Anna_Karolína_Schmiedlová

Anna Karolína Schmiedlová

Anna Karolína Schmiedlová

Slovak tennis player


Anna Karolína Schmiedlová[1] (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈanna ˈkarɔliːna ˈʂmiːdlɔʋaː];[2] born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak tennis player.

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She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 12 singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 26.

Her younger sister, Kristína Schmiedlová, ended her professional tennis career at the age of 21.

Career

2013: Grand Slam and top-100 debut

Schmiedlová qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament at the French Open.

After Wimbledon, she reached the final of the $100k Open di Biarritz,[3] and lost to Stephanie Vogt in three sets.[4]

She reached the top 100 for the first time with a ranking of world No. 97.[5]

2014: French Open third round

In May, Schmiedlová won the Empire Slovak Open in Trnava. She defeated the defending champion Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the final. The following week, she reached the final of the Prague Open, losing to Britain's Heather Watson in straight sets.[6]

At the French Open, Schmiedlová defeated Zheng Jie in the first round[7] and surprised the former world No. 1, Venus Williams, with a victory in three sets in round two.[7][8] In the third round, she lost to Garbiñe Muguruza in straight sets.[9]

2015: Breakthrough and first WTA Tour title

In February, she reached her first WTA final at the Rio Open, losing to Sara Errani in straight sets. In April, she won her first WTA title at the Katowice Open, where she defeated Camila Giorgi in the final. She won her second WTA title at the Bucharest Open, where she defeated Errani in the final.

At the Wuhan Open, Schmiedlová scored her first top-10 victory, and hence the biggest win of her career, by upsetting former world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, in three sets in the second round.[10]

2016: Loss of form, out of the top 100

Schmiedlová commenced season at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Varvara Lepchenko.[11] Schmiedlová won her first match of the season at the Sydney International by beating sixth seed Timea Bacsinszky in the first round.[12] She was heavily defeated in the second round by qualifier Monica Puig.[13] Seeded 27th at the Australian Open, Schmiedlová lost in the first round to Daria Kasatkina.[14]

2018: Third WTA title, return to top 100

The Slovakian, ranked 132 in the world before this win in Bogotá, beat Lara Arruabarrena in the final. It was her first title since 2015 and resulted in her return to the top 100.

2020: First third-round appearance at the French Open in six years

Schmiedlová at the 2020 Australian Open.

Schmiedlová kicked off her season at the Brisbane International where she lost to Marta Kostyuk in the second round of qualifying. At Hobart, she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Nina Stojanović. At the Australian Open, she lost her first-round match to sixth seed Belinda Bencic.[15]

Playing in the Fed Cup tie versus Great Britain, Schmiedlová helped Slovakia win 3–1 by beating Heather Watson and Harriet Dart.[16] Playing at the Mexican Open, Schmiedlová was defeated in the first round by Anastasia Potapova.[17] Coming through qualifying at the Monterrey Open, Schmiedlová beat Venus Williams in the first round.[18] She then lost in the second round to ninth seed and eventual finalist, Marie Bouzková.[19] A week later, competing at a $25k tournament in Irapuato, Mexico, she was defeated in the first round by eighth seed Renata Zarazúa.

In August, Schmiedlová played at the Sparta Prague Open. Seeded 24th, she reached the quarterfinal round where she lost to second seed and eventual finalist Elisabetta Cocciaretto.[20] In the leadup to the French Open, Schmiedlová played the İstanbul Cup and made it to the second round where she was defeated by Aliaksandra Sasnovich.[21]

At the French Open, Schmiedlová beat 2002 finalist and former world No. 1, Venus Williams, in straight sets in the first round.[22] In the second, she upset tenth seed and former world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka, to reach the third round for the first time since 2014.[23] But her run ended there with a straight-sets loss to qualifier and eventual semifinalist, Nadia Podoroska.[24]

2023: French Open fourth round

Ranked No. 100, she reached the fourth round of the French Open for the first time at a major in her career defeating 11th seed Veronika Kudermetova, lucky loser Aliona Bolsova, and qualifier Kayla Day. She was the first Slovak to reach the second week at a major since Magdaléna Rybáriková at the 2018 Australian Open, and the first to do so inat Roland Garros since Dominika Cibulková's 2012 quarterfinal run.[25][26] In the fourth round, she lost to Coco Gauff.[27]

In September, Schmiedlová reached final of WTA 125 tournament in Parma, she lost in the final to Ana Bogdan. [28]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.[29]

Singles

Current after the 2023 Tunis Open.

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Doubles

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WTA Tour finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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WTA Challenger finals

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

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (12 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Doubles: 4 (4 runner–ups)

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Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' singles: 1 (runner–up)

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Wins over top-10 players

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Notes

  1. WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 until 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
  2. Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  3. Edition is split into two years due to COVID-19.
  4. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar 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.
  5. In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  6. During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches counted.
  7. 2011: WTA Ranking–634,
    2012: WTA Ranking–212.
  8. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  9. The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.
  10. The $75,000 tournaments were reclassified as $75,000 in 2017.

References

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  2. Sportovec Roka (9 July 2015). "Športovec mesiaca: Velez-Zuzulová, Schmiedlová a Sagan si prebrali ceny". YouTube (in Slovak). Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  3. "Steffi Vogt schafft Historisches". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 12 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  4. "Grossartiger Sieg von Stephanie Vogt in Biarritz". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 13 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  5. "Karolína Schmiedlová sa dostala do prvej stovky". SME (in Slovak). 15 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  6. "Heather Watson wins Prague Open ITF title". BBC Sport. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  7. Mitchell, Kevin (28 May 2014). "Serena Williams crashes out of French Open to Garbiñe Muguruza". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  8. "Muguruza ya está en octavos". Punto pelota (in Spanish). 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  9. "Schmiedlova Comeback Stuns Wozniacki". Women's Tennis Association. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  10. Addicott, Adam (10 January 2016). "Timea Bacsinszky and Ana Ivanovic Continue their Poor Start To The Year In Sydney". www.ubitennis.net. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  11. Gao, Max (12 January 2016). "WTA Sydney: Monica Puig Steamrolls Past Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Books Place In Quarterfinals". www.vavel.com. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  12. Charles, Andy (18 January 2016). "Australian Open 2016: Caroline Wozniacki beaten in first round". www.skysports.com. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  13. Livaudais, Stephanie (21 January 2020). "Bencic holds off Schmiedlova in Australian Open first round". www.wtatennis.com. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  14. "Fed Cup: Great Britain lose to Slovakia in qualifying tie". www.bbc.com. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  15. Wancke, Barbara (25 February 2020). "Acapulco | Watson wins Mexican opener". tennisthreads.net. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  16. Kane, David (3 March 2020). "Schmiedlova shocks Venus in Monterrey thriller". www.wtatennis.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  17. PISANI, SACHA (4 March 2020). "WTA Tour: Fifth seed Sloane Stephens shocked by teenager sensation Leylah Fernandez in Monterrey". www.sportingnews.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  18. Macpherson, Alex (4 September 2020). "Cocciaretto swings into Prague 125K semis with Schmiedlova comeback". www.wtatennis.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  19. "QUARTER FINAL TIME IN ISTANBUL". tennischampionship.istanbul. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  20. Macpherson, Alex (27 September 2020). "Schmiedlova repeats Venus victory in Roland Garros first round". www.wtatennis.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  21. "Resurgent Schmiedlova upsets Azarenka at French Open". www.wtatennis.com. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  22. "Podoroska eases past Schmiedlova at French Open". www.wtatennis.com. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  23. "Gauff returns to Roland Garros quarterfinals". WTA Tennis. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  24. "Bogdan triumphs in Parma, claims second WTA 125 title of year". WTA Tennis. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  25. "Anna Karolína Schmiedlová [SVK] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020.

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