Barbora Krejčíková

Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková at the 2015 French Open
Nation:	Czech Republic
Birthday:	December 18, 1995
Size:	178 cm
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Petr Kovačka
Prize money:	$ 3,508,938
singles
Career record:	279: 162
Career title:	1 WTA , 14 ITF
Highest ranking:	33 (May 31, 2021)
Current placement:	33
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	266: 113
Career title:	8 WTA, 19 ITF 1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking:	1 (October 22, 2018)
Current placement:	7th
Weeks as No. 1:	12th
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: June 12, 2021
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA (see web links )

Barbora Krejčíková (born  December 18, 1995 in Brno ) is a Czech tennis player and former world number one in women's doubles. Her greatest successes were the victory at the French Open 2021 in singles and the triumph in the doubles competitions at the French Open ( 2018 , 2021 ) and in Wimbledon ( 2018 ), both together with Kateřina Siniaková . From 2019 to 2021 she won the mixed competition at the Australian Open three times in a row .

Career

Krejčíková, who started tennis at the age of six, already enjoyed great success as a junior. The former number three in the junior world rankings won the junior doubles competitions at the French Open , the US Open and Wimbledon in 2013 together with her compatriot Kateřina Siniaková . Furthermore, the two triumphed in the same year at the European Junior Tennis Championships , in which Krejčíková also won the individual title.

In 2010 she made her debut at the ITF Women's Circuit , where she has already won 14 singles and 19 doubles titles. After initial successes on the ITF Tour, Krejčíková entered the US Open for the first time in qualifying for a Grand Slam tournament in 2014 , but lost there in the final round. Subsequently, she qualified for the first time in Québec for the main draw of a WTA tournament and after an opening success against Sachia Vickery immediately moved into the second round, in which she failed to Lucie Hradecká . In 2015 she won her biggest single title to date at a tournament in the $ 50,000 category in Olomouc . Towards the end of the season, Krejčíková, again in Québec , succeeded together with An-Sophie Mestach after a victory in the final over María Irigoyen and Paula Kania, their first WTA title in doubles, on the one in Limoges at a tournament of the WTA Challenger Series alongside Mandy Minella should be followed by a second.

At the beginning of 2016 she teamed up with her former junior partner Kateřina Siniaková and from then on specialized in women's doubles. At the French Open , the two achieved their first Grand Slam semi-final, in which they first had to admit defeat to Jekaterina Makarowa and Jelena Wesnina . After another quarter-finals at the US Open , Krejčíková closed the season for the first time under the top 30 of the double world rankings. In the following year she first drew attention to herself in the individual, when she advanced from qualification to her first individual final on the WTA tour at the clay court tournament in Nuremberg , in which she was defeated by Kiki Bertens without a chance. However, Krejčíková did not manage to build on the performance shown in the singles, so in 2018 she concentrated more on doubles again without ever completely resting her solo career. After a one-year break, Krejčíková started the season again in doubles with Kateřina Siniaková. After they left the field as losers in Miami , she won her first Grand Slam title at the side of her compatriot at the French Open after a smooth final victory over Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya , followed by the second at Wimbledon ; this time after defeating Nicole Melichar and Květa Peschke . After another semi-finals at the US Open , Krejčíková became 40th number one in the double world rankings in women's tennis on October 22nd and held this position together with her partner Siniaková until January 13th, 2019. Due to their successes, the two qualified for the first time in 2018 for the WTA Championships in Singapore, where after victories against Melichar and Peschke as well as Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Barbora Strýcová they reached the final, losing to Kristina Mladenovic and Tímea Babos .

Beginning in 2019 Krejčíková reached at the Australian Open at the side of Kateřina Siniaková the quarterfinals in doubles and won with Rajeev Ram after a final against Astra Sharma and John-Patrick Smith the competition in the Mixed . Together with Siniaková, she also triumphed at the Rogers Cup in Toronto and Linz and was once again in the semifinals at Wimbledon . In their second participation in the WTA Championships of the best eight teams in Shenzhen, they were eliminated after only one victory and two defeats in the group stage. In the singles, Krejčíková only started sporadically in the 2019 season, but she won three ITF titles over the course of the year, including her largest to date at a tournament in the $ 80,000 category in Palm Harbor .

In 2020 Krejčíková defended her mixed title at the Australian Open after another double success in Shenzhen alongside Siniaková with Nikola Mektić , after beating Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jamie Murray in the final . In doubles she came, again with Siniaková, to the semi-finals for the first time, in which they had to admit defeat to the top seeded Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová . In addition, she succeeded in singles in Melbourne for the first time successfully qualifying for a Grand Slam main field, in which she immediately came to the second round after a victory at the start over Kaia Kanepi , in which she failed to Jekaterina Alexandrowa . After the corona induced season demolition scored Krejčíková by reaching the knockout round of the French Open her up to then best career result in an individual, an improvement in the world rankings for the first time among the top 100. In the double she moved with Siniakova in the last four before, in the they were defeated by the eventual winners Mladenovic and Babos.

In 2021, Krejčíková competed in singles , doubles and mixed competitions at the Australian Open . While she was already defeated in the second round by Russia's number 29 seeded Yekaterina Alexandrowa , she made it into the final in doubles with her long-time partner Siniaková, where both Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka clearly had to admit defeat in two sets . The mixed competition was more successful, where she won her third Grand Slam title in a row with Rajeev Ram in Australia. The greatest success so far in the individual came in the same year at the French Open . While only two of the 30 seeded players made it past the quarter-finals, Krejčíková reached her first individual Grand Slam final after victories against the more highly rated competitors Elina Switolina , Cori Gauff and Maria Sakkari . There she defeated the Russian Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova in three sets (6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 4). She was the first Czech since Hana Mandlíková ( 1981 ) and the third unseeded player to triumph in Paris. At the award ceremony, Krejčíková remembered her trainer and former world-class player Jana Novotná, who died in 2017 . In addition, she won the doubles final with Siniaková , while she was eliminated in the mixed with Filip Polášek in the quarterfinals.

In 2019, Krejčíková made her debut for the Czech Fed Cup team in the 3-2 quarter-final defeat against Romania . Since then she has played two doubles matches for her country, one of which she was able to win.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Covering	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 21, 2012	Dubrovnik	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Polina Leikina	6: 4, 6: 1
2.	October 6, 2013	Solin	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Tereza Malíková	6: 2, 6: 2
3.	October 27, 2013	Dubrovnik	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Polona Reberšak	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 0
4th	3rd November 2013	Umag	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Ágnes Bukta	6: 1, 6: 4
5.	December 1st, 2013	Bol	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Ema Mikulčić	3: 6, 6: 0, 6: 3
6th	June 22, 2014	Přerov	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Lenka Juríková	6: 3, 6: 4
7th	July 6, 2014	Toruń	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Maria Sakkari	6: 4, 6: 1
8th.	2nd November 2014	Istanbul	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Viktorija Golubic	6: 1, 6: 4
9.	19th July 2015	Olomouc	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Petra Cetkovská	3: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 5
10.	1st July 2018	Toruń	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Rebecca Šramková	7: 5, 6: 1
11.	April 7, 2019	Palm Harbor	ITF $ 80,000	sand	Nicole Gibbs	6-0, 6-1
12th	April 14, 2019	Pelham	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Caroline Dolehide	6: 4, 6: 3
13th	5th May 2019	Wiesbaden	ITF $ 60,000	sand	Katarina Sawazka	6: 4, 7: 6 2
14th	June 23, 2019	Staré Splavy	ITF $ 60,000	sand	Denisa Allertová	6: 2, 6: 3
15th	May 29, 2021	Strasbourg	WTA 250	sand	Sorana Cîrstea	6: 3, 6: 3
16.	June 12, 2021	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Covering	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	September 3, 2011	Osijek	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Aneta Dvořáková	Diana Bogoliy Alena Tarasova	7: 5, 6: 2
2.	October 29, 2011	Dubrovnik	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Viktorija Kan	Martina Kubičíková Dalija Safirowa	7: 6 3 , 6: 0
3.	September 1, 2012	Osijek	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Aneta Dvořáková	Kateřina Kramperová Petra Krejsová	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 8]
4th	October 13, 2012	Sarajevo	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Tereza Malíková	Angelica Moratelli Milana Špremo	6: 3, 6: 2
5.	October 27, 2012	Dubrovnik	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Tereza Malíková	Lucia Butkovská Christina Shakovets	7: 5, 7: 6 5
6th	April 12th, 2013	Bol	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Polina Leikina	Jana Fett Bernarda Pera	6: 3, 6: 3
7th	April 19, 2013	Šibenik	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Polina Leikina	Cindy Burger Anna Klasen	3: 6, 6: 3, [12:10]
8th.	August 10, 2013	Hechingen	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Kateřina Siniaková	Laura-Ioana Andrei Laura Thorpe	6: 1, 6: 4
9.	19th October 2013	Dubrovnik	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Lenka Juríková	Gabriela Pantůčková Polona Reberšak	7: 5, 3: 6, [10: 4]
10.	November 16, 2013	Bol	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Demi Schuurs	Vivien Juhaszova Tereza Máliková	6: 2, 6: 4
11.	November 30, 2013	Bol	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Ana Bianca Mihăilă	Bojana Marinković Natalija Šipek	6: 2, 6: 2
12th	May 31, 2014	Maribor	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Kateřina Siniaková	Cindy Burger Daniela Seguel	6-0, 6-1
13th	June 7, 2014	Sarajevo	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Viktoria Tomova	Carolin Daniels Melis Sezer	7: 6 3 , 6: 2
14th	July 27, 2014	Rokietnica-Sobota	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Aleksandra Krunić	Anastasija Wassyljewa Maryna Zanevska	3: 6, 6: 0, [10: 6]
15th	June 13, 2015	Padua	ITF $ 25,000	sand	María Irigoyen	Réka Luca Jani Paula Ormaechea	6: 4, 6: 2
16.	June 20, 2015	Montpellier	ITF $ 50,000	sand	María Irigoyen	Laura Siegemund Renata Voráčová	6: 4, 6: 2
17th	August 8, 2015	Pilsen	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Rebecca Peterson	Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá	6: 4, 6: 3
18th	20th September 2015	Quebec	WTA International	Carpet (hall)	To-Sophie Mestach	María Irigoyen Paula Kania	4: 6, 6: 3 [12:10]
19th	October 10, 2015	Tampico	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	María Irigoyen	Verónica Cepede Royg Marina Melnikowa	7: 5, 6: 2
20th	15th November 2015	Limoges	WTA Challenger	Hard court (hall)	Mandy Minella	Margarita Gasparjan Oksana Kalashnikova	1: 6, 7: 5, [10: 6]
21.	April 1, 2017	Mornington	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Julia Glushko	Jessica Moore Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6: 4, 2: 6, [11: 9]
22nd	June 10, 2018	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Kateřina Siniaková	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya	6: 3, 6: 3
23	14th July 2018	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Kateřina Siniaková	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 0
24.	August 10, 2019	Toronto	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Kateřina Siniaková	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs	7: 5, 6: 0
25th	October 12, 2019	Linz	WTA International	Hard court (hall)	Kateřina Siniaková	Barbara Haas Xenia Knoll	6: 4, 6: 3
26th	January 11, 2020	Shenzhen	WTA International	Hard court	Kateřina Siniaková	Duan Yingying Zheng Saisai	6: 2, 3: 6 [10: 4]
27	February 7, 2021	Melbourne	WTA 500	Hard court	Kateřina Siniaková	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	6: 3, 7: 6 4
28.	May 8, 2021	Madrid	WTA 1000	sand	Kateřina Siniaková	Gabriela Dabrowski Demi Schuurs	6: 4, 6: 3
29	June 13, 2021	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Kateřina Siniaková	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Iga Świątek	6: 4, 6: 2

Mixed

No.	date	competition	category	Covering	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 26, 2019	Australian Open (1)	Grand Slam	Hard court	Rajeev Ram	Astra Sharma John-Patrick Smith	7: 6 3 , 6: 1
2.	1st February 2020	Australian Open (2)	Grand Slam	Hard court	Nikola Mektic	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jamie Murray	5: 7, 6: 4, [10: 1]
3.	February 20, 2021	Australian Open (3)	Grand Slam	Hard court	Rajeev Ram	Samantha Stosur Matthew Ebden	6: 1, 6: 4

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Career
Australian Open	-	Q2	Q3	Q2	Q3	Q2	2	2	2
French Open	-	Q2	-	-	1	Q1	AF	S.	S.
Wimbledon	-	Q1	Q1	Q2	-	-	n / A		-
US Open	Q3	Q1	-	Q1	Q1	Q2	-		-

Double

competition	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Career
Australian Open	-	2	2	AF	VF	HF	F.	F.
French Open	1	HF	AF	S.	1	HF	S.	S.
Wimbledon	-	1	1	S.	HF	n / A		S.
US Open	-	VF	AF	HF	-	-		HF

Mixed

competition	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Career
Australian Open	-	1	-	S.	S.	S.	S.
French Open	-	1	-	-	n / A	VF	VF
Wimbledon	2	AF	-	-	n / A		AF
US Open	VF	-	-	-	-		VF

Web links

Commons : Barbora Krejčíková  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Barbora Krejčíková (English)
• ITF profile Barbora Krejčíková (English)
• Billie Jean King Cup stats by Barbora Krejčíková (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ French Open: Krejcikova celebrates first Grand Slam victory . In: sportschau.de, June 12, 2021 (accessed June 13, 2021).