Vladimíra Uhlířová

Vladimíra Uhlířová
Full name Vladimíra Uhlířová
Country (sports)  Czech Republic
Residence London, United Kingdom
Born (1978-05-04) 4 May 1978
České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro 2002
Retired 2016
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $871,239
Singles
Career record 58–79
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 400 (6 October 2003)
Doubles
Career record 319–302
Career titles 5 WTA, 17 ITF
Highest ranking No. 18 (1 October 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open QF (2011)
French Open 3R (2007, 2008, 2011)
Wimbledon 3R (2012)
US Open SF (2007)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2012)
French Open QF (2011)
Wimbledon 1R (2008, 2010)
US Open QF (2008)

Vladimíra Uhlířová (born 4 May 1978 in České Budějovice) is a retired Czech tennis player.

Uhlířová has won five doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as 17 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. In October 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of World No. 400, whilst reaching World No. 18 in doubles in October 2007.

Uhlířová reached the semifinals of the 2007 US Open partnering Ágnes Szávay.

She announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2016.[1] Uhlířová now provides commentary for TennisTV on the WTA Tour.

Women's doubles performance timeline

Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015W–L
Australian Open A 2R 2R 1R 2R QF 2R 3R A A 9–7
French Open 2R 3R 3R 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 10–10
Wimbledon 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R A A 6–8
US Open 1R SF 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R A A A 5–7
Win–Loss 1–3 8–4 4–4 1–4 2–4 6–4 5–4 3–3 0–1 0–1 30–32

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles (0–1)

Outcome Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2011 Cincinnati Hard South Africa Natalie Grandin United States Vania King
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
4–6, 6–3, [9–11]

WTA Finals

Doubles (5–13)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1)
Premier (1–4)
International (4–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–7)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 5 February 2007 Open Gaz de France, Paris, France Carpet (i) Czech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová Zimbabwe Cara Black
South Africa Liezel Huber
2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 2. 3 March 2007 Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar Hard Hungary Ágnes Szávay Switzerland Martina Hingis
Russia Maria Kirilenko
1–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 23 April 2007 Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary Clay Hungary Ágnes Szávay Germany Martina Müller
Czech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 23 July 2007 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Hungary Ágnes Szávay Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 10 February 2008 Open Gaz de France, Paris, France Hard Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová Ukraine Alona Bondarenko
Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko
1–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 13 April 2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia Island, United States Clay United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Russia Elena Vesnina
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 27 July 2008 East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles, United States Hard Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
6–2, 5–7, [4–10]
Winner 3. 25 July 2009 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia Hard Germany Julia Görges France Camille Pin
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 25 October 2009 Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Hard Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
6–1, 0–6, [7–10]
Winner 4. 24 July 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia Hard Russia Maria Kondratieva Russia Anna Chakvetadze
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
6–4, 2–6, 10–7
Runner-up 7. 31 July 2010 İstanbul Cup, İstanbul, Turkey Hard Russia Maria Kondratieva Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
4–6, 6–1, [9–11]
Runner-up 8. 26 September 2010 Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea Hard South Africa Natalie Grandin Germany Julia Görges
Slovenia Polona Hercog
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 9. 25 April 2011 Barcelona Ladies Open, Barcelona, Spain Clay South Africa Natalie Grandin Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
7–5, 4–6, [2–10]
Runner-up 10. 21 May 2011 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Clay South Africa Natalie Grandin Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Runner-up 11. 10 July 2011 Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary Clay South Africa Natalie Grandin Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Poland Alicja Rosolska
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 12. 21 August 2011 Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States Hard South Africa Natalie Grandin United States Vania King
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Winner 5. 25 September 2011 Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea Hard South Africa Natalie Grandin Russia Vera Dushevina
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up 13. 26 May 2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Clay South Africa Natalie Grandin Belarus Olga Govortsova
Poland Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
7–6(7–4), 3–6, [3–10]

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