Sára Bejlek
Country (sports) | Czech Republic |
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Residence | Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou, Czech Republic |
Born | [1] | 31 January 2006
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Plays | Left (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$643,620 |
Singles | |
Career record | 113–55 |
Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger, 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 114 (6 May 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 161 (23 December 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2023, 2024) |
French Open | 1R (2023) |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2022, 2023, 2024) |
US Open | 1R (2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 11–7 |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 671 (1 August 2022) |
Last updated on: 21 October 2024. |
Sára Bejlek (born 31 January 2006) is a Czech tennis player.[2]
Bejlek has career-high WTA rankings of No. 114 in singles, achieved on 6 May 2024, and No. 671 in doubles, set on 1 August 2022. To date, she has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with seven singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit.
Early life
[edit]Bejlek was born in Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou on 31 January 2006.[3]
Junior Grand Slam performance
[edit]Singles:
- Australian Open: –
- French Open: SF (2022)
- Wimbledon: 2R (2021)
- US Open: –
Doubles:
- Australian Open: –
- French Open: W (2022)
- Wimbledon: 2R (2021)
- US Open: –
Bejlek won the 2022 French Open girl's doubles event, partnering with Lucie Havlíčková.[4] In addition, she reached the semifinals in singles.[5]
Professional career
[edit]2021: First ITF Circuit title & top 500
[edit]In July, she won her first and up to date biggest title at the $60k ITS Cup in Olomouc, Czech Republic, by double bagelling Paula Ormaechea in the final.[3] As a result, after making her WTA rankings debut, she improved her rank by 557 positions to No. 447 in just one month.[6] [7]
2022: Major & top 200 debuts
[edit]In June, at the Česká Lípa, she won the $60k Macha Lake Open, defeating fellow Czech Jesika Malečková in the final.[8] The following week, Bejlek made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon Championships in qualifying, but she was beaten in the first round by Emina Bektas.[9] A month later, she defended her title at the ITS Cup, this time defeating Lina Gjorcheska in the final.[10] She continued with making progress at the US Open with her major main-draw debut after three wins in the qualifying.[11] She was the youngest player in the 2022 US Open main draw, having been the youngest direct entrant to qualifying.[3][12][13]
2023: Australian Open and French Open debuts
[edit]At 16, as the second-youngest player in the top 200, she made her debut at the Australian Open.[14] She lost to her compatriot Barbora Krejčíková in the first round.[15] In early April, she reached her first final of the year, the $60k Split tournament, but lost to Tara Würth.[16]
A month later, she made her qualifying debut at the WTA 1000 tournament at the Italian Open. In the first round of qualifying, she triumphed with losing only three games.[17] Still, she failed to qualify after losing in the following round of qualifying.[18] Next destination was the French Open where she passed qualifying without losing a set, to reach the main draw at Roland Garros for the first time.[19] Like the previous two Grand Slam tournament main-draw appearances, she lost in the first round, this time to Kamilla Rakhimova.[20]
After failing in Wimbledon in qualifying,[21] she reached another $60k final in the Hague but lost it to Arantxa Rus.[22] Two weeks later, she finally won her first title of the year, at the $25k tournament in Pärnu, Estonia.[23] In early September, she reached her third $60k final of the year in the Czech Republic, at the Prague Open, but again finished runner-up.[24]
Bejlek won her first WTA 125 title at the Copa Colina in Chile on 19 November 2023 defeating Diane Parry in the final.[25]
2024: WTA 1000 debut
[edit]At the Australian Open, Bejlek qualified into the main draw for the second consecutive year but lost in the first round to 32nd seed Leylah Fernandez.[26]
She also qualified for the Madrid Open, making her WTA 1000 debut and recording wins over Anna Blinkova,[27][28] 24th seed Anna Kalinskaya[29] and Ashlyn Krueger to reach the fourth round[30] where she lost to Elena Rybakina in straight sets.[31] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of 114, on 6 May.[citation needed]
Performance timelines
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
[edit]Current through the 2024 Madrid Open.
Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||
Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
French Open | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Wimbledon | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
US Open | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
WTA 1000 | ||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Miami Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Madrid Open | A | A | 4R | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% |
Italian Open | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Canadian Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Wuhan Open | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
China Open | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Career statistics | ||||||
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
Tournaments | 1 | 2 | 1 | Career total: 4 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Hard win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
Clay win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
Year-end ranking | 189 | 190 | $402,343 |
WTA Challenger finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (title)
[edit]Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 2023 | Copa Colina, Chile | Clay | Diane Parry | 6–2, 6–1 |
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic | W60 | Clay | Paula Ormaechea | 6–0, 6–0 |
Win | 2–0 | May 2022 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W25 | Clay | Weronika Falkowska | 7–6(4), 6–1 |
Win | 3–0 | Jun 2022 | Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic | W60 | Clay | Jesika Malečková | 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 4–0 | Jul 2022 | ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic (2) | W60 | Clay | Lina Gjorcheska | 6–2, 7–6(0) |
Loss | 4–1 | Apr 2023 | ITF Split, Croatia | W40 | Clay | Tara Würth | 2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Loss | 4–2 | Jul 2023 | ITF The Hague, Netherlands | W40 | Clay | Arantxa Rus | 6–7(3), 4–6 |
Win | 5–2 | Jul 2023 | ITF Pärnu, Estonia | W25 | Clay | Lucija Ćirić Bagarić | 7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 5–3 | Sep 2023 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | W60 | Clay | Andreea Mitu | 6–7(1), 6–2, 3–6 |
Win | 6–3 | Oct 2023 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W25 | Clay | Caijsa Hennemann | 6–4, 7–6(7) |
Win | 7–3 | Sep 2024 | Šibenik Open, Croatia | W75 | Clay | Darja Semeņistaja | 6–2, 6–0 |
Doubles: 1 (title)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | Doğa Türkmen | Federica Bilardo Liubov Kostenko |
4–6, 6–1, [10–7] |
Junior finals
[edit]Grand Slam tournaments
[edit]Girls' doubles: 1 (title)
[edit]Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2022 | French Open | Clay | Lucie Havlíčková | Nikola Bartůňková Céline Naef |
6–3, 6–3 |
ITF Junior Circuit
[edit]Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2019 | ITF Nastola, Finland | Grade 5 | Hard | Veronika Solovyeva | 6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2020 | ITF Rakovnik, Czech Republic | Grade 2 | Clay | Julie Štruplová | 6–7(2–7), 2–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Oct 2020 | ITF Constanța, Romania | Grade 3 | Clay | Vanessa Popa Teiusanu | 6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 1–3 | Jan 2021 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | Grade 4 | Clay | Emma Valletta | 6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Feb 2021 | ITF Giza, Egypt | Grade 5 | Clay | Jermine Sherif | 7–5, 7–5 |
Loss | 2–4 | May 2021 | ITF Oradea, Romania | Grade 2 | Clay | Lucie Havlíčková | 3–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2019 | ITF Prague, Czech Republic | Grade 2 | Clay | Lucie Havlíčková | Julia Avdeeva Alina Shcherbinina |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 2–0 | Oct 2019 | ITF Dornbirn, Austria | Grade 5 | Carpet | Petra Marčinko | Angelina Flachs Carolina Kuhl |
7–6(7–3), 6–7(1–7), [10–6] |
Loss | 2–1 | Sep 2020 | ITF Prague, Czech Republic | Grade 4 | Clay | Lucie Havlíčková | Nelly Knezková Dominika Šalková |
6–0, 1–6, [10–12] |
Win | 3–1 | Jan 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Grade 3 | Clay | Melis Ayda Uyar | Defne Cirpanli Duru Soke |
6–1, 2–6, [10–4] |
Win | 4–1 | Jan 2021 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | Grade 4 | Clay | Maria Charl | Serafima Shastova Anastasiya Zholdakova |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–2 | Feb 2021 | ITF Giza, Egypt | Grade 5 | Clay | Layla Shoukry | Lucia Martinez Gomez Polina Skopintseva |
2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 5–2 | Feb 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Grade 4 | Clay | Sara Suchankova | Karolina Kozakova Céline Naef |
6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 6–2 | Feb 2021 | ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania | Grade 2 | Hard | Nahia Berecoechea | Lucija Ciric Bagaric Virginia Ferrara |
6–2, 4–6, [10–7] |
Win | 7–2 | May 2021 | ITF Říčany, Czech Republic | Grade 1 | Clay | Nikola Bartůňková | Alexis Blokhina Flavie Brugnone |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 8–2 | May 2021 | ITF Oradea, Romania | Grade 2 | Clay | Lucie Havlíčková | Fatima Amartha Keita Sara Suchanková |
6–4 6–2 |
Win | 9–2 | Jun 2022 | French Open, France | Grade A | Clay | Lucie Havlíčková | Nikola Bartůňková Céline Naef |
6–3, 6–3 |
Record against other players
[edit]Result | Year | W–L | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Rank | Rd | SBR |
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Win | 2021 | 1–0 | ITS Cup, Czech Republic | 60,000 | Clay | Paula Ormaechea | No. 213 | F | No. 1004 |
Loss | 2022 | 1–1 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Talia Gibson | No. 1158 | 1R | No. 342 |
Loss | 2023 | 1–2 | US Open, United States | Grand Slam | Hard | Wang Yafan | No. 115 | Q1 | No. 213 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
- ^ a bagel match ends 6–0, 6–0
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