Kateřina Siniaková

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

Kateřina Siniaková
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidenceHradec Králové, Czech Republic
Born (1996-05-10) 10 May 1996
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachFrantišek Čermák
Prize moneyUS$6,213,385
Official websitesiniakovakaterina.com
Singles
Career record252–178 (58.6%)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 31 (22 October 2018)
Current rankingNo. 64 (2 November 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2015, 2018)
French Open4R (2019)
Wimbledon3R (2016, 2018)
US Open3R (2018)
Doubles
Career record200–110 (64.5%)
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 1 (22 October 2018)
Current rankingNo. 8 (2 November 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2020)
French OpenW (2018)
WimbledonW (2018)
US OpenF (2017)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsF (2018)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2017)
Wimbledon2R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup
  • W (2018),
  • Record 5–5
Last updated on: 4 November 2020.

A former world No. 1 player in doubles, she won two consecutive Grand Slam doubles titles with compatriot Barbora Krejčíková at the 2018 French Open and the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. She became number one in doubles on 22 October 2018 and held the top ranking for 33 consecutive weeks. Her biggest singles triumph came at the 2019 French Open where she upset the world No. 1 and winner of the last two Grand Slam tournaments, Naomi Osaka, en route to the fourth round. She also has reached the third round at five other Grand Slam events (the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, the 2018 French Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open, and the 2020 French Open) and reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 31, on 22 October 2018. She has won two singles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one WTA 125K doubles title, and seven singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career
Kateřina Siniaková

Siniaková was born to a Czech mother and Russian father Dmitry, a former boxer and her coach.[1] She began playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in the Czech Republic in June 2012. There in a doubles competition, she won her first ITF title.

2012–2016

She was ranked the world No. 2 junior tennis player in December 2012.[2] With fellow Czech Barbora Krejčíková, she won the girls' doubles titles at the French Open, at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2013.

In March 2013, Siniaková made her debut on the WTA Tour in the qualifying draw of Sony Open. She defeated Mandy Minella and Alexa Glatch, but lost a three-set encounter with Garbiñe Muguruza in the first round of the main draw. After winning her first Grand Slam singles match at the 2015 Australian Open, she reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in 2016 at Wimbledon with victories over Pauline Parmentier and 30th seed Caroline Garcia before being defeated by former world No. 2, Agnieszka Radwańska.

2017: First WTA singles titles

Kateřina Siniaková won her first WTA singles title at Shenzhen Open. The tournament began by defeating Peng Shuai in the first round in two sets. In the second, she edged world No. 4, Simona Halep, in three sets (7–5 in the third) and claimed first win over a top-10 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 and won first WTA title.

At Melbourne, she lost to Julia Görges in the first round. Then she moved to Taiwan Open where she edged Galina Voskoboeva in the first round in three sets, but then lost easily to Peng Shuai. 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 two matches in a row, she got back to Båstad for Swedish Open, where she reached her first career final in previous year. She eventually clinched her second career WTA title here, beating three top-20 players, including a huge upset of top-seed and former world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, in straight sets in the final.[4] She faced some struggles the rest of the year, only recording four wins in thirteen matches. She finished the year ranked No. 49, the exact same ranking as the previous year.

2018: World No. 1 in doubles

In Shenzhen, Siniaková lost to Simona Halep in the final,[5] after defeating Maria Sharapova in the semifinals.[6] She also played in the doubles final alongside Barbora Krejčíková, they lost to Halep and Begu.

At the Australian Open, she lost to Elina Svitolina in the second round.[7] In doubles, Siniaková and Krejčíková lost to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in round three. But together they won the women's doubles[8] title at the French Open and in Wimbledon.[9]

2020

In the first round of the 2020 Italian Open, she defeated Angelique Kerber in straight sets.[10]

Career statistics
Main article: Kateřina Siniaková career statistics

Grand Slam tournament performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 7 2–7 22%
French Open Q2 1R 1R 1R 3R 4R 3R 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Wimbledon Q1 1R 3R 1R 3R 2R NH 0 / 5 5–5 50%
US Open Q3 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Win–Loss 0–1 1–4 3–4 0–4 7–4 4–4 2–3 0 / 24 17–24 41%

Doubles
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 1R 3R QF SF 0 / 6 9–6 60%
French Open A 3R SF SF W 1R SF 1 / 6 20–5 80%
Wimbledon A 2R 1R 3R W SF NH 1 / 5 13–4 76%
US Open A 1R QF F SF 1R 2R 0 / 6 13–6 68%
Win–Loss 0–0 3–4 7–4 11–4 18–2 7–4 9–3 2 / 23 55–21 72%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals Did Not Qualify F RR NH 0 / 2 3–3 50%
Career statistics
Titles 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 Career total: 8
Finals 2 2 0 5 5 4 1 Career total: 19
Year-end ranking 86 58 35 13 1 7 $6,218,184

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2017 US Open Hard Lucie Hradecká Chan Yung-jan
Martina Hingis		 3–6, 2–6
Win 2018 French Open Clay Barbora Krejčíková Eri Hozumi
Makoto Ninomiya		 6–3, 6–3
Win 2018 Wimbledon Grass Barbora Krejčíková Nicole Melichar
Květa Peschke		 6–4, 4–6, 6–0

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2018 WTA Finals, Singapore Hard (i) Barbora Krejčíková Tímea Babos
Kristina Mladenovic		 4–6, 5–7

References
  1. Švéd, Jan (17 August 2010). "Tenisová bojovnice s ruskou krví touží po Wimbledonu". iDnes (in Czech). Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. "Kateřina Siniaková". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation.
  3. Jirásek, Ondřej (7 February 2017). "Siniaková bude v Ostravě hlavně sbírat zkušenosti, říká Pála". Tenisportal.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. staff, WTA (30 July 2017). "A year after making her maiden WTA final in Bastad, Katerina Siniakova wins her second career title at the Ericsson Open, stunning former WTA World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  5. "Halep finds Shenzhen success, edges Siniakova in indoor final". 6 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  6. "Siniakova supreme over Sharapova to make second straight Shenzhen final". 5 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  7. "Svitolina serves up comeback win over Siniakova". 17 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  8. "Krejcikova and Siniakova win first Grand Slam title in Paris". WTA Tennis. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  9. "Krejcikova and Siniakova secure doubles 'double' at Wimbledon". WTA Tennis. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  10. "Rome Masters Kerber bows out; Rublev advances". The Hindu. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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