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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$ 334,993
Singles
Career record78–39
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 162 (30 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 213 (28 August 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open1R (2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2022, 2023)
US Open1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record10–6
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 671 (1 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 987 (28 August 2023)
Last updated on: 8 September 2023.

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

Bejlek has career-high WTA rankings of No. 162 in singles, achieved on 30 January 2023, and 671 in doubles, set on 1 August 2022. She has won five ITF singles titles and one ITF doubles title.

Early life

Bejlek was born in Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou on 31 January 2006.[3]

Junior career

Grand Slam performance - Singles:

  • Australian Open: –
  • French Open: SF (2022)
  • Wimbledon: 2R (2021)
  • US Open: –

Grand Slam performance - 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]

Career overview

2021: First ITF title & top 500

In July, she won her first and biggest ITF Circuit title-to-date at the $60k ITS Cup in Olomouc, Czechia after recording a double bagel over Paula Ormaechea in the final.[3] This result secured her an improvement of 557 positions to No. 447 in just one month, after making her WTA rankings debut.[6] [7]

2022: Grand Slam & top 200 debuts

Bejlek at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.

In June, she won title at the $60k Česká Lípa, the Macha Lake Open defeating fellow Czech Jesika Malečková in the final.[8] The following week, Bejlek made her WTA Tour-level qualifying debut at Wimbledon Championships, but lost in the first round to Emina Bektas.[9] A month later, she defended 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 due to 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

At 16, as the second-youngest player in the top 200, she made her debut at the Australian Open.[14]

Performance timelines

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 and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 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 / 3 0–3 0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
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 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournament 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 2 Career total: 3
Titles 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 Career total: 0
Hardcourt win–loss 0–1 0–1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–2 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Year-end ranking 189 $231,897

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (3–1)
$40,000 tournaments (0–2)
$25,000 tournaments (2–0)
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 ITS Cup, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay Argentina Paula Ormaechea 6–0, 6–0
Win 2–0 May 2022 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Poland Weronika Falkowska 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 3–0 Jun 2022 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay Czech Republic Jesika Malečková 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–0 Jul 2022 ITS Cup, Czech Republic (2) 60,000 Clay North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska 6–2, 7–6(7–0)
Loss 4–1 Apr 2023 ITF Split, Croatia 40,000 Clay Croatia Tara Würth 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 4–2 Jul 2023 ITF The Hague, Netherlands 40,000 Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win 5–2 Jul 2023 ITF Pärnu, Estonia 25,000 Clay Croatia Lucija Ćirić Bagarić 7–5, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Sep 2023 ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay Romania Andreea Mitu 6–7(1–7), 6–2, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Turkey Doğa Türkmen Italy Federica Bilardo
Ukraine Liubov Kostenko 		4–6, 6–1, [10–7]

Junior finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2022 French Open Clay Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková Czech Republic Nikola Bartůňková
Switzerland Céline Naef 		6–3, 6–3

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grade A (0–0)
Grade 1 / B1 (0–0)
Grade 2 (0–2)
Grade 3 (1–0)
Grade 4 (0–1)
Grade 5 (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2019 ITF Nastola, Finland Grade 5 Hard Russia Veronika Solovyeva 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2020 ITF Rakovnik, Czech Republic Grade 2 Clay Czech Republic Julie Struplova 6–7(2–7), 2–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2020 ITF Constanța, Romania Grade 3 Clay Romania Vanessa Popa Teiusanu 6–1, 6–1
Loss 1–3 Jan 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt Grade 4 Clay Italy Emma Valletta 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win 2–3 Feb 2021 ITF Giza, Egypt Grade 5 Clay Egypt Jermine Sherif 7–5, 7–5
Loss 2–4 May 2021 ITF Oradea, Romania Grade 2 Clay Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grade A
Grade 1 / B1 (1–0)
Grade 2 (3–0)
Grade 3 (1–0)
Grade 4 (2–1)
Grade 5 (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 ITF Prague, Czech Republic Grade 2 Clay Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková Russia Julia Avdeeva
Russia Alina Shcherbinina 		6–2, 6–2
Win 2–0 Oct 2019 ITF Dornbirn, Austria Grade 5 Carpet Croatia Petra Marčinko Germany Angelina Flachs
Germany Carolina Kuhl 		7–6(7–3), 6–7(1–7), [10–6]
Loss 2–1 Sep 2020 ITF Prague, Czech Republic Grade 4 Clay Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková Czech Republic Nelly Knezkova
Czech Republic Dominika Šalková 		6–0, 1–6, [10–12]
Win 3–1 Jan 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey Grade 3 Clay Turkey Melis Ayda Uyar Turkey Defne Cirpanli
Turkey Duru Soke 		6–1, 2–6, [10–4]
Win 4–1 Jan 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt Grade 4 Clay Egypt Maria Charl Russia Serafima Shastova
Ukraine Anastasiya Zholdakova 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Feb 2021 ITF Giza, Egypt Grade 5 Clay Egypt Layla Shoukry Spain Lucia Martinez Gomez
Russia Polina Skopintseva 		2–6, 5–7
Win 5–2 Feb 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey Grade 4 Clay Slovakia Sara Suchankova Switzerland Karolina Kozakova
Switzerland Céline Naef 		6–4, 6–0
Win 6–2 Feb 2021 ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania Grade 2 Hard France Nahia Berecoechea Croatia Lucija Ciric Bagaric
Italy Virginia Ferrara 		6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 7–2 May 2021 ITF Říčany, Czech Republic Grade 1 Clay Czech Republic Nikola Bartůňková United States Alexis Blokhina
France Flavie Brugnone 		6–3, 6–4
Win 8–2 May 2021 ITF Oradea, Romania Grade 2 Clay Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková Romania Fatima Ingrid Amartha Keita
Slovakia Sara Suchankova 		6–4 6–2

Head-to-head record

Double bagel matches (6–0, 6–0)

Result Year W–L Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Rank Rd SBR
Loss 2023 0–1 US Open Grand Slam Hard China Wang Yafan 115 Q1 213

Notes

  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

  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.
  7. ^ "Žebříčky ATP/WTA: Bejlek poskočila o 557 míst! Nová maxima slaví Kopřiva i Lehečka". tenisovysvet.cz (in Czech). 26 July 2021.
  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.
  13. ^ "Why we should expect a big rise from teenager Sara Bejlek".
  14. ^ "Brenda Fruhvirtova, Shnaider, Bejlek qualify for Australian Open".
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