Magdaléna Rybáriková

Country	Slovakia
Residence	Piešťany, Slovakia
Date of birth	October 4, 1988 (1988-10-04) (age 21)
Place of birth	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	65 kg (140 lb; 10.2 st)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$527,069
Singles
Career record	190–96
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 40 (June 22, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 44 (December 14, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2009)
French Open	2R (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2008, 2009)
US Open	3R (2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	15–16
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 120 (September 28, 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2009)
French Open	1R (2009)
US Open	1R (2008)
Last updated on: October 5, 2009.

Magdaléna Rybáriková (born October 4, 1988) is a Slovak professional tennis player. On June 22, 2009, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of 40th.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Career summary 2.1 2006-2008 2.2 2009 3 WTA Tour & ITF Circuit titles 3.1 Singles 4 Singles performance timeline 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Biography

Rybarikova is coached by Mojmir Mihal and her fitness coaches are Kristian Cupak and Michal Dubovec. Like many tennis players she started young at the age of 8. She was born in Piestany to father Anton, a business manager, and mother Maria. She has two older siblings, Filip and Nada, and a dog named Sindy. She moved to Bratislava at age 15 to train at the national tennis center there. Her favorite surfaces are grass and hard. She likes pizza, chicken, iced tea, and the movie "Pretty Woman". Her favorite tournaments are Wimbledon and the US Open. She admires Martina Hingis as a tennis player. She has stated that if she wasn't a tennis player, she would like to study archaeology, as she likes the Indiana Jones movies. She carries with her a toy bear as a lucky charm.

[edit] Career summary

[edit] 2006-2008

Rybáriková started to play on the Juniors circuit in 2002. Rybáriková then began playing on the ITF Circuit for the first time in 2004. In 2006, she reached the Girls' Singles final at Wimbledon. On her way there she defeated some of today's big names including Tamira Paszek and Alisa Kleybanova. In the final she lost 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 to one of today's top players, Caroline Wozniacki, who is in the Top 15. The same year she also won two matches at the ECM Prague Open, making her first tour QF. In 2008 she won her first ITF 50k title and came through qualifying to reach the main draws' of both Roland Garros and Wimbledon. At the French Open, she won her first round match against Karolina Šprem 7–6(3), 3–6, 8–6. However, Rybáriková lost in the second round to eventual finalist Dinara Safina, 6–0, 6–1. At Wimbledon, Rybáriková lost in the first round to Monica Niculescu 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. At the US Open, Rybáriková beat Gisela Dulko 6-4, 6-0 in the first round. In the second round, she beat Tamira Paszek 6-1, 6-2. However she lost in the third round to No. 15 seed Patty Schnyder, but not without a fight, 7-6(4) 6-4. She then later in October reached her first tour SF, at the Tier IV Tashkent Open as the No. 5 seed. In the first round she defeated Kathrin Woerle 6-4, 6-4. In the second round she beat Vesna Manasieva 6-1, 7-5. In the quarterfinals she crushed Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-1, 6-2. She then lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Sorana Cirstea. Rybáriková lost 6-3 in the first set, before retiring afterwards due to injury.

[edit] 2009

Rybáriková started the 2009 season by playing in the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand. However, she lost in the first round to No. 4 seed Aleksandra Wozniak 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-5. Rybáriková then played in the Moorilla Hobart International. In the first round, Rybáriková defeated Kateryna Bondarenko 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-1. In the second round, Rybáriková shocked the top-seed Flavia Pennetta in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3. This was Rybáriková's first ever Top 30 win. Pennetta was ranked 13 in the world at the time, making it Rybáriková's first Top 20 win too. In the quarterfinals, she defeated Melinda Czink 6-0, 1-6, 7-6(7). However in the semifinals Rybáriková lost to Iveta Benesova 6-1, 6-3. Due to her run to the semifinals, Rybáriková ascended to No. 50 in the rankings, from No. 57. At the 2009 Australian Open, Rybáriková lost in the first round to No. 5 seed Vera Zvonareva, 7-6(2), 6-0. After playing for Slovakia in the Fed Cup, where Rybáriková won a doubles match, she then played in the PTT Pattaya Women's Open, in Pattaya City, Thailand. Rybáriková was the No. 8 seed. In the first round, Rybáriková survived a spirited effort from Kimiko Date Krumm, and won 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. In the second round, Rybáriková beat World No. 737 Ivana Lisjak 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. In the quarterfinals, Rybáriková stunned second-seed Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1. This was Rybáriková's second Top 15 win. However, in the semifinals her run came to an abrupt end, after she was defeated by World No. 126 Sania Mirza, 6-4 5-7 6-1. Mirza was up 5–3 and 30–15 up in the second set but Rybáriková then went on to win the following four games to take the set 7–5. Mirza wrapped things up easily in the third. Rybáriková's run to the semifinals propelled her up to a career-high of No. 47 in the rankings. Rybáriková then played in the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships but lost to Samantha Stosur in the first round, 6-4, 6-3. She lost in the first round of Indian Wells, Stuttgart, Rome, Madrid. She reached the Second Round of 2009 Sony Ericsson Open, losing to Amelie Mauresmo 6-3 1-6 6-2 and the 2009 French Open losing to Jelena Jankovic 6-1 6-2.

She won her first WTA tour title at the 2009 AEGON Classic against Li Na 6-0 7-6(2).^[1]. Following her first title, she lost 4 first rounds out of her next 6 tournaments, in the 2009 Wimbledon, 2009 ECM Prague Open, 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, and 2009 Rogers Cup, in the other two she was able to reach the Quarterfinals in the 2009 Gastein Ladies losing to eventual runner-up Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-4 6-4 and in the 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis losing to rising Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-2 6-2. She then competed in the 2009 US Open were she reached the third round losing to 3rd seed Venus Williams 6-2 7-5. Following the Us Open, she then competed in 2009 Hansol Korea Open losing to eventual runner-up Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 6-3. She is now competing in the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open were she is set to face Agnieszka Radwańska in the quarterfinals after convincingly defeating Urszula Radwanska and Nadia Petrova, but struggling against Aleksandra Wozniak 1-6 6-3 6-3.

[edit] WTA Tour & ITF Circuit titles

[edit] Singles

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tour Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (1)

Tier IV (0)

Premier (0)

International (1)

ITF Circuit (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	April 9, 2005	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Sarah Raab	6–1, 6–3
2.	September 17, 2005	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Kira Nagy	6–2, 7–5
3.	March 29, 2008	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard	Anna Lapushchenkova	6–4, 6–2
4.	April 12, 2008	Patras, Greece	Hard	Anne Keothavong	6–3, 7–5
5.	June 14, 2009	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Na Li	6–0, 7–6(2)

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know
SR	the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played	W-L	player's Win-Loss record
Performance Table Legend
NH	tournament not held in that calendar year	A	did not participate in the tournament
LQ	lost in qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = round robin)
QF	advanced to but not past the quarterfinals	SF	advanced to but not past the semifinals
F	advanced to the final, tournament runner-up	W	won the tournament

NM5				means an event that is neither a Premier Mandatory nor a Premier 5 tournament.

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 Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, which ended 5 April 2009.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0–1
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R1	2R	5–2
Wimbledon	A	A	A	LQ	1R1	1R	3-3
US Open	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	4-2
Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0-0	0–1	9–3	3–4	12–7
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			2R	Not Held	1–1
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A		0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0–1
Key Biscayne	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1–1
Madrid	Not Held					1R	0–1
Beijing	Not Tier I						0–0
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Not Tier I					1R	0–1
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0–1
Cincinnati	Not Tier I					1R	0–1
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0–1
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A		0–0
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Charleston	A	A	A	A	A	NM5	0–0
Moscow	A	A	A	A	A		0-0
Doha	Not Tier I				A	Not Held	0–0
Berlin	A	A	A	A	A		0–0
Zurich	A	A	A	A	Not Tier I		0–0
San Diego	A	A	A	A	Not Held		0–0
Career Statistics							Career Total
Tournaments Won	0	2	0	0	2	1	5
Career Win-Loss	8-3	34-11	18-10	50-29	48-20	29-21	187-95
Year End Ranking	924	302	330	279	58		N/A

• ¹ Won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Magdalena Rybarikova

• Magdalena Rybarikova's Official Site
• Magdaléna Rybáriková profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Magdaléna Rybáriková at the International Tennis Federation
• Magdaléna Rybáriková at the Fed Cup

Persondata
NAME	Rybáriková, Magdaléna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rybáriková, Magdalena
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	1988-10-4
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bratislava, Slovakia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH