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Barbora Strýcová

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Barbora Strýcová, born on 28 March 1986, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles. She won two Grand Slam doubles titles at Wimbledon in 2019 and 2023, both with Hsieh Su-wei, and won 32 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including eight at WTA 1000 level. She first became world No. 1 in July 2019 and held the top ranking for a total of 27 weeks. She was also a successful singles player, reaching the 2019 Wimbledon semifinals, winning two WTA singles titles and reaching a career high of world No. 16 in January 2017. She represented the Czech Republic in the Fed Cup from 2002 to 2018, winning six titles with the team, and won doubles bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympics with Lucie Šafářová.

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Mixed or Doubles 1
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1986 1
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1. Barbora Strýcová (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph, birth date
    born 28 March 1986
  • Lead paragraph
    Strýcová won two WTA singles titles
  • Lead paragraph [competition-category]
    Her last professional match was in September 2023 at the US Open in mixed doubles partnering Santiago González.
  • Plays: Tennis, lead paragraph, plays
    Barbora Strýcová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbarbora ˈstriːtsovaː]; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles.
  • Competed In: Wimbledon, lead paragraph, competed-in
    She is also a successful singles player, with her best major result coming at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, where she reached the semifinals, having previously been a quarterfinalist in 2014.
  • Competed In: US Open (Tennis), lead paragraph, competed-in
    Her last professional match was in September 2023 at the US Open in mixed doubles partnering Santiago González.
  • Competed In: Australian Open, lead paragraph, competed-in
    The pair also finished runners-up at the 2020 Australian Open and 2019 WTA Finals.
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