- Lucie Hradecká
Infobox Tennis biography
playername = Lucie Hradecká
nickname =
country = CZE
residence =Prague , Czech Republic
datebirth = birth date and age|1985|5|21
placebirth = Prague, Czech Republic
height = height|m=1.76
weight = convert|65|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = N/A
retired = "Active"
plays = Right; Two handed strokes
careerprizemoney = $US275,705
singlesrecord = 208–113
singlestitles = 0 WTA, 11 ITF
highestsinglesranking = 141 (August 21 ,2006 )
AustralianOpenresult = N/A
FrenchOpenresult = N/A
Wimbledonresult = N/A
USOpenresult = N/A
doublesrecord = 166–61
doublestitles = 5 WTA, 21 ITF
highestdoublesranking = 45 (March 19 ,2007 )
updated =July 21 , 2008Lucie Hradecká (born
May 21 ,1985 inPrague ) is a professionaltennis player from theCzech Republic . In her career, Hradecká has won four WTA doubles titles, including one atBad Gastein in 2007. As ofSeptember 22 ,2007 , she is ranked 56 for doubles and has been World Number 45 onMarch 19 , 2007. Also as of September 22, Hradecká is ranked 240 for singles, but her highest ranking was World Number 141, which she achieved onAugust 21 ,2006 .Career
Hradecká has won 11 ITF singles titles, but no WTA singles titles. She has won 2 WTA and 17 ITF doubles titles.
She won her first doubles title on the WTA Tour in 2006 at
Portoroz with partnerRenata Voráčová , as the fourth-seeded team. In the final, the Czech team defeatedEva Birnerová andÉmilie Loit , the second seeds, by walkover. They also had a victory over the top seedsMaria Elena Camerin andEmmanuelle Gagliardi in the semifinal.She reached the third round of doubles competition with
Hana Šromová as qualifiers at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships before going down to fifth seedsMeghann Shaughnessy andAnna-Lena Grönefeld . En route they defeated twelfth seedsSvetlana Kuznetsova andAmélie Mauresmo , both Grand Slam singles champions at the time and the previous year's Wimbledon doubles runner-ups by walkover.In 2007, she made the doubles semifinals of the
2007 Indian Wells Masters tournament with Voráčová. En route, the team defeatedJanette Husárová andMeghann Shaughnessy , the seventh seeds, in the first round, and legendary team and third-seededVirginia Ruano Pascual andPaola Suárez in three sets in the quarterfinals, before losing to top seedsLisa Raymond andSamantha Stosur .Later that year, Hradecká and Voráčová won
Bad Gastein overÁgnes Szávay andVladimíra Uhlířová . She again won the 2007 Portoroz title with Voráčová overElena Likhovtseva andAndreja Klepač in the final.Hradecka reached her very first singles final at
Bad Gastein in July 2008, where as a qualifier she defeated players such asPatricia Mayr of Austria to get to the final, where she lost to the fourth seedPauline Parmentier 4-6, 4-6, after leading 4-1 in the first set.She will play in the doubles final later. As a result of the singles final, Hradecka will rise from her current ranking of 237 to about 149 in the world.WTA Finals
ingles (0)
ingles runner-up (0)
Doubles (5)
Doubles Finalist
*2006:
Budapest (with Voráčová, lost to Husárová / Krajicek)External links
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