Sára Bejlek

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

Sára Bejlek

Bejlek at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou, Czech Republic
Born	(2006-01-31) 31 January 2006 (age 18)[1]
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Plays	Left (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$643,620
Singles
Career record	113–55
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 114 (6 May 2024)
Current ranking	No. 136 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2023, 2024)
French Open	1R (2023)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2022, 2023, 2024)
US Open	1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	11–7
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 671 (1 August 2022)
Last updated on: 21 October 2024.

Bejlek has career-high WTA rankings of No. 114 in singles, achieved on 6 May 2024, and No. 671 in doubles, set on 1 August 2022. To date, she has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with seven singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit.

Early life

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

Junior Grand Slam performance

Singles:

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

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]

Professional career

2021: First ITF Circuit title & top 500

In July, she won her first and up to date biggest title at the $60k ITS Cup in Olomouc, Czech Republic, by double bagelling Paula Ormaechea in the final.^[3] As a result, after making her WTA rankings debut, she improved her rank by 557 positions to No. 447 in just one month.^{[6] [7]}

2022: Major & top 200 debuts

In June, at the Česká Lípa, she won the $60k Macha Lake Open, defeating fellow Czech Jesika Malečková in the final.^[8] The following week, Bejlek made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon Championships in qualifying, but she was beaten in the first round by 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 after 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 and French Open debuts

Bejlek at the 2023 French Open

At 16, as the second-youngest player in the top 200, she made her debut at the Australian Open.^[14] She lost to her compatriot Barbora Krejčíková in the first round.^[15] In early April, she reached her first final of the year, the $60k Split tournament, but lost to Tara Würth.^[16]

A month later, she made her qualifying debut at the WTA 1000 tournament at the Italian Open. In the first round of qualifying, she triumphed with losing only three games.^[17] Still, she failed to qualify after losing in the following round of qualifying.^[18] Next destination was the French Open where she passed qualifying without losing a set, to reach the main draw at Roland Garros for the first time.^[19] Like the previous two Grand Slam tournament main-draw appearances, she lost in the first round, this time to Kamilla Rakhimova.^[20]

After failing in Wimbledon in qualifying,^[21] she reached another $60k final in the Hague but lost it to Arantxa Rus.^[22] Two weeks later, she finally won her first title of the year, at the $25k tournament in Pärnu, Estonia.^[23] In early September, she reached her third $60k final of the year in the Czech Republic, at the Prague Open, but again finished runner-up.^[24]

Bejlek won her first WTA 125 title at the Copa Colina in Chile on 19 November 2023 defeating Diane Parry in the final.^[25]

2024: WTA 1000 debut

At the Australian Open, Bejlek qualified into the main draw for the second consecutive year but lost in the first round to 32nd seed Leylah Fernandez.^[26]

She also qualified for the Madrid Open, making her WTA 1000 debut and recording wins over Anna Blinkova,^[27][28] 24th seed Anna Kalinskaya^[29] and Ashlyn Krueger to reach the fourth round^[30] where she lost to Elena Rybakina in straight sets.^[31] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of 114, on 6 May.^{[citation needed]}

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

Singles

Current through the 2024 Madrid Open.

Tournament	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
French Open	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	1R	Q1	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–1	0–2	0–1	0 / 4	0–4	0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a]	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A	4R	0 / 1	3–1	75%
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	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	1	2	1	Career total: 4
Titles	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Hard win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–2	0 / 4	0–4	0%
Clay win–loss	0–0	0–1	3–1	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0		0 / 0	0–0	–
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–2	3–3	0 / 6	3–6	33%
Year-end ranking	189	190		$402,343

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2023	Copa Colina, Chile	Clay	Diane Parry	6–2, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend W60/75 tournaments (4–1) W40 tournaments (0–2) W25 tournaments (3–0)

Finals by surface Clay (7–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2021	ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic	W60	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	6–0, 6–0
Win	2–0	May 2022	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Weronika Falkowska	7–6(4), 6–1
Win	3–0	Jun 2022	Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic	W60	Clay	Jesika Malečková	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–0	Jul 2022	ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic (2)	W60	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	6–2, 7–6(0)
Loss	4–1	Apr 2023	ITF Split, Croatia	W40	Clay	Tara Würth	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	4–2	Jul 2023	ITF The Hague, Netherlands	W40	Clay	Arantxa Rus	6–7(3), 4–6
Win	5–2	Jul 2023	ITF Pärnu, Estonia	W25	Clay	Lucija Ćirić Bagarić	7–5, 6–4
Loss	5–3	Sep 2023	Prague Open, Czech Republic	W60	Clay	Andreea Mitu	6–7(1), 6–2, 3–6
Win	6–3	Oct 2023	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Caijsa Hennemann	6–4, 7–6(7)
Win	7–3	Sep 2024	Šibenik Open, Croatia	W75	Clay	Darja Semeņistaja	6–2, 6–0

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend W15 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Clay (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Doğa Türkmen	Federica Bilardo 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	Lucie Havlíčková	Nikola Bartůňková Céline Naef	6–3, 6–3

ITF Junior Circuit

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

Legend Grade 2 (0–2) Grade 3 (1–0) Grade 4 (0–1) Grade 5 (1–1)

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

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

Doubles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend Grade A (1–0) Grade 1 / B1 (1–0) Grade 2 (3–0) Grade 3 (1–0) Grade 4 (2–1) Grade 5 (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (7–2) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2019	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	Grade 2	Clay	Lucie Havlíčková	Julia Avdeeva Alina Shcherbinina	6–2, 6–2
Win	2–0	Oct 2019	ITF Dornbirn, Austria	Grade 5	Carpet	Petra Marčinko	Angelina Flachs Carolina Kuhl	7–6(7–3), 6–7(1–7), [10–6]
Loss	2–1	Sep 2020	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	Grade 4	Clay	Lucie Havlíčková	Nelly Knezková Dominika Šalková	6–0, 1–6, [10–12]
Win	3–1	Jan 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Grade 3	Clay	Melis Ayda Uyar	Defne Cirpanli Duru Soke	6–1, 2–6, [10–4]
Win	4–1	Jan 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Grade 4	Clay	Maria Charl	Serafima Shastova Anastasiya Zholdakova	6–4, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Feb 2021	ITF Giza, Egypt	Grade 5	Clay	Layla Shoukry	Lucia Martinez Gomez Polina Skopintseva	2–6, 5–7
Win	5–2	Feb 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Grade 4	Clay	Sara Suchankova	Karolina Kozakova Céline Naef	6–4, 6–0
Win	6–2	Feb 2021	ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania	Grade 2	Hard	Nahia Berecoechea	Lucija Ciric Bagaric Virginia Ferrara	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	7–2	May 2021	ITF Říčany, Czech Republic	Grade 1	Clay	Nikola Bartůňková	Alexis Blokhina Flavie Brugnone	6–3, 6–4
Win	8–2	May 2021	ITF Oradea, Romania	Grade 2	Clay	Lucie Havlíčková	Fatima Amartha Keita Sara Suchanková	6–4 6–2
Win	9–2	Jun 2022	French Open, France	Grade A	Clay	Lucie Havlíčková	Nikola Bartůňková Céline Naef	6–3, 6–3

Record against other players

Double bagel matches^[b]

Result	Year	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Rank	Rd	SBR
Win	2021	1–0	ITS Cup, Czech Republic	60,000	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	No. 213	F	No. 1004
Loss	2022	1–1	ITF Canberra, Australia	25,000	Hard	Talia Gibson	No. 1158	1R	No. 342
Loss	2023	1–2	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Wang Yafan	No. 115	Q1	No. 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.
2. a bagel match ends 6–0, 6–0

References

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External links

• Sára Bejlek at the Women's Tennis Association
• Sára Bejlek at the International Tennis Federation
• Official website