Lucie Šafářová
Lucie Šafářová | |||||||||||||
Lucie Šafářová, 2018 | |||||||||||||
Nation: | Czech Republic | ||||||||||||
Birthday: | 4th February 1987 | ||||||||||||
Size: | 177 cm | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 62 kg | ||||||||||||
1st professional season: | 2002 | ||||||||||||
Resignation: | 29 May 2019 | ||||||||||||
Playing hand: | Left, two-handed backhand | ||||||||||||
Trainer: | Rob Steckley | ||||||||||||
Prize money: | $ 12,637,555 | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 448: 317 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 7 WTA , 7 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 5 (September 14, 2015) | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 202: 148 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 15 WTA, 1 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 1 (August 21, 2017) | ||||||||||||
Weeks as No. 1: | 6th | ||||||||||||
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Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) |
Lucie Šafářová [ ˈʃafaːr̝̊ovaː ] (born February 4, 1987 in Brno , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech tennis player .
Career
Šafářová, who prefers clay courts, started playing tennis at the age of three. In the German tennis Bundesliga she plays for the TC Blau-Weiss Bocholt , with which she became German team champion in 2012 and 2013 .
The left-hander has won six individual titles on the WTA Tour so far. In 2005 she defeated Li Na in the final of Estoril and Sania Mirza in the final of Forest Hills each in three sets. In 2006 she won the Gold Coast tournament with a smooth final victory over Flavia Pennetta .
At the beginning of 2007, Šafářová lost in the second round of Hobart to the eventual Australian Open winner Serena Williams 3: 6, 6: 3 and 6: 7. In Melbourne she reached the round of 16 of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career when she defeated the defending champion and number 2 in the world, Amélie Mauresmo , 6: 4 and 6: 3. In the quarterfinals she was defeated by her compatriot Nicole Vaidišová with 1: 6, 4: 6.
At the "Open Gaz" in Paris , Šafářová moved into the final after victories over Nicole Vaidišová, Swetlana Kuznetsova and number 1 seeded Justine Henin , in which they defeated Nadja Petrowa 6: 4, 1: 6, 4: 6 had to.
At the French Open in 2007, she won again in the third round (6: 3, 7: 6) over Amélie Mauresmo, before losing her round of 16 against Anna Tschakwetadze . At Wimbledon , she was eliminated in the third round against Jelena Janković .
In 2008 she took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing for the Czech team , both in singles and doubles . She lost her round of 16 with 5: 7 and 4: 6 against Sybille Bammer , in doubles the end came in round one. At the WTA tournament in Forest Hills , she was able to repeat her success from 2005; she won the final against Peng Shuai 6: 4 and 6: 2.
In 2009 she reached the final of the Bell Challenge in Québec, which she lost to Melinda Czink 6: 4, 3: 6 and 5: 7. She also reached a final in 2010, that of the Open GDF Suez ; she lost to Jelena Dementjewa 7: 6, 5 , 1: 6 and 4: 6.
On June 12, 2011, she lost to defending champion Caroline Wozniacki in the final in Copenhagen at their home tournament in two straight sets. With the Czech team , for which she has been playing since 2004, she won the Fed Cup on November 6th in Moscow with a 3-2 final victory over Russia.
In April 2012 she achieved her first WTA tournament victory in doubles, when she defeated the duo Medina Garrigues / Schwedowa in Charleston at the side of Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova . At the end of the season she won the Fed Cup for the second time .
In 2013 she improved with good results, including the third WTA title in Madrid and her first quarter-finals in Roland Garros, in the double world rankings in 17th place. On the side of Pavlyuchenkova, she also made her first round of 16 at the US Open . In September, after a drought of over five years, she won an individual title on the tour again when she defeated Marina Eraković in the Québec final.
In 2014, as in the previous year, she was in the quarter-finals of the doubles competition at the Australian Open . With that she climbed to 15th place in the double world rankings - a new personal record. Also in Wimbledon she moved into the quarterfinals in doubles; in individual she even reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, in which she had to admit defeat 6: 7 6 , 1: 6 to the later title winner Petra Kvitová . On September 8th, she also set a new record in the WTA ranking with 14th place. In early November she won her third Fed Cup title. The Czech team defeated the German Fed Cup team 3-1 in the final in Prague .
In 2015 she finally won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open ; In the final of the doubles competition, she and her new partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in straight sets . With her sixth individual title (final victory in Doha over Asaranka), she improved to position 11 in the WTA world rankings. At the French Open , she was able to defeat Marija Sharapova for the first time in the second round , who was the defending champion in position 2. After another victory (over Ana Ivanović ; 7: 5, 7: 5) she finally reached her first Grand Slam final in singles, which she lost to Serena Williams in three sets. And in doubles, she won her second Grand Slam title in Paris together with Mattek-Sands.
A protracted virus infection delayed her start to the 2016 season. She missed the Australian Open and did not join the WTA Tour until the end of February in Doha . On April 30, she won the WTA tournament in Prague with a 3-6, 6-1 and 6-4 final win over Samantha Stosur .
After the Australian Open 2019 , she actually wanted to end her career. Because of a tendon problem in her wrist, she was unable to take part in the tournament. She then planned to end her career at the WTA tournament in Prague at the end of April. But she played her last game in doubles at the French Open on May 29, 2019.
Personal
Lucie Šafářová was in a relationship with the Czech tennis player Tomáš Berdych until 2011 .
Tournament victories
singles
No. | date | competition | category | Topping | Final opponent | Result |
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1. | May 1, 2005 | Oeiras | WTA Tier V | sand | Li Na | 6: 7 4 , 6: 4, 6: 3 |
2. | August 27, 2005 | Forest Hills | WTA Tier IV | Hard court | Sania Mirza | 3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4 |
3. | January 7, 2006 | Gold coast | WTA Tier III | Hard court | Flavia Pennetta | 6: 3, 6: 4 |
4th | August 23, 2008 | Forest Hills | WTA Tier IV | Hard court | Peng Shuai | 6: 4, 6: 2 |
5. | 15th September 2013 | Quebec | WTA International | Carpet (hall) | Marina Eraković | 6: 4, 6: 3 |
6th | February 28, 2015 | Doha | WTA Premier | Hard court | Viktoriya Azaranka | 6: 4, 6: 3 |
7th | April 30, 2016 | Prague | WTA International | sand | Samantha Stosur | 3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4 |
Double
Career statistics and performance in Grand Slam tournaments
singles
competition
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2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
2018
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total |
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Australian Open
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- | - | - | - | - | 1R | VF | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | - | 2R |
3R
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0 |
French Open
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- | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | AF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | AF | F. | 3R | 1R |
2R
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0 |
Wimbledon
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- | - | - | - | 1R | - | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | HF | AF | AF | 2R |
3R
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0 |
US Open
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- | - | - | - | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | AF | 1R | 2R | AF |
2R
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0 |
WTA Tour Championships
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | RR | - | - | -
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0 |
Individual titles won
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0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
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14th |
Overall wins / losses
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2: 2 | 0-0 | 12: 6 | 22:12 | 43:17 | 21:25 | 30:17 | 20:23 | 36:25 | 28:26 | 35:26 | 34:22 | 32:24 | 39:24 | 32:21 | 15:18 | 35:18 | 12:11
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448: 317 |
Year-end position
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- | - | 533 | 185 | 50 | 41 | 24 | 65 | 42 | 33 | 25th | 17th | 29 | 17th | 9 | 64 | 30th | 50
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N / A |
Explanation of symbols: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = entry into the final / semi-finals / quarter-finals / round of 16; 1, 2, 3 = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd main round; RR = round robin
Performance in Grand Slam tournaments (doubles)
competition | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Career |
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Australian Open | - | 1 | 1 | - | AF | 1 | 2 | 1 | VF | VF | S. | - | S. | VF | - | S. |
French Open | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | AF | 1 | VF | 1 | S. | 1 | S. | 2 | 1 | S. |
Wimbledon | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | VF | VF | 1 | 2 | VF | - | VF |
US Open | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | AF | 2 | - | S. | HF | 2 | - | S. |
Web links
- WTA profile of Lucie Šafářová (English)
- ITF profile of Lucie Šafářová (English)
- Fed Cup stats by Lucie Safarova (English)
- Lucie Šafářová's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lucie Safarova returns to the tour in Doha. In: tennisnet.com. February 20, 2016, accessed April 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Lucie Safarova announces retirement after Australian Open. In: tennis.com. November 10, 2018, accessed December 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Rozlúčka s kariérou odložena. Šafářová na Australian Open hrát nebude. In: idnes.cz. January 4, 2019, accessed January 17, 2019 (Czech).
- ↑ Safarova to bid farewell in Prague. In: wta.com. March 19, 2019, accessed April 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Safarova bows out in doubles final at Roland Garros. In: wta.com. May 29, 2019, accessed May 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Lucie Safarova on Relationships, Fame and the Next Level. Retrieved November 29, 2014 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Šafářová, Lucie |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th February 1987 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno , Czechoslovakia |