Tereza Valentová

Tereza Valentová
Valentová in 2022
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidencePrague, Czech Republic
Born (2007-02-20) 20 February 2007
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$296,506
Singles
Career record87–23
Career titles2 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 92 (28 July 2025)
Current rankingNo. 92 (28 July 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (2025)
WimbledonQ3 (2025)
US Open1R (2025)
Doubles
Career record27–10
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 241 (1 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 623 (28 July 2025)
Last updated on: 28 July 2025.

Tereza Valentová (born 20 February 2007) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 92 in singles and No. 241 in doubles.

She has a career-high combined junior ranking of No. 4, achieved on 10 June 2024, and won both the 2024 French Open girls' singles and girls' doubles titles.

Early life and background

Valentová was born to Marcel Valenta and Jitka Janáčková. Her mother is a former sprint canoeist who represented Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, respectively.[1] She began playing tennis at the age of three after watching her father play.[2] She currently trains at TK Sparta Prague.[3]

Juniors

Valentová reached the final of the 2023 US Open in girls' singles, but lost to Katherine Hui.[4] She won the 2024 French Open girls' singles title, defeating compatriot Laura Samson in the final.[5][6] She also won the 2024 French Open girls' doubles title, partnering Renáta Jamrichová.[3]

Grand Slam performance

Singles:

Doubles:

  • Australian Open: 1R (2022)
  • French Open: W (2024)
  • Wimbledon: 2R (2023)
  • US Open: 2R (2023)

Professional

2021–23: WTA Tour debut, first ITF doubles title

In July 2021, Valentová received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the Prague Open, but lost to Naiktha Bains.[7] Later that year, she made her ITF main draw debut at the $25k event in Jablonec nad Nisou, but lost in the first round to Johana Marková. In October 2022, she received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the Ostrava Open, but lost in the first round to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.[8]

In May 2023, she recorded her first senior win in the first round of the Advantage Cars Prague Open. The following month, she reached the semifinal of the Agel Říčany Open, upsetting top seed Laura Pigossi in the process.[9] At the ITS Cup, she reached the quarterfinals in singles and won her first ITF doubles title, partnering Magdaléna Smékalová. She made her WTA doubles debut with a wildcard into the main draw of the Prague Open, where she and partner Nikola Bartůňková reached the semifinals. She also received a wildcard into the singles qualifying draw, but lost in the first round to Dayana Yastremska.[10]

2024: First ITF singles titles

In February, Valentová won back-to-back ITF singles titles at the $15k events in Monastir.[11][12] She followed this up with back-to-back titles at the Říčany Open, where she also won in doubles,[9] and the $35k event in Sharm El Sheikh. At the $50k Lopota Tennis Open, she reached the singles quarterfinal and won the doubles title with partner Viktória Hrunčáková.[13] In May, she reached the singles final of the $35k event in Annenheim, but lost to Marie Benoît.[14]

2025: Major and top 100 debuts, WTA 125 title and 250 semifinal

Valentová made her major main-draw debut at the 2025 French Open after a final qualifying round win over Simona Waltert.[15] She then defeated wildcard entrant Chloé Paquet to record her first major win,[16] before losing to second seed Coco Gauff in the second round.[17]

In June, Valentová won her first WTA 125 title at the Città di Grado Tennis Cup, defeating Barbora Palicová in the final.[18] She then made it to the final of qualification at Wimbledon but lost to Anastasia Zakharova in three sets.[19]

In July, Valentová won her second WTA 125 title at the Porto Open, defeating Lanlana Tararudee in the final.[20] As a result she moved to her new career-high ranking at world No. 106.[21] The following week at the Prague Open, she overcame Aoi Ito,[22] second seed Rebecca Šramková[23] and lucky loser Jessika Ponchet to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal,[24] which she lost to fifth seed and eventual champion Marie Bouzková.[25] As a result of her performance in Prague, Valentová broke into the top 100 in the WTA singles rankings for the first time at world No. 92 on 28 July 2025, making her only the fifth teenager to hit that milestone, alongside Mirra Andreeva, Maya Joint, Iva Jovic, and Victoria Mboko.[26]

Performance timeline

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

Current through the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open[a] A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Dubai[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 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
2023 2024 2025 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 0 Career total: 1
Titles 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 Career total: 0
Hardcourt win–loss 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win % 0% Career total: 0%
Year–end ranking 680 261 $12,493

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2025 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy Clay Czech Republic Barbora Palicová 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win 2–0 Jul 2025 Porto Open, Portugal Hard Thailand Lanlana Tararudee 6–4, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

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

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (4–1)
W40/50 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (1–1)
W15 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–2)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2024 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard China Ren Yufei 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Feb 2024 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard France Audrey Albié 6–2, 6–1
Win 3–0 Mar 2024 Říčany Open, Czech Republic W75 Hard (i) Ukraine Daria Snigur 7–6(4), 6–2
Win 4–0 Apr 2024 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W35 Hard Czech Republic Linda Klimovičová 7–5, 6–2
Loss 4–1 May 2024 ITF Annenheim, Austria W35 Clay Belgium Marie Benoît 5–7, 6–3, 5–7
Win 5–1 Jun 2024 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic W75 Clay Czech Republic Aneta Kučmová 6–3, 7–5
Loss 5–2 Nov 2024 ITF Trnava, Slovakia W50 Hard (i) Croatia Antonia Ružić 3–6, 2–6
Win 6–2 Jan 2025 ITF Porto, Portugal W75 Hard (i) Germany Nastasja Schunk 6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–3 Mar 2025 ITF Trnava, Slovakia W75 Hard (i) Switzerland Valentina Ryser 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(4)
Win 7–3 Mar 2025 ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia W75 Hard (i) Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze 1–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (2–1)
W50 tournaments (1–0)
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2023 ITS Cup Olomouc,
Czech Republic 		W60 Clay Czech Republic Magdaléna Smékalová Kazakhstan Zhibek Kulambayeva
Latvia Darja Semeņistaja 		6–2, 6–2
Win 2–0 Feb 2024 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Czech Republic Radka Zelníčková Italy Angelica Raggi
Bulgaria Ani Vangelova 		6–4, 6–2
Win 3–0 Mar 2024 Říčany Open, Czech Republic W75 Hard (i) Czech Republic Gabriela Knutson Hungary Fanny Stollár
Switzerland Lulu Sun 		6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 4–0 Apr 2024 ITF Lopota, Georgia W50 Hard Slovakia Viktória Hrunčáková Japan Nagi Hanatani
Poland Urszula Radwańska 		6–2, 6–1
Loss 4–1 Jan 2025 Porto Indoor, Portugal W75 Hard (i) Germany Noma Noha Akugue Hong Kong Eudice Chong
Slovenia Nika Radišić 		6–7(5), 1–6

Junior finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2023 US Open Hard United States Katherine Hui 4–6, 4–6
Win 2024 French Open Clay Czech Republic Laura Samson 6–3, 7–6(0)

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2024 French Open Clay Slovakia Renáta Jamrichová United States Tyra Caterina Grant
United States Iva Jovic 		6–4, 6–4
  • Tereza Valentova with her cousins Jan Valenta (on the left) and Michal Valenta (on the right) holding the 2024 French Open trophies for girls' singles and doubles titles.
    Tereza Valentova with her cousins Jan Valenta (on the left) and Michal Valenta (on the right) holding the 2024 French Open trophies for girls' singles and doubles titles.

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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.

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