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Iveta Benešová

Country	Czech Republic
Residence	Most, Czech Republic
Date of birth	February 1, 1983 (1983-02-01) (age 26)
Place of birth	Most, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	56 kg (120 lb; 8.8 st)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	Active
Plays	Left-handed, two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US $1,885,326
Singles
Career record	310–255
Career titles	1 WTA; 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 25 (April 6, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 39 (November 9, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2006)
French Open	3R (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2007, 2009)
US Open	2R (2004, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	183–169
Career titles	5 WTA; 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 21 (September 8, 2008)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2008)
French Open	3R (2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	2R (2006, 2008, 2009)
US Open	2R (2004, 2007, 2008)
Last updated on: October 26, 2009.

Iveta Benešová (born on February 1, 1983 in Most, Czechoslovakia) is a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of 7 and turned professional in 1998 in Prague. She has won one WTA Tour event, Tier III in Acapulco in 2004.

Contents 1 2006-2008 2 2009 3 WTA Tour and ITF circuit finals (15) 3.1 Singles (11) 3.1.1 Wins (5) 3.1.2 Runner-ups (6) 3.2 Doubles (6) 3.2.1 Wins (5) 3.2.2 Runner-ups (1) 4 Singles performance timeline 5 References 6 External links

[edit] 2006-2008

In the 2006 Australian Open, for the first time, she reached the third round of a Grand Slam by beating 5th seed Mary Pierce 6–3, 7–5. She lost in the next round 6–4, 6–1 to former No.1 Martina Hingis.

Entering as a qualifier in the 2008 French Open, she reached the third round, beating 15th seed and compatriate Nicole Vaidišová 7-6(2), 6-1 in the first round, and losing to compatriate Petra Cetkovská 6-3, 6-3.

[edit] 2009

Benešová started the year by playing the first edition of the Brisbane International. She lost in the first round to qualifier Sesil Karatantcheva, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2. A week later, Benešová lost in the final of the tournament in Hobart, Australia to fellow-Czech Petra Kvitová. At the Australian Open, Benešová lost in the second round to eventual semifinalist and fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva 6–4, 6–1.

Immediately after the Australian Open Series, Benešová played in front of her home crowd in the Fed Cup tie against Spain. Despite losing her singles rubber to Nuria Llagostera Vives 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, the Czech team advanced to the semifinals after winning the tie 4–1.

At the Open GDF SUEZ in Paris, Benešová lost in the first round to World No. 1 Serena Williams 6–1, 6–4. Benešová then reached the semifinals of the the tournament in Acapulco, a clay court event. In the quarterfinals, Benešová beat Mathilde Johansson 6–1, 6–3 before losing in the semifinals to defending champion Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 6–3.

On 6 April 2009, Benešová achieved her career-high singles ranking of World No. 25.

Benešová was seeded sixth at the first edition of the Monterrey Open. She beat fellow Czech Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the quarterfinals 7–5, 6–4 before losing in the semifinals to unseeded Li Na, 6–3, 6–3.

Benešová fell to Ana Ivanovic in the second round of the 2009 French Open.

At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Benešová beat Britain's Katie O'Brien in the first round, before falling to Jelena Jankovic in the second round.

[edit] WTA Tour and ITF circuit finals (15)

[edit] Singles (11)

[edit] Wins (5)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (1)

Tier IV (0)

ITF Titles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	May 13, 2001	Prešov, Slovak Republic	Clay	Michala Bzdusekova	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
2.	October 28, 2001	Opole, Poland	Carpet	Eva Fislova	6–1, 6–3
3.	February 8, 2004	Urtijëi, Italy	Carpet	Virág Németh	6–3, 6–1
4.	March 7, 2004	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	7–6, 6–4
5.	March 24, 2008	Latina, Italy	Italy	Sesil Karatantcheva	6–0, 6–2

[edit] Runner-ups (6)

• 2002: Bratislava (lost to Maja Matevžič) 6–0, 6–1
• 2004: Estoril (lost to Émilie Loit) 7–5, 7–6(1)
• 2004: Forest Hills (lost to Elena Likhovtseva) 6–2, 6–2
• 2006: Hobart (lost to Michaella Krajicek) 6–2, 6–1
• 2008: Estoril (lost to Maria Kirilenko) 6-4, 6-2
• 2009: Hobart (lost to Petra Kvitová) 7–5, 6–1

[edit] Doubles (6)

[edit] Wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	February 13, 2005	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Květa Peschke	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
2.	September 30, 2007	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Janette Husárová	Victoria Azarenka Shahar Pe'er	6–4, 6–2
3.	February 23, 2008	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Bethanie Mattek	Jelena Kostanić Tosic Martina Müller	6–3, 6–3
4.	August 3, 2008	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Petra Cetkovská Lucie Šafářová	7–5, 6–4
5.	25 October, 2009	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Vladimíra Uhlířová Renata Voráčová	6-1, 0-6, [10-7]

[edit] Runner-ups (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	29 August 2009	New Haven, USA	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Nuria Llagostera Vives Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	6–2, 7-5

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Australian Open, which ended on February 1, 2009.

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career Win-Loss[1]
Australian Open	LQ	1R	LQ	1R	3R	2R	LQ	2R	4–5
French Open	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	3R	3R	7–8
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2–8
US Open	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2–8
Grand Slam Win-Loss	1-3	0-4	1-3	1-4	3-4	2-4	3-3	4-4	15-29
Tournaments Won	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-	1
Year End Ranking	81	140	36	54	60	119	43	-	N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament

LQ = Qualifying round loss

[edit] References

1. ^ Iveta Benesova WTA profile.

[edit] External links

• Iveta Benešová profile on the WTA Tour's official website