Marie Bouzková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarɪjɛ ˈbou̯skovaː], born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player.[1]

Marie Bouzková

Bouzková at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Born	(1998-07-21) 21 July 1998 (age 24) Prague, Czech Republic
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 2,722,258
Singles
Career record	298–163 (64.6%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 39 (12 September 2022)
Current ranking	No. 39 (12 September 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	2R (2022)
Wimbledon	QF (2022)
US Open	2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	61–39 (61.0%)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 24 (9 May 2022)
Current ranking	No. 49 (12 September 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	2R (2020)
Wimbledon	QF (2021)
US Open	QF (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
Last updated on: 12 September 2022.

On 31 August 2020, she attained her career-high WTA singles ranking of 46. On 9 May 2022, she peaked at No. 24 in the WTA doubles rankings. So far, she has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2022 Prague Open, as well as three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. At the tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit, Bouzková has won 12 singles titles and three doubles titles.[2]

She won the 2014 US Open girls' singles title, defeating Anhelina Kalinina in the final. She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2015 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, where she lost in the first round to Sesil Karatantcheva. Bouzková rose to prominence following her run to the semifinals at the 2019 Rogers Cup, where she defeated Sloane Stephens, Jeļena Ostapenko, and Simona Halep before falling to Serena Williams; despite losing, she pushed the former world No. 1 to three sets, winning the first set 6–1. She won her maiden WTA tournament title in doubles at the 2021 Birmingham Classic, partnering compatriot Lucie Hradecká.

Early life and background

Bouzková was born in Prague to father Milan and mother Květa, and has a younger brother, Benjamin Milan. She began playing tennis at a club owned by her parents in Prague. She moved to Florida at age 10 – initially trained at Bollietieri Academy for two years, then she continued to work with her dad and then Requeni from 2014. Marie admires the play of Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal. Besides Czech, she speaks English, Spanish and some German, and is currently pursuing a degree in business administration through Indiana University East.[3]

Career overview

2013–15: First singles & doubles ITF titles, WTA Tour debut

Bouzková started playing as a senior in April 2013. Her first tournament was the Katowice Open (WTA Tour tournament) where she played in qualifying as a wildcard player. In the first round she lost to Katarzyna Piter. Two months later, she made her debut at the ITF Women's Circuit at the $25K Zlín tournament. Her first ITF win came at the $10K Prague tournament in August where she defeated her compatriot Nikola Fraňková.

In March 2014, she reached her first ITF semifinal at the $10K Gainesville. As a result, she debut at the top 1000 a week later. For the second year in-a-row, she played as wildcard player at the Katowice Open in qualifying but still failed to make her WTA Tour main-draw debut. In early October, she won her first ITF title at the $10K Hilton Head tournament after defeating Natalia Viklhyantseva in the straight-sets. Soon after, she reached quarterfinal of the $50K Toronto tournament. This helped her made her top 500 debut right after.

Receiving a wildcard for the 2015 Mexican Open in Acapulco, Bouzková made her WTA Tour main-draw debut. She lost to Sesil Karatantcheva in the first round. During April, she was not able to reached main-draw of the Katowice Open and Prague Open. In June, she won two back-to-back $10K Grand Baie La Croisette tournaments on the Mauritius. She followed up this with another ITF title, the $10K La Possession tournament on the Reunion Island (France). During August, she reached the $15K Horb tournament and $10K Portschach final. In the second half of September, she reached semifinal of the $25K Monterrey tournament as her last significant result of the year. In addition, this won her first doubles season. She played only one tournament, the $10K Grand Baie La Croisette tournament and won the title.

2016-18: Success on the ITF Circuit; Grand Slam debut

Despite making WTA Tour debut, in the following three years Bouzková had more impressive results on the ITF Circuit. She started season of 2016 with the final of the $10K tournament in Fort-de-France (Martinique). The following week, she traveled to Guadaloupe where she reached her first title of the year, at the $10K Petit Bourg tournament. During the second half of the February she won title at the $25K Cuernavaca. She then lifted trophy in May at the $10K Monzon. A month later, she won title at the $10K Puszczykowo after defeating Valeriya Savinykh in the final and not dropping a single set during the tournament. In September, she played in qualifying of the Tournoi de Québec as her first appearance at any WTA tournament in the season. After losing to Lauren Davis in first round of qualifying, she was forced to continue with ITF events. However, she did not reach any semifinal by the end of the year.

During the January 2017, Bouzková had two early losses at the two $25K tournament in the United States. Her next destination was Australia. She started well with the semifinal of the $60K Burnie International. After early loss in the following week at the $60K Launceston International, she won title at the $25K Perth tournament after defeating her compatriot Markéta Vondroušová. In early March, she lost in the qualifying of Mexican Open in Acapulco but then won title at the $15K Orlando. A month later, she get to the main-draw of the Ladies Open Bien/Bielle through qualifying, as her first main-draw appearance since Mexican Open in February 2015. She lost in the first round to Barbora Strýcová. Still being in Switzerland, a week later Bouzkova reached semifinal of the $25K Chiasso. In May, she get to the another ITF final, this time at the $25K Monzon tournament but lost to Georgina Garcia Perez. Some progress were seen from Bouzková, since she made her Grand Slam debut at the Wimbledon qualifying. After making her first win there, she was stopped in the second round of qualifying. At the US Open, she had another attempt to reach Grand Slam main-draw but lost in the first round of qualifying. In late September, she advanced to the final of the $25K Stillwater but lost to Aleksandra Wozniak. She finished year with two early finishes at WTA Challengers in Asia, Hua Hin and Taipei. It was her WTA Challenger Tour debut.

Her 2018 season was marked with her Grand Slam debut in singles and return to play doubles events. Despite losing in the qualifying of first three majors, Bouzková won three matches in the qualifying of the US Open and it that way secured place in the main draw. She lost in her first main-draw match against Ana Bogdan. During the year, she was not so successful with reaching finals, getting to only one, at the $25K Iraputo tournament in February 2018. She won the title, after defeating Kristina Kucová in the final. However, this season was special for Bouzková since she made her doubles return after playing her last event in June 2015. Despite playing only five events, she reached one semifinal, at the $60K Granby Challenger in July 2018.

2019: Premier-5 semifinal, top 100, three top-10 wins

For Bouzková season started at the Brisbane International where she played in qualifying, in order to qualify for main-draw. She passed qualification, and in first round faced Samantha Stosur. Bouzková won, but was stopped in next round by Karolína Plíšková. At the Australian Open, she failed to qualify, losing in first round of qualification to compatriot Barbora Krejčíková. On both Indian Wells Open and Miami Open, she failed to qualify. At the clay-court season, she reached first round of Prague Open, and passed qualification at the French Open, where she lost in first round to Bianca Andreescu. At Wimbledon, she was also forced to play qualification, and she succeeded. In the first round, she beat Mona Barthel, but lost to Maria Sakkari in the second.

During the US Open Series, she played at the Stanford Classic, where she failed in the first round. The following week at the Canadian Open, she had her first appearance at the qualifying of some Premier-5 tournament, and she accomplished her career-best result so far. On the way to the semifinals, she defeated Leylah Fernandez, former US Open champion Sloane Stephens, former French Open champion Jeļena Ostapenko, and two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep, with Stephens and Halep being her first two top-ten wins. Bouzková faced Serena Williams in the semifinals. Bouzková won the first set but then Serena made a turnover and eventually won the match. At the US Open, Bouzková made her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, without need for playing in qualifying; however, she lost to Ajla Tomljanović. On the Asian swing, she reached the quarterfinals at the Guangzhou Open, also scoring a third top-ten win over Elina Svitolina, and the second round at the Wuhan Open, but failed to qualify for the China Open.

In July, she reached the top 100, and she finished the year as No. 57.

2020: First WTA tournament singles final, top 50 in singles

Bouzková didn't have much success at her first tournaments. At the Brisbane International, she failed in the first round, losing to Madison Keys. The following week at the Hobart International, she also lost in the first round. She played at the Australian Open for the first time in the main draw, but was stopped in the first round by defending champion Naomi Osaka. At the Mexican Open in Acapulco, she still didn't make her first win in 2020, but the following week, at the Monterrey Open, it finally happened, when she reached her first WTA tournament final. She lost the final to Elina Svitolina in a tough three-set match. After her good performance in Monterrey, she entered the top 50 on 9 March at No. 47.

After the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, she had success on her first tournament when she reached the quarterfinals, but lost to the eventual champion, Jennifer Brady. She also had success at the Cincinnati Open by reaching the third round, where she lost to Anett Kontaveit. At the US Open, she lost in the first round to Jessica Pegula. During the clay-court season, she played at the Italian Open, making her debut at that tournament. She was stopped in the second round by Elena Rybakina. On 31 August, she reached a new career-high in singles at No. 46.

2021: Doubles raising: Two major quarterfinals & maiden WTA title & top 35

In June, she won her maiden WTA tournament title in doubles at the Birmingham Classic, partnering compatriot Lucie Hradecká, where they defeated the pair of Ons Jabeur and Ellen Perez in a tight three-set match. She lifted her second trophy also with Hradecká at the Prague Open.

2022: Wimbledon quarterfinal & first WTA title in singles, top 25 in doubles

She recorded her first major win at the Australian Open over qualifier Rebecca Marino. At the Indian Wells Open, she reached the third round at this tournament for the first time in her career. She repeated the feat reaching also the third round at a WTA 1000 level at the Madrid Open. At the French Open, she reached the second round in singles for the first time in her career but had to withdraw from her singles match with Elise Mertens and her doubles match due to COVID-19.[4]

At Wimbledon, she defeated Caroline Garcia to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal in her career.[5]

At the Prague Open Bouzková defeated Anastasia Potapova to win her first WTA tournament in her career.[6][7] At the Cincinnati Open, she reached the second round after 11th seed Coco Gauff retirement. In doubles she reached the round of 16 with Laura Siegemund. As a result, she reached a new career-high of No. 41 in the singles and back to top 40 in the doubles rankings.

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.[8]

Singles

Current through the 2022 US Open.

Doubles

Current through the 2022 Cincinnati.

Mixed doubles

WTA career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2020	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International[lower-alpha 4]	Hard	Elina Svitolina	5–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2021	Phillip Island Trophy, Australia	WTA 250	Hard	Daria Kasatkina	6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Feb 2022	Abierto Zapopan, Mexico	WTA 250	Hard	Sloane Stephens	5–7, 6–1, 2–6
Win	1–3	Jul 2022	Prague Open, Czech Republic	WTA 250	Hard	Anastasia Potapova	6–0, 6–3

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2020	Lexington Challenger, United States	International	Hard	Jil Teichmann	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	1–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Apr 2021	Charleston Open, United States	WTA 500	Clay (green)	Lucie Hradecká	Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Jun 2021	Birmingham Classic, United Kingdom	WTA 250	Grass	Lucie Hradecká	Ons Jabeur Ellen Perez	6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Win	2–2	Jul 2021	Prague Open, Czech Republic	WTA 250	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Viktória Kužmová Nina Stojanović	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win	3–2	Apr 2022	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	WTA 250	Clay	Sara Sorribes Tormo	Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova	6–3, 6–4

Note: Tournaments sourced from official WTA archives

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Mar 2019	Abierto Zapopan, Mexico	Hard	Veronika Kudermetova	2–6, 0–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (12 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2014	ITF Hilton Head, United States	10,000	Clay	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	7–5, 6–1
Win	2–0	Jun 2015	ITF Grand-Baie, Mauritius	10,000	Hard	Lou Brouleau	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–0	Jun 2015	ITF Grand-Baie, Mauritius	10,000	Hard	Jaeda Daniel	7–5, 6–2
Win	4–0	Jul 2015	ITF La Possession, France	10,000	Hard	Ilze Hattingh	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–1	Aug 2015	ITF Pörtschach, Austria	10,000	Clay	Julia Grabher	6–7(5), 1–6
Loss	4–2	Jan 2016	ITF Fort-de-France, France	10,000	Hard	Irina Ramialison	6–7(3), 2–6
Win	5–2	Jan 2016	ITF Petit-Bourg, France	10,000	Hard	Théo Gravouil	6–4, 6–1
Win	6–2	Feb 2016	Morelos Open, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Lauren Albanese	0–6, 6–0, 6–1
Win	7–2	May 2016	ITF Monzon, Spain	10,000	Hard	Jessika Ponchet	6–4, 6–4
Win	8–2	Jun 2016	ITF Puszczykowo, Poland	10,000	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	6–2, 6–0
Win	9–2	Feb 2017	ITF Perth, Australia	25,000	Hard	Markéta Vondroušová	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	10–2	Mar 2017	ITF Orlando, United States	15,000	Clay	Victoria Rodríguez	7–5, 5–7, 6–0
Loss	10–3	May 2017	ITF Monzon, Spain	25,000	Hard	Georgina García Pérez	1–6, 3–6
Loss	10–4	Sep 2017	ITF Stillwater, United States	25,000	Hard	Aleksandra Wozniak	5–7, 4–6
Win	11–4	Mar 2018	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Kristína Kučová	6–4, 6–0
Win	12–4	Jul 2019	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	80,000	Hard	Natalija Kostić	6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	ITF Grand-Baie, Mauritius	10,000	Hard	Rosalie van der Hoek	Ilze Hattingh Madrie Le Roux	6–3, 7–5
Win	2–0	Apr 2019	Lale Cup Istanbul, Turkey	60,000	Hard	Rosalie van der Hoek	Ilona Kremen Iryna Shymanovich	7–5, 6–7(2), [10–5]
Win	3–0	Jul 2019	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	80,000	Hard	Vivian Heisen	Vlada Koval Kamilla Rakhimova	7–6(8), 6–1

Note: Tournaments sourced from official ITF archives

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2014	US Open	Hard	Anhelina Kalinina	6–4, 7–6(7–5)

Girls' doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2014	Wimbledon	Grass	Dalma Gálfi	Tami Grende Ye Qiuyu	2–6, 6–7(5–7)

WTA Tour career earnings

Current after the 2022 Prague Open

Head-to-head-record

Record against top-10 players

Bouzková's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, active players are in boldface:[9]

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Simona Halep	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–4, 0–0 ret) at 2019 Toronto QF
Ashleigh Barty	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (0–6, 6–4, 3–6) at 2021 Melbourne 2 3R
Serena Williams	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–1, 3–6, 3–6) at 2019 Toronto SF
Karolína Plíšková	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2022 US Open 2R
Naomi Osaka	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2021 US Open 1R
Number 2 ranked players
Petra Kvitová	1–1	50%	1–0	0–1	–	Lost (2–6, 3–2 ret) at 2021 Madrid 1R
Barbora Krejčíková	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 6–4, 4–6) at 2019 Australian Open 1R
Vera Zvonareva	1–1	50%	1–0	–	0–1	Lost (5–7, 4–6) at 2021 Wimbledon 1R
Ons Jabeur	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (6–3, 1–6, 1–6) at 2022 Wimbledon QF
Anett Kontaveit	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2020 Cincinnati 3R
Paula Badosa	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (5–7, 5–7) at 2022 Miami 2R
Number 3 ranked players
Sloane Stephens	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Lost (5–7, 6–1, 2–6) at 2022 Guadalajara F
Elina Svitolina	1–2	33%	1–2	–	–	Lost (3–6, 6–7) at 2021 Australian Open 1R
Maria Sakkari	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (4–6, 1–3 ret) at 2021 Montreal 1R
Number 4 ranked players
Samantha Stosur	2–0	100%	2–0	–	–	Won (6–2, 6–0) at 2021 Melbourne 2 1R
Johanna Konta	2–0	100%	2–0	–	–	Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2020 Lexington 1R
Caroline Garcia	2–0	100%	–	–	2–0	Won (7–5, 6–2) at 2022 Wimbledon 4R
Bianca Andreescu	1–2	33%	1–1	0–1	–	Won (6–7, 6–2, 7–5) at 2021 Melbourne 4 SF
Sofia Kenin	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–7, 6–4, 2–6) at 2017 ITF Daytona Beach 1R
Belinda Bencic	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–1, 1–6, 4–6) at 2018 ITF Las Vegas QF
Number 5 ranked players
Jeļena Ostapenko	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–2, 6–2) at 2019 Toronto 3R
Sara Errani	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (4–6, 6–2, 6–4) at 2022 Monterrey 1R
Number 7 ranked players
Jessica Pegula	3–1	75%	2–1	1–0	–	Won (5–7, 6–2, 6–0) at 2022 Indian Wells 2R
Danielle Collins	1–1	50%	0–1	–	1–0	Won (5–7, 6–4, 6–4) at 2022 Wimbledon 1R
Patty Schnyder	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (2–6, 1–6) at 2018 Prague 1R
Madison Keys	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2020 Brisbane 1R
Number 9 ranked players
Andrea Petkovic	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (5–7, 1–2 ret) at 2019 Beijing 2R
CoCo Vandeweghe	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2021 Birmingham QF
Daria Kasatkina	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (6–4, 2–6, 2–6) at 2021 Melbourne 4 F
Total	19–31	38%	15–23 (39%)	1–4 (20%)	3–4 (43%)	Current through the 2022 US Open

Record against No. 11–20 players

Bouzková's record against players who have been ranked world No. 11–20. Active players are in boldface:[10]

Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	MBR
2019
1.	Sloane Stephens	No. 8	Canadian Open, Canada	Hard	2R	6–2, 7–5	No. 91
2.	Simona Halep	No. 4	Canadian Open, Canada	Hard	QF	6–4, ret.	No. 91
3.	Elina Svitolina	No. 3	Guangzhou International, China	Hard	2R	6–4, 4–3 ret.	No. 63
2021
4.	Bianca Andreescu	No. 9	Phillip Island Trophy, United States	Hard	SF	6–7(9–11), 6–2, 7–5	No. 50
2022
5.	Karolína Plíšková	No. 7	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	1R	6–4, 7–5	No. 77
6.	Danielle Collins	No. 8	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	1R	5–7, 6–4, 6–4	No. 66

Notes

References

External links

• Marie Bouzková at the Women's Tennis Association
• Marie Bouzková at the International Tennis Federation

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