Linda Nosková (born 17 November 2004) is a Czech tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of No. 87, reached on 22 August 2022, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 160, set on 3 October 2022. In August 2022, she became the youngest player in the top 100, a distinction Coco Gauff previously had held since October 2019. On the International Tennis Federation Circuit (ITF), she has collected 6 singles and 1 doubles titles. Her biggest title so far is the $100K Reinert Open in Versmold.

Linda Nosková

Nosková at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Přerov, Czech Republic
Born	(2004-11-17) 17 November 2004 (age 17) Czech Republic
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	July 2019
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 266,451
Singles
Career record	83–33 (71.6%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 87 (22 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 99 (10 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	1R (2022)
US Open	1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	30–21 (58.8%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 160 (3 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 160 (10 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	2R (2022)
Last updated on: 10 October 2022.

At the early ages, Nosková showed sign to be promising tennis player. As a junior, she is former world No. 5 that she achieved on 14 June 2021. Despite having only four Grand Slam appearances as a junior (per two in both events), she won the 2021 French Open in girls' singles event. In addition, in girls' doubles event, she has semifinal of the French Open in the same edition, as well as quarterfinal of the 2020 Australian Open.

Early life

Nosková grew up in the village of Bystřička in the Vsetín region. Her first touch with the tennis was at the age of seven, when she started training in Valašské Meziříčí. Three years later, she became a player for TK Na Dolina in Trojanovice near Frenštát pod Radhoštěm. In 2018, she moved to Přerov because of tennis.[1]

Junior career

Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:

• Australian Open: 2R (2020)
• French Open: W (2021)
• Wimbledon: –
• US Open: –

Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles:

• Australian Open: QF (2020)
• French Open: SF (2021)
• Wimbledon: –
• US Open: –

Nosková won the 2021 French Open girls' singles title.[2] On 14 June 2021, she reached world No. 5 in the combined ITF junior rankings.[3]

Professional career

2019–21: Four ITF titles

Nosková made her ITF Circuit debut in July 2019 at the $25K Torino tournament in qualifying. Despite failing to reach main-draw, she get to the quarterfinal in the doubles event. In October of the same year, she made her singles main-draw debut at the $15K Lousada tournament and also won her first win as a senior. The following week, in the same city, she reached her first semifinal. A month later, she reached another semifinal, this time at the $15K Milovice tournament in her home country.

Her 2020 season started in August 2020 with the qualifying of the Prague Open, but she lost to Laura Ioana Paar. Three weeks later, she made her debut at the WTA Challenger Tour, playing at the 2020 WTA 125K Prague. Getting there after receiving wildcard, she lost to Mayar Sherif in the first round. She finished season with the $25K Přerov tournament where she lost to Barbora Krejčíková in the first round. It was only her third tournament of the year and well as only one in doubles. In doubles, she also lost in the first round.

Big progress was seen from Nosková during the 2021 season. She started year in the middle of the February, where at the $15K Sharm El Sheikh she reached her first ITF final. After losing to Shalimar Talbi in the final, she reached another semifinal there the following week. In March 2021, she won her first senior ITF title at the $15K event in Bratislava, defeating fellow Czech Tereza Smitková in the final.[4] Right after that, she won another $15K event in Bratislava (back-to-back titles),[5] this time defeating Iva Primorac in the final. In June 2021, she reached semifinal of the Macha Lake Open in Staré Splavy in both events, losing to Zheng Qinwen in singles event. It was her first semifinal of the $60K event, but in August, she won her first $60K title at the Zubr Cup in Přerov. In the final, she defeated Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik.[6] In October, she advanced to her first ITF final in doubles event. A month later, she finished year at the $25K Milove tournament where she won her fourth title in singles[7] and finished as a runner-up in doubles.

2022: Grand Slam and top 100 debut, doubles win over Williams sisters

She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2022 French Open as a qualifier, making her the youngest Czech player to compete at a major since Nicole Vaidišová (17 years 127 days) at the 2006 US Open and the youngest player to qualify for the tournament since 16-year-old Michelle Larcher de Brito in 2009.[8][9][10][11] In the first round of the main draw, she faced US Open champion Emma Raducanu but lost despite winning the first set.[12] The following week, she reached semifinals of the WTA 125 Makarska International Championships.[13]

In July, she won her first $100K title at the Reinert Open in Versmold, defeating Ysaline Bonaventure in the final.[14] Three weeks later, she entered her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Prague Open where she lost to compatriot and later champion, Marie Bouzková.[15] There she marked her first top 50 win after defeating Alizé Cornet in the second round.[16] This result led her into the top 100 for the first time, at world No. 94, becoming the youngest woman in the top 100, a distinction Coco Gauff previously had held since October 2019. By reaching the semifinals, she became the youngest Czech woman to reach a tour-level semifinal since Vaidišová (17 years, 189 days) in Linz in 2006.[17]

At the US Open, she competed her second Grand Slam qualifying and advanced to the main draw with three qualifying wins. In the second round of qualifying, she defeated former top-10 player Eugenie Bouchard.[18][19] However, she lost in the first round of the main draw to Bouzková in a three-set match.[20] Partnering with Lucie Hradecká in doubles event, she defeated Serena and Venus Williams in her debut Grand Slam match.[21]

Performance timelines

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.[22]

Singles

Current through the 2022 Tallinn Open.

Doubles

Current through the 2022 Ostrava Open.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2021	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Shalimar Talbi	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2021	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	15,000	Hard (i)	Tereza Smitková	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win	2–1	Mar 2021	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	15,000	Hard (i)	Iva Primorac	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win	3–1	Aug 2021	Zubr Cup Přerov, Czech Republic	60,000	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik	6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–3
Win	4–1	Nov 2021	ITF Milovice, Czech Republic	25,000	Hard (i)	Nikola Bartůňková	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–1	Apr 2022	Open de Seine-et-Marne, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Léolia Jeanjean	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–1	Jul 2022	Reinert Open, Germany	100,000	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2021	ITF Netanya, Israel	25,000	Hard	Fanny Östlund	Lina Glushko Shavit Kimchi	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2021	ITF Milovice, Czech Republic	25,000	Hard (i)	Maja Chwalińska	Sakura Hosogi Misaki Matsuda	6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	0–3	Jan 2022	ITF Manacor, Spain	25,000	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	Fernanda Contreras Andrea Lázaro García	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Feb 2022	ITF Manacor, Spain	25,000	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	Fernanda Contreras Andrea Lázaro García	1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	1–4	Feb 2022	Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan	60,000	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Makarova	Anna Sisková Maria Timofeeva	6–2, 6–3

Junior finals

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2021	French Open	Clay	Erika Andreeva	7–6(7–3), 6–3

Junior Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner–up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2018	ITF Mödling, Austria	Grade 2	Clay	Romana Čisovská	6–3, 6–7(3), 0–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2019	ITF Bytom, Poland	Grade 2	Clay	Evialina Laskevich	6–0, 6–2
Win	2–1	Aug 2019	ITF Székesfehérvár, Hungary	Grade 2	Clay	Antonia Ružić	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–1	Sep 2019	ITF Győr, Hungary	Grade 2	Clay	Julie Belgraver	4–6, 7–6(6), 7–6(1)
Win	4–1	Jun 2021	French Open	Grade A	Clay	Erika Andreeva	7–6(3), 6–3

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2018	ITF Bytom, Poland	Grade 2	Clay	Katarína Kužmová	Nina Olyanovskaya Valeriia Olianovskaia	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Aug 2018	ITF Budaörs, Hungary	Grade 2	Clay	Romana Čisovská	Polina Kudermetova Daniella Medvedeva	6–1, 3–6, [9–11]
Loss	1–2	Mar 2019	ITF Villena, Spain	Grade 1	Clay	Diana Shnaider	Liubov Kostenko Martyna Kubka	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–2	Jun 2019	ITF Bytom, Poland (2)	Grade 2	Clay	Evialina Laskevich	Jana Kolodynska Daria Krasnova	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–2	Aug 2019	ITF Székesfehérvár, Hungary	Grade 2	Clay	Evialina Laskevich	Živa Falkner Pia Lovrič	6–1, 6–1
Loss	3–3	Jul 2021	ITF Klosters, Switzerland	Grade B1	Clay	Diana Shnaider	Mara Guth Julia Middendorf	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

Nosková's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.[23]

Player	Years	MP	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
No. 2 ranked players
Barbora Krejčíková	2020	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2020 Přerov ($25K ITF)
No. 5 ranked players
Eugenie Bouchard	2022	1	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–3, 6–2) at 2022 US Open qualifying
No. 10 ranked players
Emma Raducanu	2022	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (7–6(4), 5–7, 1–6) at 2022 French Open
Total	2020–22	3	1–2	33%	1–0 (100%)	0–2 (0%)	0–0 ( – )	current as of 14 October 2022

Record against No. 11–20 players

Nosková's record against players who have been ranked world No. 11–20. Active players are in boldface:[23]

Notes

References

External links

• Linda Nosková at the Women's Tennis Association
• Linda Nosková at the International Tennis Federation

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