Sára Bejlek

Sára Bejlek (born 31 January 2006) is a Czech tennis player.[2]

Sára Bejlek
Bejlek at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidenceHrušovany nad Jevišovkou, Czech Republic
Born (2006-01-31) 31 January 2006[1]
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$151,655
Singles
Career record46–9 (83.6%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 162 (30 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 162 (30 January 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2022)
US Open1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record8–3 (72.7%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 671 (1 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 878 (14 November 2022)
Last updated on: 19 November 2022.

Bejlek has career-high WTA rankings of No. 162 in singles, achieved on 30 January 2023, and No. 671 in doubles, set on 1 August 2022. She has won four ITF singles titles and one ITF doubles title.

Early life

Bejlek was born in Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou on 31 January 2006.[3]

Junior career

Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:

  • Australian Open: –
  • French Open: SF (2022)
  • Wimbledon: 2R (2021)
  • US Open: –

Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles:

  • Australian Open: –
  • French Open: W (2022)
  • Wimbledon: 2R (2021)
  • US Open: –

Bejlek won the 2022 French Open in girl's doubles event, partnering with Lucie Havlíčková.[4] In addition, she reached semifinal in singles.[5]

Career overview

2021: First ITF title & top 500

In July, she won her first and biggest ITF Circuit title-to-date at the $60k ITS Cup in Olomouc, Czechia after recording a double bagel over Paula Ormaechea in the final.[3] This result secured her an improvement of 557 positions to No. 447 in just one month, after making her WTA rankings debut.[6] [7]

2022: Grand Slam & top 200 debuts

In June, she won title at the $60k Česká Lípa, the Macha Lake Open defeating her compatriot Jesika Malečková in the final.[8] The following week, Bejlek made her WTA Tour-level qualifying debut at Wimbledon Championships, but lost in the first round to Emina Bektas.[9] A month later, she defended her title at the $60k ITS Cup in Olomouc, this time defeating Lina Gjorcheska in the final.[10] She continued with making progress at the US Open with her Grand Slam main-draw debut due to three wins in the qualifying.[11] She was the youngest player in the 2022 US Open main draw, having been the youngest direct entrant to qualifying.[3][12][13]

2023: Australian Open debut

At 16, as the second-youngest player in the Top 200, she made her debut at the 2023 Australian Open.[14]

Grand Slam performance timelines
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
Tournament 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0 / 2 0–2 0%

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (3–0)
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 ITS Cup, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay Paula Ormaechea 6–0, 6–0
Win 2–0 May 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Weronika Falkowska 7–6(4), 6–1
Win 3–0 Jun 2022 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay Jesika Malečková 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–0 Jul 2022 ITS Cup, Czech Republic (2) 60,000 Clay Lina Gjorcheska 6–2, 7–6(0)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Doğa Türkmen Federica Bilardo
Liubov Kostenko		 4–6, 6–1, [10–7]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2022 French Open Clay Lucie Havlíčková Nikola Bartůňková
Céline Naef		 6–3, 6–3

Notes

    References
    1. "Sara Bejlek - O mně". sarabejlek.cz.
    2. Vávra, Aleš (7 October 2021). "Další český zázrak, Bejlek v patnácti rozebírá dospělé. Mimořádné, žasne Novák". aktualne.cz (in Czech).
    3. Alex Macpherson (27 August 2022). "The 2022 US Open's Grand Slam debutantes: Bejlek, Andreeva, Fruhvirtova and more". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
    4. WTA Staff (4 June 2022). "Havlickova defeats Sierra to capture French Open junior crown". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
    5. Alex Macpherson (27 July 2022). "New wave of Czech teenagers makes impact in Prague". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
    6. WTA Staff (July 26, 2021). "WTA Ranking Watch: First-time title winners Collins, Zanevska climb". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
    7. "Žebříčky ATP/WTA: Bejlek poskočila o 557 míst! Nová maxima slaví Kopřiva i Lehečka". tenisovysvet.cz (in Czech). 26 July 2021.
    8. "Mácha Lake Open: Bejlek porazila Malečkovou, vyhrála druhou šedesátku v kariéře (in Czech)" [Mácha Lake Open: Bejlek defeated Malečková, won the second sixty in her career]. tenisovysvet.cz. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
    9. Alex Macpherson (27 July 2022). "New wave of Czech teenagers makes impact in Prague". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
    10. Ross McLean (25 July 2022). "Czech Bejlek continues meteoric rise with victory at W60 Olomouc". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
    11. WTA Staff (27 August 2022). "Czech teens Fruhvirtova, Noskova, Bejlek qualify for US Open main draw". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
    12. https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2022-08-26/meet_the_2022_us_open_womens_qualifiers.html
    13. https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2920537/why-we-should-expect-a-big-rise-from-teenager-sara-bejlek
    14. https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3016403/brenda-fruhvirtova-shnaider-bejlek-qualify-for-australian-open
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