Tereza Martincová

Tereza Martincová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtɛrɛza ˈmarcɪntsovaː]; born 24 October 1994) is a Czech professional tennis player.

Tereza Martincová
Martincová at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidencePrague, Czech Republic
Born (1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 (age 29)
Prague
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 2,311,739
Singles
Career record393–331 (54.3%)
Career titles0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 40 (14 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 154 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open2R (2021)
Wimbledon3R (2021)
US Open1R (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Doubles
Career record52–54 (49.1%)
Career titles1 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 77 (6 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 1078 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open1R (2022)
Wimbledon2R (2021, 2022)
US Open2R (2021)
Last updated on: 22 January 2024.

Martincová has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and four singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 February 2022, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world No. 40. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 77 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career

2013–2015

Martincová in Nuremberg, 2014

In June 2013, Martincová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Nürnberger Versicherungscup.[1] After coming through all three qualifying rounds,[2] she lost to Estrella Cabeza Candela in round one. One month later, Martincová once again came through qualifying at the Baku Cup, defeating Oksana Kalashnikova in the first round,[3] but losing to Tadeja Majerič in the second.[4]

In 2014, first WTA tournament for Martincová was the Nürnberger Versicherungscup, where she qualified for the main draw, and then lost to Anastasia Rodionova.[5] She qualified for the Swedish Open in Båstad, before Mona Barthel defeated her in the first round.[6] At the Coupe Banque Nationale in Quebec City, Martincová once again passed qualifying, but again lost in the first main-draw round, this time to Shelby Rogers.[7]

In 2015, Martincová made her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the Brasil Tennis Cup after victories over Quirine Lemoine and Ajla Tomljanović. She also made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open.

2016–20

Martincová at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.

In 2016, she improved her best performance on WTA Tour, making it to the semifinals of the Tournois de Québec, and earning victories over Barbora Krejčíková, Ekaterina Alexandrova and Jessica Pegula.

Martincová realized her best performance at a major championship in 2017, reaching the first round at the US Open by defeating Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Vera Lapko and Georgia Brescia in qualifying. She repeated her best performance on the WTA Tour, reaching the semifinals of the Ladies Championship Gstaad.

In 2018, she reached her second ITF Circuit final in doubles, playing alongside Michaëlla Krajicek.

She won her fourth ITF title in Essen, defeating Paula Badosa in the 2019 final. She achieved her best performance at Wimbledon, reaching the first round by defeating Xu Shilin, Caroline Dolehide and Anna Blinkova in qualifying. She also reached the first round of the US Open, repeating her best performance at this tournament, and third qualifying round at the Australian Open.

Her performances kept improving in 2020 when she repeated her best score in Melbourne, reaching last qualifying round. At the Qatar Open, she went through qualifying defeating Kristýna Plíšková and Misaki Doi. She reached the second round of the tournament by defeating Misaki Doi (playing as lucky loser) again, and then lost to Maria Sakkari. This was the first time, she reached the main draw of a Premier-5 tournament.

2021–22: Top 100 in singles & doubles, first WTA final in singles & first title in doubles

Martincová at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.

Qualified for 2021 Dubai Championships, she reached the third round at a WTA-1000 event for the first time, defeating Kristýna Plíšková and world No. 11, Kiki Bertens. After qualifying for another WTA-1000 event in Miami and making second round, where she pushed world No. 9 and eventual finalist, Bianca Andreescu, to a tiebreak in the first set, she made her top 100 singles debut. Later, she scored her first Grand Slam tournament match-win at the French Open, defeating Ivana Jorović 6–3, 7–6. She then lost to 28th seeded Jessica Pegula, in straight sets. Martincová started her grass-court season with quarterfinal showings in Nottingham and Birmingham, scoring big wins over former top-10 members and major champions, Samantha Stosur and Jeļena Ostapenko. Entering Wimbledon in good form, she stormed into the third round on grandslam for the first time, defeating former quarterfinalist Alison Riske and Nadia Podoroska. Her run was ended by eventual finalist and compatriot Karolína Plíšková.

Martincová then reached her first WTA Tour final in Prague without dropping a set. She won just two games in the championship match against compatriot and French Open champion Barbora Krejčíková. Entering the US Open unseeded, Martincová was swept aside in the first round by 18th seed Victoria Azarenka in the straight sets, despite being 4–1 up in the first set. In September 2021, she reached her first WTA 500 level quarterfinal in 2021 Ostrava Open, defeating Kateřina Siniaková and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova before losing to eventual finalist Maria Sakkari. She ended season by losing a titanic battle at Kremlin Cup, losing 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 to world No. 6 and eventual 2021 WTA Finals champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the second round. In November, she made her top 50 debut, finishing year as world No. 48.

Martincová qualified into the Australian Open main draw for the first time. In the first round, she defeated Lauren Davis, before she lost to 30th seeded Camila Giorgi in the second. She won just one singles match before entering the Australian Open, but she reached her first WTA doubles final at the Melbourne Summer Set 2 with Mayar Sherif, followed by another doubles final the following week at the Adelaide International 2 with Markéta Vondroušová, losing both in three sets. Martincová made her top 100 debut in doubles, after reaching the second round of the Australian Open with Vondroušová.

2023: Drop in results

Martincová at the 2023 French Open.

After two successful years, during the 2023 season she made significant drop. She started season with three first round losses at the Australian Tour - ASB Classic, Hobart International and Australian Open, respectively. No progress were seen at the following tournaments such as no passing qualifying at the WTA 1000 Qatar Open & Indian Wells Open. She then recorded her first year tour level win at the Miami Open. There she defeated Tamara Korpatsch but then lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia. Both mathes were played in the three sets.

Due to weak tour level performances, she was forced to also play some ITF tournaments. As her preparation for the following clay season, she played at the $80k Zaragoza tournament, where she was advanced to the final. Despite losing to Viktoriya Tomova in the final, it was her first significant result of the year. Still, she continued to struggle with results, since she was eliminated in the qualifying of the Madrid Open, reaching only first round of the Italian Open and losing in the first round of the French Open. During the grass season, she recorded her second tour win of the year at the Birmingham Classic.[8][9] After main-draw first round loss at Wimbledon,[10] she started with some better results. First, she reached semifinal of the WTA Challenger Grand Est.[11] She followed up this with second round of the Warsaw Open,[12] quarterfinals at the Prague Open[13] and another quarterfinal at the WTA Challenger Polish Open.[14]

Endorsements

She is sponsored by Mizuno for her clothing[15] and by Wilson for her racquets.[16]

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[17]

Singles

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAQ2Q1Q1Q3Q3Q22R1RQ10 / 21–233%
French OpenAAAQ1Q2Q1Q1Q32R1R1R0 / 31–325%
WimbledonAAAQ1Q1Q11RNH3R1R1R0 / 42–433%
US OpenAAQ1A1RQ21R1R1R1RQ10 / 50–50%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–00–20–13–31–40–30–00 / 144–1422%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a]AAAAAQ1A2R3R3RQ20 / 35–363%
Indian Wells OpenAAAAQ2AANH2R2RQ10 / 22–250%
Miami OpenAAAAAQ2ANH2R1R2R0 / 32–340%
Madrid OpenAAAAAAANHA1RQ10 / 10–10%
Italian OpenAAAAAAAAQ11R1R0 / 20–20%
Canadian OpenAAAAAAANH1R1RA0 / 20–20%
Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAAQ12RA0 / 11–150%
Guadalajara OpenNH1RA0 / 10–10%
China OpenAAAAAAANHA0 / 00–0 – 
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[b]AAAAAAANH0 / 00–0 – 
Career statistics
201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin %
Tournaments231677762025141Career total: 99
Titles000000000000Career total: 0
Finals000000001000Career total: 1
Hardcourt win–loss1–10–10–04–52–51–42–52–518–1313–174–70–10 / 6447–6442%
Clay win–loss0–10–22–10–13–10–20–03–12–40–50–30 / 2010–2132%
Grass win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–10–20–06–33–41–40 / 1510–1540%
Overall win–loss1–20–32–14–65–71–72–75–626–2016–265–140–10 / 9967–10040%
Year-end ranking[c]2972771831581402121301204873151$2,311,739

Doubles

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament2014201520162017...2021202220232024SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAA2R1RA0 / 21–233%
French OpenAAAAA1RA0 / 10–10%
WimbledonAAAA2R2R1R0 / 32–340%
US OpenAAAA2R1RA0 / 21–233%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–02–22–40–20–00 / 84–833%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a]AAAAA2RA0 / 11–150%
Indian Wells OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Miami OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Madrid OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Italian OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Canadian OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Guadalajara OpenNH1RA0 / 10–10%
China OpenAAAANHA0 / 00–0 – 
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[b]AAAANH0 / 00–0 – 
Career statistics
Tournaments111171040Career total: 25
Titles00000100Career total: 1
Finals00000300Career total: 3
Overall win–loss1–10–11–10–16–612–91–40–01 / 2521–2348%
Year-end ranking38792351481718985630

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jul 2021Prague Open, Czech RepublicWTA 250Hard Barbora Krejčíková2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jan 2022Melbourne Summer Set, AustraliaWTA 250Hard Mayar Sherif Bernarda Pera
Kateřina Siniaková
2–6, 7–6(9–7), [5–10]
Loss0–2Jan 2022Adelaide International, AustraliaWTA 250Hard Markéta Vondroušová Eri Hozumi
Makoto Ninomiya
6–1, 6–7(4–7), [7–10]
Win1–2Sep 2022Slovenia Open, SloveniaWTA 250Hard Marta Kostyuk Cristina Bucșa
Tereza Mihalíková
6–4, 6–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (3–3)
$10,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (2–3)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 2013ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Hard Beatriz Haddad Maia4–6, 3–6
Win1–1Apr 2014ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000Hard Pernilla Mendesová6–4, 6–4
Loss1–2Aug 2014ITF Mamaia, Romania25,000Clay Andreea Mitu2–6, 4–6
Loss1–3Feb 2015Open de l'Isère, France25,000Hard (i) Magda Linette6–7(2–7), 6–4, 1–6
Loss1–4May 2015Wiesbaden Open, Germany25,000Clay Anastasija Sevastova6–1, 6–3
Win2–4Jun 2015ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland25,000Clay Nastja Kolar6–3, 6–4
Win3–4Oct 2018ITF Óbidos, Portugal25,000Carpet Katarzyna Kawa7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win4–4Jun 2019Bredeney Ladies Open, Germany25,000Clay Paula Badosa6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss4–5Apr 2023Zaragoza Open, Spain80,000Clay Viktoriya Tomova6–4, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 2012ITF Hvar, Croatia10,000Clay Petra Rohanová Martina Kubičíková
Tereza Smitková
2–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Sep 2018ITF Lisbon, Portugal25,000Hard Michaëlla Krajicek Emma Laine
Samantha Murray
5–7, 4–6

WTA Tour career earnings

Current after the 2023 Canadian Open.

YearGrand Slam
titles[d]
WTA
titles[d]
Total
titles[d]
Earnings ($)Money list rank
201400019,726331
201500032,323279
201600054,205237
2017000117,652186
2018000136,948188
201900082,774242
2020000175,307130
2021000565,33266
2022011632,61564
2023000352,63899
Career0112,285,052259

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

  • She has a 1–11 (8%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
ResultW–LOpponentRankEventSurfaceRoundScoreRankH2H
2019
Loss0–1 Karolína Plíšková3US Open, United StatesHard1R6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)1380–3
2021
Loss0–2 Bianca Andreescu9Miami Open, United StatesHard2R6–7(5–7), 2–61050–1
Loss0–3 Elina Svitolina7Indian Wells Open, United StatesHard2R2–6, 5–7521–1
Loss0–4 Garbiñe Muguruza5Kremlin Cup, RussiaHard (i)2R4–6, 6–4, 3–6510–1
2022
Loss0–5 Ons Jabeur10Qatar Open, QatarHard3R1–6, 6–3, 3–6420–1
Loss0–6 Paula Badosa7Indian Wells Open, United StatesHard2R2–6, 6–7(4–7)423–1
Loss0–7 Karolína Plíšková7Wimbledon Championships, United KingdomGrass1R6–7(1–7), 5–761
Loss0–8 Anett Kontaveit2Cincinnati Open, United StatesHard2R6–3, 5–7, 4–6711–3
Loss0–9 Anett Kontaveit4Tallinn Open, EstoniaHard (i)2R2–6, 1–675
Win1–9 Anett Kontaveit3Ostrava Open, Czech RepublicHard (i)2R7–6(7–3), 1–0 ret.78
2023
Loss1–10 Aryna Sabalenka5Australian Open, AustraliaHard1R6–1, 6–4740–1
Loss1–11 Caroline Garcia5Lyon Open, FranceHard (i)1R6–4, 7–6(7–4)872–4

Double bagel matches (6–0, 6–0)

ResultYearW–LTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentvsRankRoundRank
Win20111–0ITF Piešťany, Slovakia10,000Clay Martina ZollesQ2
Win20112–0ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Clay Johanna HyötyQ2
Win20143–0ITF Heraklin, Greece10,000Hard Helene Scholsen2R
Win20184–0Mumbai Open, IndiaWTA 125Hard Naoko EtoQ1

Matches without dropping a single game

ResultYearW–LTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentvsRankRoundRankScore
Loss20160–1Wimbledon, United KingdomGrand SlamGrass Zhu LinQ10–4 ret.
Loss20160–2Kremlin Cup, RussiaPremierHard (i) Ana KonjuhQ20–4 ret.
Win20211–2ITF Grenoble, France25,000Hard Jule Niemeier1R3–0 ret.

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