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Tereza Mihalíková
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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

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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 Russia Anna Kalinskaya Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Netherlands Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
4–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss 1–1 Sep 2022 Slovenia Open,
Slovenia
WTA 250 Hard Spain Cristina Bucșa Ukraine Marta Kostyuk
Czech Republic Tereza Martincová
4–6, 0–6
Loss 1–2 Jun 2023 Rosmalen Open,
Netherlands
WTA 250 Grass Slovakia Viktória Hrunčáková Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara
3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–3 Feb 2024 Transylvania Open,
Romania
WTA 250 Hard (i) United Kingdom Harriet Dart United States Caty McNally
United States Asia Muhammad
3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jun 2024 Rosmalen Open,
Netherlands
WTA 250 Grass United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls Estonia Ingrid Neel
Netherlands 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 Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze Spain Aliona Bolsova
Poland Katarzyna Kawa
1–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss 0–2 Jul 2021 Swedish Open, Sweden Clay Russia Kamilla Rakhimova Sweden Mirjam Björklund
Switzerland Leonie Küng
7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 1–2 Dec 2021 Angers Open, France Hard (i) Belgium Greet Minnen Romania Monica Niculescu
Russia Vera Zvonareva
4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win 2–2 Jul 2022 Contrexéville Open, France Clay Norway Ulrikke Eikeri China Han Xinyun
Alexandra Panova
7–6(10–8), 6–2
Win 3–2 Oct 2022 Abierto Tampico, Mexico Hard Indonesia Aldila Sutjiadi United States Ashlyn Krueger
United States Elizabeth Mandlik
7–5, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Mar 2024 Charleston Pro, United States Hard Italy Sara Errani Australia Olivia Gadecki
United Kingdom 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš 7–5, 6–3
Win 2–0 Aug 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Australia Sara Tomic 6–2, 6–0
Win 3–0 Feb 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Russia Varvara Flink 6–1, 6–4
Win 4–0 Apr 2016 ITF Manama, Bahrain 10,000 Hard Russia Anna Kalinskaya 7–5, 6–1
Win 5–0 Aug 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Montenegro Ana Veselinović 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 6–0 Sep 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Zimbabwe Valeria Bhunu 6–3, 7–6(3)
Loss 6–1 Jul 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Russia Vera Zvonareva 6–1, 6–7(4), 5–7
Loss 6–2 Aug 2017 ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania 15,000 Clay Romania Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(7)
Win 7–2 Oct 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Slovenia Nastja Kolar 6–2, 6–4
Win 8–2 Mar 2018 ITF Bhopal, India 15,000 Hard United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith 6–1, 5–7, 6–0
Loss 8–3 Mar 2018 ITF Manama, Bahrain 15,000 Hard Slovenia Nastja Kolar 4–6, 2–6
Loss 8–4 Nov 2018 ITF Muzaffarnagar, India 25,000 Grass Serbia 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 Slovakia Barbara Kötelesová France Marine Partaud
Hungary Naomi Totka
2–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Oct 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Belgium Vicky Geurinckx United Kingdom Emily Arbuthnott
United Kingdom Lisa Whybourn
3–6, 0–6
Win 1–2 Apr 2016 ITF Manama, Bahrain 10,000 Hard Russia Anna Kalinskaya Germany Katharina Hering
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann
7–5, 6–3
Win 2–2 May 2016 Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia 100,000 Clay Russia Anna Kalinskaya Russia Evgeniya Rodina
Latvia Anastasija Sevastova
6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss 2–3 Jun 2016 ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Russia Veronika Kudermetova Russia Ksenia Lykina
Russia Polina Monova
6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 3–3 Jul 2016 ITF Amarante, Portugal 10,000 Hard Portugal Inês Murta Switzerland Jessica Crivelletto
Greece Despina Papamichail
7–6(5), 6–3
Loss 3–4 Oct 2016 ITF Toowoomba, Australia 25,000 Hard Brazil Gabriela Cé Hungary Dalma Gálfi
Slovakia Viktória Kužmová
4–6, 6–7(4)
Loss 3–5 Mar 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Bulgaria Julia Terziyska Russia Olga Doroshina
Russia Polina Monova
w/o
Win 4–5 Mar 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Russia Anna Morgina China Li Yuenu
China Meng Ran
2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win 5–5 Apr 2017 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze Serbia Bojana Marinković
Greece Despina Papamichail
7–6(7), 6–3
Win 6–5 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Australia Naiktha Bains Italy Francesca Bullani
Italy Veronica Napolitano
4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss 6–6 Sep 2017 Royal Cup, Montenegro 25,000 Clay Slovakia Chantal Škamlová Czech Republic Petra Krejsová
Czech Republic Jesika Malečková
2–6, 3–6
Win 7–6 Nov 2017 Pune Tennis Championships, India 25,000 Hard Romania Jaqueline Cristian Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi
Russia Yana Sizikova
4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 7–7 Mar 2018 ITF Bhopal, India 15,000 Hard Montenegro Ana Veselinović India Kanika Vaidya
Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek
2–1 ret.
Win 8–7 May 2018 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia 25,000 Hard Brazil Laura Pigossi Belarus Sviatlana Pirazhenka
Netherlands Erika Vogelsang
6–4, 6–1
Loss 8–8 Jul 2018 ITF Setúbal, Portugal 25,000 Hard Bulgaria Julia Terziyska France Mathilde Armitano
France Elixane Lechemia
7–6(5), 3–6, [11–13]
Loss 8–9 Aug 2018 ITF Koksijde, Belgium 25,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš Hungary Anna Bondár
Romania Raluca Șerban
3–6, 0–6
Win 9–9 Aug 2018 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan 25,000 Hard Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova Russia Polina Monova
Russia Yana Sizikova
1–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win 10–9 Oct 2018 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Bulgaria Julia Terziyska France Estelle Cascino
Israel Deniz Khazaniuk
6–7(4), 6–2, [10–5]
Win 11–9 Mar 2019 Clay Court International, Australia 25,000 Clay Australia Naiktha Bains Australia Destanee Aiava
Australia Ellen Perez
4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss 11–10 Mar 2019 Clay Court International 2, Australia 25,000 Clay Australia Naiktha Bains Australia Alison Bai
Australia Jaimee Fourlis
2–6, 2–6
Win 12–10 May 2019 ITF Jerusalem, Israel 25,000 Hard Belarus Yuliya Hatouka United Kingdom Samantha Murray
Greece Despina Papamichail
2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 12–11 Oct 2019 Bendigo International, Australia 60,000 Hard United Kingdom Naiktha Bains Australia Maddison Inglis
Australia Kaylah McPhee
6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss 12–12 Nov 2019 Playford International, Australia 60,000 Hard United Kingdom Naiktha Bains Australia Storm Sanders
United States Asia Muhammad
3–6, 4–6
Loss 12–13 Jan 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Serbia Bojana Marinković India Zeel Desai
Russia Anastasia Tikhonova
6–7(4), 7–5, [5–10]
Win 13–13 Jan 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard United Kingdom Jodie Burrage France Mallaurie Noël
Finland Oona Orpana
6–1, 6–2
Win 14–13 Jan 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Belarus Yuliya Hatouka Kazakhstan Gozal Ainitdinova
Kazakhstan Yekaterina Dmitrichenko
6–4, 6–2
Win 15–13 Feb 2020 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia 25,000 Hard (i) Hungary Anna Bondár Russia Amina Anshba
Czech Republic Anastasia Dețiuc
6–4, 6–4
Win 16–13 Mar 2020 ITF Mildura, Australia 25,000 Grass Australia Abbie Myers Australia Arina Rodionova
New Zealand Erin Routliffe
6–3, 6–2
Win 17–13 Jan 2021 ITF Hamburg, Germany 25,000 Hard (i) Hungary Anna Bondár France Amandine Hesse
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann
6–4, 6–4
Loss 17–14 Mar 2021 ITF Manacor, Spain 25,000 Hard Hungary Anna Bondár Hungary Réka Luca Jani
Belgium Lara Salden
4–6, 5–7
Win 18–14 Oct 2021 Las Vegas Open, United States 60,000 Hard United States Quinn Gleason United Kingdom Tara Moore
United States Emina Bektas
7–6(5), 7–5
Win 19–14 Oct 2021 Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States 60,000 Hard Poland Katarzyna Kawa Chinese Taipei Liang En-shuo
Canada Rebecca Marino
6–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss 19–15 Jan 2022 ITF Manacor, Spain 25,000 Hard Czech Republic Linda Nosková Mexico Fernanda Contreras
Spain Andrea Lázaro García
1–6, 4–6
Loss 19–16 Feb 2022 ITF Manacor, Spain 25,000 Hard Czech Republic Linda Nosková Mexico Fernanda Contreras
Spain 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 United Kingdom Katie Swan 6–1, 6–4
Loss 2016 Australian Open Hard Belarus 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 Belarus Vera Lapko Turkey İpek Soylu
Switzerland Jil Teichmann
7–5, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss 2015 Wimbledon Grass Belarus Vera Lapko Hungary Dalma Gálfi
Hungary Fanny Stollár
3–6, 2–6
Win 2016 Australian Open Hard Russia Anna Kalinskaya Ukraine Dayana Yastremska
Ukraine 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 Canada Clay (i) Jana Čepelová Sharon Fichman
Charlotte Robillard-Millette
L 3–6, 6–0, [8–10]
2019 WG2 Feb 2019 Riga (LAT) Latvia Latvia Hard (i) Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Diāna Marcinkēviča
Jeļena Ostapenko
L 2–6, 3–6
2020–21 F RR Nov 2021 Prague (CZE) Spain Spain Hard (i) Viktória Kužmová Sara Sorribes Tormo
Carla Suárez Navarro
L 6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Nov 2021 United States United States Viktória Kužmová Caroline Dolehide
CoCo Vandeweghe
W 6–2, 6–7, [12–10]
2022 F RR Nov 2022 Glasgow (GBR) Australia Australia Hard (i) Viktória Hrunčáková Ellen Perez
Storm Sanders
W 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Nov 2022 Belgium Belgium Viktória Hrunčáková Elise Mertens
Kirsten Flipkens
L 0–6, 3–6
2023 F QR Apr 2023 Bratislava (SVK) Italy Latvia Hard (i) Viktória Hrunčáková Martina Trevisan
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
L 4–6, 6–4, 5–7
2024 F QR Apr 2024 Bratislava (SVK) Slovenia 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 United States Hard (i) Viktória Hrunčáková Ashlyn Krueger
Taylor Townsend
W 6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
F SF United Kingdom Great Britain Viktória Hrunčáková Olivia Nicholls
Heather Watson
W 6–2, 6–2

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