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Tereza Mihalíková

Mihalíková at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Born	(1998-06-02) 2 June 1998 (age 27) Topoľčany, Slovakia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 665,159
Singles
Career record	177–144 (55.14%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 349 (11 June 2018)
Current ranking	No. 1,086 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	254–161 (61.2%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 3 WTA Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 41 (28 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 42 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2023)
French Open	2R (2024)
Wimbledon	3R (2023, 2024)
US Open	3R (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	F (2024) Record 5–5
Medal record Women's tennis Representing  Slovakia European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Gold 2013 Utrecht Girls' doubles

Tereza Mihalíková is a talented tennis player from Slovakia, born on June 2, 1998. She is especially good at doubles, reaching a high rank of 41st in the world by the WTA (Women's Tennis Association) in October 2024.

Tereza has won one big doubles title on the WTA Tour, plus three WTA Challenger doubles titles. She also has many wins (eight in singles and 19 in doubles) on the ITF Circuit, which is another tennis tour.

When she was younger, Tereza was a super successful junior player. She was once ranked 4th in the world for juniors. She won the Australian Open in both singles and doubles. In 2015, she won the girls' singles title, beating Katie Swan in the final. A year later, she won the doubles title with her partner Anna Kalinskaya. They defeated Dayana Yastremska and Anastasia Zarycká. Tereza also reached the finals of three other junior Grand Slam doubles events: the US Open in 2014, and the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2015.

Even though she still plays mostly in ITF singles tournaments, she made a big step forward in doubles. In 2021, she won her first major doubles title and entered the top 100 players in the world.

Tereza Mihalíková's Tennis Journey

Mihalíková as a junior at the 2015 US Open.

Junior Success (2014–2016)

Tereza Mihalíková had an amazing junior career. She played in all the major junior Grand Slam tournaments.

Grand Slam Junior Results

• Singles:
  • Australian Open: Won in 2015.
  • French Open: Reached the second round in 2014.
  • Wimbledon: Made it to the third round in 2015.
  • US Open: Reached the second round in 2014.

• Doubles:
  • Australian Open: Won in 2016.
  • French Open: Reached the second round in 2014.
  • Wimbledon: Was a finalist in 2015.
  • US Open: Was a finalist in 2014.

In 2014, Tereza reached the final of the girls' doubles at the US Open with her partner Vera Lapko. She was also part of the Slovak Junior Fed Cup team for players under 16. In 2014, her team reached the final but lost to the United States team.

At the 2015 Australian Open, Tereza and Vera Lapko reached the quarterfinals in doubles. But Tereza won the singles competition, beating British player Katie Swan in the final. In 2016, at the Australian Open, Tereza won the girls' doubles event with Anna Kalinskaya. She also reached the singles final but lost to Vera Lapko.

Breaking Through in Doubles (2021)

In June 2021, Tereza Mihalíková reached her first WTA Challenger final at the Bol Ladies Open. She played with Ekaterine Gorgodze, but they lost the match. The next month, she reached another Challenger final at the Swedish Open with Kamilla Rakhimova, but they also lost.

Tereza finally reached her first WTA Tour doubles final in September at the Zavarovalnica Sava Portorož. Partnering with Anna Kalinskaya, they won the title!

In December, she won her first WTA Challenger title at the Open Angers with Greet Minnen. These great results helped her enter the top 100 doubles players in the world for the first time.

More Doubles Titles (2022)

In July 2022, Tereza Mihalíková won another doubles title at the WTA 125 Contrexeville with Ulrikke Eikeri. They beat Han Xinyun and Alexandra Panova in the final.

In October, she teamed up with Aldila Sutjiadi to win the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico. They defeated Ashlyn Krueger and Elizabeth Mandlik to claim the title.

Reaching WTA Finals (2024)

In 2024, Tereza Mihalíková was a runner-up in two WTA 250 finals. She played with Harriet Dart at the Transylvania Open and with Olivia Nicholls at the Rosmalen Open.

Playing with Olivia Nicholls, she also reached the quarterfinals at two big tournaments: the China Open and the Wuhan Open.

In November, Tereza and her partner Viktória Hrunčáková won an important doubles match against the USA team. This win helped Slovakia qualify for the quarterfinals of the Billie Jean King Cup. They then won again in the semifinals, beating the Great Britain team. This meant Slovakia reached the final for the first time since 2002!

WTA Tour Finals: Doubles

Tereza has played in 5 WTA Tour doubles finals, winning 1 title and being a runner-up 4 times.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2021	Slovenia Open, Slovenia	WTA 250	Hard	Anna Kalinskaya	Aleksandra Krunić Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	4–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss	1–1	Sep 2022	Slovenia Open, Slovenia	WTA 250	Hard	Cristina Bucșa	Marta Kostyuk Tereza Martincová	4–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2	Jun 2023	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	WTA 250	Grass	Viktória Hrunčáková	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Feb 2024	Transylvania Open, Romania	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Harriet Dart	Caty McNally Asia Muhammad	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Jun 2024	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	WTA 250	Grass	Olivia Nicholls	Ingrid Neel Bibiane Schoofs	6–7(6–8), 3–6

WTA Challenger Finals: Doubles

Tereza has played in 6 WTA Challenger doubles finals, winning 3 titles and being a runner-up 3 times.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2021	Bol Ladies Open, Croatia	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Aliona Bolsova Katarzyna Kawa	1–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	0–2	Jul 2021	Swedish Open, Sweden	Clay	Kamilla Rakhimova	Mirjam Björklund Leonie Küng	7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	1–2	Dec 2021	Angers Open, France	Hard (i)	Greet Minnen	Monica Niculescu Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win	2–2	Jul 2022	Contrexéville Open, France	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	Han Xinyun Alexandra Panova	7–6(10–8), 6–2
Win	3–2	Oct 2022	Abierto Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Aldila Sutjiadi	Ashlyn Krueger Elizabeth Mandlik	7–5, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Mar 2024	Charleston Pro, United States	Hard	Sara Errani	Olivia Gadecki Olivia Nicholls	2–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit Finals

Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Tereza has won 8 singles titles and been a runner-up 4 times on the ITF Circuit.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2015	ITF Cairo, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Dea Herdželaš	7–5, 6–3
Win	2–0	Aug 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Sara Tomic	6–2, 6–0
Win	3–0	Feb 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Varvara Flink	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–0	Apr 2016	ITF Manama, Bahrain	10,000	Hard	Anna Kalinskaya	7–5, 6–1
Win	5–0	Aug 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ana Veselinović	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	6–0	Sep 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Valeria Bhunu	6–3, 7–6(3)
Loss	6–1	Jul 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	6–1, 6–7(4), 5–7
Loss	6–2	Aug 2017	ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania	15,000	Clay	Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(7)
Win	7–2	Oct 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Nastja Kolar	6–2, 6–4
Win	8–2	Mar 2018	ITF Bhopal, India	15,000	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	6–1, 5–7, 6–0
Loss	8–3	Mar 2018	ITF Manama, Bahrain	15,000	Hard	Nastja Kolar	4–6, 2–6
Loss	8–4	Nov 2018	ITF Muzaffarnagar, India	25,000	Grass	Natalija Kostić	2–6, 1–3 ret.

Doubles: 35 (19 titles, 16 runner–ups)

Tereza has won 19 doubles titles and been a runner-up 16 times on the ITF Circuit.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2015	ITF Cairo, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Barbara Kötelesová	Marine Partaud Naomi Totka	2–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Oct 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Vicky Geurinckx	Emily Arbuthnott Lisa Whybourn	3–6, 0–6
Win	1–2	Apr 2016	ITF Manama, Bahrain	10,000	Hard	Anna Kalinskaya	Katharina Hering Kimberley Zimmermann	7–5, 6–3
Win	2–2	May 2016	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	100,000	Clay	Anna Kalinskaya	Evgeniya Rodina Anastasija Sevastova	6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss	2–3	Jun 2016	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Veronika Kudermetova	Ksenia Lykina Polina Monova	6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	3–3	Jul 2016	ITF Amarante, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Inês Murta	Jessica Crivelletto Despina Papamichail	7–6(5), 6–3
Loss	3–4	Oct 2016	ITF Toowoomba, Australia	25,000	Hard	Gabriela Cé	Dalma Gálfi Viktória Kužmová	4–6, 6–7(4)
Loss	3–5	Mar 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Julia Terziyska	Olga Doroshina Polina Monova	w/o
Win	4–5	Mar 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Anna Morgina	Li Yuenu Meng Ran	2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	5–5	Apr 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Mariam Bolkvadze	Bojana Marinković Despina Papamichail	7–6(7), 6–3
Win	6–5	May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Naiktha Bains	Francesca Bullani Veronica Napolitano	4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss	6–6	Sep 2017	Royal Cup, Montenegro	25,000	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	Petra Krejsová Jesika Malečková	2–6, 3–6
Win	7–6	Nov 2017	Pune Tennis Championships, India	25,000	Hard	Jaqueline Cristian	Lee Pei-chi Yana Sizikova	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	7–7	Mar 2018	ITF Bhopal, India	15,000	Hard	Ana Veselinović	Kanika Vaidya Rosalie van der Hoek	2–1 ret.
Win	8–7	May 2018	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia	25,000	Hard	Laura Pigossi	Sviatlana Pirazhenka Erika Vogelsang	6–4, 6–1
Loss	8–8	Jul 2018	ITF Setúbal, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Julia Terziyska	Mathilde Armitano Elixane Lechemia	7–6(5), 3–6, [11–13]
Loss	8–9	Aug 2018	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	25,000	Clay	Dea Herdželaš	Anna Bondár Raluca Șerban	3–6, 0–6
Win	9–9	Aug 2018	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard	Valeriya Strakhova	Polina Monova Yana Sizikova	1–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win	10–9	Oct 2018	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Julia Terziyska	Estelle Cascino Deniz Khazaniuk	6–7(4), 6–2, [10–5]
Win	11–9	Mar 2019	Clay Court International, Australia	25,000	Clay	Naiktha Bains	Destanee Aiava Ellen Perez	4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss	11–10	Mar 2019	Clay Court International 2, Australia	25,000	Clay	Naiktha Bains	Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis	2–6, 2–6
Win	12–10	May 2019	ITF Jerusalem, Israel	25,000	Hard	Yuliya Hatouka	Samantha Murray Despina Papamichail	2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	12–11	Oct 2019	Bendigo International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Maddison Inglis Kaylah McPhee	6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss	12–12	Nov 2019	Playford International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Storm Sanders Asia Muhammad	3–6, 4–6
Loss	12–13	Jan 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Bojana Marinković	Zeel Desai Anastasia Tikhonova	6–7(4), 7–5, [5–10]
Win	13–13	Jan 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Jodie Burrage	Mallaurie Noël Oona Orpana	6–1, 6–2
Win	14–13	Jan 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Yuliya Hatouka	Gozal Ainitdinova Yekaterina Dmitrichenko	6–4, 6–2
Win	15–13	Feb 2020	Trnava Indoor, Slovakia	25,000	Hard (i)	Anna Bondár	Amina Anshba Anastasia Dețiuc	6–4, 6–4
Win	16–13	Mar 2020	ITF Mildura, Australia	25,000	Grass	Abbie Myers	Arina Rodionova Erin Routliffe	6–3, 6–2
Win	17–13	Jan 2021	ITF Hamburg, Germany	25,000	Hard (i)	Anna Bondár	Amandine Hesse Kimberley Zimmermann	6–4, 6–4
Loss	17–14	Mar 2021	ITF Manacor, Spain	25,000	Hard	Anna Bondár	Réka Luca Jani Lara Salden	4–6, 5–7
Win	18–14	Oct 2021	Las Vegas Open, United States	60,000	Hard	Quinn Gleason	Tara Moore Emina Bektas	7–6(5), 7–5
Win	19–14	Oct 2021	Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States	60,000	Hard	Katarzyna Kawa	Liang En-shuo Rebecca Marino	6–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	19–15	Jan 2022	ITF Manacor, Spain	25,000	Hard	Linda Nosková	Fernanda Contreras Andrea Lázaro García	1–6, 4–6
Loss	19–16	Feb 2022	ITF Manacor, Spain	25,000	Hard	Linda Nosková	Fernanda Contreras Andrea Lázaro García	1–6, 6–3, [6–10]

Junior Circuit Finals

Grand Slam Tournaments

Girls' Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2015	Australian Open	Hard	Katie Swan	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2016	Australian Open	Hard	Vera Lapko	3–6, 4–6

Girls' Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2014	US Open	Hard	Vera Lapko	İpek Soylu Jil Teichmann	7–5, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss	2015	Wimbledon	Grass	Vera Lapko	Dalma Gálfi Fanny Stollár	3–6, 2–6
Win	2016	Australian Open	Hard	Anna Kalinskaya	Dayana Yastremska Anastasia Zarytska	6–1, 6–1

Billie Jean King Cup Matches

Tereza Mihalíková has represented Slovakia in the Billie Jean King Cup, a major international team competition in women's tennis. She has a record of 5 wins and 5 losses in doubles matches.

Doubles (5–5)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2016	WG2 PO	Apr 2016	Bratislava (SVK)	Canada	Clay (i)	Jana Čepelová	Sharon Fichman Charlotte Robillard-Millette	L	3–6, 6–0, [8–10]
2019	WG2	Feb 2019	Riga (LAT)	Latvia	Hard (i)	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Diāna Marcinkēviča Jeļena Ostapenko	L	2–6, 3–6
2020–21	F RR	Nov 2021	Prague (CZE)	Spain	Hard (i)	Viktória Kužmová	Sara Sorribes Tormo Carla Suárez Navarro	L	6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
		Nov 2021		United States		Viktória Kužmová	Caroline Dolehide CoCo Vandeweghe	W	6–2, 6–7, [12–10]
2022	F RR	Nov 2022	Glasgow (GBR)	Australia	Hard (i)	Viktória Hrunčáková	Ellen Perez Storm Sanders	W	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
		Nov 2022		Belgium		Viktória Hrunčáková	Elise Mertens Kirsten Flipkens	L	0–6, 3–6
2023	F QR	Apr 2023	Bratislava (SVK)	Latvia	Hard (i)	Viktória Hrunčáková	Martina Trevisan Elisabetta Cocciaretto	L	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
2024	F QR	Apr 2024	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovenia	Hard (i)	Viktória Hrunčáková	Pia Lovrič Ela Nala Milić	W	6–1, 2–6, [10–6]
	F R1	Nov 2022	Málaga (ESP)	United States	Hard (i)	Viktória Hrunčáková	Ashlyn Krueger Taylor Townsend	W	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
	F SF			Great Britain		Viktória Hrunčáková	Olivia Nicholls Heather Watson	W	6–2, 6–2

See also

In Spanish: Tereza Mihalíková para niños