Sylvia Štefková (born 9 March 1970) is a Czech former professional tennis player. She is the mother of WTA Tour player Barbora Štefková.[1]

Sylvia Štefková
Country (sports) Czechoslovakia
 Czech Republic
Born (1970-03-09) 9 March 1970 (age 54)
Prize money$33,729
Singles
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 275 (15 February 1993)
Doubles
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 165 (15 July 1991)

Štefková competed on the professional tour from the late 1980s to early 1990s. All of her WTA Tour main draw appearances came in doubles, across 1993 and 1994. Her best performance came at Kitzbühel in 1993, where she and Eva Martincová upset second seeds Florencia Labat and Virginia Ruano Pascual to make the quarter-finals.[2]

ITF finals

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 3 (2–1)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 13 June 1988 Salerno, Italy Clay   Eugenia Maniokova 7–5, 7–5
Winner 2. 27 May 1991 Katowice, Poland Clay   Petra Raclavská 6–2, 2–6, 7–6
Runner-up 1. 6 December 1993 Vítkovice, Czech Republic Hard   Květa Peschke 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 1 August 1988 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay   Petra Holubová   Tracey Morton
  Lisa Weerasekera
7–6(4), 6–2
Runner-up 1. 19 March 1990 Ramat Hasharon, Israel Hard   Petra Holubová   Robyn Field
  Michelle Anderson
3–6, 0–6
Winner 2. 30 July 1990 Rheda-Wiedenbrück, West Germany Clay   Petra Holubová   Viktoria Milvidskaia Belinsky
  Agnese Blumberga
6–4, 6–4
Winner 3. 13 August 1990 Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia Clay   Petra Holubová   Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková
  Markéta Štusková
4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up 2. 6 April 1992 Limoges, France Carpet   Lubomira Bacheva   Els Callens
  Michèle Strebel
6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 27 July 1992 Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany Clay   Eva Martincová   Klára Bláhová
  Zdeňka Málková
6–7(5), 4–6
Winner 4. 28 June 1993 Vaihingen, Germany Clay   Eva Martincová   Denisa Krajčovičová
  Katarína Studeníková
6–1 ret.

References

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  1. ^ "Mother knows best for Barbora". The Borneo Post. 28 October 2012.
  2. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Player Profile - Stefkova, Sylvia (CZE)". itftennis.com.
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