998	Reykjavík, Iceland	Carpet (i)	Karolina Jagieniak	6–7⁽¹⁾, 0–6
Winner	4.	22 June 1998	Bastad, Sweden	Clay	Maria Persson	6–2, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Winner	5.	19 July 1999	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Eszter Molnár	7–5, 6–0
Winner	6.	31 January 2000	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Paula García	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	31 July 2000	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Zuzana Ondrášková	0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	18 September 2000	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	4–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	14 October 2001	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Dominika Luzarová	5–7, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	10.	9 September 2002	Prešov, Slovakia	Clay	Dominika Nociarová	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	11.	15 September 2002	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Katarina Mišić	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	12.	11 November 2002	ITF Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Olga Blahotová	1–6, 6–4, 6–7⁽³⁾

Doubles: 87 (55–32)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	16 August 1993	ITF Bergisch Gladbach, Germany	Clay	Simona Nedorostova	Monika Kratochvílová Patrícia Marková	3–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	28 August 1995	ITF Massa, Italy	Clay	Sabine Radevicová	Ingrid Kurta Martine Vosseberg	6–2, 6–4
Winner	3.	18 September 1995	ITF Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Clay	Sabine Radevicová	Olga Blahotová Alena Havrlíková	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	25 March 1996	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Simona Nedorostová	Michaela Hasanová Martina Nedelková	3–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	19 August 1996	Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	Clay	Sabine Radevicová	Zuzana Váleková Ľudmila Cervanová	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	2 December 1996	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Sabine Radevicová	Angela Bürgis Nikola Hubnerová	6–1, 6–7⁽³⁾, 1–6
Winner	7.	13 January 1997	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Olga Blahotová	Maaike Koutstaal Anna Linkova	6–2, 6–1
Winner	8.	16 June 1997	Doksy, Czech Republic	Clay	Jana Matsurová	Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková Jana Ondrouchová	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	12 January 1998	Reykjavík, Iceland	Carpet (i)	Olga Blahotová	Kim Kilsdonk Jolanda Mens	4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Runner-up	10.	19 January 1998	Bastad, Sweden	Hard (i)	Michaela Paštiková	Charlotte Aagaard Maiken Pape	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Winner	11.	2 February 1998	Istanbul, Turkey	Carpet (i)	Adrienn Hegedűs	Olga Blahotová Hana Šromová	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	12.	30 March 1998	Athens, Greece	Clay	Jana Macurová	Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	13.	22 June 1998	Bastad, Sweden	Clay	Helena Fremuthová	Jenny Lindstrom Anna-Karin Svensson	6–7⁽¹⁾, 3–6
Runner-up	14.	27 July 1998	Bella Cup, Poland	Clay	Petra Plačková	Olga Blahotová Jana Macurová	6–7⁽²⁾, 0–6
Runner-up	15.	24 August 1998	Plzeň, Czech Republic	Clay	Veronika Raimrová	Olga Blahotová Jana Macurová	6–1, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	16.	11 January 1999	Miami, United States	Hard	Olga Blahotová	Katarina Srebotnik Zuzana Váleková	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Winner	17.	22 February 1999	Faro, Portugal	Hard	Olga Blahotová	Marina Escobar Debby Haak	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	18.	1 March 1999	Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Olga Blahotová	Nino Louarsabishvili Kristina Triska	6–3, 6–2
Winner	19.	5 April 1999	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Gréta Arn Petra Mandula	0–6, 6–3, 7–6⁽³⁾
Runner-up	20.	12 April 1999	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Petra Kučová	Esther Brunn Jasmin Halbauer	2–6, 3–6
Winner	21.	7 June 1999	Doksy, Czech Republic	Clay	Milena Nekvapilová	Rochelle Rosenfield Anna Bieleń-Żarska	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	22.	19 July 1999	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Andrea Šebová Silvia Uríčková	6–3, 6–0
Winner	23.	2 August 1999	Bella Cup, Poland	Clay	Petra Kučová	Patrycja Bandurowska Vanesa Krauth	6–4, 6–3
Winner	24.	16 August 1999	Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	Clay	Petra Kučová	Libuše Průšová Anna Bieleń-Żarska	7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	25.	27 August 1999	Fiumicino, Italy	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Stefanie Haidner Katalin Miskolczi	6–3, 6–3
Winner	26.	11 October 1999	Plzeň, Czech Republic	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Alena Paulenková Magdalena Zděnovcová	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	27.	25 October 1999	Minsk, Belarus	Carpet (i)	Jana Macurová	Tatiana Poutchek Marina Stets	4–6, 2–6
Winner	28.	8 November 1999	Stupava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Hana Šromová	Alena Paulenková Radka Zrubáková	6–1, 6–0
Winner	29.	15 November 1999	Schlieren, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Olga Blahotová	Hana Šromová Helena Vildová	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	30.	22 November 1999	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Petra Kučová	Patricia Aznar Yolanda Clemot	6–0, 6–3
Winner	31.	29 November 1999	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Petra Kučová	Beatriz Cabrera Rosendo Helena Ejeson	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	32.	10 January 2000	Boca Raton, United States	Hard	Olga Blahotová	Maiko Inoue Li Ting	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	33.	7 February 2000	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Jana Macurová	Alena Paulenková Andrea Šebová	6–2, 6–1
Winner	34.	13 March 2000	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Ekaterina Kozhokina Marina Samoilenko	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	35.	3 April 2000	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Petra Kučová	Inga Albers Natasha Galouza	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	36.	31 July 2000	Bella Cup, Poland	Clay	Jana Macurová	Iveta Benešová Lenka Novotná	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	37.	9 October 2000	Plzeň, Czech Republic	Clay (i)	Alena Vašková	Eva Krejčová Helena Vildová	3–5, 1–4, 2–4
Runner-up	38.	13 November 2000	Stupava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Olga Blahotová	Susi Bensch Stefanie Weis	1–4, 4–5⁽²⁾, 3–5
Winner	39.	27 November 2000	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Lenka Novotná	Erica Krauth Vanesa Krauth	4–1, 4–2, 5–3
Winner	40.	11 December 2000	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Iveta Benešová Lenka Novotná	5–3, 2–4, 0–4, 4–1, 4–2
Winner	41.	12 February 2001	Faro, Portugal	Hard	Olga Blahotová	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–0, 6–2
Winner	42.	2 April 2001	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Petra Kučová	Zuzana Hejdová Mervana Jugić-Salkić	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	43.	16 April 2001	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Petra Kučová	Natasha Galouza Lotty Seelen	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	44.	30 April 2001	Nitra, Slovakia	Clay	Petra Kučová	Kristína Michalaková Katarína Kachlíková	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	45.	28 May 2001	Doksy, Czech Republic	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová	6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	46.	10 July 2001	Bella Cup Torun, Poland	Clay	Lenka Novotná	Blanka Kumbárová Petra Kučová	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Winner	47.	21 August 2001	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Katarina Mišić Mariam Ramon Climent	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	48.	27 August 2001	Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Lenka Novotná	Renata Kučerová Zuzana Kučová	w/o
Winner	49.	1 October 2001	Plzeň, Czech Republic	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–2, 6–3
Winner	50.	8 October 2001	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Dominika Luzarová	Lenka Novotná Pavlina Ticha	6–2, 7–5
Winner	51.	3 December 2001	Prague, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Olga Blahotová	Renata Kučerová Zuzana Hejdová	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	52.	25 February 2002	Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Dominika Diešková	Natasha Galouza Susanne Trik	1–6, 5–7
Winner	53.	17 March 2002	Cholet, France	Clay	Caroline Maes	Leslie Butkiewicz Patty Van Acker	4–1 ret.
Runner-up	54.	13 May 2002	Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Milagros Sequera Vanessa Webb	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	55.	21 May 2002	Rijeka, Croatia	Clay	Dominika Luzarová	Yvonne Meusburger Jenny Zika	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	56.	10 June 2002	Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Yevgenia Savranska Stefanie Weis	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	57.	22 July 2002	Český Krumlov, Czech Republic	Clay	Milena Nekvapilová	Tina Hergold Katalin Marosi	6–7⁽²⁾, 5–7
Winner	58.	30 July 2002	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Blanka Kumbárová	Jana Macurová Lenka Novotná	6–2, 6–0
Winner	59.	18 August 2002	Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	Clay	Renata Kučerová	Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová	6–4, 6–1
Winner	60.	2 September 2002	Denain, France	Clay	Olga Blahotová	Yuliya Beygelzimer Claudine Schaul	6–3, 6–0
Winner	61.	15 September 2002	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Maria Kondratieva	6–4, 6–0
Winner	62.	29 September 2002	Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia	Clay	Jana Macurová	Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová	2–1 ret
Runner-up	63.	21 October 2002	Opole, Poland	Carpet (i)	Olga Blahotová	Eva Martincová Magdalena Zděnovcová	5–7, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Winner	64.	11 November 2002	Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Olga Blahotová	Jorgelina Cravero Melissa Torres Sandoval	6–1, 4–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Winner	65.	18 November 2002	Mexico City	Hard	Olga Blahotová	Tina Hergold Vanessa Webb	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	66.	27 January 2003	Ortisei, Italy	Carpet (i)	Olga Blahotová	Vanessa Henke Claudine Schaul	1–6, 2–6
Winner	67.	7 April 2003	Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Michaela Paštiková	Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Galina Fokina	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	68.	21 April 2003	Hvar, Croatia	Clay (i)	Jana Macurová	İpek Şenoğlu Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	69.	20 October 2003	Opole, Poland	Carpet (i)	Olga Blahotová	Zuzana Hejdová Hana Šromová	6–4, 6–3
Winner	70.	2 November 2003	Mumbai, India	Hard	Hana Šromová	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	71.	25 November 2003	Prague, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Olga Blahotová	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak	5–7, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 3–6
Winner	72.	26 January 2004	Belfort, France	Hard (i)	Olga Blahotová	Kim Kilsdonk Sophie Lefèvre	6–3, 6–2
Winner	73.	2 February 2004	Ortisei, Italy	Carpet (i)	Olga Blahotová	Lubomira Bacheva Angelika Rösch	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	74.	17 February 2004	Redbridge, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Olga Blahotová	Claire Curran Kim Kilsdonk	3–6, 6–3, 6–7⁽¹⁰⁾
Winner	75.	5 July 2004	Bella Cup, Poland	Clay	Kira Nagy	Angelique Kerber Marta Leśniak	6–4, 7–6⁽²⁾
Winner	76.	19 July 2004	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Caroline Dhenin	Evie Dominikovic Rita Kuti-Kis	6–4, 6–3
Winner	77.	26 July 2004	Modena, Italy	Clay	Michaela Paštiková	Lubomira Bacheva Eva Birnerová	6–2, 6–3
Winner	78.	15 November 2004	Prague, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Michaela Paštiková	Lucie Hradecká Sandra Kleinová	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	79.	23 November 2004	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Michaela Paštiková	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Selima Sfar	5–7, 4–6
Winner	80.	28 June 2005	Fano, Italy	Clay	Michaela Paštiková	Stefanie Haidner Valentina Sulpizio	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	81.	22 November 2005	Opole, Poland	Carpet (i)	Lucie Hradecká	Timea Bacsinszky Nadejda Ostrovskaya	4–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Winner	82.	5 December 2005	Přerov, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Lucie Hradecká	Gréta Arn Margit Rüütel	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	83.	13 December 2005	Dubai Challenge, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Hana Šromová	Ekaterina Makarova Olga Panova	7–5, 6–4
Winner	84.	14 August 2006	Rimini, Italy	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Ekaterina Lopes	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up	85.	3 December 2007	ITF Přerov, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Michaela Paštiková	Veronika Chvojková Kateřina Vaňková	6–3, 4–6 [10–12]
Runner-up	86.	17 November 2008	ITF Odense, Denmark	Carpet (i)	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Sarah Borwell Courtney Nagle	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	87.	23 November 2014	ITF Zawada, Poland	Carpet (i)	Karolína Muchová	Anhelina Kalinina Anna Shkudun	0–6, 6–7⁽³⁾

Doubles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career W-L
Australian Open	A	A	SF	1R	1R	2R	5–4
French Open	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2–5
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1–5
US Open	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	0–5
Win–loss	0–1	0–3	6–3	0–4	1–4	1–4	8–19

References

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