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Sára Bejlek

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Sára Bejlek (born 31 January 2006) is a Czech tennis player.[2]

Sára Bejlek
Bejlek at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidenceHrušovany nad Jevišovkou, Czech Republic
Born (2006-01-31) 31 January 2006 (age 18)[1]
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$487,100
Singles
Career record100–49 (67.1%)
Career titles1 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 128 (27 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 133 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023, 2024)
French Open1R (2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2022, 2023)
US Open1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record11–7 (61.1%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 671 (1 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 771 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 23 January 2024.

Bejlek has career-high WTA rankings of No. 128 in singles, achieved on 27 November 2023, and 671 in doubles, set on 1 August 2022. To date, she has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with six 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: Grand Slam & 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 WTA Tour-level debut at Wimbledon Championships in qualifying, but she was beaten in the first round by Emina Bektas.[9] A month later, she was able to defend 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 debut, toggle between ITF Circuit & WTA Tour, top 150 edit

 
Bejlek at the 2023 French Open

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] Similar to the previous two Grand Slams main-draw appearances, she lost in the first round.[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 Kuchyně Gorenje Prague Open, but again finished runner-up.[24]

Sara won her first WTA 125 title at the Copa Santiago in Chile on 19 November 2023 defeating Diane Parry in the final.[25]

2024: WTA 1000 debut and first wins, top 115 edit

At the Australian Open, she was the first to qualify into the main draw for a second consecutive year.

She also qualified for the Madrid Open making her WTA 1000 debut, and reached the third round for the first time at this level, recording her first wins (and also top-50 wins), over Russians Anna Blinkova[26], 24th seed Anna Kalinskaya and Ashlyn Krueger to reach the fourth round. As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking in the top 115.

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.

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%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open 1R 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
Hardcourt 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
Win 1–0 Nov 2023 Copa Colina, Chile Clay   Diane Parry 6–2, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups) edit

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (3–1)
$40,000 tournaments (0–2)
$25,000 tournaments (3–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (6–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay   Paula Ormaechea 6–0, 6–0
Win 2–0 May 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Weronika Falkowska 7–6(4), 6–1
Win 3–0 Jun 2022 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay   Jesika Malečková 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–0 Jul 2022 ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic (2) 60,000 Clay   Lina Gjorcheska 6–2, 7–6(0)
Loss 4–1 Apr 2023 ITF Split, Croatia 40,000 Clay   Tara Würth 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 4–2 Jul 2023 ITF The Hague, Netherlands 40,000 Clay   Arantxa Rus 6–7(3), 4–6
Win 5–2 Jul 2023 ITF Pärnu, Estonia 25,000 Clay   Lucija Ćirić Bagarić 7–5, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Sep 2023 ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay   Andreea Mitu 6–7(1–7), 6–2, 3–6
Win 6–3 Oct 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Caijsa Hennemann 6–4, 7–6(9–7)

Doubles: 1 (title) edit

Legend
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 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
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) edit

Legend
Grade 2 (0–2)
Grade 3 (1–0)
Grade 4 (0–1)
Grade 5 (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
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 Struplova 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) edit

Legend
Grade A (1–0)
Grade 1 / B1 (1–0)
Grade 2 (3–0)
Grade 3 (1–0)
Grade 4 (2–1)
Grade 5 (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (7–2)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
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 Knezkova
  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 Ingrid Amartha Keita
  Sara Suchankova 		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

Double bagel matches (6–0, 6–0) edit

Result Year W–L Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Rank Rd SBR
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

  1. ^ 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.

References edit

  1. ^ "Sara Bejlek - O mně". sarabejlek.cz (in Czech).
  2. ^ Vávra, Aleš (7 October 2021). "Další český zázrak, Bejlek v patnácti rozebírá dospělé. Mimořádné, žasne Novák". aktualne.cz (in Czech).
  3. ^ a b c Macpherson, Alex (27 August 2022). "The 2022 US Open's Grand Slam debutantes: Bejlek, Andreeva, Fruhvirtova and more". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Havlickova defeats Sierra to capture French Open junior crown". WTA Tennis. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  5. ^ Macpherson, Alex (27 July 2022). "New wave of Czech teenagers makes impact in Prague". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  6. ^ "WTA Ranking Watch: First-time title winners Collins, Zanevska climb". WTA Tennis. July 26, 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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  8. ^ "Mácha Lake Open: Bejlek porazila Malečkovou, vyhrála druhou šedesátku v kariéře" [Mácha Lake Open: Bejlek defeated Malečková, won the second sixty in her career]. tenisovysvet.cz (in Czech). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  9. ^ Macpherson, Alex (27 July 2022). "New wave of Czech teenagers makes impact in Prague". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  10. ^ McLean, Ross (25 July 2022). "Czech Bejlek continues meteoric rise with victory at W60 Olomouc". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Czech teens Fruhvirtova, Noskova, Bejlek qualify for US Open main draw". WTA Tennis. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  12. ^ Chiesa, Victoria (26 August 2022). "Meet the 2022 US Open women's qualifiers". Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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  14. ^ WTA Staff (12 January 2023). "Brenda Fruhvirtova, Shnaider, Bejlek qualify for Australian Open". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Australian Open: Životní výhry Lehečky se Svrčinou! Bez ztráty setu postupují rovněž Kvitová, Muchová a Krejčíková (in Czech)" [Australian Open: Lifetime wins of Lehečka with Svrčina! Kvitová, Muchová and Krejčíková also advance without losing a set]. tenisovysvet.cz. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Denní menu, 8.4.2023: Bejlek finálový obrat nedotáhla. Kopřiva neuspěl v kvalifikaci Masters (in Czech)" [Daily menu, 8/4/2023: Bejlek did not make the final turn. Kopřiva failed to qualify for the Masters]. tenisovysvet.cz. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Denní menu, 8.5.2023: Bejlek v Římě ztratila jen tři gemy! Martincová a Kopřiva zvládli dramata (in Czech)" [Daily menu, 8/5/2023: Bejlek lost only three games in Rome! Martincová and Kopřiva mastered the dramas]. tenisovysvet.cz. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Denní menu, 9.5.2023: Vondroušová nadělila kanára. Nosková vyřadila grandslamovou čtvrtfinalistku! (in Czech)" [Daily menu, 9/5/2023: Vondroušová gave the canary. Nosková eliminated the Grand Slam quarterfinalist!]. tenisovysvet.cz. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  19. ^ "Roland Garros: Bez ztráty setu! Bejlek s Fruhvirtovou slaví postup do hlavní soutěže (in Czech)" [Roland Garros: Without losing a set! Bejlek and Fruhvirtová celebrate advancing to the main competition]. tenisovysvet.cz. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  20. ^ Marek Bartošík (28 May 2023). "Grandslamový sen opět odložen. Nečekaně hodně mě to svázalo, lituje Sára Bejlek (in Czech)" [The Grand Slam dream postponed again. It unexpectedly tied me up a lot, regrets Sára Bejlek]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  21. ^ Marek Janoš (27 June 2023). "První set za 15 minut, ve druhém bitva. Zápasy se Sárou jsou vždycky derby, řekla po premiéře B. Fruhvirtová (in Czech)" [First set in 15 minutes, battle in the second. Matches with Sára are always derbies, B. Fruhvirtová said after the premiere]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  22. ^ "Denní menu, 9.7.2023: Wimbledonské derby zvládla Vondroušová, Bejlek titul nevybojovala (in Czech)" [Daily menu, 9/7/2023: Vondroušová won the Wimbledon derby, Bejlek did not win the title]. tenisovysvet.cz. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  23. ^ David Schlegel (26 July 2023). "Triumf v Pärnu byl náročnější, protože jsem hrála o US Open, vypráví Sára Bejlek (in Czech)" [The triumph in Pärnu was more challenging because I was playing for the US Open, says Sára Bejlek]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  24. ^ "Kuchyně Gorenje Prague Open: Bejlek podlehla v napínavém finále zkušené Rumunce (in Czech)" [Kitchen Gorenje Prague Open: Bejlek lost to an experienced Romanian in the exciting final]. tenisovysvet.cz. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  25. ^ "Bejlek triumphs in Colina for first WTA 125 title of career". WTA Tennis. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  26. ^ "Bejlek rallies past Blinkova in Madrid for first WTA main-draw win of career".

External links edit

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