Tereza Mihalíková (Slovak pronunciation:[ˈterezaˈmiɦaliːkɔʋaː]; born 2 June 1998) is a Slovak tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 42 by the WTA, attained on 30 January 2023. She has won one WTA doubles title and three WTA Challenger Tour doubles titles, along with eight singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
While still playing mostly in tournaments of the ITF Circuit in singles, she had her breakthrough in doubles by winning her first WTA Tour title in 2021 and debuting in the top 100.
Mihalíková entered doubles competition at the 2015 Australian Open, again alongside Lapko. They lost their quarterfinal match to the eventual champions, Miriam Kolodziejová and Markéta Vondroušová. But she won the singles competition, defeating British Katie Swan in the final. At the 2016 Australian Open, Mihalíková won the girls' doubles event with Anna Kalinskaya and ended runner-up in the girls' singles event, losing the final to Vera Lapko.
Professional career
2021: Progress in doubles: WTA Tour title and top 100
Mihalíková made a progress in her doubles career after making some good results during the season of 2021. In early season, she get to the title at the $25k Hamburg tournament, partnering with Anna Bondár. Two months later, they advanced to another final but this time finished as a runner-up at the $25k event in Manacor. In June, her progress continued with her first WTA Challenger Tour final at the Bol Ladies Open. Together with Ekaterine Gorgodze, she lost to the pair of Aliona Bolsova and Katarzyna Kawa.[2] The following month, she reached another Challenger final, at the Swedish Open alongside Kamilla Rakhimova. Just like in the previous final, she lost in three sets.[3]
Things got even better in September, when she reached her first WTA Tour doubles final. Partnering with Anna Kalinskaya, she defeated Aleksandra Krunić/Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, in three sets.[4] In October, she won two $60k tournaments; the first one at the Henderson Open in Las Vegas, followed up with the title at the Rancho Santa Fe Open. In the first half of December, she was successful in her third attempt in a WTA Challenger final. She won the title at the Open Angers alongside Greet Minnen, after beating former Grand Slam doubles champion, Vera Zvonareva, and former major doubles finalist, Monica Niculescu.[5] These results pushed her into the top 100 for the first time.
Performance timeline
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.
^The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
References
^Harwitt, Sandra (28 September 2014). "USA Junior Fed Cup team can sing "We are the Champions"". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
^WTA Staff (June 12, 2021). "Paolini resists Rus to capture biggest title of career at Bol 125". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^WTA Staff (July 10, 2021). "Parrizas Diaz claims career-best title at Bastad 125". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^WTA Staff (September 19, 2021). "Paolini charges past Riske to win first WTA singles title in Portoroz". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^WTA Staff (13 December 2021). "Lucky loser Diatchenko beats Zhang in Angers to capture third WTA 125 title". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 13 December 2021.