Eva Birnerová (born 14 August 1984) is a Czech former professional tennis player.
During her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eight singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 29 January 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 59. On 21 May 2012, she peaked at No. 52 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Playing for the Czech Republic Fed Cup team, Birnerová reached a win–loss record of 0–2.
Career Birnerová was an all-court player who preferred playing on grass.
On the junior tour, she was the 2002 European Champion and number one in the combined world ranking of 18-under.
In 2006, Birnerová won her first WTA Tour doubles title in Stockholm, alongside Jarmila Gajdošová.
In 2011, she reached her first WTA Tour singles final in Tashkent, losing to top seed Ksenia Pervak in straight sets.
In 2012, she won her third tour doubles title at the 2012 Copa Colsanitas alongside Alexandra Panova.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup, Olympic Games and Hopman Cup are included in win–loss records
Singles Tournament2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014SRWin %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAA1RQ11R3RAAAQ21RQ1Q10 / 42–4 French OpenA1R1R2R1R1RAAAQ11RQ3Q10 / 61–6 WimbledonAQ31R1R2R1RAAQ2Q2Q13RQ10 / 53–5 US OpenQ2Q2Q31R2RQ1Q1AQ1Q2Q1Q1A0 / 21–2Win–Loss0–00–10–31–32–42–30–00–00–00–00–22–10–00 / 177–17WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 tournamentsDubai / Qatar OpenNot Tier IAAAAAAQ10 / 00–0Indian Wells OpenAA1R2RQ21RAAAQ1Q1Q1A0 / 31–3Miami OpenAAQ1AQ1AAAAQ21RAA0 / 00–0 Berlin / Madrid OpenAAAAAQ1AAAAAAA0 / 00–0Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAAAQ1AAAAAAA0 / 00–0Charleston Open†AAAAQ11RANot Tier I0 / 10–1Kremlin Cup†AQ3Q1Q3AAANot Tier I0 / 00–0Zurich Open†AAAQ1AANTINot Held0 / 00–0Career statisticsTournaments03779140005960Career total: 60Titles0000000000000Career total: 0Finals0000000001000Career total: 1Overall Win-Loss0–00–32–75–76–95–140–00–00–07–55–92–60–00 / 6032–60
Doubles Tournament2004200520062007201120122013Australian OpenA3R1R1RA2R1R3–5French OpenA3R1R1RA1R1R2–5Wimbledon1R1R1RAA1R1R0–5US Open2R2R2RA1R2R1R4–6Win–Loss1–25–41–40–20–12–40–49–21
WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendInternational (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss Sep 2011 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Ksenia Pervak 3–6, 1–6
Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendTier IV / International (3–6)Finals by surfaceHard (1–4)Clay (2–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Aug 2005 Nordic Light Open, Sweden Tier IV Hard Mara Santangelo Émilie Loit Katarina Srebotnik 4–6, 3–6Win 1–1 Aug 2006 Nordic Light Open, Sweden Tier IV Hard Jarmila Gajdošová Yan Zi Zheng Jie 0–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss 1–2 Sep 2006 Slovenia Open, Slovenia Tier IV Hard Émilie Loit Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová w/oWin 2–2 Jul 2011 Austrian Open, Austria International Clay Lucie Hradecká Julia Görges Jarmila Gajdošová 4–6, 6–2, [12–10]Win 3–2 Feb 2012 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International Clay Alexandra Panova Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele 6–2, 6–2Loss 3–3 May 2012 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary International Clay Michaëlla Krajicek Janette Husárová Magdaléna Rybáriková 4–6, 2–6Loss 3–4 Jul 2012 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan International Hard Alberta Brianti Irina Buryachok Valeria Solovieva 3–6, 2–6Loss 3–5 Feb 2013 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International Clay Alexandra Panova Tímea Babos Mandy Minella 4–6, 3–6Loss 3–6 Apr 2013 Monterrey Open, Mexico International Hard Tamarine Tanasugarn Tímea Babos Kimiko Date-Krumm 1–6, 4–6
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups) Legend75K tournaments50K tournaments25K tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (4–2)Carpet (1–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0 Sep 2001GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK25K Hard (i) Sophie Erre 3–6, 7–5, 6–4Win2–0 Feb 2002ITF New Delhi, India25K Hard Peng Shuai 6–4, 7–5Win3–0 Jun 2002ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland25K Clay Chanelle Scheepers 7–5, 6–4Win4–0 Apr 2003ITF Dinan, France50K Clay (i) Zuzana Ondrášková 1–6, 6–2, 6–3Win5–0 Jul 2003ITF Vittel, France50K Clay Tatiana Poutchek 6–4, 6–4Win6–0 Nov 2003ITF Deauville, France25K Clay (i) Camille Pin 6–4, 6–3Win7–0 Feb 2006ITF Ortisei, Italy75K Carpet (i) Marta Domachowska 4–6, 7–5, 6–2Loss7–1 Sep 2010ITF Katowice, Poland25K Clay Magda Linette 6–3, 2–6, 2–6Win8–1 Sep 2010GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK75K Hard (i) Anne Kremer 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 6–0Loss8–2 Jul 2011ITS Cup, Czech Republic50K Clay Nastassja Burnett 1–6, 3–6Loss8–3 Oct 2012Ismaning Open, Germany75K Carpet (i) Annika Beck 3–6, 6–7(8–10)Loss8–4 Nov 2013ITF Istanbul, Turkey50K Hard (i) Ksenia Pervak 4–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss8–5 Dec 2013ITF Madrid, Spain25K Hard Amandine Hesse 6–4, 0–6, 2–6
Doubles: 19 (11 titles, 8 runner-ups) Legend100K tournaments75K tournaments50K tournaments25K tournaments10K tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (6–6)Grass (1–0)Carpet (2–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0 Oct 1998ITF Nicosia, Cyprus10K Clay Annette Zweck Galina Misiuriova Liina Suurvarik 6–3, 6–4Win2–0 Oct 2000ITF Minsk, Belarus10K Carpet (i) Alexandra Zerkalova Raissa Gourevitch Liudmila Nikoyan 2–4, 3–5, 5–3, 4–2, 4–0Loss2–1 Feb 2002ITF New Delhi, India25K Hard Jana Hlaváčková Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-ha 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6Loss2–2 Jul 2002ITF Darmstadt, Germany25K Clay Dominika Luzarová Kirstin Freye Andrea Glass 5–7, 2–6Win3–2 Sep 2002 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia25K Clay Gabriela Chmelinová Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Maria Kondratieva 6–4, 6–0Loss3–3 Jul 2003ITF Vittel, France50K Clay Libuše Průšová Yuliya Beygelzimer Tatiana Poutchek 3–6, 2–6Win4–3 Apr 2004Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France75K Clay Lubomira Bacheva Ruxandra Dragomir Antonia Matic 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3Loss4–4 Jul 2004ITF Modena, Italy75K Clay Lubomira Bacheva Gabriela Chmelinová Michaela Paštiková 2–6, 3–6Win5–4 Oct 2008Open Saint-Raphaël, France50K Hard (i) Lucie Hradecká Gracia Radovanovic Renata Voráčová 6–4, 6–3Win6–4 Apr 2010ITF Cairo, Egypt25K Clay Renata Voráčová Ksenia Milevskaya Lenka Wienerová 7–6(7–4), 6–4Win7–4 Jun 2010ITF Zlín, Czech Republic50K Clay Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Tereza Hladíková Michaela Pochabová 7–5, 4–6, 6–4Win8–4 Jun 2010ITF Cuneo, Italy100K Clay Lucie Hradecká Sorana Cîrstea Andreja Klepač 3–6, 6–4, [10–8]Loss8–5 Sep 2010Save Cup, Italy50K Clay Andreja Klepač Claudia Giovine Karin Knapp 7–6(8–6), 5–7, [11–13]Loss8–6 Oct 2010ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon100K Clay Andreja Klepač Petra Cetkovská Renata Voráčová 5–7, 2–6Win9–6 Jun 2011Nottingham Trophy, UK100K Grass Petra Cetkovská Regina Kulikova Evgeniya Rodina 6–3, 6–2Loss9–7 Jun 2011ITF Cuneo, Italy100K Clay Vesna Dolonc Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele 3–6, 2–6Win10–7 Oct 2011GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK75K Hard (i) Anne Keothavong Sandra Klemenschits Tatjana Malek 7–5, 6–1Loss10–8 Mar 2012The Bahamas Open, UK100K Hard Anne Keothavong Janette Husárová Katalin Marosi 1–6, 6–3, [6–10]Win11–8 Feb 2014ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland25K Carpet (i) Michaëlla Krajicek Aleksandra Krunić Amra Sadiković 6–1, 4–6, [10–6]
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References
External links
Eva Birnerová Official Website