Renata Voráčová
Quick Facts
Biography
Renata Voráčová (born 6 October 1983 in Gottwaldov) is a professional Czech tennis player.
Voráčová has won 12 WTA doubles titles (including 2 WTA 125K series), as well as 15 singles and 56 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 11 October 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 74. On 7 August 2017, she peaked at world number 31 in the doubles rankings.
Biography
As a junior, Voráčová reached a career-high ranking of world number 4 in singles and number 3 in doubles. One of the highlights of her junior tennis career was winning the 2001 French Open doubles title with Petra Cetkovská.
Career
2017
At the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, Voráčová made the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career with partner Makoto Ninomiya reaching the semi-finals of the ladies' doubles. They lost 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–9 to Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu. Due to her surprise run, Voráčová reached a new career high ranking of 32 on July 17, 2017 after 17 years on the WTA Tour.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' Doubles
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 2001 | French Open | Clay | Petra Cetkovská | Neyssa Etienne Annette Kolb | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
WTA career finals
Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runners-up)
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Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 4 November 2002 | PTT Pattaya Open, Pattaya City, Thailand | Hard | Kelly Liggan | Lina Krasnoroutskaya Tatiana Panova | 7–5, 7–6(9–7) |
Runner-up | 1. | 24 July 2006 | Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Lucie Hradecká | Janette Husárová Michaëlla Krajicek | 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | 18 September 2006 | Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia | Hard | Lucie Hradecká | Eva Birnerová Émilie Loit | w/o |
Winner | 3. | 23 July 2007 | Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria | Clay | Lucie Hradecká | Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová | 6–3, 7–5 |
Winner | 4. | 17 September 2007 | Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia | Hard | Lucie Hradecká | Andreja Klepač Elena Likhovtseva | 5–7, 6–4, [10–7] |
Runner-up | 2. | 29 October 2007 | Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada | Hard (i) | Stéphanie Dubois | Christina Fusano Raquel Kops-Jones | 2–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Winner | 5. | 27 July 2009 | İstanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Lucie Hradecká | Julia Görges Patty Schnyder | 2–6, 6–3, [12–10] |
Runner-up | 3. | 19 October 2009 | Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Hard (i) | Vladimíra Uhlířová | Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6–1, 0–6, [7–10] |
Runner-up | 4. | 5 July 2010 | Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta | 6–7(0–7), 0–6 |
Winner | 6. | 11 October 2010 | Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria | Hard (i) | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik | 7–5, 7–6(8–6) |
Winner | 7. | 18 April 2011 | Marrakech Grand Prix, Fes, Morocco | Clay | Andrea Hlaváčková | Nina Bratchikova Sandra Klemenschits | 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 9 July 2012 | Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy | Clay | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | Darija Jurak Katalin Marosi | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | 6 October 2014 | HP Open, Osaka, Japan | Hard | Shuko Aoyama | Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria | 6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 5 January 2015 | ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Shuko Aoyama | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 16 May 2016 | Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Nuremberg, Germany | Clay | Shuko Aoyama | Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson | 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 26 September 2016 | Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Demi Schuurs | Raluca Olaru İpek Soylu | 5–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 7 January 2017 | ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Demi Schuurs | Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson | 2–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 10. | 5 August 2017 | Washington Open, United States | Hard | Shuko Aoyama | Eugenie Bouchard Sloane Stephens | 6–3, 6–2 |
WTA 125 Series Finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner up)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 3 November 2014 | Open de Limoges, Limoges, France | Hard (i) | Kateřina Siniaková | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 2–6, 6–2, [10–5] |
Runner-up | 1. | 14 November 2016 | Open de Limoges, Limoges, France | Hard (i) | Anna Smith | Mandy Minella Elise Mertens | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | 11 June 2017 | Bol, Croatia | Clay | Chuang Chia-jung | Lina Gjorcheska Aleksandrina Naydenova | 6–4, 6–2 |
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | W–L | |||||||||
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Australian Open | Q3 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 2R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | A | Q3 | 1R | 1–5 | |||||||||
French Open | Q1 | Q3 | A | Q2 | A | Q3 | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q2 | 0–1 | |||||||||
Wimbledon | A | Q1 | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0–2 | |||||||||
US Open | 1R | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | 0–3 |
Doubles
Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | W–L | ||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 2–10 | ||||||||
French Open | 1R | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 5–12 | ||||||||
Wimbledon | 3R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | SF | 9–12 | ||||||||
US Open | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3–11 | |||||||||
Grand Slam W–L | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 5–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 19–45 |