Lucie Hradecká

Hradecká at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic
Born	(1985-05-21) 21 May 1985 (age 37) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2004
Retired	Oct 2022
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$6,023,175
Singles
Career record	515-358 (59.0%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 41 (6 June 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2015)
French Open	2R (2009, 2011, 2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
US Open	2R (2012)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	622-291 (68.1%)
Career titles	26
Highest ranking	No. 4 (22 October 2012)
Current ranking	No. 28 (17 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (2016)
French Open	W (2011)
Wimbledon	F (2012)
US Open	W (2013)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (2012)
Olympic Games	Silver Medal (2012)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	F (2013)
French Open	W (2013)
Wimbledon	3R (2017)
US Open	SF (2012)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	Bronze Medal (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (2011), (2012), (2014), (2015), (2016), 7-5
Medal record Representing  Czech Republic Olympic Games Doubles Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 6 June 2022.

Lucie Hradecká (Czech pronunciation: ['luts?j? '?rad?tska:]; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 2012. She was also an integral member of the Czech Republic's national team and helped her country to win five titles at the Fed Cup (now Billie Jean King Cup) between 2011 and 2016, in addition to winning two Olympic medals in both women's doubles with Andrea Sestini Hlavá?ková in 2012 and in mixed doubles with Radek ?t?pánek in 2016. Hradecká also reached the top-45 in singles and placed runner-up in seven tour-level singles finals. She announced her retirement from the sport upon the end of the 2022 season.

In 2006, Hradecká won her first WTA Tour title in doubles in 2006 with partner Renata Vorá?ová at the Slovenia Open. Five years later, she made her breakthrough at the Grand Slam tournaments when she won her first of two women's doubles major titles at the 2011 French Open with Hlavá?ková. In 2012, despite losing her next two major finals, she won the silver medal at the Summer Olympics and won her first WTA Premier 5 (now WTA 1000) title in Cincinnati, both with Hlavá?ková. Her continued success led her to a second major title at the US Open in the following year before placing runner-up at the 2016 Australian Open and 2017 US Open. Hradecká was also an accomplished mixed doubles player, having won the 2013 French Open with Franti?ek ?ermák in addition to reaching two finals at the 2013 Australian Open (with ?ermák) and the 2015 French Open (with Marcin Matkowski) and the mixed doubles bronze in 2016 with ?t?pánek.

In singles, Hradecká achieved her highest ranking on the WTA Tour of world No. 41 in June 2011. She reached her first final in 2008 at the Austrian Open and reached six additional finals but did not win them. Her best result at a major was at the 2015 Australian Open, where she defeated former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic en route to the third round.

Career

2002-2008: Career beginnings, first pro tour titles

She won her first doubles title on the WTA Tour in 2006 at Portoro? with partner Renata Vorá?ová, as the fourth-seeded team. In the final, the Czech team defeated Eva Birnerová and Émilie Loit, the second seeds, by walkover. They also had a victory over the top-seeds Maria Elena Camerin and Emmanuelle Gagliardi in the semifinal.

As qualifiers, she reached the third round of doubles competition with Hana ?romová at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships before going down to fifth seeds Meghann Shaughnessy and Anna-Lena Grönefeld. En route they defeated 12th-seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amélie Mauresmo, both Grand Slam singles champions at the time and the previous year's Wimbledon doubles runner-ups by walkover.

In 2007, she made the doubles semifinals of the Indian Wells Masters tournament with Vorá?ová. En route, the team defeated Janette Husárová and Meghann Shaughnessy, the seventh seeds, in the first round, and legendary team and third-seeded Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez in three sets in the quarterfinals, before losing to top seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.

Later that year, Hradecká and Vorá?ová won at Bad Gastein beating Ágnes Szávay and Vladimíra Uhlí?ová. She again won the 2007 Portoro? title with Vorá?ová, beating Elena Likhovtseva and Andreja Klepa? in the final.

Hradecká reached her very first singles final at Bad Gastein in July 2008, where, as a qualifier, she got to the final, but lost to the fourth-seed Pauline Parmentier 4-6, 4-6, after leading 4-1 in the first set. She also reached the doubles final.

2009-11: 2011 French Open doubles champion, top 50 singles debut

At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Hradecká held two match points over 13th seeded Ana Ivanovic in the first round. However, she was unable to close it out, losing 7-5, 2-6, 6-8.

At her home tournament, the Prague Open, she pleased her fans with a dramatic comeback to defeat Stefanie Vögele in the first round. She came back from 1-5 down in the first set to win 7-6, 6-2. In the second round she crushed fellow double-hander Monica Niculescu, 6-2, 6-1, and reached the semifinals before losing to Ágnes Szávay. A year later at the same tournament, Hradecká was the winner, defeating qualifier Paula Ormaechea in the final.

She paired-up with Andrea Hlavá?ková to win her first Grand Slam title at the French Open, defeating Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina in the final.

2012: Wimbledon doubles final, Olympic silver medal, World No. 4

Lucie kicked off the 2012 season at the Auckland Open. She defeated Alberta Brianti and upset second seed Peng Shuai to book a place in the quarterfinals, where she fell to eventual champion Zheng Jie. Then, Lucie went to the Hobart International, where she was overpowered by Shahar Pe'er in round one.

Going into the Australian Open, Hradecká crushed Evgeniya Rodina in the first round. She lost to Vera Zvonareva in the second. Next, at the Tennis Classic in Midland, she made it to the quarterfinals, where she lost to Jamie Hampton. At the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Hradecká defeated Anna Tatishvili before falling to Lesia Tsurenko.

She then suffered two-first round defeats at the Premier Mandatory events Indian Wells Open and the Miami Open, falling to Zheng Jie and Irina-Camelia Begu, respectively. Then, at the Oaks Club Challenger, she made it to the quarterfinals, with wins over Melinda Czink and Eugenie Bouchard, where she was beaten by Edina Gallovits-Hall. Next, Hradecká went on to beat Urszula Radwa?ska in the first round of the Charleston Open, before losing to Stefanie Vögele.

After losing early in Estoril, Hradecká qualified for Madrid. She caused the two biggest upsets in the tournament by beating both the world No. 4, Petra Kvitová (who also was the defending champion) and the world No. 5, Samantha Stosur, on the way to her first ever semifinals appearance at the Premier level, where she lost to Serena Williams in straight sets, 6-7⁽⁵⁾, 0-6 and won just six points in the second set.

Lucie and Andrea Hlavá?ková reached their second Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, losing to the Williams sisters.^[1] At the Summer Olympics in London, she and Radek ?t?pánek lost in the first round of the mixed doubles, but she and Andrea Hlavá?ková were much more successful, winning the silver medal.^[2]

2015: Singles success: First Grand Slam third round

Hradecká started 2015 ranked 141st in the world, and thus had to qualify for the main draw of the Australian Open, which she successfully did with three wins in the qualifying rounds. The first round saw her pitted against world No. 5 Ana Ivanovic. After losing the first set winning only one game, Hradecká would come back to win this match in three sets, marking the biggest victory of her career thus far. She would go on to reach as far as the third round defeating Polona Hercog before falling to Julia Georges as her best career showing in singles at any Grand Slam.

2016: First Australian Open doubles final, top 10 year-end doubles ranking

Hradecká reached the 2016 Australian Open final partnering Andrea Hlavá?ková where they were defeated by Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza in the final.

2017: Third US Open doubles final

Hradecká reached another final at the 2017 US Open (tennis) partnering with Kate?ina Siniaková, where the pair was defeated by Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-jan in the final.

2018-20: Two back-to-back Cincinnati Open titles and semifinal

2021: Retirement in singles, Two Major doubles quarterfinals

2022: Two WTA 1000 semifinals, Retirement in doubles

She announced her retirement in doubles in October, one of her last matches being at the 2022 Ostrava Open partnering 17th year-old Linda Noskova where they lost to eventual champions Alycia Parks and Caty McNally.^[3] Her last match was at the 2022 Guadalajara Open Akron.^[4]

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win-loss records.^[5]

Singles

Current through the 2021 Wimbledon.

Doubles

Current through the 2022 Guadalajara Open.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2011	French Open	Clay	Andrea Hlavá?ková	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	6-4, 6-3
Loss	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Andrea Hlavá?ková	Serena Williams Venus Williams	5-7, 4-6
Loss	2012	US Open	Hard	Andrea Hlavá?ková	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4-6, 2-6
Win	2013	US Open	Hard	Andrea Hlavá?ková	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6-7(4-7), 6-1, 6-4
Loss	2016	Australian Open	Hard	Andrea Hlavá?ková	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6-7(1-7), 3-6
Loss	2017	US Open	Hard	Kate?ina Siniaková	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	3-6, 2-6

Mixed doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2013	Australian Open	Hard	Franti?ek ?ermák	Jarmila Gajdo?ová Matthew Ebden	3-6, 5-7
Win	2013	French Open	Clay	Franti?ek ?ermák	Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor	1-6, 6-4, [10-6]
Loss	2015	French Open	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Mike Bryan	6-7(3-7), 1-6

Tour Championships finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2012	WTA Finals, Istanbul	Hard (i)	Andrea Hlavá?ková	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	1-6, 4-6

Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2012	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Andrea Hlavá?ková	Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie	6-1, 6-3
Loss	2017	Indian Wells Open	Hard	Kate?ina Siniaková	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	6-7(4-7), 2-6
Win	2018	Cincinnati Open (2)	Hard	Ekaterina Makarova	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	6-2, 7-5
Loss	2019	Dubai Championships	Hard	Ekaterina Makarova	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	4-6, 4-6
Win	2019	Cincinnati Open (3)	Hard	Andreja Klepa?	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs	6-4, 6-1

Olympic Games medal matches

Doubles: 2 (1 silver medal)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	2012	London Summer Olympics	Grass	Andrea Hlavá?ková	Serena Williams Venus Williams	4-6, 4-6
4th place	2016	Rio Summer Olympics	Hard	Andrea Hlavá?ková	Lucie ?afá?ová Barbora Strýcová	5-7, 1-6

Mixed doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	2016	Rio Summer Olympics	Hard	Radek ?t?pánek	Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna	6-1, 7-5

WTA career finals

Singles: 7 (7 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	Jul 2008	Gastein Ladies, Austria	Tier III[d]	Clay	Pauline Parmentier	4-6, 4-6
Loss	0-2	May 2009	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Aravane Rezaï	6-7(2-7), 1-6
Loss	0-3	Aug 2009	?stanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Hard	Vera Dushevina	0-6, 1-6
Loss	0-4	Apr 2011	Barcelona Open, Spain	International	Clay	Roberta Vinci	6-4, 2-6, 2-6
Loss	0-5	Sep 2012	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	International	Carpet (i)	Kirsten Flipkens	1-6, 5-7
Loss	0-6	May 2013	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Alizé Cornet	6-7(4-7), 0-6
Loss	0-7	May 2015	Prague Open, Czech Republic	International	Clay	Karolína Plí?ková	6-4, 5-7, 3-6

Doubles: 54 (26 titles, 28 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 27 (20 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	May 2003	ITF Pula, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Virág Németh	6-4, 0-6, 1-6
Win	1-1	Aug 2003	ITF Enschede, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Lotty Seelen	7-5, 6-4
Loss	1-2	Sep 2003	ITF Mestre, Italy	10,000	Clay	Lenka ?najdrová	3-6, 6-1, 2-6
Win	2-2	Oct 2003	ITF Tren?ianske Teplice, Slovakia	10,000	Clay	Irina Delitz	6-3, 6-2
Win	3-2	Apr 2004	ITF Cavtat, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Lenka Tvaro?ková	7-5, 6-0
Win	4-2	Apr 2004	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Romina Oprandi	6-4, 6-3
Win	5-2	May 2004	ITF Biograd, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Lisa Tognetti	6-3, 6-2
Win	6-2	Jun 2004	ITF Staré Splavy, Czech Republic	10,000	Clay	Sabrina Jolk	6-1, 7-6(3)
Win	7-2	Sep 2004	ITF Durmersheim, Germany	10,000	Clay	Petra Russegger	6-0, 5-7, 7-6(1)
Loss	7-3	Feb 2005	ITF Biberach, Germany	10,000	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	5-7, 4-6
Win	8-3	Mar 2005	ITF Roga?ka Slatina, Slovenia	10,000	Carpet (i)	Kristina Andlovic	6-4, 6-2
Win	9-3	Nov 2005	ITF Pr?honice, Czech Republic	25,000	Hard (i)	Agnieszka Radwa?ska
Loss	9-4	Dec 2005	ITF P?erov, Czech Republic	25,000	Carpet (i)	Joanna Sakowicz	4-6, 4-6
Win	10-4	Feb 2006	ITF Capriolo, Italy	25,000	Carpet (i)	Darija Jurak	6-1, 6-4
Win	11-4	May 2007	ITF Gorizia, Italy	25,000	Clay		6-2, 6-3
Loss	11-5	May 2008	ITF Florence, Italy	25,000	Clay	Jelena Doki?	1-6, 3-6
Win	12-5	Aug 2008	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	25,000	Clay	Carmen Klaschka	6-1, 4-6, 6-4
Win	13-5	Feb 2009	ITF Belfort, France	25,000	Carpet (i)	Vesna Manasieva	6-3, 6-2
Win	14-5	Feb 2009	ITF Midland, United States	75,000[g]	Hard (i)	Eleni Daniilidou	6-3, 6-3
Loss	14-6	Feb 2010	ITF Midland, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Elena Baltacha	7-5, 2-6, 3-6
Win	15-6	May 2010	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	50,000[h]	Clay	Ajla Tomljanovi?	6-1, 7-6(4)
Loss	15-7	Sep 2010	ITF Mestre, Italy	50,000	Clay	Zuzana Ondrá?ková	3-6, 3-6
Win	16-7	Nov 2010	ITF Nantes, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Valeria Savinykh	6-3, 6-1
Win	17-7	Feb 2011	ITF Midland, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Irina Falconi	6-4, 6-4
Win	18-7	May 2011	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	50,000	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Win	19-7	Apr 2014	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Tereza Mrde?a	6-3, 7-6(4)
Win	20-7	Feb 2019	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	25,000	Hard (i)	Kristína Ku?ová	6-4, 3-6, 7-6(0)

Doubles: 50 (35 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Notes

References

External links

• Lucie Hradecká at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lucie Hradecká at the International Tennis Federation
• Lucie Hradecká at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Lucie Hradecká at Olympics.com
• Lucie Hradecká at Olympedia