Alena Palmeová-West Explained

Alena Palmeová-West
Fullname:	Alena Palmeová-West
Birth Date:	7 January 1945
Birth Place:	Jihlava, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Singlestitles:	11
Frenchopenresult:	2R (1971)
Wimbledonresult:	3R (1969, 1971)
Usopenresult:	2R (1971)
Doublestitles:	1
Frenchopendoublesresult:	3R (1970)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	1R (1970, 1974)
Usopendoublesresult:	1R (1971)
Mixed:	Yes
Usopenmixedresult:	1R (1971)

Alena Palmeová-West (born 7 January 1945) is a Czech former professional tennis player.

Biography

Palmeová born in 1945 in Jihlava. She married American William Sidney West on July 17, 1970, divorced 1984. After the wedding she played under the name Alena Palmeová-West.

Career

Palmeová won 11 international tournaments in singles and played in the finals in 19 tournaments. In doubles, she won one tournament and played in the finals in two tournaments. At Grand Slam level she was most successful at Wimbledon, making the third round of the Wimbledon in both 1969 and 1971.^[1]

Playing for Czechoslovakia at the Federation Cup, Palmeová has a win–loss record of 2–4.^[2]

Career finals

Singles (11 titles – 19 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0		Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Tsu Sun Tsen	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–1		Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Clay	Anna Dmitrieva	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2		Bratislava, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Vlasta Vopičková	3–6, 2–6
Win	2–2		Leverkusen, West Germany	Clay	Almut Sturm	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–3		Travemünde, West Germany	Clay	Gail Chanfreau	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4		Leverkusen, West Germany	Clay	Helga Niessen Masthoff	2–6, 5–7
Loss	2–5		Beersheeba, Israel	Hard	Sally Holdsworth	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	2–6		Netanya, Israel	Hard	Sally Holdsworth	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Win	3–6		Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Sally Holdsworth	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3–7		Charlotte, United States	Clay	Nancy Richey	0–6, 0–6
Win	4–7		Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Yelena Granaturova	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–7		Netanya, Israel	Hard	Andrée Martin	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–7		Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Nathalie Fuchs	6–1, 6–2
Loss	6–8		Montana, Switzerland	Clay	Lesley Hunt	1–6, 0–6
Loss	6–9		Madrid, Spain	Clay	Linda Tuero	3–6, 1–6
Win	7–9		Terrassa, Spain	Clay	Marilyn Pryde	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–10		Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Linda Tuero	1–6, 4–6
Loss	7–11		Fulda, West Germany	Clay	Heide Orth	0–6, 0–6
Win	8–11		Grado, Italy	Clay	Michelle Rodríguez	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8–12		Hong Kong	Carpet (i)	Kazuko Sawamatsu	2–6, 3–6
Loss	8–13		Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Kazuko Sawamatsu	3–6, 0–6
Win	9–13		Davos, Switzerland	Clay	Danièle Bouteleux	3–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss	9–14		Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Lucia Bassi	3–6, 1–6
Loss	9–15		Brummana, Lebanon	Clay	Raquel Giscafré	4–6, 7–9
Loss	9–16		Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win	10–16		Montana, Switzerland	Clay	Lucia Bassi	7–6, 6–4
Loss	10–17		İstanbul, Turkey	Clay	Raquel Giscafré	1–6, 3–6
Loss	10–18		Travemünde, West Germany	Clay	Helga Niessen Masthoff	4–6, 4–6
Loss	10–19		Montana, Switzerland	Clay	Linky Boshoff	6–7, 2–6
Win	11–19		Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Marianne Kindler	6–3, 6–2

Doubles (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Olga Lendlová	Vlasta Kodešová Jitka Volavková	6–2, 8–6
Loss	1–1		Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Jitka Volavková	Annette Van Zyl Gail Chanfreau	1–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2		Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Olga Lendlová	Vlasta Kodešová Jitka Volavková	6–1, 3–6, 10–12
Loss	1–3		Hong Kong	Carpet (i)	Frances Taylor	Hideko Goto Kazuko Sawamatsu	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–3		Montana, Switzerland	Clay	Lucia Bassi	Judy Connor Lynn Cooper	7–6, 6–4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alena Palmeová. tenis95.webnode.cz. 21 September 2020.
2. Web site: Alena Palmeová Fed Cup. 21 September 2020.