Linda Fruhvirtová

Linda Fruhvirtová (born 1 May 2005) is a Czech professional tennis player.

On 26 June 2023, she was ranked No. 49 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in singles.

On 9 October 2023, she peaked at No. 187 in the doubles rankings.

She won her maiden WTA singles title at the 2022 Chennai Open.

Born on 1 May 2005 in the Czech Republic, Linda has a younger sister, Brenda (born 2007), who is also a tennis player.

Linda and Brenda are recipients of Patrick Mouratoglou's foundation.

Linda has been training at the Mouratoglou Academy in Southern France since 2017; she also trained at the Evert Tennis Academy in January 2021.

At the junior level, Fruhvirtová won the singles and doubles titles of the Petits As tournament.

Her sister Brenda won the singles title the year after, making them the first members of the same family to win the title for two consecutive years.

Linda Fruhvirtová achieved an ITF Junior career-high ranking of world No. 2, on 13 December 2021.

Since that time she managed to climb to the WTA ranking of world No. 151, on 1 August 2022.

Singles:

Doubles:

She made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2020 Prague Open, after having received wildcard.

Fruhvirtová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2020 Prague Open, receiving wildcards into the singles and doubles tournaments.

She also received a wildcard from the 2021 Miami Open for the qualifying where she was defeated in the first round by Nina Stojanović.

In April, she received a wildcard for the main draw at the WTA 250 MUSC Health Open where she won her first WTA singles match when Alizé Cornet retired in the third set.

She progressed through the quarterfinals by defeating Emma Navarro in straight sets in the next round, before losing to eventual champion Astra Sharma.

Linda, at only 15, was the youngest player at that time in the top 400 of the WTA rankings.

She played another WTA 250 main draw in Cleveland as lucky loser.

She defeated Tara Moore before losing to Magda Linette in two tight sets.

She ended season reaching quarterfinals at the WTA 125 Korea Open before losing to Ekaterina Kazionova, in three sets.

Fruhvirtová received a main-draw wildcard for the Miami Open.

In the first round, she defeated Danka Kovinić for her first WTA 1000-level victory.

In the second round, she recorded the biggest victory of her career, defeating 20th seed and world No. 24, Elise Mertens, for her first victory over a top 25 opponent.

She then recorded her first victory over a top 20 opponent, defeating former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, which secured her a debut in the top 200 after the tournament.

At the US Open, she succeeded in getting to the main-draw after three qualifying wins for her Grand Slam debut.

In her debut Grand Slam main-draw match, she defeated Wang Xinyu.

Her journey then was stopped by Garbiñe Muguruza who eliminated her in the following round.

At the Chennai Open, she won her first WTA Tour title when she beat Magda Linette in the final, in three sets.

With this win, she moved into the top 100 for the first time in her career, at No. 74 in the rankings.

On her debut at the Australian Open, she reached the fourth round of this Major, defeating compatriot Markéta Vondroušová.

On 20 March 2023 she reached world No. 50 becoming the youngest player in the top 50.

At the Birmingham Classic, she defeated Elina Svitolina in the first round in her first WTA Tour-level main-draw match on a grass court.

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.

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Current after the 2023 Canadian Open.