Miriam Škoch (née Kolodziejová;[1] born 11 April 1997) is a Czech professional tennis player who has specialized in doubles.[2] On 16 May 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 247. On 11 September 2023, she peaked at No. 41 in the WTA doubles rankings. Škoch has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won seven singles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[3]

Miriam Škoch
Country (sports) Czech Republic
Born (1997-04-11) 11 April 1997 (age 27)
Most, Czech Republic
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Prize moneyUS$ 393,647
Singles
Career record210–123
Career titles0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 247 (16 May 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record192–108
Career titles1 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 41 (11 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 92 (23 September 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2023)
French Open2R (2023, 2024)
Wimbledon3R (2023)
US Open2R (2023)
Last updated on: 25 September 2024.

Personal life

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In July 2024, she married David Škoch, who has been her coach since 2022.[1]

Career

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Junior success

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Grand Slam performance

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Singles:

Doubles:

  • Australian Open: W (2015)
  • French Open: W (2015)
  • Wimbledon: SF (2015)
  • US Open: 1R (2014)

Kolodziejová won the girls' doubles event at the 2015 Australian Open with fellow Czech Markéta Vondroušová, defeating Katharina Hobgarski and Greet Minnen in the final. She then went on to win the girls' doubles event at the 2015 French Open with Vondroušová, defeating Caroline Dolehide and Katerina Stewart in the final.[4]

Professional

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She won her first WTA Tour title, partnering Anastasia Dețiuc at the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Open.

At the 2023 Australian Open, on her major debut, she reached the third round, partnering with Markéta Vondroušová[5][6] as well as the third round at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships where the pair withdrew.[7]

At the 2024 French Open, partnering Anna Sisková as an alternate pair, they defeated Russian players Ekaterina Alexandrova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round.

Performance timelines

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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.

Doubles

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Current through the 2024 Linz Open.

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 3R 1R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
French Open A A A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Wimbledon A A A 3R[a] 2R 0 / 2 3–1 75%
US Open A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–3 2–3 0 / 7 8–6 57%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[b] A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
China Open NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 1 2 21 3 Career total: 28
Titles 0 0 1 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 1 1 0 Career total: 2
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 8–10 1–4 0 / 15 9–16 36%
Clay win–loss 0–1 0–0 4–0 8–7 1 / 9 12–8 60%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 0 / 4 3–3 50%
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 4–1 19–20 1–4 1 / 28 24–27 47%
Win % 0% 0% 80% 49% 20% Career total: 47%
Year-end ranking[c] 525 215 74 57

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2022 Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy WTA 250 Clay   Anastasia Dețiuc   Arantxa Rus
  Tamara Zidanšek
1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 1–1 Jul 2023 Hamburg European Open, Germany WTA 250 Clay   Angela Kulikov   Anna Danilina
  Alexandra Panova
4–6, 2–6

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2022 Open Angers, France Hard (i)   Markéta Vondroušová   Alycia Parks
  Zhang Shuai
2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2024 Solgironès Open, Spain Clay   Anna Sisková   Tímea Babos
  Dalma Gálfi
walkover
Loss 1–2 Jun 2024 Veneto Open, Italy Grass   Anna Sisková   Hailey Baptiste
  Alycia Parks
6–7(4), 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 20 (7 titles, 13 runner–ups)

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Legend
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (2–4)
$10/15,000 tournaments (5–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (5–10)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2016 ITF Pörtschach, Austria 10,000 Clay   Lenka Juríková 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2016 ITF Prague, Czech Republic 10,000 Clay   Petra Krejsová 5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–3 Sep 2016 ITF Říčany, Czech Rep. 10,000 Clay   Katharina Gerlach 5–7, 2–6
Win 1–3 Sep 2016 ITF Brno, Czech Republic 10,000 Clay   Diana Šumová 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 1–4 Nov 2016 ITF Ramat Gan, Israel 10,000 Hard   Deniz Khazaniuk 5–7, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay   Olga Ianchuk 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–6 Jun 2017 Přerov Cup, Czech Republic 15,000 Clay   Lenka Juríková 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–7 Jul 2017 Bella Cup Toruñ, Poland 25,000 Clay   Chantal Škamlová 2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 2–7 Sep 2017 ITF Prague, Czech Republic 15,000 Clay   Nastja Kolar 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Win 3–7 Dec 2017 ITF Milovice, Czech Republic 15,000 Hard (i)   Manon Arcangioli 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–7 Dec 2017 ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Rep. 15,000 Hard (i)   Susan Bandecchi 6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–8 Jan 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Andreea Roșca 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 4–9 Apr 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet   Ivana Jorović 1–6, 2–6
Win 5–9 Jun 2018 ITF Klosters, Switzerland 25,000 Clay   Isabella Shinikova 5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 5–10 Aug 2018 ITF Koksijde, Belgium 25,000 Clay   Richèl Hogenkamp 4–6, 1–6
Loss 5–11 Dec 2019 ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Rep. 15,000 Carpet (i)   Elena Malõgina 4–6, 5–7
Win 6–11 Mar 2020 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay   Rebeka Masarova 6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–12 Apr 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Andreea Roșca 5–7, 3–6
Win 7–12 May 2021 ITF Otočec, Slovenia 25,000 Clay   Dalila Jakupović 6–0, 6–2
Loss 7–13 Aug 2021 ITF Radom, Poland 25,000 Clay   Lucrezia Stefanini 6–4, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 32 (18 titles, 14 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–0)
$75/80,000 tournaments (1–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (4–2)
$25,000 tournaments (5–7)
$10/15,000 tournaments (6–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–5)
Clay (12–9)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2015 ITF Zielona Góra, Poland 10,000 Clay   Markéta Vondroušová   Natela Dzalamidze
  Margarita Lazareva
6–2, 6–2
Win 2–0 Jun 2015 Přerov Cup,
Czech Republic
15,000 Clay   Markéta Vondroušová   Martina Borecká
  Jesika Malečková
6–4, 6–1
Loss 2–1 Aug 2015 Prague Open,
Czech Republic
75,000 Clay   Markéta Vondroušová   Kateřina Kramperová
  Bernarda Pera
6–7(4–7), 7–5, [1–10]
Loss 2–2 Sep 2016 ITF Prague,
Czech Republic
10,000 Clay   Vendula Žovincová   Laura Ioana Andrei
  Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic
4–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Jan 2017 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 15,000 Hard (i)   Markéta Vondroušová   Anita Husarić
  Kimberley Zimmermann
7–6(7–3), 7–5
Win 4–2 Jun 2017 Přerov Cup,
Czech Republic
15,000 Clay   Dagmar Dudláková   Tereza Janatová
  Natálie Novotná
6–1, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Jul 2017 Bella Cup, Poland 25,000 Clay   Jesika Malečková   Vera Lapko
  Anna Morgina
2–6, 3–6
Win 5–3 Sep 2018 Royal Cup, Montenegro 25,000 Clay   Nina Potočnik   Nefisa Berberovic
  Veronika Erjavec
2–6, 6–3, [10–0]
Loss 5–4 Oct 2018 Open de Touraine, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Jesika Malečková   Magdalena Fręch
  Bibiane Schoofs
7–5, 2–6, [3–10]
Loss 5–5 Feb 2019 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia 25,000 Hard (i)   Maja Chwalińska   Laura Ioana Paar
  Anastasia Zarycká
4–6, 3–6
Loss 5–6 Jan 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard   Jesika Malečková   Nuria Brancaccio
  Federica Rossi
7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 6–6 Feb 2020 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia 25,000 Hard (i)   Laura Ioana Paar   Victoria Kan
  Ganna Poznikhirenko
6–1, 6–1
Loss 6–7 Mar 2020 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay   Chantal Škamlová   Oana Gavrilă
  Andreea Roșca
3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 6–8 Sep 2020 ITF Frýdek-Místek,
Czech Republic
25,000 Clay   Jesika Malečková   Anastasia Dețiuc
  Johana Marková
1–6, 4–6
Win 7–8 Feb 2021 ITF Potchefstroom,
South Africa
25,000 Hard   Jesika Malečková   Anna Bondár
  Réka Luca Jani
6–2, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 8–8 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Aneta Laboutková   Darya Astakhova
  Nika Radišić
6–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss 8–9 Apr 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Lucie Havlíčková   Lee So-ra
  Misaki Matsuda
2–6, 3–6
Win 9–9 Sep 2021 Prague Open,
Czech Republic
60,000 Clay   Jesika Malečková   Kanako Morisaki
  Erika Sema
6–3, 1–6, [10–2]
Loss 9–10 Sep 2021 ITF Frýdek-Místek,
Czech Republic
25,000 Clay   Anna Sisková   Kanako Morisaki
  Erika Sema
3–6, 1–6
Loss 9–11 Oct 2021 ITF Lagos, Portugal 25,000 Hard   Jesika Malečková   Diāna Marcinkēviča
  Yuan Yue
w/o
Loss 9–12 Oct 2021 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i)   Maja Chwalińska   Jasmijn Gimbrère
  Bibiane Schoofs
2–6, 4–6
Win 10–12 Feb 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey 25,000 Clay   Jesika Malečková   Funa Kozaki
  Naho Sato
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Win 11–12 Mar 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Jesika Malečková   Sapfo Sakellaridi
  Anastasia Zolotareva
6–2, 6–4
Win 12–12 Apr 2022 Chiasso Open, Switzerland 60,000 Clay   Anastasia Dețiuc   Aliona Bolsova
  Oksana Selekhmeteva
6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Loss 12–13 Apr 2022 Prague Open,
Czech Republic
60,000 Clay   Jesika Malečková   Bárbara Gatica
  Rebeca Pereira
4–6, 2–6
Win 13–13 Aug 2022 Přerov Cup,
Czech Republic
W60 Clay   Anastasia Dețiuc   Funa Kozaki
  Misaki Matsuda
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5]
Win 14–13 Sep 2022 ITF Frýdek-Místek,
Czech Republic
W25 Clay   Dominika Šalková   Funa Kozaki
  Misaki Matsuda
6–2, 6–3
Win 15–13 Oct 2022 Hamburg Ladies & Gents Cup,
Germany
W60 Hard (i)   Jesika Malečková   Veronika Erjavec
  Malene Helgø
6–4, 6–2
Win 16–13 Oct 2022 Internationaux de Poitiers, France W80 Hard (i)   Markéta Vondroušová   Jessika Ponchet
  Renata Voráčová
6–4, 6–3
Win 17–13 Nov 2022 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK W100 Hard (i)   Markéta Vondroušová   Jessika Ponchet
  Renata Voráčová
7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win 18–13 Apr 2024 Zaragoza Open, Spain W100 Clay   Anna Sisková   Angelica Moratelli
  Camilla Rosatello
6–2, 6–3
Loss 18–14 Aug 2024 Ladies Open Amstetten, Austria W75 Clay   Jesika Malečková   Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
  Eva Vedder
3–6, 2–6

Junior finals

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Grand Slam tournaments

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Girls doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2015 Australian Open Hard   Markéta Vondroušová   Katharina Hobgarski
  Greet Minnen
7–5, 6–4
Win 2015 French Open Clay   Markéta Vondroušová   Caroline Dolehide
  Katerina Stewart
6–0, 6–3

ITF Junior Circuit

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Singles (5–1)

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Legend
Grade 1 / B1 (1–0)
Grade 2 (2–1)
Grade 3 (0–0)
Grade 4 (1–0)
Grade 5 (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2013 ITF Bytom, Poland Grade 4 Clay   Petra Melounová 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jul 2013 ITF Veska, Czech Republic Grade 5 Clay   Sabina Shaydullina 6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–1 May 2014 ITF Villach, Austria Grade 2 Clay   Sofya Zhuk 6–4, 1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 3–1 Jun 2014 ITF Budapest, Hungary Grade 2 Clay   Dalma Gálfi 6–1, 6–1
Win 4–1 Jul 2014 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic Grade 2 Clay   Fanny Östlund 6–1, 6–2
Win 5–1 Mar 2015 ITF Umag, Croatia Grade 1 Clay   Aleksandra Pospelova 6–3, 6–2

Doubles (14–1)

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Legend
Grade A (3–1)
Grade 1 / B1 (3–0)
Grade 2 (4–0)
Grade 3 (0–0)
Grade 4 (3–0)
Grade 5 (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2012 ITF Prague, Czech Republic Grade 4 Clay   Vendula Zovincová   Marie Bouzková
  Magali Kempen
w/o
Win 2–0 Sep 2012 ITF Veli Lošinj, Croatia Grade 4 Clay   Vendula Zovincová   Jaqueline Cristian
  Lana Slavica
6–4, 6–3
Win 3–0 Jul 2013 ITF Veska, Czech Republic Grade 5 Clay   Tereza Kolarová   Nikola Dolaková
  Zofia Stanisz
6–4, 6–3
Win 4–0 Jan 2014 ITF Prague, Czech Republic Grade 4 Hard   Gabriela Knutson   Vendula Zovincová
  Maria Novikova
6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Win 5–0 May 2014 ITF Villach, Austria Grade 2 Clay   Jana Jablonovská   Manca Pislak
  Tamara Zidanšek
6–4, 6–2
Win 6–0 Jun 2014 ITF Budapest, Hungary Grade 2 Clay   Jana Jablonovská   Tereza Kolarova
  Dalma Gálfi
6–0, 6–3
Win 7–0 Jun 2014 ITF Offenbach, Germany Grade 1 Clay   Nina Potočnik   Luisa Stefani
  Iryna Shymanovich
3–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–5]
Win 8–0 Jul 2014 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic Grade 2 Clay   Jana Jablonovská   Tereza Kolarová
  Tereza Mihalíková
6–3, 7–5
Loss 8–1 Dec 2014 ITF Plantation, United States Grade A Clay   Tereza Mihalíková   Markéta Vondroušová
  CiCi Bellis
5–7, 6–2, [4–10]
Win 9–1 Jan 2015 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia Grade 2 Carpet   Markéta Vondroušová   Karolina Novotná
  Anna Slovaková
6–1, 6–3
Win 10–1 Jan 2015 Australian Open, Australia Grade A Hard   Markéta Vondroušová   Katharina Hobgarski
  Greet Minnen
7–5, 6–4
Win 11–1 May 2015 Trofeo Bonfiglio, Italy Grade A Clay   Markéta Vondroušová   Dalma Gálfi
  Katie Swan
3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
Win 12–1 Jun 2015 French Open, France Grade A Clay   Markéta Vondroušová   Caroline Dolehide
  Katerina Stewart
6–0, 6–3
Win 13–1 Jul 2015 ITF Roehampton, UK Grade 1 Grass   Markéta Vondroušová   Destanee Aiava
  Olivia Tjandramulia
6–3, 6–3
Win 14–1 Jul 2015 ITF Klosters, Switzerland Grade B1 Clay   Markéta Vondroušová   Dalma Gálfi
  Fanny Stollár
6–4, 7–5

Notes

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  1. ^ Withdrawal during the tournament is not counted as a loss.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 2015: WTA ranking - 404, 2016: WTA ranking - 998, 2017: WTA ranking - 581, 2018: WTA ranking - 345, 2019: WTA ranking - 858.

References

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  2. ^ "WTA Profile".
  3. ^ "ITF Profile".
  4. ^ "Junior ITF Profile".
  5. ^ "Aussie Open Day 7 by the numbers: Azarenka's experience, Ostapenko's milestone". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  6. ^ ""What a comeback… or choke. Really not sure." - Fans react as Marketa Vondrousova and Miriam Kolodziejova make a miraculous comeback in an Australian Open tie". www.mediareferee.com. 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  7. ^ "Hunter and Mertens advance to Wimbledon doubles quarterfinals". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
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