Barbora Štefková (married name: Hlavicová;[1] born 4 April 1995) is a retired Czech tennis player.

Barbora Štefková
Wimbledon qualifying 2016
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidenceBřuchotín, Czech Republic
Born (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 29)
Olomouc, Czech Republic
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2011
RetiredJune 2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachSylva Štefková
Prize moneyUS$ 226,047
Singles
Career record174–122 (58.8%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 154 (27 February 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2017)
French OpenQ2 (2016)
Wimbledon1R (2018)
US OpenQ1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record107–69 (60.8%)
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 100 (14 January 2019)

Štefková reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 154, on 27 February 2017. On 14 January 2019, she peaked at No. 100 in the doubles rankings. She won nine singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Štefková won her biggest title at the 2016 Lale Cup in Istanbul, where she defeated Anastasia Pivovarova in the final.

Her WTA Tour main-draw debut she made at the 2016 Prague Open in the doubles draw alongside Tereza Smitková. Štefková made her WTA main-draw singles debut at the 2016 Coupe Banque Nationale. She upset defending champion Annika Beck in the first round, before falling to Alison Van Uytvanck.

Due to reactive arthritis, she retired from professional tennis in June 2019.[2]

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, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles edit

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q3 A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–0 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 2 1 0 Career total: 4
Overall win–loss 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Year-end ranking[a] 162 452 301 435 $226,047

Doubles edit

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 0 6 3 Career total: 11
Titles 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 1 0 Career total: 1
Overall win–loss 1–2 0–0 6–5 1–3 0 / 11 8–10 44%
Year-end ranking[b] 220 420 103 422

WTA career finals edit

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Jun 2018 Mallorca Open, Spain Grass   Lucie Šafářová   Andreja Klepač
  María José Martínez Sánchez
1–6, 6–3, [3–10]

WTA Challenger finals edit

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) edit

Result    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Jun 2018 Bol Open, Croatia Clay   Sílvia Soler Espinosa   Mariana Duque-Mariño
  Wang Yafan
3–6, 5–7
Loss Nov 2018 Mumbai Open, India Hard   Bibiane Schoofs   Natela Dzalamidze
  Veronika Kudermetova
4–6, 6–7(4–7)

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2013 ITF Caslano, Switzerland 10,000[c] Clay   Chiara Grimm 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–0 May 2014 ITF Ramla, Israel 10,000 Hard   Margarita Lazareva 6–1, 6–3
Win 3–0 May 2014 ITF Netanya, Israel 10,000 Hard   Saray Sterenbach 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 4–0 Jun 2014 ITF Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,000 Clay   Daiana Negreanu 6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–1 Aug 2014 ITF Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,000 Clay   Gabriela Pantůčková 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win 5–1 Dec 2014 ITF Tel Aviv, Israel 10,000 Hard   Deniz Khazaniuk 6–2, 6–0
Win 6–1 Jun 2015 ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard   Veronika Kudermetova 7–5, 6–3
Win 7–1 Nov 2015 ITF Tel Aviv, Israel 10,000 Hard   Olga Doroshina 6–1, 6–4
Loss 7–2 Mar 2016 ITF Mildura, Australia 25,000 Grass   Anastasia Pivovarova 4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win 8–2 Apr 2016 Lale Cup Istanbul, Turkey 50,000[d] Hard   Anastasia Pivovarova 7–5, 2–6, 6–1
Win 9–2 Jun 2016 ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard   Ksenia Lykina 7–5, 7–5
Loss 9–3 Aug 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard   Wang Xiyu 3–6, 5–7
Loss 9–4 Jan 2019 ITF Hong Kong 25,000 Hard   Daria Lopatetska 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 17 (12 titles, 5 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2013 ITF Caslano, Switzerland 10,000 Clay   Sara Ottomano   Chiara Grimm
  Jil Teichmann
4–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss 0–2 Sep 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Kamonwan Buayam   Lena-Marie Hofmann
  Anna Klasen
2–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 May 2014 ITF Ramla, Israel 10,000 Hard   Margarita Lazareva   Sofia Dmitrieva
  Alexandra Morozova
6–2, 3–6, [11–9]
Win 2–2 May 2014 ITF Netanya, Israel 10,000 Hard   Pia König   Mariam Bolkvadze
  Anastasia Pribylova
6–3, 6–2
Win 3–2 Jun 2014 ITF Banja Luka, BiH 10,000 Clay   Gabriela Pantůčková   Anita Husarić
  Daiana Negreanu
w/o
Win 4–2 Jun 2014 ITF Přerov, Czech Republic 15,000 Clay   Chantal Škamlová   Eva Rutarová
  Karolína Stuchlá
6–4, 6–3
Win 5–2 Jul 2014 ITF Horb, Germany 10,000 Clay   Hilda Melander   Carolin Daniels
  Laura Schaeder
6–4, 6–1
Loss 5–3 Aug 2014 ITF Zaječar, Serbia 10,000 Clay   Alexandra Nancarrow   Elizaveta Ianchuk
  Natalija Kostić
3–6, 5–7
Loss 5–4 Nov 2015 ITF Ramat Gan, Israel 10,000 Hard   Alexandra Morozova   Olga Doroshina
  Vlada Ekshibarova
2–6, 2–6
Win 6–4 Dec 2015 ITF Ramat Gan, Israel 10,000 Hard   Alexandra Morozova   Vlada Ekshibarova
  Daria Lodikova
6–2, 7–5
Win 7–4 Apr 2016 Lale Cup, Turkey 50,000 Hard   Nigina Abduraimova   Valentyna Ivakhnenko
  Lidziya Marozava
6–4, 1–6, [10–6]
Win 8–4 May 2016 ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard   Anastasiya Vasylyeva   Victoria Kan
  Sabina Sharipova
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 9–4 Feb 2017 Burnie International, Australia 60,000 Hard   Riko Sawayanagi   Alison Bai
  Varatchaya Wongteanchai
7–6(8–6), 4–6, [10–7]
Win 10–4 Mar 2018 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard   Mariam Bolkvadze   María Paulina Pérez
  Paula Andrea Pérez
6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 10–5 Aug 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard   Naiktha Bains   Rutuja Bhosale
  Pranjala Yadlapalli
6–2, 0–6, [6–10]
Win 11–5 Oct 2018 ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Katarzyna Piter   Alicia Barnett
  Eden Silva
6–2, 6–1
Win 12–5 Jan 2019 ITF Hong Kong 25,000 Hard   Michaëlla Krajicek   Chen Pei-hsuan
  Wu Fang-hsien
6–4, 6–7(3–7), [12–10]

Notes edit

  1. ^ 2013: WTA ranking–726, 2014: WTA ranking–441, 2015: WTA ranking–290, ... 2020: WTA ranking–868, 2021: WTA ranking–1196.
  2. ^ 2013: WTA ranking–840, 2014: WTA ranking–416, 2015: WTA ranking–544, ... 2020: WTA ranking–619.
  3. ^ The $10,000 tournaments were reclassified as $15,000 in 2017. However, there were some $15,000 even before 2017.
  4. ^ The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.

References edit

  1. ^ "Televizní expertka Štefková se stala maminkou: Porod »práskla« česká tenistka!". Blesk.cz (in Czech). 18 November 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Bolesti se vrátily. Česká tenistka kvůli reaktivni artritidě ukončila kariéru" [Barbora Stefkova Retirement] (in Czech). sport.cz.

External links edit