Anna Karolína Schmiedlová[1] (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈanna ˈkarɔliːna ˈʂmiːdlɔʋaː];[2] born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak tennis player.
![]() Schmiedlová at the 2020-21 Billie Jean King Cup | |
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Residence | Bratislava, Slovakia |
Born | (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 28) Košice, Slovakia |
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 2011 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Milan Martinec |
Prize money | US$3,336,491 |
Singles | |
Career record | 349–250 (58.3%) |
Career titles | 3 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger |
Highest ranking | No. 26 (12 October 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 115 (29 August 2022) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2014, 2015, 2021) |
French Open | 3R (2014, 2020) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2022) |
US Open | 3R (2015) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 39–60 (39.4%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 213 (15 June 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 1326 (29 August 2022) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2015, 2016, 2022) |
French Open | 2R (2015) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2014, 2016) |
US Open | 2R (2014) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 10–11 (47.6%) |
Last updated on: 4 September 2022. |
She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 12 singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 26.
Her younger sister, Kristína Schmiedlová, ended her professional tennis career at the age of 21.
Schmiedlová qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament at the French Open.
After Wimbledon, she reached the final of the $100,000 tournament in Biarritz,[3] and lost to Stephanie Vogt in three sets.[4]
She reached the top 100 for the first time with a ranking of world No. 97.[5]
In May, Schmiedlová won the Empire Slovak Open in Trnava. She defeated the defending champion Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the final. The following week, she reached the final of the Prague Open, losing to Britain's Heather Watson in straight sets.[6]
At the French Open, Schmiedlová defeated Zheng Jie in the first round[7] and surprised the former world No. 1, Venus Williams, with a victory in three sets in round two.[7][8] In the third round, she lost to Garbiñe Muguruza in straight sets.[9]
In February, she reached her first WTA final at the Rio Open, losing to Sara Errani in straight sets. In April, she won her first WTA title at the Katowice Open, where she defeated Camila Giorgi in the final. She won her second WTA title at the Bucharest Open, where she defeated Errani in the final.
At the Wuhan Open, Schmiedlová scored her first top-10 victory, and hence the biggest win of her career, by coming upsetting former world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, in three sets in the second round.[10]
Schmiedlová commenced season at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Varvara Lepchenko.[11] Schmiedlová won her first match of the season at the Apia International Sydney by beating sixth seed Timea Bacsinszky in the first round.[12] She was heavily defeated in the second round by qualifier Monica Puig.[13] Seeded 27th at the Australian Open, Schmiedlová lost in the first round to Daria Kasatkina.[14]
The Slovakian, ranked 132 in the world before this win in Bogotá, beat Lara Arruabarrena in the final. It was her first title since 2015 and resulted in her return to the top 100.
Schmiedlová kicked off her season at the Brisbane International where she lost to Marta Kostyuk in the second round of qualifying. At Hobart, she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Nina Stojanović. At the Australian Open, she lost her first-round match to sixth seed Belinda Bencic.[15]
Playing in the Fed Cup tie versus Great Britain, Schmiedlová helped Slovakia win 3–1 by beating Heather Watson and Harriet Dart.[16] Playing at the Mexican Open, Schmiedlová was defeated in the first round by Anastasia Potapova.[17] Coming through qualifying at the Monterrey Open, Schmiedlová beat Venus Williams in the first round.[18] She then lost in the second round to ninth seed and eventual finalist, Marie Bouzková.[19] A week later, competing at a $25k tournament in Irapuato, Mexico, she was defeated in the first round by eighth seed Renata Zarazúa.
In August, Schmiedlová played at the TK Sparta Prague Open. Seeded 24th, she reached the quarterfinal round where she lost to second seed and eventual finalist Elisabetta Cocciaretto.[20] In the leadup to the French Open, Schmiedlová played the İstanbul Cup and made it to the second round where she was defeated by Aliaksandra Sasnovich.[21]
At the French Open, Schmiedlová beat 2002 finalist and former world No. 1, Venus Williams, in straight sets in the first round.[22] In the second round, she upset 10th seed and former world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka, to reach the third round for the first time since 2014.[23] Her run ended in the third round with a straight-sets loss to qualifier and eventual semifinalist Nadia Podoroska.[24]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[25]
Current through the 2022 Emilia Romagna Open.
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 8 | 3–8 | 27% |
French Open | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 9 | 6–9 | 40% |
Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | NH | Q2 | 2R | 0 / 7 | 1–7 | 13% |
US Open | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | Q3 | 1R | A | A | 2R | 2R | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |
Win–loss | 2–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0 / 31 | 15–31 | 33% |
Year-end championships | |||||||||||||
WTA Elite Trophy[lower-alpha 1] | DNQ | RR | DNQ | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–0 | 100% | ||||||
National representation | |||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | 2R | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||
Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 2] | A | A | WG2 | WG2 | PO | PO | WG2 | RR[lower-alpha 3] | 0 / 1 | 7–7 | 50% | ||
WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 4] | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Indian Wells Open | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | A | 1R | NH | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
Miami Open | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 1R | NH | Q2 | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | NH | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
Italian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
Cincinnati Open | A | Q1 | QF | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[lower-alpha 5] | A | Q2 | QF | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% | ||
China Open | Q2 | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
Tournaments | 7 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 17 | Career total: 134 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 3 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 5 | ||
Overall win–loss | 3–7 | 5–17 | 38–21 | 6–24 | 0–1 | 12–15 | 7–13 | 6–5 | 14–16 | 7–17 | 3 / 134 | 98–136 | 42% |
Win (%) | 30% | 23% | 64% | 20% | 0% | 44% | 35% | 55% | 47% | 29% | Career total: 42% | ||
Year-end ranking | 74 | 73 | 26 | 227 | 133 | 77 | 138 | 139 | 84 | $3,070,697 |
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ... | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | |
French Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | |
Wimbledon | 1R | A | 1R | NH | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |
US Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | ||
Win–loss | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 12 | 2–12 | 14% |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2015 | Rio Open, Brazil | International[lower-alpha 6] | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(2–7), 1–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Apr 2015 | Katowice Open, Poland | International | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 2–1 | Jul 2015 | Bucharest Open, Romania | International | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Win | 3–1 | Apr 2018 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–2 | Jan 2019 | Hobart International, Australia | International | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 0–6 |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | Belgrade Challenger, Serbia | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2011 | ITF Yerevan, Armenia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | Mar 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Win | 3–0 | Apr 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 4–0 | May 2012 | ITF Bad Saarow, Germany | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 5–0 | May 2012 | ITF Brescia, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 5–1 | Jul 2012 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(7–9), 3–6 |
Win | 6–1 | Oct 2012 | ITF Netanya, Israel | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
0–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 6–2 | Nov 2012 | ITF Helsinki, Finland | 25,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 0–6 |
Win | 7–2 | Apr 2013 | ITF Civitavecchia, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–0, 6–1 |
Loss | 7–3 | Jul 2013 | Open de Biarritz, France | 100,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 8–3 | Mar 2014 | Osprey Challenger, United States | 50,000[lower-alpha 7] | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 9–3 | May 2014 | Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia | 75,000[lower-alpha 8] | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 9–4 | May 2014 | ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic | 100,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(5–7), 0–6 |
Win | 10–4 | Jun 2017 | ITF Grado, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 11–4 | Jun 2017 | Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 11–5 | Aug 2017 | ITF Landisville, United States | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 12–5 | Oct 2017 | Classic of Macon, United States | 80,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Oct 2022 | Empire Women's Indoor, Slovakia | 60,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2011 | ITF Izmir, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, [3–10] |
Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2012 | ITF Netanya, Israel | 25.000 | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | May 2013 | Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia | 80,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 1–6 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 2012 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 5–7, 3–6 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | ASR |
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2016 | |||||||
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No. 8 | Rio Summer Olympics | Hard | 1R | 6–4, 7–5 | No. 59 |
Women's Tennis Association: ![]() | |
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as of 13 December 2021 | |
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