Barbora Štefková

Barbora Štefková (married name: Hlavicová;^[1] born 4 April 1995) is a retired Czech tennis player.

Barbora Štefková

Wimbledon qualifying 2016
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Břuchotín, Czech Republic
Born	(1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 28) Olomouc, Czech Republic
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2011
Retired	June 2019
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Sylva Štefková
Prize money	US$ 226,047
Singles
Career record	174–122 (58.8%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 154 (27 February 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2017)
French Open	Q2 (2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2018)
US Open	Q1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	107–69 (60.8%)
Career titles	12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 100 (14 January 2019)

Štefková reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 154, on 27 February 2017. On 14 January 2019, she peaked at No. 100 in the doubles rankings. She won nine singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Štefková won her biggest title at the 2016 Lale Cup in Istanbul, where she defeated Anastasia Pivovarova in the final.

Her WTA Tour main-draw debut she made at the 2016 Prague Open in the doubles draw alongside Tereza Smitková. Štefková made her WTA main-draw singles debut at the 2016 Coupe Banque Nationale. She upset defending champion Annika Beck in the first round, before falling to Alison Van Uytvanck.

Due to reactive arthritis, she retired from professional tennis in June 2019.^[2]

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, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q3	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 1	0–0	0%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	2	1	0	Career total: 4
Overall win–loss	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Year-end ranking^[a]	162	452	301	435	$226,047

Doubles

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	0	6	3	Career total: 11
Titles	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	1	0	Career total: 1
Overall win–loss	1–2	0–0	6–5	1–3	0 / 11	8–10	44%
Year-end ranking^[b]	220	420	103	422

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–1) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Jun 2018	Mallorca Open, Spain	Grass	Lucie Šafářová	Andreja Klepač   María José Martínez Sánchez	1–6, 6–3, [3–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Jun 2018	Bol Open, Croatia	Clay	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Mariana Duque-Mariño   Wang Yafan	3–6, 5–7
Loss	Nov 2018	Mumbai Open, India	Hard	Bibiane Schoofs	Natela Dzalamidze   Veronika Kudermetova	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2013	ITF Caslano, Switzerland	10,000^[c]	Clay	Chiara Grimm	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–0	May 2014	ITF Ramla, Israel	10,000	Hard	Margarita Lazareva	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–0	May 2014	ITF Netanya, Israel	10,000	Hard	Saray Sterenbach	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Win	4–0	Jun 2014	ITF Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	10,000	Clay	Daiana Negreanu	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–1	Aug 2014	ITF Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Pantůčková	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(6–8), 3–6
Win	5–1	Dec 2014	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	10,000	Hard	Deniz Khazaniuk	6–2, 6–0
Win	6–1	Jun 2015	ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Veronika Kudermetova	7–5, 6–3
Win	7–1	Nov 2015	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	10,000	Hard	Olga Doroshina	6–1, 6–4
Loss	7–2	Mar 2016	ITF Mildura, Australia	25,000	Grass	Anastasia Pivovarova	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	8–2	Apr 2016	Lale Cup Istanbul, Turkey	50,000^[d]	Hard	Anastasia Pivovarova	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
Win	9–2	Jun 2016	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Ksenia Lykina	7–5, 7–5
Loss	9–3	Aug 2018	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Wang Xiyu	3–6, 5–7
Loss	9–4	Jan 2019	ITF Hong Kong	25,000	Hard	Daria Lopatetska	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 17 (12 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2013	ITF Caslano, Switzerland	10,000	Clay	Sara Ottomano	Chiara Grimm   Jil Teichmann	4–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	0–2	Sep 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Kamonwan Buayam	Lena-Marie Hofmann   Anna Klasen	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	May 2014	ITF Ramla, Israel	10,000	Hard	Margarita Lazareva	Sofia Dmitrieva   Alexandra Morozova	6–2, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	2–2	May 2014	ITF Netanya, Israel	10,000	Hard	Pia König	Mariam Bolkvadze   Anastasia Pribylova	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–2	Jun 2014	ITF Banja Luka, BiH	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Pantůčková	Anita Husarić   Daiana Negreanu	w/o
Win	4–2	Jun 2014	ITF Přerov, Czech Republic	15,000	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	Eva Rutarová   Karolína Stuchlá	6–4, 6–3
Win	5–2	Jul 2014	ITF Horb, Germany	10,000	Clay	Hilda Melander	Carolin Daniels   Laura Schaeder	6–4, 6–1
Loss	5–3	Aug 2014	ITF Zaječar, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Alexandra Nancarrow	Elizaveta Ianchuk   Natalija Kostić	3–6, 5–7
Loss	5–4	Nov 2015	ITF Ramat Gan, Israel	10,000	Hard	Alexandra Morozova	Olga Doroshina   Vlada Ekshibarova	2–6, 2–6
Win	6–4	Dec 2015	ITF Ramat Gan, Israel	10,000	Hard	Alexandra Morozova	Vlada Ekshibarova   Daria Lodikova	6–2, 7–5
Win	7–4	Apr 2016	Lale Cup, Turkey	50,000	Hard	Nigina Abduraimova	Valentyna Ivakhnenko   Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 1–6, [10–6]
Win	8–4	May 2016	ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	Victoria Kan   Sabina Sharipova	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	9–4	Feb 2017	Burnie International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Riko Sawayanagi	Alison Bai   Varatchaya Wongteanchai	7–6^(8–6), 4–6, [10–7]
Win	10–4	Mar 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Mariam Bolkvadze	María Paulina Pérez   Paula Andrea Pérez	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	10–5	Aug 2018	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Rutuja Bhosale   Pranjala Yadlapalli	6–2, 0–6, [6–10]
Win	11–5	Oct 2018	ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Katarzyna Piter	Alicia Barnett   Eden Silva	6–2, 6–1
Win	12–5	Jan 2019	ITF Hong Kong	25,000	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	Chen Pei-hsuan   Wu Fang-hsien	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), [12–10]

Notes

1. 2013: WTA ranking–726, 2014: WTA ranking–441, 2015: WTA ranking–290, ... 2020: WTA ranking–868, 2021: WTA ranking–1196.
2. 2013: WTA ranking–840, 2014: WTA ranking–416, 2015: WTA ranking–544, ... 2020: WTA ranking–619.
3. The $10,000 tournaments were reclassified as $15,000 in 2017. However, there were some $15,000 even before 2017.
4. The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.

References

1. "Televizní expertka Štefková se stala maminkou: Porod »práskla« česká tenistka!". Blesk.cz (in Czech). 18 November 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
2. "Bolesti se vrátily. Česká tenistka kvůli reaktivni artritidě ukončila kariéru" [Barbora Stefkova Retirement] (in Czech). sport.cz.

External links

• Barbora Štefková at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Barbora Štefková at the International Tennis Federation  
• Barbora Štefková on Instagram