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.
Playing for Czechoslovakia at the Federation Cup, Palmeová has a win–loss record of 2–4.
Career finals Singles (11 titles – 19 runner–ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Budapest, Hungary Clay Tsu Sun Tsen 4–6, 6–3, 6–1Loss 1–1 Belgrade, Yugoslavia Clay Anna Dmitrieva 2–6, 4–6Loss 1–2 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Clay Vlasta Vopičková 3–6, 2–6Win 2–2 Leverkusen, West Germany Clay Almut Sturm 6–2, 6–2Loss 2–3 Travemünde, West Germany Clay Gail Chanfreau 4–6, 4–6Loss 2–4 Leverkusen, West Germany Clay Helga Niessen Masthoff 2–6, 5–7Loss 2–5 Beersheeba, Israel Hard Sally Holdsworth 6–4, 4–6, 1–6Loss 2–6 Netanya, Israel Hard Sally Holdsworth 6–3, 1–6, 3–6Win 3–6 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Sally Holdsworth 6–1, 6–3Loss 3–7 Charlotte, United States Clay Nancy Richey 0–6, 0–6Win 4–7 Alexandria, Egypt Clay Yelena Granaturova 6–4, 6–4Win 5–7 Netanya, Israel Hard Andrée Martin 6–3, 6–4Win 6–7 Alexandria, Egypt Clay Nathalie Fuchs 6–1, 6–2Loss 6–8 Montana, Switzerland Clay Lesley Hunt 1–6, 0–6Loss 6–9 Madrid, Spain Clay Linda Tuero 3–6, 1–6Win 7–9 Terrassa, Spain Clay Marilyn Pryde 6–3, 6–4Loss 7–10 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay Linda Tuero 1–6, 4–6Loss 7–11 Fulda, West Germany Clay Heide Orth 0–6, 0–6Win 8–11 Grado, Italy Clay Michelle Rodríguez 6–3, 6–3Loss 8–12 Hong Kong Carpet (i) Kazuko Sawamatsu 2–6, 3–6Loss 8–13 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Kazuko Sawamatsu 3–6, 0–6Win 9–13 Davos, Switzerland Clay Danièle Bouteleux 3–6, 7–6, 6–1Loss 9–14 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Lucia Bassi 3–6, 1–6Loss 9–15 Brummana, Lebanon Clay Raquel Giscafré 4–6, 7–9Loss 9–16 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay Virginia Ruzici 6–3, 4–6, 5–7Win 10–16 Montana, Switzerland Clay Lucia Bassi 7–6, 6–4Loss 10–17 İstanbul, Turkey Clay Raquel Giscafré 1–6, 3–6Loss 10–18 Travemünde, West Germany Clay Helga Niessen Masthoff 4–6, 4–6Loss 10–19 Montana, Switzerland Clay Linky Boshoff 6–7, 2–6Win 11–19 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Marianne Kindler 6–3, 6–2
Doubles (2 titles, 3 runner–ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia Clay Olga Lendlová Vlasta Kodešová Jitka Volavková 6–2, 8–6Loss 1–1 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Jitka Volavková Annette Van Zyl Gail Chanfreau 1–6, 0–6Loss 1–2 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia Clay Olga Lendlová Vlasta Kodešová Jitka Volavková 6–1, 3–6, 10–12Loss 1–3 Hong Kong Carpet (i) Frances Taylor Hideko Goto Kazuko Sawamatsu 2–6, 3–6Win 2–3 Montana, Switzerland Clay Lucia Bassi Judy Connor Lynn Cooper 7–6, 6–4
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