Tereza Mihalíková Explained

Tereza Mihalíková
Birth Date:2 June 1998
Birth Place:Topoľčany, Slovakia
Height:1.79 m
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$548,313
Singlestitles:0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 349 (11 June 2018)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 1,097 (12 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:Q1 (2016)
Doublestitles:1 WTA, 3 WTA Challengers
Highestdoublesranking:No. 42 (30 January 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 57 (12 August 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:3R (2023)
Frenchopendoublesresult:2R (2024)
Wimbledondoublesresult:3R (2023, 2024)
Usopendoublesresult:2R (2022)
Team:yes
Fedcupresult:3–5
Updated:16 August 2024

Tereza Mihalíková (in Slovak pronounced as /ˈtereza ˈmiɦaliːkɔʋaː/; born 2 June 1998) is a Slovak tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 42 by the WTA, reached on 30 January 2023. She has won one WTA doubles title and three WTA Challenger Tour doubles titles, along with eight singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Mihalíková was very successful as a junior. As a former junior No. 4, she won the Australian Open in both events. First, in 2015, she won the girls' singles event, after defeating Katie Swan in the final. Her doubles title came a year later, when, alongside Anna Kalinskaya, she defeated Dayana Yastremska and Anastasia Zarycká. She is also three time Grand Slam finalist in doubles: 2014 US Open and Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2015.

While still playing mostly in tournaments of the ITF Circuit in singles, she had her breakthrough in doubles by winning her first WTA Tour title in 2021 and debuting in the top 100.

Junior career

Grand Slam performance

Singles:

Doubles:

Highlights

In 2014, Mihalíková reached the final of the girls' doubles tournament at the US Open, partnering with Vera Lapko.

She was also a member of the Slovak Junior Fed Cup team (U16). Together with Viktória Kužmová and Tamara Kupková, she reached the final in 2014, when they lost to the United States team (CiCi Bellis, Tornado Alicia Black, Sofia Kenin).[1]

Mihalíková entered doubles competition at the 2015 Australian Open, again alongside Lapko. They lost their quarterfinal match to the eventual champions, Miriam Kolodziejová and Markéta Vondroušová. But she won the singles competition, defeating British Katie Swan in the final. At the 2016 Australian Open, Mihalíková won the girls' doubles event with Anna Kalinskaya and ended runner-up in the girls' singles event, losing the final to Vera Lapko.

Professional career

2021: Progress in doubles: WTA Tour title and top 100

Mihalíková made a progress in her doubles career after making some good results during the season of 2021. In early season, she get to the title at the $25k Hamburg tournament, partnering with Anna Bondár. Two months later, they advanced to another final but this time finished as a runner-up at the $25k event in Manacor. In June, her progress continued with her first WTA Challenger Tour final at the Bol Ladies Open. Together with Ekaterine Gorgodze, she lost to the pair of Aliona Bolsova and Katarzyna Kawa.[2] The following month, she reached another Challenger final, at the Swedish Open alongside Kamilla Rakhimova. Just like in the previous final, she lost in three sets.[3]

Things got even better in September, when she reached her first WTA Tour doubles final. Partnering with Anna Kalinskaya, she defeated Aleksandra Krunić/Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, in three sets.[4] In October, she won two $60k tournaments; the first one at the Henderson Open in Las Vegas, followed up with the title at the Rancho Santa Fe Open. In the first half of December, she was successful in her third attempt in a WTA Challenger final. She won the title at the Open Angers alongside Greet Minnen, after beating former Grand Slam doubles champion, Vera Zvonareva, and former major doubles finalist, Monica Niculescu.[5] These results pushed her into the top 100 for the first time.

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament2016...2022W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenQ1A0–0
French OpenAA0–0
WimbledonAA0–0
US OpenAA0–0
Win–loss0–00–00–0

Doubles

Current through the 2023 China Open.

Tournament2017201820192020202120222023Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAAA3R0 / 12–1
French OpenAAAAA1R1R0 / 20–2
WimbledonAAAstyle=color:#767676NHA2R3R0 / 23–2
US OpenAAAAA2R1R0 / 21–2
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–02–34–40 / 76–7
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar OpenAAAAAA1R0 / 10–1
Indian Wells OpenAAAstyle=color:#767676NHA1RA0 / 10–1
Miami OpenAAAstyle=color:#767676NHA1R2R0 / 21–2
Madrid OpenAAAstyle=color:#767676NHAQF1R0 / 22–2
Italian OpenAAAAAA1R0 / 10–1
Canadian OpenAAAstyle=color:#767676NHA1R1R0 / 20–2
Cincinnati OpenAAAAAA2R0 / 11–1
Guadalajara OpenNH1R2R0 / 21–2
China OpenAAAstyle=color:#767676 colspan="3"NH2R0 / 11–1
Wuhan OpenAAAstyle=color:#767676 colspan="4"NH0 / 00–0
Career statistics
Tournaments100061928Career total: 54
Titles0000100Career total: 1
Finals0000111Career total: 3
Overall win–loss1–10–00–10–04–615–2021–281 / 5441–56
Year-end ranking3662062071901094854$378,987

WTA Tour finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Slovenia Open,
Slovenia
WTA 250Hard Anna Kalinskaya Aleksandra Krunić
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
4–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss1–1 Slovenia Open,
Slovenia
WTA 250Hard Cristina Bucșa Marta Kostyuk
Tereza Martincová
4–6, 0–6
Loss1–2Rosmalen Open,
Netherlands
WTA 250Grass Viktória Hrunčáková Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara
3–6, 3–6
Loss1–3Transylvania Open,
Romania
WTA 250Hard (i) Harriet Dart Caty McNally
Asia Muhammad
3–6, 4–6
Loss1–4Libéma Open,
Netherlands
WTA 250Grass Olivia Nicholls Ingrid Neel
Bibiane Schoofs
6–7(6–8), 3–6

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1bgcolor=silverBol Ladies Open, CroatiaClay Ekaterine Gorgodze Aliona Bolsova
Katarzyna Kawa
1–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss0–2bgcolor=silverSwedish Open, SwedenClay Kamilla Rakhimova Mirjam Björklund
Leonie Küng
7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Win1–2bgcolor=silverAngers Open, FranceHard (i) Greet Minnen Monica Niculescu
Vera Zvonareva
4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win2–2bgcolor=silverContrexéville Open, FranceClay Ulrikke Eikeri Han Xinyun
Alexandra Panova
7–6(10–8), 6–2
Win3–2bgcolor=silverAbierto Tampico, MexicoHard Aldila Sutjiadi Ashlyn Krueger
Elizabeth Mandlik
7–5, 6–2
Loss3–3Mar 2024bgcolor=silverCharleston Pro, United StatesHard Sara Errani Olivia Gadecki
Olivia Nicholls
2–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$15,000 tournaments (2–3)
$10,000 tournaments (6–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Apr 2015ITF Cairo, Egypt10,000Hard Dea Herdželaš7–5, 6–3
Win2–0Aug 2015ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Sara Tomic6–2, 6–0
Win3–0Feb 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Varvara Flink6–1, 6–4
Win4–0Apr 2016ITF Manama, Bahrain10,000Hard Anna Kalinskaya7–5, 6–1
Win5–0Aug 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Ana Veselinović2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win6–0Sep 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Valeria Bhunu6–3, 7–6(3)
Loss6–1Jul 2017ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Vera Zvonareva6–1, 6–7(4), 5–7
Loss6–2Aug 2017ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania15,000Clay Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie3–6, 6–3, 6–7(7)
Win7–2Oct 2017ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Nastja Kolar6–2, 6–4
Win8–2Mar 2018ITF Bhopal, India15,000Hard Emily Webley-Smith6–1, 5–7, 6–0
Loss8–3Mar 2018ITF Manama, Bahrain15,000Hard Nastja Kolar4–6, 2–6
Loss8–4Nov 2018ITF Muzaffarnagar, India 25,000Grass Natalija Kostić2–6, 1–3 ret.

Doubles: 35 (19 titles, 16 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$25,000 tournaments (9–9)
$15,000 tournaments (5–3)
$10,000 tournaments (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (14–13)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 2015ITF Cairo, Egypt10,000Hard Barbara Kötelesová Marine Partaud
Naomi Totka
2–6, 5–7
Loss0–2Oct 2015ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Vicky Geurinckx Emily Arbuthnott
Lisa Whybourn
3–6, 0–6
Win1–2Apr 2016ITF Manama, Bahrain10,000Hard Katharina Hering
Kimberley Zimmermann
7–5, 6–3
Win2–2May 2016Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia100,000Clay Anna Kalinskaya Evgeniya Rodina
Anastasija Sevastova
6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss2–3Jun 2016ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan25,000Hard Veronika Kudermetova Ksenia Lykina
Polina Monova
6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Win3–3Jul 2016ITF Amarante, Portugal10,000Hard Inês Murta Jessica Crivelletto
Despina Papamichail
7–6(5), 6–3
Loss3–4Oct 2016ITF Toowoomba, Australia25,000Hard Gabriela Cé Dalma Gálfi
Viktória Kužmová
4–6, 6–7(4)
Loss3–5Mar 2017ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Julia Terziyska Olga Doroshina
Polina Monova
w/o
Win4–5Mar 2017ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Anna Morgina Li Yuenu
Meng Ran
2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win5–5Apr 2017ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000Clay Mariam Bolkvadze Bojana Marinković
Despina Papamichail
7–6(7), 6–3
Win6–5May 2017ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15,000Clay Naiktha Bains Francesca Bullani
Veronica Napolitano
4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss6–6Sep 2017Royal Cup, Montenegro25,000Clay Chantal Škamlová Petra Krejsová
Jesika Malečková
2–6, 3–6
Win7–6Nov 2017Pune Tennis Championships, India25,000Hard Jaqueline Cristian Lee Pei-chi
Yana Sizikova
4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss7–7Mar 2018ITF Bhopal, India15,000Hard Ana Veselinović Kanika Vaidya
Rosalie van der Hoek
2–1 ret.
Win8–7May 2018ITF Tbilisi, Georgia25,000Hard Laura Pigossi Sviatlana Pirazhenka
Erika Vogelsang
6–4, 6–1
Loss8–8Jul 2018bgcolor=lightblueITF Setúbal, Portugalbgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Julia Terziyska Mathilde Armitano
Elixane Lechemia
7–6(5), 3–6, [11–13]
Loss8–9Aug 2018bgcolor=lightblueITF Koksijde, Belgiumbgcolor=lightblue25,000Clay Dea Herdželaš Anna Bondár
Raluca Șerban
3–6, 0–6
Win9–9Aug 2018bgcolor=lightblueITF Almaty, Kazakhstanbgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Valeriya Strakhova Polina Monova
Yana Sizikova
1–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win10–9Oct 2018bgcolor=lightblueLagos Open, Nigeriabgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Julia Terziyska Estelle Cascino
Deniz Khazaniuk
6–7(4), 6–2, [10–5]
Win11–9Mar 2019bgcolor=lightblueClay Court International, Australiabgcolor=lightblue25,000Clay Naiktha Bains Destanee Aiava
Ellen Perez
4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss11–10Mar 2019bgcolor=lightblueClay Court International 2, Australiabgcolor=lightblue25,000Clay Naiktha Bains Alison Bai
Jaimee Fourlis
2–6, 2–6
Win12–10May 2019bgcolor=lightblueITF Jerusalem, Israelbgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Yuliya Hatouka Samantha Murray
Despina Papamichail
2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss12–11Oct 2019Bendigo International, Australia60,000Hard Naiktha Bains Maddison Inglis
Kaylah McPhee
6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss12–12Nov 2019Playford International, Australia60,000Hard Naiktha Bains Storm Sanders
Asia Muhammad
3–6, 4–6
Loss12–13Jan 2020ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Bojana Marinković Zeel Desai
Anastasia Tikhonova
6–7(4), 7–5, [5–10]
Win13–13Jan 2020ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Jodie Burrage Mallaurie Noël
Oona Orpana
6–1, 6–2
Win14–13Jan 2020ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Yuliya Hatouka Gozal Ainitdinova
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko
6–4, 6–2
Win15–13Feb 2020bgcolor=lightblueTrnava Indoor, Slovakia -->bgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard (i) Anna Bondár Amina Anshba
Anastasia Dețiuc
6–4, 6–4
Win16–13Mar 2020bgcolor=lightblueITF Mildura, Australiabgcolor=lightblue25,000Grass Abbie Myers Arina Rodionova
Erin Routliffe
6–3, 6–2
Win17–13Jan 2021bgcolor=lightblueITF Hamburg, Germanybgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard (i) Anna Bondár Amandine Hesse
Kimberley Zimmermann
6–4, 6–4
Loss17–14Mar 2021bgcolor=lightblueITF Manacor, Spainbgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Anna Bondár Réka Luca Jani
Lara Salden
4–6, 5–7
Win18–14Oct 2021Las Vegas Open, United States60,000Hard Quinn Gleason Tara Moore
Emina Bektas
7–6(5), 7–5
Win19–14Oct 2021Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States60,000Hard Katarzyna Kawa Liang En-shuo
Rebecca Marino
6–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss19–15Jan 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Manacor, Spainbgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Linda Nosková Fernanda Contreras
Andrea Lázaro García
1–6, 4–6
Loss19–16Feb 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Manacor, Spainbgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Linda Nosková Fernanda Contreras
Andrea Lázaro García
1–6, 6–3, [6–10]

Junior Circuit finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Girls' singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win2015Australian OpenHard Katie Swan6–1, 6–4
Loss2016Australian OpenHard Vera Lapko3–6, 4–6

Girls' doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss2014US OpenHard Vera Lapko İpek Soylu
Jil Teichmann
7–5, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss2015WimbledonGrass Vera Lapko Dalma Gálfi
Fanny Stollár
3–6, 2–6
Win2016Australian OpenHard Anna Kalinskaya Dayana Yastremska
Anastasia Zarytska
6–1, 6–1

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
Grade A
Grade 1 / B1 (0–1)
Grade 2
Grade 3 (1–0)
Grade 4 (2–0)
Grade 5 (0–1)
Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentclass=unsortableScore
Loss0–1Jun 2013Podgorica Open, MontenegroGrade 5Clay Martina Basic1–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win1–1Jun 2013ITF Melnyka, UkraineGrade 4Clay Anastasiya Fedoryshyn7–6(7–1), 6–3
Win2–1Aug 2013Triglav Open, SloveniaGrade 4Clay Manca Pislak2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win3–1Jun 2014bgcolor=lightblueBytom Cup, Polandbgcolor=lightblueGrade 3Clay Emilie Francati6–0, 7–5
Loss3–2Aug 2015Prince George's County International,
United States
Grade 1Hard Anna Kalinskaya4–6, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
Grade A (0–1)
Grade 1 / B1 (3–1)
Grade 2 (1–2)
Grade 3 (1–0)
Grade 4 (3–0)
Grade 5 (0–2)
Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsclass=unsortableScore
Loss0–1Sep 2012Mayor's Cup, LithuaniaGrade 5Clay Kseniia Becker Elisa Mai Koonik
Tatjana Vorobjova
w/o
Win1–1Feb 2013Otocec Cup, SloveniaGrade 4Carpet Nina Holanova Pia Brglez
Ena Kajevic
6–2, 6–2
Loss1–2Jun 2013Podgorica Cup, MontenegroGrade 5Clay Kseniia Becker Georgina Axon
Holly Hutchinson
2–6, 4–6
Win2–2Jun 2013ITF Melnyka, UkraineGrade 4Clay Anastasiya Fedoryshyn Anna Bogoslavets
Maryna Veksler
6–2, 6–3
Win3–2Aug 2013Triglav Open, SloveniaGrade 4Clay Barbora Miklova Zala Dovnik
Nika Kozar
6–1, 6–1
Win4–2Sep 2013bgcolor=lightblueAphrodite Cup, Cyprusbgcolor=lightblueGrade 3Hard Gabriella Taylor Anna Iakovleva
Aleksandra Pospelova
6–3, 2–6, [10–3]
Win5–2Apr 2014Plovdiv Cup, BulgariaGrade 2Clay Viktória Kužmová Anastasia Gasanova
Ulyana Grib
6–2, 6–1
Loss5–3Apr 2014Slovakia CupGrade 2Clay Aleksandra Pospelova Viktória Kužmová
Kristína Schmiedlová
4–6, 4–6
Loss5–4Jul 2014Pilsen Wilson Cup, Czech RepublicGrade 2Clay Tereza Kolarova Jana Jablonovska
Miriam Kolodziejová
3–6, 5–7
Loss5–5Dec 2014Orange Bowl, United StatesGrade AClay Miriam Kolodziejová CiCi Bellis
Markéta Vondroušová
5–7, 6–2, [4–10]
Win6–5Jan 2015Traralgon International, AustraliaGrade 1Hard Vera Lapko Olga Fridman
Elina Nepliy
7–5, 7–5
Win7–5Mar 2015Perin Memorial, CroatiaGrade 1Clay Aleksandra Pospelova Georgia Crăciun
Oana Gavrila
6–0, 2–6, [10–7]
Win8–5Aug 2015Prince George's County International, United StatesGrade 1Hard Anna Kalinskaya Vera Lapko
Iryna Shymanovich
6–1, 6–4
Loss8–6Dec 2015Bradenton International, United StatesGrade 1Clay Dalma Gálfi Sofia Kenin
Ingrid Neel
3–6, 1–6

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Legend
World Group / Finals round robin (1–1)
World Group playoffs / Finals qualifying round
World Group 2 (0–1)
World Group 2 playoffs / Finals playoffs (0–1)
Zone Group round robin / Playoffs

Doubles (1–3)

EditionRoundDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore
2016WG2 POApr 2016Bratislava CanadaClay (i)Jana ČepelováSharon Fichman
Charlotte Robillard-Millette
align=center bgcolor=ffa07aL3–6, 6–0, [8–10]
2019WG2Feb 2019Riga LatviaHard (i)Anna Karolína SchmiedlováDiāna Marcinkēviča
Jeļena Ostapenko
align=center bgcolor=ffa07aL2–6, 3–6
2020–21F RRNov 2021Prague SpainHard (i)Viktória KužmováSara Sorribes Tormo
Carla Suárez Navarro
align=center bgcolor=ffa07aL6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Nov 2021 United StatesViktória KužmováCaroline Dolehide
CoCo Vandeweghe
align=center bgcolor=98FB98W6–2, 6–7, [12–10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USA Junior Fed Cup team can sing "We are the Champions" . Harwitt . Sandra . 28 September 2014 . ITF Tennis . 14 February 2015.
  2. Web site: WTA Staff. June 12, 2021. Paolini resists Rus to capture biggest title of career at Bol 125. 13 December 2021. WTA Tennis.
  3. Web site: WTA Staff. July 10, 2021. Parrizas Diaz claims career-best title at Bastad 125. 13 December 2021. WTA Tennis.
  4. Web site: WTA Staff. September 19, 2021. Paolini charges past Riske to win first WTA singles title in Portoroz. 13 December 2021. WTA Tennis.
  5. Web site: WTA Staff. 13 December 2021. Lucky loser Diatchenko beats Zhang in Angers to capture third WTA 125 title. 13 December 2021. WTA Tennis.