Kateřina Siniaková
Kateřina Siniaková is a Czech tennis player. She has won two singles titles and eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the Grand Slam titles with Barbora Krejčíková at the 2018 French Open and 2018 Wimbledon Championships, as well as seven singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She achieved her career-high WTA rankings of No. 31 in singles and No. 1 in doubles in October 2018.
Career
Siniaková was born to a Czech mother and Russian father Dmitry, a former boxer and her coach. She began playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in the Czech Republic in June 2012. There in a doubles competition, she won her first ITF title.2012–2016
She was ranked the world No. 2 junior tennis player in December 2012. With fellow Czech Barbora Krejčíková, she won the girls' doubles titles at the French Open, at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2013.In March 2013, Siniaková made her debut on the WTA Tour in the qualifying draw of Sony Open Tennis. She defeated Mandy Minella and Alexa Glatch, but lost a three-set encounter with Garbiñe Muguruza in the first round of the main draw. After winning her first Grand Slam singles match at the 2015 Australian Open, she reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in 2016 at Wimbledon with victories over Pauline Parmentier and 30th seed Caroline Garcia before being defeated by former world No. 2 Agnieszka Radwańska.
2017: First WTA singles titles
Kateřina Siniaková won her first WTA singles title at Shenzhen Open. The tournament began by defeating Peng Shuai in the first round in two sets. In the second, she edged world No. 4 Simona Halep in three sets and claimed first win over a top-10 player. Her run continued by beating qualifier Nina Stojanovic and world No. 9 Johanna Konta in three sets. In the final, she defeated Alison Riske 6–3, 6–4 and won first WTA title.At Melbourne, she lost to Julia Görges in the first round. Then she moved to Taiwan Open where she edged Galina Voskoboeva in the first round in three sets, but then lost easily to Peng Shuai. In February, she was nominated to the Fed Cup team for the first time by the captain Petr Pála as she was the third best ranked woman Czech tennis player after Karolína Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová. Anyway, the captain announced eventually that Siniaková will first of all collect experience.
After a little bit of struggling in tournaments not being able to win more than two matches in a row, she got back to Båstad for Swedish Open, where she reached her first career final in previous year. She eventually clinched her second career WTA title here, beating three top 20 players, including a huge upset of top-seed and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, 6–3, 6–4 in the final. She faced some struggles the rest of the year, only recording four wins in thirteen matches. She finished the year ranked no. 49, the exact same ranking as the previous year.
2018: World No. 1 in doubles
In Shenzhen, Siniaková lost to Simona Halep in the final, after defeating Maria Sharapova in the semifinals. Siniaková also played in the doubles final alongside Barbora Krejčíková, they lost to Halep and Begu.At the Australian Open, she lost to Elina Svitolina in the second round. In doubles, Siniaková and Krejčíková lost to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in round three. But together they won the women's doubles title at the French Open and in Wimbledon.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.Singles
Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.Doubles
This table is current through the 2020 Qatar Total Open.Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Other significant finals
Year-end championships finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 finals
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
WTA career finals
Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | 2016 Swedish Open – Women's Singles| | Bastad Open, Sweden | International | Clay | Laura Siegemund | 5–7, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | 2016 Japan Women's Open – Singles| | Japan Women's Open, Japan | International | Hard | Christina McHale | 6–3, 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–2 | 2017 WTA Shenzhen Open – Singles| | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard | Alison Riske | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 2–2 | 2017 Swedish Open – Women's Singles| | Bastad Open, Sweden | International | Clay | Caroline Wozniacki | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–3 | 2018 WTA Shenzhen Open – Singles| | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard | Simona Halep | 1–6, 6–2, 0–6 |
Doubles: 19 (8 titles, 11 runner-ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2014 | Stanford Classic, United States | Premier | Hard | Paula Kania | Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro | 2–6, 6–4, |
Win | 1–1 | 2014 Tashkent Open – Doubles| | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard | Aleksandra Krunić | Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 2–1 | 2015 Sparta Prague Open – Women's Doubles| | Prague Open, Czech Republic | International | Clay | Belinda Bencic | Kateryna Bondarenko Eva Hrdinová | 6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–2 | 2015 Tashkent Open – Doubles| | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard | Vera Dushevina | Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova | 1–6, 6–3, |
Loss | 2–3 | 2017 Taiwan Open – Doubles| | Taiwan Open, Taiwan | International | Hard | Lucie Hradecká | Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan | 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | 2017 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Doubles| | Indian Wells Open, United States | Premier M | Hard | Lucie Hradecká | Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis | 6–7, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–5 | 2017 Volvo Car Open – Doubles| | Charleston Open, United States | Premier | Clay | Lucie Hradecká | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | 1–6, 6–4, |
Loss | 2–6 | 2017 J&T Banka Prague Open – Doubles| | Prague Open, Czech Republic | International | Clay | Lucie Hradecká | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke | 4–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 2–7 | 2017 US Open – Women's Doubles| | US Open, United States | Grand Slam | Hard | Lucie Hradecká | Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–8 | 2018 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles| | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard | Barbora Krejčíková | Simona Halep Irina-Camelia Begu | 6–1, 1–6, |
Loss | 2–9 | 2018 Miami Open – Women's Doubles| | Miami Open, United States | Premier M | Hard | Barbora Krejčíková | Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe | 2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 3–9 | 2018 French Open – Women's Doubles| | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Barbora Krejčíková | Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 4–9 | 2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles| | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Barbora Krejčíková | Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke | 6–4, 4–6, 6–0 |
Loss | 4–10 | 2018 WTA Finals – Doubles| | WTA Finals, Singapore | Finals | Hard | Barbora Krejčíková | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 5–10 | 2019 Sydney International – Women's Doubles| | Sydney International, Australia | Premier | Hard | Aleksandra Krunić | Eri Hozumi Alicja Rosolska | 6–1, 7–6 |
Loss | 5–11 | 2019 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Doubles| | Indian Wells Open, United States | Premier M | Hard | Barbora Krejčíková | Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka | 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 6–11 | 2019 Rogers Cup – Women's Doubles| | Canadian Open, Canada | Premier 5 | Hard | Barbora Krejčíková | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs | 7–5, 6–0 |
Win | 7–11 | 2019 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Doubles| | Linz Open, Austria | International | Hard | Barbora Krejčíková | Barbara Haas Xenia Knoll | 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 8–11 | 2020 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles| | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard | Barbora Krejčíková | Zheng Saisai Duan Yingying | 6–2, 3–6, |
WTA 125K series finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ITF finals
Singles: 7 (7 titles)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Win | 1–0 | Mar 2013 | ITF Frauenfeld, Switzerland | 10,000 | Carpet | Kathinka von Deichmann | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
Win | 2–0 | Aug 2013 | ITF Westende, Belgium | 25,000 | Hard | Kateřina Vaňková | 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 3–0 | Oct 2013 | ITF Budapest, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay | Alberta Brianti | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 4–0 | Nov 2013 | ITF Zawada, Poland | 25,000 | Carpet | Nina Zander | 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 5–0 | Jun 2014 | ITF Maribor, Slovenia | 25,000 | Clay | Yvonne Neuwirth | 6–1, 7–5 |
Win | 6–0 | 2014 Open GDF Suez Nantes Atlantique – Singles| | Open Nantes Atalantique, France | 50,000+H | Hard | Ons Jabeur | 7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 7–0 | 2016 Empire Slovak Open – Singles| | Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia | 100,000 | Clay | Anastasija Sevastova | 7–6, 5–7, 6–0 |
Doubles: 7 (4 titles. 3 runner–ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Win | 1–0 | Jun 2012 | ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic | 10,000 | Clay | Victoria Kan | Martina Borecká Petra Krejsová | 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | Jun 2013 | ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | Belinda Bencic | Veronika Kudermetova Diāna Marcinkēviča | 6–0, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–1 | Aug 2013 | ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Barbora Krejčíková | Laura-Ioana Andrei Elena Bogdan | 7–6, 4–6, |
Win | 3–1 | Aug 2013 | ITF Hechingen, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Barbora Krejčíková | Laura-Ioana Andrei Laura Thorpe | 6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–2 | 2013 Soho Square Ladies Tournament – Doubles| | Soho Square Tournament, Egypt | 75,000+H | Clay | Anna Morgina | Timea Bacsinszky Kristina Barrois | 7–6, 0–6, |
Win | 4–2 | May 2014 | ITF Maribor, Slovenia | 25,000 | Clay | Barbora Krejčíková | Cindy Burger Daniela Seguel | 6–0, 6–1 |
Loss | 4–3 | 2015 Engie Open Nantes Atlantique – Doubles| | Open Nantes Atlantique, France | 50,000 | Hard | Renata Voráčová | Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá | 4–6, 2–6 |