Kateřina Siniaková

Kateřina Siniaková

Siniaková at the 2016 Birmingham Classic
Full name	Kateřina Siniaková
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Born	(1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Prize money	$1,163,487
Singles
Career record	160–88
Career titles	2 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 36 (3 April 2017)
Current ranking	No. 39 (31 July 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2015)
French Open	1R (2015, 2016, 2017)
Wimbledon	3R (2016)
US Open	2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	75–47
Career titles	2 WTA, 1 WTA 125K, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 17 (10 April 2017)
Current ranking	No. 17 (22 May 2017)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2015, 2016, 2017)
French Open	SF (2016, 2017)
Wimbledon	2R (2015)
US Open	QF (2016)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2017)
Wimbledon	2R (2016)
Last updated on: 22 April 2017.

Kateřina Siniaková (born 10 May 1996) is a Czech tennis player.

Early life

Siniaková was born in Hradec Králové to a Czech mother and a Russian father, Dmitry, a former boxer, who is Kateřina's coach.^[1]

Career

Siniaková has won three doubles titles (including one WTA 125K series) on the WTA tour, as well as seven singles and four doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 49. On 10 April 2017, she peaked at world number 17 in the doubles rankings.

Siniaková was ranked the number two junior tennis player in the world in December 2012.^[2] In 2013, she won the French Open girls' doubles, the Wimbledon girls' doubles and the US Open girls' doubles titles with fellow Czech Barbora Krejčíková.

In March 2013, Siniaková made her WTA tour debut in the qualifying draw of the 2013 Sony Open Tennis. She defeated Mandy Minella and Alexa Glatch to qualify for the main draw, but lost a three-set encounter with Garbiñe Muguruza in the first round.

2017: First WTA titles

Kateřina Siniaková won her first WTA singles title at Shenzhen Open. The tournament began by defeating Shuai Peng in the first round in two sets. In the second round she edged Simona Halep, world no. 4, in three sets (7–5 in the third) and claimed first win over top10 player. Her run continued by beating qualifier Nina Stojanovic and world no. 9 Johanna Konta in three sets. In the final she defeated Alison Riske 6–3, 6–4 and won first WTA title.

From Shenzhen she moved to Melbourne but lost to Julia Gorges in the first round. Then she moved to Taiwan Open. In the first round she edged Galina Voskoboeva in three sets, but then lost easily to Shuai Peng. In February she was nominated to the Fed Cup team for the first time by the captain Petr Pála as she was the third best ranked woman Czech tennis player (considering Petra Kvitová´s injury) after Karolína Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová. Anyway the captain announced eventually that Siniaková will first of all collect experience.^[3]

After a little bit of struggling in tournaments not being able to win more than 2 matches in a row, she got back to Bastad for Swedish Open, where she reached her first career final in previous year. She eventually clinched her second career WTA title here, shocking top seed and former WTA World No.1, Caroline Wozniacki, 6-3, 6-4 in the final.^[4]

Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 finals

Doubles 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2017	Indian Wells	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	6–7(4–7), 2–6

WTA finals

Singles 4 (2–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 July 2016	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Laura Siegemund	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	12 September 2016	Japan Women's Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Christina McHale	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	7 January 2017	Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China	Hard	Alison Riske	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	30 July 2017	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Caroline Wozniacki	6–3, 6–4

Doubles 8 (2–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 August 2014	Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States	Hard	Paula Kania	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Winner	1.	13 September 2014	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Aleksandra Krunić	Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova	6–2, 6–1
Winner	2.	1 May 2015	Sparta Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Belinda Bencic	Kateryna Bondarenko Eva Hrdinová	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	28 September 2015	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova	1–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Runner-up	3.	5 February 2017	Taiwan Open, Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	18 March 2017	BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	6–7 (4–7) , 2–6
Runner-up	5.	9 April 2017	Volvo Car Open, Charleston, United States	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	1–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Runner-up	6.	5 May 2017	J&T Banka Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Anna-Lena Groenefeld Květa Peschke	4–6, 6–7(3–7)

WTA 125 Series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	3 November 2014	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Renata Voráčová	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	2–6, 6–2, [10–5]

ITF finals (11–3)

Singles (7–0)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	4 March 2013	$10,000	Frauenfeld, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Kathinka von Deichmann	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	2.	12 August 2013	$25,000	Westende, Belgium	Hard	Kateřina Vaňková	6–1, 6–3
Winner	3.	30 September 2013	$25,000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Alberta Brianti	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	4.	11 November 2013	$25,000	Zawada, Poland	Carpet (i)	Nina Zander	6–1, 6–3
Winner	5.	26 May 2014	$25,000	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Yvonne Neuwirth	6–1, 7–5
Winner	6.	27 October 2014	$50,000+H	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Ons Jabeur	7–5, 6–2
Winner	7.	9 May 2016	$100,000	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Anastasija Sevastova	7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–0

Doubles (4–3)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	11 June 2012	$10,000	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic	Clay	Victoria Kan	Martina Borecká Petra Krejsová	6–4, 6–3
Winner	2.	17 June 2013	$25,000	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Belinda Bencic	Veronika Kudermetova Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	29 July 2013	$25,000	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	Laura-Ioana Andrei Elena Bogdan	7–6(13–11), 4–6, [8–10]
Winner	3.	5 August 2013	$25,000	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	Laura-Ioana Andrei Laura Thorpe	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	18 November 2013	$75,000+H	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Clay	Anna Morgina	Timea Bacsinszky Kristina Barrois	7–6(7–5), 0–6, [4–10]
Winner	4.	26 May 2014	$25,000	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	Cindy Burger Daniela Seguel	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	2 November 2015	$50,000	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Renata Voráčová	Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá	4–6, 2–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2013	Australian Open	Hard	Ana Konjuh	3–6, 4–6

Girls' Doubles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2013	French Open	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	Doménica González Beatriz Haddad Maia	7–5, 6–2
Winner	2013	Wimbledon	Grass	Barbora Krejčíková	Anhelina Kalinina Iryna Shymanovich	6–3, 6–1
Winner	2013	US Open	Hard	Barbora Krejčíková	Belinda Bencic Sara Sorribes Tormo	6–3, 6–4

Top 10 Wins

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2017
1.	Simona Halep	No. 4	Shenzhen, China	Hard	2nd Round	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
2.	Johanna Konta	No. 10	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Semifinals	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
3.	Caroline Wozniacki	No. 6	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Final	6–3, 6–4

References

External links

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