Dája Bedáňová Explained

Dája Bedáňová (born Daniela Bedáňová 9 March 1983) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She lives in Leonberg, Germany. Bedáňová turned pro in 2000 and retired in 2005.

She was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2000. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when she got to the quarterfinals of the 2001 US Open, defeating Joannette Kruger, Silvija Talaja, Meghann Shaughnessy and Monica Seles, then losing to Martina Hingis. She attained a career high ranking of 16 in singles in 2002.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	SR	W–L	Win%
align=left colspan="11"	Grand Slam
Australian Open	A	A	4R	2R	2R	Q1	A	0 / 3	5–3
French Open	A	Q2	3R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 3	2–3
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	A	A	0 / 4	3–4
US Open	A	1R	QF	4R	1R	A	A	0 / 4	7–4
Win–loss	0–0	0–2	9–4	6–4	2–4	0–0	0–0	0 / 14	17–14
National representation
Olympics	style=color:#767676	NH	2R	NH			A	style=color:#767676	NH	0 / 1	1–1
Tier I
Indian Wells Open	A	2R	1R	3R	2R	A	2R	0 / 5	4–5
Miami Open	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	A	Q1	0 / 4	3–4
Berlin Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 2	2–2
Canadian Open	A	A	3R	2R	Q2	A	A	0 / 2	3–2
Pan Pacific Open	A	A	1R	1R	Q2	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Charleston Open	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
Kremlin Cup	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1
Zurich Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Win–loss	0–0	2–2	5–5	3–6	4–4	0–0	1–1	0 / 18	15–18
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	10	20	25	15	0	2	Career total: 73
Titles	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Finals	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Overall win-loss	1–1	13–10	20–20	24–24	6–16	0–0	1–2	1 / 73	65–73

Doubles

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam
Australian Open	A	A	QF	1R	1R	0 / 3	3–3
French Open	A	A	3R	1R	A	0 / 2	2–2
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	3R	A	0 / 2	2–2
US Open	A	3R	1R	2R	A	0 / 3	3–3
Win–loss	0–0	2–1	5–4	3–4	0–1	0 / 10	10–10
National representation
Olympics	1R	Not Held			A	0 / 1	0–1
Tier I
Indian Wells Open	A	A	QF	1R	A	0 / 2	2–2
Miami Open	A	A	2R	2R	A	0 / 2	2–2
Berlin Open	A	A	QF	A	A	0 / 1	2–1
Canadian Open	A	Q1	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2
Charleston Open	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1
Kremlin Cup	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Pan Pacific Open	A	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	5–5	2–5	0–0	0 / 11	7–11

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 title

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2001	WTA Bratislava, Slovakia	Tier V	Hard (i)	Elena Bovina	Nathalie Dechy Meilen Tu	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jan 2003	Canberra International, Australia	Tier V	Hard	Dinara Safina	Tathiana Garbin Émilie Loit	3–6, 6–3, 4–6

ITF finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
$75,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
$10,000 tournaments (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1998	ITF Bossonnens, Switzerland	10,000	Carpet (i)	Zuzana Ondrášková	Zuzana Hejdová Alena Vašková	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	1–1	Nov 1998	ITF Biel, Switzerland	10,000	Hard (i)		Gréta Arn Katalin Miskolczi	6–2, 6–1
Win	2–1	Jul 2001	ITF tuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany	25,000	Clay		Gréta Arn Amanda Grahame	0–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Jun 2005	ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic	75,000	Clay		Yuliya Beygelzimer Mara Santangelo	1–6, 6–4, 2–6

Best Grand Slam results details

Australian Open 2001 Australian Open Round width=225 Opponent width=200 Score 1R Bryanne Stewart (WC) 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 2R Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 3R Elena Dementieva (9) 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 4R Serena Williams (6) 2–6, 2–6	French Open 2001 French Open Round width=225 Opponent width=200 Score 1R Stéphanie Foretz (WC) 7–5, 7–5 2R Andrea Glass 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 3R Silvia Farina Elia 5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Wimbledon Championships 2002 Wimbledon (26th Seed) Round width=225 Opponent width=200 Score 1R Seda Noorlander 6–1, 6–2 2R Selima Sfar 6–3, 6–2 3R Jennifer Capriati (3) 4–6, 2–6	US Open 2001 US Open Round width=225 Opponent width=210 Score 1R Joannette Kruger 6–1, 6–2 2R 6–1, 6–3 3R Meghann Shaughnessy (12) 6–4, 6–1 4R Monica Seles (7) 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 QF Martina Hingis (1) 2–6, 0–6

Top 10 wins

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