Rebecca Šramková (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈrebeka ˈʂramkɔʋaː];[1] born 19 October 1996) is a Slovak tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 111 in singles, achieved on 8 May 2017, and No. 364 in doubles, reached on 24 May 2021.[2] On the ITF Women's Circuit, she has won 13 singles titles and four doubles titles.[3] Šramková won her biggest title to date at the 2016 Open de Biarritz, a $100k tournament, where she defeated Martina Trevisan in the final.[4]

Rebecca Šramková
Šramková at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Slovakia
ResidenceBratislava, Slovakia
Born (1996-10-19) 19 October 1996 (age 27)
Bratislava
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2013
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachJozef Šramka
Prize moneyUS$831,942
Singles
Career record357–231 (60.7%)
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 111 (8 May 2017)
Current rankingNo. 117 (8 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2017)
French Open1R (2022)
WimbledonQ2 (2017, 2021, 2022, 2023)
US OpenQ2 (2019, 2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record48–42 (53.3%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 364 (24 May 2021)
Current rankingNo. 1327 (8 April 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup3–6 (33.3%)
Last updated on: 9 April 2024.

Career edit

Juniors edit

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Šramková achieved her highest ranking of 200 on 14 July 2014. She did not win any titles in singles, but won one title in doubles.[5]

2012-2013: Professional debut edit

Her debut in the main competitions of the ITF Circuit was in May 2012, when she advanced from qualifying at the $10k tournament in Velenje, Slovenia. In the second round, she lost to Slovenian Anja Prislanová. She won the premier single in this level of tennis in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia. At the $10k event which took place in September 2013, she defeated Dunja Stamenković from Serbia in the final. She took the premiere trophy from the 2016 Open de Biarritz tournament with a maximum subsidy of $100,000. In the final, she defeated Martina Trevisan in three sets. This was her fifth title on the ITF Circuit.

2015: WTA Tour debut edit

She made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2015 Nottingham Open. At the beginning of the grass-court qualifying competition, she was eliminated by the second seeded Zhu Lin.

2017-2022: Grand Slam debut edit

She made her Grand Slam main-draw singles debut at the 2017 Australian Open by mastering the three-round qualifying rounds, where she dealt with Virginie Razzano in the decisive match. However, in the opening round of the singles tournament, she lost to Chinese player Duan Yingying.

At the 2022 French Open, on her debut at this major, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser after the withdrawal of Rebecca Peterson.

2023-2024: First WTA 125 final, WTA 1000 debut & first win edit

In 2023, Šramková reached the final of the WTA 125 tournament in Bari where she lost to Tamara Zidanšek, despite having four match points in the second set.[6]

She made her WTA 1000 debut in Indian Wells, after qualifying for the main draw, and won her first match at this level over Wang Yafan.

National representation edit

Šramková made her debut on the Slovak Fed Cup team in 2017, in Forlì, Italy, in a match of the World Group II against Italy, in which she won both singles against Sara Errani and Francesca Schiavone as a player outside the top 100. With the decision set, they were dying alongside Anna Karolína Schmiedlová during the opening set of doubles. The Slovak team won 3–2. By April 2020, she competed in five interstate matches with a record of 2–4 in singles and 1–2 in doubles (in total 3–6).[7]

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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 edit

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 W–L
Australian Open A 1R A A Q1 Q3 Q2 A Q1 0–1
French Open A Q2 Q3 Q2 Q2 Q3 1R A 0–1
Wimbledon A Q2 A Q1 NH Q2 Q2 Q2 0–0
US Open Q1 A Q1 Q2 A Q2 A Q2 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2

WTA Challenger finals edit

Singles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2023 Bari Open, Italy Clay   Tamara Zidanšek 6–3, 5–7, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 19 (13 titles, 6 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$50/60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$40/50,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (4–3)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (8–3)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2013 ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia 10,000 Clay   Dunja Stamenković 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Aug 2014 ITF Leipzig, Germany 15,000 Hard   Petra Uberalová 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Feb 2015 ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland 50,000 Carpet (i)   Olga Govortsova 2–6, 1–6
Win 3–1 Apr 2016 ITF Qarshi, Usbekistan 25,000 Hard   Nina Stojanović 6–1, 6–3
Loss 3–2 Jun 2016 Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom 50,000 Grass   Evgeniya Rodina 4–6, 4–6
Win 4–2 Jun 2016 ITF Rome, Italy 25,000 Clay   Réka Luca Jani 6–1, 6–1
Win 5–2 Sep 2016 Open de Biarritz, France 100,000 Clay   Martina Trevisan 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Win 6–2 Mar 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Amina Anshba 6–1, 7–6(3)
Win 7–2 Mar 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Cornelia Lister 6–1, 7–5
Loss 7–3 Jun 2018 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay   Monika Kilnarová 6–7(5), 3-6
Loss 7–4 Jul 2018 Bella Cup Torún, Poland 25,000 Clay   Barbora Krejčíková 5–7, 1–6
Win 8–4 Jan 2019 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 60,000 Hard (i)   Audrey Albié 6–2, 6–7(4), 6–2
Win 9–4 Jun 2019 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy 25,000 Clay   Jaqueline Cristian 7–6(3), 3–1 ret.
Win 10–4 Jun 2019 Bella Cup Torún, Poland 60,000 Clay   Marta Kostyuk 6–1, 6–2
Loss 10–5 Feb 2020 Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States 25,000 Hard   You Xiaodi 4–6, 6–7(5)
Win 11–5 Feb 2023 GB Pro-Series Bath, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard (i)   Tereza Smitková 6–2, 6–2
Win 12–5 May 2023 ITF Otočec, Slovenia 40,000 Clay   Seone Mendez 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 12–6 Jun 2023 ITF Otočec, Slovenia 40,000 Clay   Valentini Grammatikopoulou 4–6, 4–6
Win 13–6 Jan 2024 Porto Indoor, Portugal W50 Hard (i)   Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 6–7(4), 7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (3–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2013 ITF Vienna, Austria 10,000 Clay   Michaela Pochabová   Hiroko Kuwata
  Hirono Watanabe
7–5, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Sep 2013 ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia 10,000 Clay   Natália Vajdová   Lina Gjorcheska
  Polina Leykina
4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Sep 2014 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay   Julia Terziyska   Lina Gjorcheska
  Despina Papamichail
1–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Sep 2015 ITF Sankt Pölten, Austria 10,000 Clay   Pia König   Nora Niedmers
  Tina Tehrani
6–2, 6–2
Win 3–2 Jun 2019 Bella Cup Torún, Poland 60,000 Clay   Rebeka Masarova   Robin Anderson
  Anhelina Kalinina
6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 4–2 Oct 2022 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia 60,000 Hard (i)   Sofya Lansere   Lee Pei-chi
  Wu Fang-hsien
4–6, 6–2, [11–9]

References edit

  1. ^ Tenisový svět (2017-04-30). "Rebecca Šramková po prohře ve 2. kole kvalifikace J&T Banka Prague Open 2017". YouTube (in Slovak). Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  2. ^ "Rebecca Sramkova WTA Profile".
  3. ^ "Rebecca Sramkova ITF Profile".
  4. ^ "Skvelé: Šramková s titulom!". Engie Open de Biarritz (in Slovak). 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Rebecca Sramkova Junior Profile".
  6. ^ "Zidansek takes Bari 125 title with comeback win". WTA Tennis. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Rebecca Sramkova at the Fed Cup".

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