Libuše Průšová (born 13 July 1979) is a former professional Czech tennis player.

Libuše Průšová
Country (sports) Czech Republic
Born (1979-07-13) 13 July 1979 (age 45)
Valašské Meziříčí, Czechoslovakia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2006
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$333,848
Singles
Career record307–223
Career titles11 ITF
Highest ranking103 (21 October 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2003, 2004)
French Open1R (2003, 2005)
WimbledonQ3 (2002)
US OpenQ3 (2002)
Doubles
Career record107–87
Career titles6 ITF
Highest ranking46 (7 June 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2004)
French Open1R (2004)
Wimbledon1R (2004)
US Open1R (2004)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2004)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2004)

In her career, Průšová won eleven singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 21 October 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 103. On 7 June 2004, she peaked at No. 46 in the WTA doubles rankings.

WTA career finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Jul 2003 Warsaw Open, Poland Tier III Clay   Maret Ani   Tatiana Perebiynis
  Silvija Talaja
4–6, 2–6

ITF finals

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Singles (11–7)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (8–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 12 September 1994 ITF Umag, Croatia Clay   Sylva Nesvadbová 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 1. 26 September 1994 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia Clay   Adriana Gerši 3–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 19 June 1995 ITF Staré Splavy, Czech Republic Clay   Jana Lubasová 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 21 April 1997 ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay   Kateřina Šišková 6–0, 2–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 26 May 1997 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay   Hana Šromová 6–2, 6–7(3), 6–4
Runner-up 3. 18 August 1997 ITF Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic Clay   Kateřina Šišková 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 17 August 1998 ITF Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic Clay   Martina Suchá 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Winner 4. 24 August 1998 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic Clay   Anna Bieleń-Żarska 6–4, 6–3
Winner 5. 7 September 1998 ITF Zadar, Croatia Clay   Katarzyna Strączy 7–5, 6–0
Winner 6. 30 November 1998 ITF Přerov, Czech Republic Carpet (i)   Zuzana Ondrášková 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 24 May 1999 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay   Jelena Kostanić 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Winner 7. 23 August 1999 ITF Bucharest, Romania Clay   Zsófia Gubacsi 6–1, 6–1
Winner 8. 11 October 1999 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic Clay   Hana Šromová 6–4, 6–1
Winner 9. 3 December 2001 ITF Průhonice, Czech Republic Carpet (i)   Magdalena Zděnovcová 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 6. 18 February 2002 ITF Las Palmas, Spain Clay   Dinara Safina 6–2, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 7. 11 March 2002 ITF Makarska, Croatia Clay   Jelena Pandžić 1–6, 6–2, 6–7(5)
Winner 10. 22 July 2002 ITF Český Krumlov, Czech Republic Clay   Sandra Kleinová 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner 11. 13 December 2004 ITF Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic Hard (i)   Lucie Šafářová 7–6(7), 6–4

Doubles: 17 (6–11)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (3–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 26 September 1994 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia Clay   Alena Vašková   Milena Nekvapilová
  Martina Špačková
6–7(6), 3–6
Runner-up 2. 9 June 1997 ITF Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland Clay   Zuzana Průšová   Jana Macurová
  Milena Nekvapilová
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 8 December 1997 ITF Vítkovice, Czech Republic Carpet (i)   Michaela Paštiková   Magdalena Kučerová
  Gabriela Kučerová
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 7 September 1998 ITF Zadar, Croatia Clay   Anna Bieleń-Żarska   Camille Pin
  Ivana Višić
6–7(3), 6–7(4)
Winner 1. 30 November 1998 ITF Přerov, Czech Republic Carpet (i)   Renata Kučerová   Olga Blahotová
  Eva Martincová
6–7(3), 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 5. 16 August 1999 ITF Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic Clay   Anna Bieleń-Żarska   Petra Kučová
  Gabriela Navrátilová
5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 12 November 2001 ITF Stupava, Slovakia Hard (i)   Petra Cetkovská   Galina Fokina
  Eszter Molnár
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 25 November 2002 ITF Prague-Průhonice, Czech Republic Carpet (i)   Renata Voráčová   Sandra Kleinová
  Ľubomíra Kurhajcová
6–7(12), 3–6
Runner-up 8. 7 July 2003 ITF Vittel, France Clay   Eva Birnerová   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Tatiana Poutchek
3–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 14 September 2003 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay   Maret Ani   Iveta Benešová
  Olga Blahotová
6–3, 6–4
Winner 3. 21 September 2003 ITF Biella, Italy Clay   Ľubomíra Kurhajcová   Martina Müller
  Lenka Němečková
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 9. 6 October 2003 ITF Latina, Italy Clay   Maret Ani   Mara Santangelo
  Roberta Vinci
6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Winner 4. 8 December 2003 ITF Ostrava, Czech Republic Carpet (i)   Barbora Strýcová   Iveta Benešová
  Michaela Paštiková
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 10. 15 December 2003 ITF Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic Hard (i)   Maret Ani   Iveta Benešová
  Michaela Paštiková
w/o
Winner 5. 31 May 2004 ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay   Barbora Strýcová   Peng Shuai
  Xie Yan-ze
6–1, 6–3
Winner 6. 15 November 2005 ITF Prague-Průhonice, Czech Republic Hard (i)   Lucie Hradecká   Olga Blahotová
  Eva Hrdinová
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up 11. 31 July 2006 ITF Baden-Baden, Germany Clay   Barbora Strýcová   Jarmila Gajdošová
  Frederica Piedade
5–7, 6–4, 6–7(6)

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A Q2 A A 1R 1R Q1 A A 0–2
French Open A A A A A A A Q1 A Q3 1R Q1 1R A A 0–2
Wimbledon A A A A A A A Q2 A Q3 Q2 Q2 Q1 A A 0–0
US Open A A A A A A A Q2 A Q3 Q1 Q1 Q2 Q2 A 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–4
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not held A Not held A Not held A Not held 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments played 1 13 13 16 17 13 18 23 7 23 28 27 21 6 1 227
Finals (W–L) 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 11–7
Overall win–loss 1–1 17–12 19–14 13–16 30–17 27–10 28–16 24–23 10–6 51–22 21–29 34–28 27–21 3–6 2–1 307–223
Year-end ranking   432   303   405   319   305   229   192   963   103   213   188   172   441 $333,879

Doubles

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Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A A SF 1R A A 4–2
French Open A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0–1
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0–1
US Open A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 4–5
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not held A Not held A Not held 1R Not held 0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments played 1 4 6 7 10 4 4 4 4 6 14 21 4 5 1 95
Finals (W–L) 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 6–11
Overall win–loss 0–1 5–4 6–6 6–7 9–10 7–3 8–3 3–4 5–4 10–6 25–10 12–20 7–3 3–5 1–1 107–87
Year-end ranking   238   94   76   512   320 $333,879

References

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  • Libuše Průšová at the Women's Tennis Association  
  • Libuše Průšová at the International Tennis Federation  
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Libuše Průšová". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.