Vladimíra Uhlířová

Vladimíra Uhlířová (born 4 May 1978) is a retired Czech tennis player.

Vladimíra Uhlířová
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidenceLondon, England
Born (1978-05-04) 4 May 1978
České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2002
Retired2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$868,362
Singles
Career record58–79
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 400 (6 October 2003)
Doubles
Career record319–302
Career titles5 WTA, 17 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 18 (1 October 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2011)
French Open3R (2007, 2008, 2011)
Wimbledon3R (2012)
US OpenSF (2007)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2012)
French OpenQF (2011)
Wimbledon1R (2008, 2010)
US OpenQF (2008)

In her career, she won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In October 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 400. In October 2007, she peaked at No. 18 in the doubles rankings.

Uhlířová reached the semifinals of the 2007 US Open, partnering Ágnes Szávay.

She announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2016.[1]

Uhlířová now provides television commentary on the WTA Tour. She speaks several languages, and is therefore able to translate many of the non-English exchanges when on-court coaching takes place during matches.

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline
Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015W–L
Australian Open A 2R 2R 1R 2R QF 2R 3R A A 9–7
French Open 2R 3R 3R 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 10–10
Wimbledon 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R A A 6–8
US Open 1R SF 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R A A A 5–7
Win–Loss 1–3 8–4 4–4 1–4 2–4 6–4 5–4 3–3 0–1 0–1 30–32

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments

Doubles: 1 runner-up
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2011 Cincinnati Masters, United States Hard Natalie Grandin Vania King
Yaroslava Shvedova		 4–6, 6–3, [9–11]

WTA career finals

Doubles (5–13)
Winner-Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1)
Premier (1–4)
International (4–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–7)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 5 February 2007 Open Gaz de France, Paris Carpet (i) Gabriela Navrátilová Cara Black
Liezel Huber		 2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 2. 3 March 2007 Qatar Total Open, Doha Hard Ágnes Szávay Martina Hingis
Maria Kirilenko		 1–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 23 April 2007 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Ágnes Szávay Martina Müller
Gabriela Navrátilová		 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 23 July 2007 Gastein Ladies, Austria Clay Ágnes Szávay Lucie Hradecká
Renata Voráčová		 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 10 February 2008 Open Gaz de France, Paris Hard Eva Hrdinová Alona Bondarenko
Kateryna Bondarenko		 1–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 13 April 2008 Amelia Island Championships, United States Clay Bethanie Mattek-Sands Victoria Azarenka
Elena Vesnina		 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 27 July 2008 LA Women's Championships, United States Hard Eva Hrdinová Chan Yung-jan
Chuang Chia-jung		 6–2, 5–7, [4–10]
Winner 3. 25 July 2009 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož Hard Julia Görges Camille Pin
Klára Zakopalová		 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 25 October 2009 Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City Hard Renata Voráčová Iveta Benešová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová		 6–1, 0–6, [7–10]
Winner 4. 24 July 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož Hard Maria Kondratieva Anna Chakvetadze
Marina Erakovic		 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Runner-up 7. 31 July 2010 İstanbul Cup, Turkey Hard Maria Kondratieva Eleni Daniilidou
Jasmin Wöhr		 4–6, 6–1, [9–11]
Runner-up 8. 26 September 2010 Korea Open, Seoul Hard Natalie Grandin Julia Görges
Polona Hercog		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 9. 25 April 2011 Barcelona Ladies Open, Spain Clay Natalie Grandin Iveta Benešová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová		 7–5, 4–6, [2–10]
Runner-up 10. 21 May 2011 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay Natalie Grandin Akgul Amanmuradova
Chuang Chia-jung		 7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Runner-up 11. 10 July 2011 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Natalie Grandin Anabel Medina Garrigues
Alicja Rosolska		 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 12. 21 August 2011 Cincinnati Masters, United States Hard Natalie Grandin Vania King
Yaroslava Shvedova		 4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Winner 5. 25 September 2011 Korea Open, Seoul Hard Natalie Grandin Vera Dushevina
Galina Voskoboeva		 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up 13. 26 May 2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay Natalie Grandin Olga Govortsova
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik		 7–6(7–4), 3–6, [3–10]

References
  1. http://www.itftennis.com/antidoping/news/retired-players.aspx
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