Rebecca Šramková

Rebecca Šramková (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈrebeka ˈʂramkɔʋaː];^[1] born 19 October 1996) is a Slovak tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 111 in singles, achieved on 8 May 2017, and No. 364 in doubles, reached on 24 May 2021.^[2] On the ITF Women's Circuit, she has won 13 singles titles and four doubles titles.^[3] Šramková won her biggest title to date at the 2016 Open de Biarritz, a $100k tournament, where she defeated Martina Trevisan in the final.^[4]

Rebecca Šramková

Šramková at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Bratislava, Slovakia
Born	(1996-10-19) 19 October 1996 (age 27) Bratislava
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Jozef Šramka
Prize money	US$831,942
Singles
Career record	357–231 (60.7%)
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 111 (8 May 2017)
Current ranking	No. 117 (8 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2017)
French Open	1R (2022)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2017, 2021, 2022, 2023)
US Open	Q2 (2019, 2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record	48–42 (53.3%)
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 364 (24 May 2021)
Current ranking	No. 1327 (8 April 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–6 (33.3%)
Last updated on: 9 April 2024.

Career

Juniors

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Šramková achieved her highest ranking of 200 on 14 July 2014. She did not win any titles in singles, but won one title in doubles.^[5]

2012-2013: Professional debut

Her debut in the main competitions of the ITF Circuit was in May 2012, when she advanced from qualifying at the $10k tournament in Velenje, Slovenia. In the second round, she lost to Slovenian Anja Prislanová. She won the premier single in this level of tennis in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia. At the $10k event which took place in September 2013, she defeated Dunja Stamenković from Serbia in the final. She took the premiere trophy from the 2016 Open de Biarritz tournament with a maximum subsidy of $100,000. In the final, she defeated Martina Trevisan in three sets. This was her fifth title on the ITF Circuit.

2015: WTA Tour debut

She made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2015 Nottingham Open. At the beginning of the grass-court qualifying competition, she was eliminated by the second seeded Zhu Lin.

2017-2022: Grand Slam debut

She made her Grand Slam main-draw singles debut at the 2017 Australian Open by mastering the three-round qualifying rounds, where she dealt with Virginie Razzano in the decisive match. However, in the opening round of the singles tournament, she lost to Chinese player Duan Yingying.

At the 2022 French Open, on her debut at this major, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser after the withdrawal of Rebecca Peterson.

2023-2024: First WTA 125 final, WTA 1000 debut & first win

In 2023, Šramková reached the final of the WTA 125 tournament in Bari where she lost to Tamara Zidanšek, despite having four match points in the second set.^[6]

She made her WTA 1000 debut in Indian Wells, after qualifying for the main draw, and won her first match at this level over Wang Yafan.

National representation

Šramková made her debut on the Slovak Fed Cup team in 2017, in Forlì, Italy, in a match of the World Group II against Italy, in which she won both singles against Sara Errani and Francesca Schiavone as a player outside the top 100. With the decision set, they were dying alongside Anna Karolína Schmiedlová during the opening set of doubles. The Slovak team won 3–2. By April 2020, she competed in five interstate matches with a record of 2–4 in singles and 1–2 in doubles (in total 3–6).^[7]

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.

Singles

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	A	A	Q1	Q3	Q2	A	Q1	0–1
French Open	A	Q2	Q3	Q2	Q2	Q3	1R	A		0–1
Wimbledon	A	Q2	A	Q1	NH	Q2	Q2	Q2		0–0
US Open	Q1	A	Q1	Q2	A	Q2	A	Q2		0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2023	Bari Open, Italy	Clay	Tamara Zidanšek	6–3, 5–7, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 19 (13 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (1–0) $50/60,000 tournaments (2–2) $40/50,000 tournaments (2–1) $25,000 tournaments (4–3) $10/15,000 tournaments (4–0)

Finals by surface Hard (5–1) Clay (8–3) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2013	ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Dunja Stamenković	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	Aug 2014	ITF Leipzig, Germany	15,000	Hard	Petra Uberalová	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Feb 2015	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	50,000	Carpet (i)	Olga Govortsova	2–6, 1–6
Win	3–1	Apr 2016	ITF Qarshi, Usbekistan	25,000	Hard	Nina Stojanović	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Jun 2016	Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom	50,000	Grass	Evgeniya Rodina	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–2	Jun 2016	ITF Rome, Italy	25,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	6–1, 6–1
Win	5–2	Sep 2016	Open de Biarritz, France	100,000	Clay	Martina Trevisan	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Win	6–2	Mar 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Amina Anshba	6–1, 7–6^(3)
Win	7–2	Mar 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Cornelia Lister	6–1, 7–5
Loss	7–3	Jun 2018	Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Monika Kilnarová	6–7^(5), 3-6
Loss	7–4	Jul 2018	Bella Cup Torún, Poland	25,000	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	5–7, 1–6
Win	8–4	Jan 2019	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Audrey Albié	6–2, 6–7^(4), 6–2
Win	9–4	Jun 2019	Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	25,000	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	7–6^(3), 3–1 ret.
Win	10–4	Jun 2019	Bella Cup Torún, Poland	60,000	Clay	Marta Kostyuk	6–1, 6–2
Loss	10–5	Feb 2020	Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States	25,000	Hard	You Xiaodi	4–6, 6–7^(5)
Win	11–5	Feb 2023	GB Pro-Series Bath, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Tereza Smitková	6–2, 6–2
Win	12–5	May 2023	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	40,000	Clay	Seone Mendez	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	12–6	Jun 2023	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	40,000	Clay	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	4–6, 4–6
Win	13–6	Jan 2024	Porto Indoor, Portugal	W50	Hard (i)	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	6–7^(4), 7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend $60,000 tournaments (2–0) $25,000 tournaments (0–1) $10,000 tournaments (2–1)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2013	ITF Vienna, Austria	10,000	Clay	Michaela Pochabová	Hiroko Kuwata   Hirono Watanabe	7–5, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Sep 2013	ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Natália Vajdová	Lina Gjorcheska   Polina Leykina	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Sep 2014	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Julia Terziyska	Lina Gjorcheska   Despina Papamichail	1–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Sep 2015	ITF Sankt Pölten, Austria	10,000	Clay	Pia König	Nora Niedmers   Tina Tehrani	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–2	Jun 2019	Bella Cup Torún, Poland	60,000	Clay	Rebeka Masarova	Robin Anderson   Anhelina Kalinina	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Win	4–2	Oct 2022	Trnava Indoor, Slovakia	60,000	Hard (i)	Sofya Lansere	Lee Pei-chi   Wu Fang-hsien	4–6, 6–2, [11–9]

References

1. Tenisový svět (2017-04-30). "Rebecca Šramková po prohře ve 2. kole kvalifikace J&T Banka Prague Open 2017". YouTube (in Slovak). Retrieved 2018-01-05.
2. "Rebecca Sramkova WTA Profile".
3. "Rebecca Sramkova ITF Profile".
4. "Skvelé: Šramková s titulom!". Engie Open de Biarritz (in Slovak). 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
5. "Rebecca Sramkova Junior Profile".
6. "Zidansek takes Bari 125 title with comeback win". WTA Tennis. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
7. "Rebecca Sramkova at the Fed Cup".

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