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Linda Klimovičová

Linda Klimovičová (born 18 June 2004) is a Czech-born tennis player representing Poland since October 2024.

Linda Klimovičová
Country (sports) Czech Republic (?–2024)
 Poland (2024–)[1]
Born (2004-06-18) 18 June 2004 (age 20)
Olomouc, Czech Republic[2]
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$59,632
Singles
Career record108–57
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 184 (21 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 203 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record29–13
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 407 (05 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 568 (11 November 2024)
Last updated on: 15 July 2024.

She has a career-high combined junior ranking of 31, achieved on 25 October 2021.

Klimovičová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Prague Open, where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament.[3]

On 19 October 2024, she obtained Polish citizenship and it was announced that she would represent Poland.[2][1]

Career overview

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Junior

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At the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, she reached semifinals of the girls' singles event as her best junior Grand Slam performance.[4][5]

Grand Slam performance

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- Singles:

  • Australian Open: –
  • French Open: 1R (2022)
  • Wimbledon: SF (2022)
  • US Open: 1R (2021)

- Doubles:

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

Professional

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In April 2022, she won her first ITF Women's Circuit title at the $15k Sharm El Sheikh tournament in doubles event, alongside fellow Czech player Dominika Šalková.[6] Later, in August 2022, she reached her first singles final at Bydgoszcz but lost to Valeriia Olianovskaia.[7] The following year in February, she won her first ITF Circuit title at Sharm El Sheikh, defeating Katarína Kužmová in the final.[8] In September 2023, in Frýdek-Místek, she won her first $25k doubles title.[9] Two months later, she won her first singles $25k title at the tournament in Solarino.[10] There she also triumphed in doubles, partnering with Julie Štruplová.[11]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
W50 tournaments (1–0)
W25/35 tournaments (3–3)
W15 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (3–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2022 ITF Bydgoszcz, Poland W15 Clay   Valeriia Olianovskaia 3–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard   Katarína Kužmová 7–5, 6–7(3), 6–2
Loss 1–2 Oct 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W25 Hard   Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6–7(1), 5–7
Win 2–2 Nov 2023 ITF Solarino, Italy W25 Carpet   Emilie Lindh 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–1
Win 3–2 Nov 2023 ITF Solarino, Italy W25 Carpet   Lisa Pigato 6–2, 6–3
Win 4–2 Mar 2024 ITF Solarino, Italy W35 Carpet   Jessica Pieri 6–3, 6–0
Loss 4–3 Apr 2024 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W35 Hard   Tereza Valentová 5–7, 2–6
Loss 4–4 May 2024 ITF Monzón, Spain W35 Clay   Sonay Kartal 1–6, 0–6
Win 5–4 Jun 2024 ITF Palma del Río, Spain W50 Hard   Leonie Küng 7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner–ups)

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Legend
W60 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (3–2)
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2021 ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic W25 Carpet (i)   Lucie Havlíčková   Maja Chwalińska
  Katherine Sebov 		5–7, 4–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard   Dominika Šalková   Mei Hasegawa
  Saki Imamura 		6–1, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Sep 2022 ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic W60 Clay   Dominika Šalková   Elixane Lechemia
  Julia Lohoff 		5–7, 5–7
Win 2–2 Sep 2023 ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic W25 Clay   Mana Kawamura   Maryna Kolb
  Nadiya Kolb 		6–1, 6–3
Win 3–2 Nov 2023 ITF Solarino, Italy W25 Carpet   Julie Štruplová   Gaia Maduzzi
  Vittoria Paganetti 		6–1, 6–7(4), [10–8]
Loss 3–3 Jan 2024 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W35 Hard   Isabella Shinikova   Daria Khomutsianskaya
  Evialina Laskevich 		4–6, 2–6
Win 4–3 Feb 2024 ITF Helsinki, Finland W35 Hard (i)   Laura Hietaranta   Valentini Grammatikopoulou
  Martyna Kubka 		6–3, 6–1

Junior finals

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ITF Circuit

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Singles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grade 1 / B1 (2–1)
Grade 2 (0–2)
Grade 3 (1–2)
Grade 4 (0–3)
Grade 5 (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2019 ITF Prague, Czech Republic Grade 4 Hard   Dominika Šalková 2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2019 ITF Wels, Austria Grade 4 Clay   Bianca Behulová 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2020 ITF Trnava, Slovakia Grade 3 Hard   Radka Zelníčková 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Loss 0–4 Sep 2020 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic Grade 2 Clay   Tereza Valentová 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–5 Oct 2020 ITF Véska, Czech Republic Grade 4 Clay   Julie Štruplová 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win 1–5 Oct 2020 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Grade 3 Hard   Lola Radivojević 5–7, 6–0, 6–1
Loss 1–6 Oct 2020 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Grade 3 Hard   Brenda Fruhvirtová 2–6, 0–6
Loss 1–7 Feb 2021 ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania Grade 2 Hard   Tatiana Prozorova 3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–8 Jul 2021 ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom Grade 1 Grass   Linda Fruhvirtová 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–8 Oct 2021 ITF Sanxenxo, Spain Grade 1 Hard   Mirra Andreeva 6–1, 6–2
Win 3–8 Jan 2022 ITF Svyatopetrivske village, Ukraine Grade 1 Hard   Kristyna Tomajková 6–2, 3–1 ret.

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

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Legend
Grade 1 / B1 (0–1)
Grade 2 (2–1)
Grade 3 (0–1)
Grade 4 (0–0)
Grade 5 (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2019 ITF Arlon, Belgium Grade 5 Carpet   Andrea Nova   Victoria Borodulina
  Tara Würth 		2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2020 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic Grade 2 Clay   Dominika Šalková   Alina Granwehr
  Laura Isabel Pütz 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Oct 2020 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Grade 3 Hard   Lola Radivojević   Anastasiia Gureva
  Elena Pridankina 		1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–3 May 2021 ITF Oberpullendorf, Austria Grade 2 Clay   Brenda Fruhvirtová   Anaelle Leclercq
  Erika Matsuda 		3–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 May 2021 ITF Tribuswinkel, Austria Grade 2 Clay   Lucie Havlíčková   Tilwith Di Girolami
  Amelie Van Impe 		6–4, 2–6, [18–16]
Loss 2–4 Oct 2021 ITF Sanxenxo, Spain Grade 1 Hard   Anca Todoni   Mirra Andreeva
  Hanne Vandewinkel 		4–6, 3–6

References

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  1. ^ a b Pietraszko, Justyna (24 October 2024). "Tenisistka Linda Klimovicova będzie reprezentować Polskę" (in Polish). Telewizja Polska. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b Szczypka, Piotr (24 October 2024). "AKT NADANIA OBYWATELSTWA POLSKIEGO". Facebook (in Polish). Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Livesport Prague Open: Do čtyřhry zasáhne sedm Češek včetně Bouzkové s Hradeckou". tenisovysvet.cz (in Czech). 11 July 2021.
  4. ^ Ross McLean (7 July 2022). "Klimovicova into semis with dreams of being latest Czech success story". ITF Women's Circuit. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Wimbledon: Džabúrová i Rybakinová jsou poprvé ve finále! Klimovičová se dostala do juniorského semifinále (in Czech)" [Wimbledon: Džabúrová and Rybakinová are in the final for the first time! Klimovičová reached the junior semifinals]. tenisovysvet.cz. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  6. ^ David Schlegel, Filip Lefenda (13 February 2023). "Osmnáctiletá Klimovičová po prvním titulu: Původně to vypadalo, že na turnaj vůbec nepojedu (in Czech)" [Eighteen-year-old Klimovičová after her first title: Initially, it seemed that I would not go to the tournament at all]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  7. ^ Petr Sumbal (21 August 2022). "Klimovičová si na první titul musí počkat, premiérové finále skončilo porážkou (in Czech)" [Klimovičová has to wait for her first title, the premiere final ended in defeat]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  8. ^ Petr Sumbal (12 February 2023). "Průlom! Osmnáctiletá Klimovičová slaví po velkém boji první profesionální titul (in Czech)" [Breakthrough! Eighteen-year-old Klimovičová celebrates her first professional title after a great fight]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  9. ^ Pavel Lebeda (8 September 2023). "ITF Frýdek-Místek: Kučmová neztratila ani gem! Do semifinále proklouzla i Štruplová (in Czech)" [ITF Frýdek-Místek: Kučmová did not lose a game! Štruplová also slipped into the semi-finals]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  10. ^ Pavel Lebeda (12 November 2023). "B. Fruhvirtová má další titul, slaví také Klimovičová. Nouza rozehraje kvalifikaci (in Czech)" [B. Fruhvirtová has another title, Klimovičová also celebrates. Emergency will play qualification]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Solarino 2: Maduzzi/Paganetti Sfiorano il titolo in doppio (in Italian)" [Solarino 2: Maduzzi/Paganetti come close to the doubles title]. supertennis.tv. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
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