Denisa Chládková

Denisa Chládková (born 8 February 1979) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.

Life and career

Chládková did not win any WTA Tour titles, but she is probably best remembered for reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 1997, playing in only her third Grand Slam main draw. After defeating Sandra Kleinová in the first round she stunned Lindsay Davenport in the second round, for the first top-ten win of her career. She then defeated Radka Zrubáková and María Vento-Kabchi before eventually losing to the champion, Martina Hingis.

Despite not winning any titles, she reached WTA Tour singles finals. The biggest of these was at the Tier-II event held in Hanover, Germany, where she lost to Serena Williams. She also finished runner-up at Knokke-Heist, losing to María Sánchez Lorenzo and Helsinki, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova.

On 16 June 2003, she ascended to her career-high ranking of No. 31 in the world. That same year she advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open, her best Grand Slam result since her memorable Wimbledon quarterfinal run six years previously.

During her career, she had wins over Lindsay Davenport, Barbara Schett, Anke Huber, Chanda Rubin, Silvia Farina Elia, Tamarine Tanasugarn and Magdalena Maleeva.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–1) Tier III, IV & V (0–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–2) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1999	French Community Championships, Belgium	Clay	Template:Flagicon María Sánchez Lorenzo	7–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2000	Faber Grand Prix, Germany	Hard	Template:Flagicon Serena Williams	1–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 2002	Nordic Light Open, Finland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–0, 3–6, 6–7(2–7)

ITF finals

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (7–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	30 April 1995	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Template:Flagicon Karolina Jagieniak	6–2, 6–2
Win	2.	14 May 1995	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Template:Flagicon Christina Habernigg	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	3.	14 July 1995	ITF Puchheim, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sandra Klösel	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Win	4.	11 August 1996	ITF Sopot, Poland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eva Martincová	6–3, 6–4
Win	5.	3 November 1996	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Emanuela Zardo	7–6, 6–0
Loss	6.	10 August 1997	ITF Sopot, Poland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Magdalena Grzybowska	3–6, 2–6
Win	7.	13 September 1998	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Template:Flagicon Joanne Ward	6–3, 6–2
Loss	8.	28 September 1998	ITF Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rita Kuti-Kis	6–1, 1–6, 1–6
Win	9.	21 July 2002	ITF Modena, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Evgenia Kulikovskaya	6–2, 6–3

Doubles (4–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	11 December 1994	ITF Vítkovice, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Sandra Kleinová	Template:Flagicon Jindra Gabrišová Template:Flagicon Dominika Gorecká	6–4, 0–6, 7–6
Win	2.	3 April 1994	ITF Athens, Greece	Clay	Template:Flagicon Patrícia Marková	Template:Flagicon Corina Morariu Template:Flagicon Christina Zachariadou	6–2, 7–5
Loss	3.	14 August 1995	ITF Carthage, Tunisia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Daphne van de Zande	Template:Flagicon Corina Morariu Template:Flagicon Christina Zachariadou	4–6, 6–7(7)
Win	4.	4 March 1996	ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Helena Vildová	Template:Flagicon Svetlana Krivencheva Template:Flagicon Olga Lugina	7–6(5), 4–6, 7–5
Win	5.	17 June 1996	ITF Bytom, Poland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Radka Pelikánová	Template:Flagicon Eva Martincová Template:Flagicon Lenka Němečková	7–6(0), 6–4
Loss	6.	22 July 1996	ITF Rostock, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eva Martincová	Template:Flagicon Elisabeth Habeler Template:Flagicon Katarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska	4–6, 6–4, 1–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	W–L
Australian Open	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	1R	4R	2R	2R	8–9
French Open	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	3R	1R	6–9
Wimbledon	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R	8–9
US Open	2R	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	4–8
Win–loss	5–4	0–3	0–4	2–4	5–4	2–4	6–4	5–4	1–4	26–35

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