Tereza Martincová (; born 24 October 1994) is a Czech professional tennis player.
Martincová has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and five singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 February 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 40. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 77 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Career 2013–15
In June 2013, Martincová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Nürnberger Versicherungscup. After coming through all three qualifying rounds, she lost to Estrella Cabeza Candela in round one. One month later, Martincová once again came through qualifying at the Baku Cup, defeating Oksana Kalashnikova in the first round, but losing to Tadeja Majerič in the second.
In 2014, first WTA Tour event for Martincová was the Nürnberger Versicherungscup where she qualified for the main draw, and then lost to Anastasia Rodionova. She qualified for the Swedish Open in Båstad, before Mona Barthel defeated her in the first round. At the Tournoi de Québec, Martincová once again passed qualifying, but again lost in the first main-draw round, this time to Shelby Rogers.
In 2015, Martincová made her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the Brasil Tennis Cup after victories over Quirine Lemoine and Ajla Tomljanović. She also made her major debut at the US Open.
2016–20
In 2016, she improved her best performance on WTA Tour, making it to the semifinals of the Tournois de Québec, and earning victories over Barbora Krejčíková, Ekaterina Alexandrova and Jessica Pegula.
Martincová realized her best performance at a major championship in 2017, reaching the first round at the US Open by defeating Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Vera Lapko and Georgia Brescia in qualifying. She repeated her best performance on the WTA Tour, reaching the semifinals of the Ladies Championship Gstaad.
In 2018, she reached her second ITF Circuit final in doubles, playing alongside Michaëlla Krajicek.
She won her fourth ITF title in Essen, defeating Paula Badosa in the 2019 final. She achieved her best performance at Wimbledon, reaching the first round by defeating Xu Shilin, Caroline Dolehide and Anna Blinkova in qualifying. She also reached the first round of the US Open, repeating her best performance at this tournament, and third qualifying round at the Australian Open.
Her performances kept improving in 2020 when she repeated her best score in Melbourne, reaching last qualifying round. At the Qatar Ladies Open, she went through qualifying defeating Kristýna Plíšková and Misaki Doi. She reached the second round of the tournament by defeating Misaki Doi (playing as lucky loser) again, and then lost to Maria Sakkari. This was the first time, she reached the main draw of a Premier-5 tournament.
2021–22: Top 100 in singles & doubles, WTA Tour singles final & first title in doubles
Qualified for 2021 Dubai Championships, she reached the third round at a WTA-1000 event for the first time, defeating Kristýna Plíšková and world No. 11, Kiki Bertens. After qualifying for another WTA-1000 event in Miami and making second round, where she pushed world No. 9 and eventual finalist, Bianca Andreescu, to a tiebreak in the first set, she made her top 100 singles debut. Later, she scored her first Grand Slam tournament match-win at the French Open, defeating Ivana Jorović 6–3, 7–6. She then lost to 28th seeded Jessica Pegula, in straight sets. Martincová started her grass-court season with quarterfinal showings in Nottingham and Birmingham, scoring big wins over former top-10 members and major champions, Samantha Stosur and Jeļena Ostapenko. Entering Wimbledon in good form, she stormed into the third round on grandslam for the first time, defeating former quarterfinalist Alison Riske and Nadia Podoroska. Her run was ended by eventual finalist and compatriot Karolína Plíšková.
Martincová then reached her first WTA Tour final in Prague without dropping a set. She won just two games in the championship match against compatriot and French Open champion Barbora Krejčíková. Entering the US Open unseeded, Martincová was swept aside in the first round by 18th seed Victoria Azarenka in the straight sets, despite being 4–1 up in the first set. In September 2021, she reached her first WTA 500 level quarterfinal in 2021 Ostrava Open, defeating Kateřina Siniaková and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova before losing to eventual finalist Maria Sakkari. She ended season by losing a titanic battle at Kremlin Cup, losing 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 to world No. 6 and eventual 2021 WTA Finals champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the second round. In November, she made her top 50 debut, finishing year as world No. 48.
Martincová qualified into the Australian Open main draw for the first time. In the first round, she defeated Lauren Davis, before she lost to 30th seeded Camila Giorgi in the second. She won just one singles match before entering the Australian Open, but she reached her first WTA doubles final at the Melbourne Summer Set 2 with Mayar Sherif, followed by another doubles final the following week at the Adelaide International 2 with Markéta Vondroušová, losing both in three sets. Martincová made her top 100 debut in doubles, after reaching the second round of the Australian Open with Vondroušová.
Partnering Marta Kostyuk, Martincová won the doubles title at the 2022 Portorož Open, defeating Tereza Mihalíková and Cristina Bucșa in the final.
2023: Drop in results
After two successful years, she made significant drop during the 2023 season. She started with three first-round losses at the Australian Tour - Auckland Classic, Hobart International and Australian Open, respectively. No progress at the following tournaments such as not passing qualifying at the WTA 1000 Qatar Ladies & Indian Wells Open. She then recorded her first year tour-level win at the Miami Open where she defeated Tamara Korpatsch, before losing to Beatriz Haddad Maia. Both matches were played in the three sets.
Due to weak tour level performances, she was forced to also play some ITF tournaments. As her preparation for the following clay-court season, she played at the $80k Zaragoza tournament, where she was advanced to the final. Despite losing to Viktoriya Tomova in the final, it was her first significant result of the year. Still, she continued to struggle with results, since she was eliminated in the qualifying of the Madrid Open, reaching only first round of the Italian Open and losing in the first round of the French Open. During the grass-court season, she recorded her second tour win of the year at the Birmingham Classic. After a first-round loss at Wimbledon, she started with some better results when she reached semifinals of the WTA Challenger at Contrexéville, France. She followed this up with the second round of the Warsaw Open, quarterfinals at the Prague Open, and another quarterfinal at the WTA 125 Polish Open.
2024 Martincová qualified for the ATX Open but lost in the first round to second seed Sloane Stephens, in straight sets.
2026 After years of struggling because of knee and wrist injuries and two surgeries, Martincová won her first WTA Tour main-draw match since 2023 at Ostrava Open, beating top-100 player Dalma Gálfi, in three sets.
Martincová claimed her biggest career title as qualifier at W75 tournament in Prague, her run included wins over defending champion Gabriela Knutson and top seed Sinja Kraus. As a result, she moved back to the top 300 in the WTA rankings.
Endorsements She is sponsored by Mizuno for her clothing and by Wilson for her racquets.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2024 Wuhan Open. Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Win %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAQ2Q1Q1Q3Q3Q22R1RQ10 / 21–2 French Open AAAQ1Q2Q1Q1Q32R1R1RQ10 / 31–3 WimbledonAAAQ1Q1Q11RNH3R1R1RQ20 / 42–4 US OpenAAQ1A1RQ21R1R1R1RQ1A0 / 50–5Win–Loss0–00–00–00–00–10–00–20–13–31–40–30–00 / 144–14WTA 1000 tournamentsDubai / Qatar OpenAAAAAQ1A2R3R3RQ2Q10 / 35–3Indian Wells OpenAAAAQ2AANH2R2RQ1A0 / 22–2Miami OpenAAAAAQ2ANH2R1R2RA0 / 32–3Madrid OpenAAAAAAANHA1RQ1A0 / 10–1Italian OpenAAAAAAAAQ11R1RA0 / 20–2Canadian OpenAAAAAAANH1R1RAA0 / 20–2Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAAQ12RAA0 / 11–1Guadalajara Opennot held1RAA0 / 10–1China OpenAAAAAAAnot heldAA0 / 00–0Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAAAAnot heldA0 / 00–0Career statistics201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Win %Tournaments231677762025141Career total: 99Titles000000000000Career total: 0Finals000000001000Career total: 1Hard win–loss1–10–10–04–52–51–42–52–518–1313–174–70–10 / 6447–64Clay win–loss0–10–22–10–13–10–20–03–12–40–50–30 / 20 10–21Grass win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–10–20–06–33–41–40 / 1510–15Overall win–loss1–20–32–14–65–71–72–75–626–2016–265–140–10 / 9967–100 Year-end ranking2972771831581402121301204873151329$2,311,739
Doubles Current through the 2024 French Open. Tournament2014201520162017...2021202220232024Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAAA2R1RA0 / 21–2 French OpenAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1 WimbledonAAAA2R2R1RA0 / 32–3 US OpenAAAA2R1RAA0 / 21–2Win–Loss0–00–00–00–02–22–40–20–00 / 84–8WTA 1000 tournamentsDubai / Qatar OpenAAAAA2RAA0 / 11–1Indian Wells OpenAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Italian OpenAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Guadalajara Opennot heldNH1RA0 / 10–1China OpenAAAAnot heldA0 / 00–0Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAnot held0 / 00–0Career statisticsTournaments111171040Career total: 25Titles00000100Career total: 1Finals00000300Career total: 3Overall win–loss1–10–11–10–16–612–91–40–01 / 2521–23 Year-end ranking38792351481718985630 -
WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLossPrague Open, Czech RepublicWTA 250Hard Barbora Krejčíková2–6, 0–6
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendWTA 250 (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Loss0–1Melbourne Summer Set, AustraliaWTA 250Hard Mayar Sherif Bernarda Pera Kateřina Siniaková2–6, 7–6(9–7), [5–10]Loss0–2Adelaide International, AustraliaWTA 250Hard Markéta Vondroušová Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya6–1, 6–7(4–7), [7–10]Win1–2Portorož Open, SloveniaWTA 250Hard Marta Kostyuk Cristina Bucșa Tereza Mihalíková6–4, 6–0
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendW80 tournaments (0–1)W75 tournaments (1–0)W25 tournaments (3–3)W10 tournaments (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (2–3)Carpet (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Apr 2013ITF Antalya, Turkey10kHard Beatriz Haddad Maia4–6, 3–6Win1–1Apr 2014ITF Heraklion, Greece10kHard Pernilla Mendesová6–4, 6–4Loss1–2Aug 2014ITF Mamaia, Romania25kClay Andreea Mitu2–6, 4–6Loss1–3Feb 2015Open de l'Isère, France25kHard (i) Magda Linette6–7(2–7), 6–4, 1–6Loss1–4May 2015Wiesbaden Open, Germany25kClay Anastasija Sevastova6–1, 6–3Win2–4Jun 2015ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland25kClay Nastja Kolar6–3, 6–4Win3–4Oct 2018ITF Óbidos, Portugal25kCarpet Katarzyna Kawa7–6(7–3), 6–3Win4–4Jun 2019Bredeney Ladies Open, GermanyW25Clay Paula Badosa6–2, 7–6(7–4)Loss4–5Apr 2023Zaragoza Open, SpainW80Clay Viktoriya Tomova6–4, 2–6, 3–6Win5–5Feb 2026ITF Prague Open, Czech RepublicW75Hard (i) Sinja Kraus6–3, 6–4
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Legend25k tournaments (0–1)10k tournaments (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Apr 2012ITF Hvar, Croatia10kClay Petra Rohanová Martina Kubičíková Tereza Smitková2–6, 4–6Loss0–2Sep 2018ITF Lisbon, Portugal25kHard Michaëlla Krajicek Emma Laine Samantha Murray5–7, 4–6
WTA Tour career earnings Current after the 2023 Canadian Open. Grand Slam titles, WTA titles, Total titles – includes singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles.