Eva Birnerová

Eva Birnerová
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidencePlzeň, Czech Republic
Born (1984-08-14) 14 August 1984 (age 42)
Duchcov, Czechoslovakia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2002
Retired9 November 2018
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,131,089
Singles
Career record333–306
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 59 (29 January 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2007)
French Open2R (2005)
Wimbledon3R (2013)
US Open2R (2006)
Doubles
Career record183–199
Career titles3 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 52 (21 May 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2005)
French Open3R (2005)
Wimbledon1R (2004, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013)
US Open2R (2004, 2005, 2006, 2012)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2006)

Eva Birnerová (born 14 August 1984) is a Czech former 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 career doubles title at the 2012 Copa Colsanitas, alongside Alexandra Panova.

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# 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.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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

Tournament2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R Q1 1R 3R A A A Q2 1R Q1 Q1 0 / 4 2–4 33%
French Open A 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R A A A Q1 1R Q3 Q1 0 / 6 1–6 14%
Wimbledon A Q3 1R 1R 2R 1R A A Q2 Q2 Q1 3R Q1 0 / 5 3–5 38%
US Open Q2 Q2 Q3 1R 2R Q1 Q1 A Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–3 2–4 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0 / 17 7–17 29%
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 + former† tournaments
Qatar Open Not Tier I A Not Held NTI A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Dubai Championships Not Tier I A A A Not Tier I 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A 1R 2R Q2 1R A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Miami Open A A Q1 A Q1 A A A A Q2 1R A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A A Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Berlin Open† A A A A A Q1 A Not Held 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Charleston Open† A A A A Q1 1R A Not Tier I 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Kremlin Cup† A Q3 Q1 Q3 A A A Not Tier I 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Zurich Open† A A A Q1 A A NTI Not Held 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 3 7 7 9 14 0 0 0 5 9 6 0 Career total: 60
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–3 2–7 5–7 6–9 5–14 0–0 0–0 0–0 7–5 5–9 2–6 0–0 0 / 60 32–60 35%

Doubles

Tournament2004200520062007201120122013SRW–LWin %
Australian Open A 3R 1R 1R A 2R 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
French Open A 3R 1R 1R A 1R 1R 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R A A 1R 1R 0 / 5 0–5 0%
US Open 2R 2R 2R A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Win–Loss 1–2 5–4 1–4 0–2 0–1 2–4 0–4 0 / 21 9–21 30%

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss Sep 2011 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Russia Ksenia Pervak 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
Tier IV / International (3–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (2–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2005 Nordic Light Open, Sweden Tier IV Hard Italy Mara Santangelo France Émilie Loit
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2006 Nordic Light Open, Sweden Tier IV Hard Slovakia Jarmila Gajdošová China Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie
0–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Sep 2006 Slovenia Open, Slovenia Tier IV Hard France Émilie Loit Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
w/o
Win 2–2 Jul 2011 Austrian Open, Austria International Clay Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Germany Julia Görges
Australia Jarmila Gajdošová
4–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Win 3–2 Feb 2012 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International Clay Russia Alexandra Panova Luxembourg Mandy Minella
Switzerland Stefanie Vögele
6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–3 May 2012 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary International Clay Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek Slovakia Janette Husárová
Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková
4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–4 Jul 2012 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan International Hard Italy Alberta Brianti Ukraine Irina Buryachok
Russia Valeria Solovieva
3–6, 2–6
Loss 3–5 Feb 2013 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International Clay Russia Alexandra Panova Hungary Tímea Babos
Luxembourg Mandy Minella
4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–6 Apr 2013 Monterrey Open, Mexico International Hard Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn Hungary Tímea Babos
Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm
1–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
75K tournaments
50K tournaments
25K tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (4–2)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2001 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK 25K Hard (i) France Sophie Erre 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win 2–0 Feb 2002 ITF New Delhi, India 25K Hard China Peng Shuai 6–4, 7–5
Win 3–0 Jun 2002 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland 25K Clay South Africa Chanelle Scheepers 7–5, 6–4
Win 4–0 Apr 2003 ITF Dinan, France 50K Clay (i) Czech Republic Zuzana Ondrášková 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 5–0 Jul 2003 ITF Vittel, France 50K Clay Belarus Tatiana Poutchek 6–4, 6–4
Win 6–0 Nov 2003 ITF Deauville, France 25K Clay (i) France Camille Pin 6–4, 6–3
Win 7–0 Feb 2006 ITF Ortisei, Italy 75K Carpet (i) Poland Marta Domachowska 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss 7–1 Sep 2010 ITF Katowice, Poland 25K Clay Poland Magda Linette 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Win 8–1 Sep 2010 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK 75K Hard (i) Luxembourg Anne Kremer 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 6–0
Loss 8–2 Jul 2011 ITS Cup, Czech Republic 50K Clay Italy Nastassja Burnett 1–6, 3–6
Loss 8–3 Oct 2012 Ismaning Open, Germany 75K Carpet (i) Germany Annika Beck 3–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss 8–4 Nov 2013 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 50K Hard (i) Russia Ksenia Pervak 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 8–5 Dec 2013 ITF Madrid, Spain 25K Hard France Amandine Hesse 6–4, 0–6, 2–6

Doubles: 19 (11 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
100K tournaments
75K tournaments
50K tournaments
25K tournaments
10K tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (6–6)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1998 ITF Nicosia, Cyprus 10K Clay Germany Annette Zweck Lithuania Galina Misiuriova
Estonia Liina Suurvarik
6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 Oct 2000 ITF Minsk, Belarus 10K Carpet (i) Russia Alexandra Zerkalova Russia Raissa Gourevitch
Armenia Liudmila Nikoyan
2–4, 3–5, 5–3, 4–2, 4–0
Loss 2–1 Feb 2002 ITF New Delhi, India 25K Hard Czech Republic Jana Hlaváčková South Korea Choi Young-ja
South Korea Kim Eun-ha
7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Jul 2002 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25K Clay Czech Republic Dominika Luzarová Germany Kirstin Freye
Germany Andrea Glass
5–7, 2–6
Win 3–2 Sep 2002 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia 25K Clay Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová Russia Goulnara Fattakhetdinova
Russia Maria Kondratieva
6–4, 6–0
Loss 3–3 Jul 2003 ITF Vittel, France 50K Clay Czech Republic Libuše Průšová Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
3–6, 2–6
Win 4–3 Apr 2004 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 75k Clay Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
Germany Antonia Matic
4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 4–4 Jul 2004 ITF Modena, Italy 75K Clay Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
2–6, 3–6
Win 5–4 Oct 2008 Open Saint-Raphaël, France 50K Hard (i) Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká France Gracia Radovanovic
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
6–4, 6–3
Win 6–4 Apr 2010 ITF Cairo, Egypt 25K Clay Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Belarus Ksenia Milevskaya
Slovakia Lenka Wienerová
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 7–4 Jun 2010 ITF Zlín, Czech Republic 50K Clay France Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Czech Republic Tereza Hladíková
Slovakia Michaela Pochabová
7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win 8–4 Jun 2010 ITF Cuneo, Italy 100K Clay Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 8–5 Sep 2010 Save Cup, Italy 50K Clay Slovenia Andreja Klepač Italy Claudia Giovine
Italy Karin Knapp
7–6(8–6), 5–7, [11–13]
Loss 8–6 Oct 2010 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon 100K Clay Slovenia Andreja Klepač Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
5–7, 2–6
Win 9–6 Jun 2011 Nottingham Trophy, UK 100K Grass Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská Russia Regina Kulikova
Russia Evgeniya Rodina
6–3, 6–2
Loss 9–7 Jun 2011 ITF Cuneo, Italy 100K Clay Russia Vesna Dolonc Luxembourg Mandy Minella
Switzerland Stefanie Vögele
3–6, 2–6
Win 10–7 Oct 2011 GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK 75K Hard (i) United Kingdom Anne Keothavong Austria Sandra Klemenschits
Germany Tatjana Malek
7–5, 6–1
Loss 10–8 Mar 2012 The Bahamas Open, UK 100K Hard United Kingdom Anne Keothavong Slovakia Janette Husárová
Hungary Katalin Marosi
1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 11–8 Feb 2014 ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland 25K Carpet (i) Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Switzerland Amra Sadiković
6–1, 4–6, [10–6]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ CRI.com (14 August 2006). "Tennis: Zheng Jie Takes Crown in Stockholm". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ksenia Pervak wins Tashkent Open". Australia: ESPN. Associated Press. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  3. ↑ The Information News (19 February 2012). "La española Lara Arruabarrena ganó la Copa Colsánitas de tenis en Bogotá (in Spanish)" [The Spanish Lara Arruabarrena won the Colsánitas Tennis Cup in Bogotá]. lainformacion.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.