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Linda Klimovičová

Country (sports)	Czech Republic (?–2024)  Poland (2024–)
Born	(2004-06-18) 18 June 2004 (age 20) Olomouc, Czech Republic
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$59,632
Singles
Career record	108–57
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 184 (21 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 203 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	Q1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	29–13
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 407 (05 August 2024)
Current ranking	No. 568 (11 November 2024)
Last updated on: 15 July 2024.

Linda Klimovičová (born 18 June 2004) is a Czech-born tennis player representing Poland since October 2024.

She has a career-high combined junior ranking of 31, achieved on 25 October 2021.

Klimovičová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Prague Open, where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament.

On 19 October 2024, she obtained Polish citizenship and it was announced that she would represent Poland.

Career overview

Junior

At the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, she reached semifinals of the girls' singles event as her best junior Grand Slam performance.

Grand Slam performance

- Singles:

• Australian Open: –
• French Open: 1R (2022)
• Wimbledon: SF (2022)
• US Open: 1R (2021)

- Doubles:

• Australian Open: –
• French Open: 2R (2022)
• Wimbledon: QF (2022)
• US Open: 2R (2021)

Professional

In April 2022, she won her first ITF Women's Circuit title at the $15k Sharm El Sheikh tournament in doubles event, alongside fellow Czech player Dominika Šalková. Later, in August 2022, she reached her first singles final at Bydgoszcz but lost to Valeriia Olianovskaia. The following year in February, she won her first ITF Circuit title at Sharm El Sheikh, defeating Katarína Kužmová in the final. In September 2023, in Frýdek-Místek, she won her first $25k doubles title. Two months later, she won her first singles $25k title at the tournament in Solarino. There she also triumphed in doubles, partnering with Julie Štruplová.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2022	ITF Bydgoszcz, Poland	W15	Clay	Valeriia Olianovskaia	3–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Katarína Kužmová	7–5, 6–7, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Oct 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W25	Hard	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	6–7, 5–7
Win	2–2	Nov 2023	ITF Solarino, Italy	W25	Carpet	Emilie Lindh	6–3, 6–7, 6–1
Win	3–2	Nov 2023	ITF Solarino, Italy	W25	Carpet	Lisa Pigato	6–2, 6–3
Win	4–2	Mar 2024	ITF Solarino, Italy	W35	Carpet	Jessica Pieri	6–3, 6–0
Loss	4–3	Apr 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W35	Hard	Tereza Valentová	5–7, 2–6
Loss	4–4	May 2024	ITF Monzón, Spain	W35	Clay	Sonay Kartal	1–6, 0–6
Win	5–4	Jun 2024	ITF Palma del Río, Spain	W50	Hard	Leonie Küng	7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2021	ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic	W25	Carpet (i)	Lucie Havlíčková	Maja Chwalińska Katherine Sebov	5–7, 4–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2022	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Dominika Šalková	Mei Hasegawa Saki Imamura	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Sep 2022	ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic	W60	Clay	Dominika Šalková	Elixane Lechemia Julia Lohoff	5–7, 5–7
Win	2–2	Sep 2023	ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic	W25	Clay	Mana Kawamura	Maryna Kolb Nadiya Kolb	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–2	Nov 2023	ITF Solarino, Italy	W25	Carpet	Julie Štruplová	Gaia Maduzzi Vittoria Paganetti	6–1, 6–7,
Loss	3–3	Jan 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W35	Hard	Isabella Shinikova	Daria Khomutsianskaya Evialina Laskevich	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–3	Feb 2024	ITF Helsinki, Finland	W35	Hard (i)	Laura Hietaranta	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Martyna Kubka	6–3, 6–1

Junior finals

ITF Circuit

Singles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2019	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	Grade 4	Hard	Dominika Šalková	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2019	ITF Wels, Austria	Grade 4	Clay	Bianca Behulová	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Mar 2020	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	Grade 3	Hard	Radka Zelníčková	4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Sep 2020	ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic	Grade 2	Clay	Tereza Valentová	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–5	Oct 2020	ITF Véska, Czech Republic	Grade 4	Clay	Julie Štruplová	6–2, 6–7, 2–6
Win	1–5	Oct 2020	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Grade 3	Hard	Lola Radivojević	5–7, 6–0, 6–1
Loss	1–6	Oct 2020	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Grade 3	Hard	Brenda Fruhvirtová	2–6, 0–6
Loss	1–7	Feb 2021	ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania	Grade 2	Hard	Tatiana Prozorova	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–8	Jul 2021	ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom	Grade 1	Grass	Linda Fruhvirtová	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win	2–8	Oct 2021	ITF Sanxenxo, Spain	Grade 1	Hard	Mirra Andreeva	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–8	Jan 2022	ITF Svyatopetrivske village, Ukraine	Grade 1	Hard	Kristyna Tomajková	6–2, 3–1 ret.

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2019	ITF Arlon, Belgium	Grade 5	Carpet	Andrea Nova	Victoria Borodulina Tara Würth	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2020	ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic	Grade 2	Clay	Dominika Šalková	Alina Granwehr Laura Isabel Pütz	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Oct 2020	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Grade 3	Hard	Lola Radivojević	Anastasiia Gureva Elena Pridankina	1–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	May 2021	ITF Oberpullendorf, Austria	Grade 2	Clay	Brenda Fruhvirtová	Anaelle Leclercq Erika Matsuda	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–3	May 2021	ITF Tribuswinkel, Austria	Grade 2	Clay	Lucie Havlíčková	Tilwith Di Girolami Amelie Van Impe	6–4, 2–6,
Loss	2–4	Oct 2021	ITF Sanxenxo, Spain	Grade 1	Hard	Anca Todoni	Mirra Andreeva Hanne Vandewinkel	4–6, 3–6

References

1. ^ Pietraszko, Justyna (24 October 2024). "Tenisistka Linda Klimovicova będzie reprezentować Polskę" (in Polish). Telewizja Polska. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
2. ^ Szczypka, Piotr (24 October 2024). "AKT NADANIA OBYWATELSTWA POLSKIEGO". Facebook (in Polish). Retrieved 25 October 2024.
3. "Livesport Prague Open: Do čtyřhry zasáhne sedm Češek včetně Bouzkové s Hradeckou". tenisovysvet.cz (in Czech). 11 July 2021.
4. Ross McLean (7 July 2022). "Klimovicova into semis with dreams of being latest Czech success story". ITF Women's Circuit. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
5. "Wimbledon: Džabúrová i Rybakinová jsou poprvé ve finále! Klimovičová se dostala do juniorského semifinále (in Czech)" [Wimbledon: Džabúrová and Rybakinová are in the final for the first time! Klimovičová reached the junior semifinals]. tenisovysvet.cz. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
6. David Schlegel, Filip Lefenda (13 February 2023). "Osmnáctiletá Klimovičová po prvním titulu: Původně to vypadalo, že na turnaj vůbec nepojedu (in Czech)" [Eighteen-year-old Klimovičová after her first title: Initially, it seemed that I would not go to the tournament at all]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
7. Petr Sumbal (21 August 2022). "Klimovičová si na první titul musí počkat, premiérové finále skončilo porážkou (in Czech)" [Klimovičová has to wait for her first title, the premiere final ended in defeat]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
8. Petr Sumbal (12 February 2023). "Průlom! Osmnáctiletá Klimovičová slaví po velkém boji první profesionální titul (in Czech)" [Breakthrough! Eighteen-year-old Klimovičová celebrates her first professional title after a great fight]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
9. Pavel Lebeda (8 September 2023). "ITF Frýdek-Místek: Kučmová neztratila ani gem! Do semifinále proklouzla i Štruplová (in Czech)" [ITF Frýdek-Místek: Kučmová did not lose a game! Štruplová also slipped into the semi-finals]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
10. Pavel Lebeda (12 November 2023). "B. Fruhvirtová má další titul, slaví také Klimovičová. Nouza rozehraje kvalifikaci (in Czech)" [B. Fruhvirtová has another title, Klimovičová also celebrates. Emergency will play qualification]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
11. "Solarino 2: Maduzzi/Paganetti Sfiorano il titolo in doppio (in Italian)" [Solarino 2: Maduzzi/Paganetti come close to the doubles title]. supertennis.tv. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

External links

• Linda Klimovičová at the Women's Tennis Association
• Linda Klimovičová at the International Tennis Federation

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Polish female singles tennis players
as of 11 November 2024
1. Iga Świątek (2 ) 2. Magdalena Fręch (25 1) 3. Magda Linette (38 ) 4. Maja Chwalińska (165 ) 5. Linda Klimovičová (203 4)
6. Katarzyna Kawa (258 ) 7. Gina Feistel (308 1) 8. Martyna Kubka (401 ) 9. Daria Kuzcer (444 13) 10. Urszula Radwańska (524 92)

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Polish female doubles tennis players
as of 11 November 2024
1. Katarzyna Piter (63 14) 2. Magda Linette (75 ) 3. Katarzyna Kawa (93 9) 4. Martyna Kubka (137 1) 5. Weronika Falkowska (175 1)
6. Maja Chwalińska (183 1) 7. Daria Kuczer (412 4) 8. Alicja Rosolska (430 1) 9. Zuzanna Pawlikowska (443 4) 10. Linda Klimovičová (568 3)

• 2004 births
• Living people
• Polish female tennis players
• 21st-century Polish women
• Czech female tennis players
• 21st-century Czech women
• Sportspeople from Olomouc
• Naturalized citizens of Poland
• 21st-century Polish sportswomen