Alena Kovačková
{{short description|Czech tennis player (born 2008)}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Alena Kovačková
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|country = {{CZE}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2008|6|13|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Trutnov, Czech Republic
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|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
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|careerprizemoney = $9,961
|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=18|lost=14}}
|singlestitles =
|highestsinglesranking = No. 798 (21 October 2024)
|currentsinglesranking = No. 819 (14 April 2025)
|AustralianOpenjuniorresult = 3R (2025)
|FrenchOpenresult =
|FrenchOpenjuniorresult = 2R (2024)
|Wimbledonresult =
|Wimbledonjuniorresult = 1R (2023, 2024)
|USOpenresult =
|USOpenjuniorresult = 2R (2023, 2024)
|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=10|lost=4}}
|doublestitles = 3 ITF
|highestdoublesranking = No. 748 (9 September 2024)
|currentdoublesranking = No. 754 (14 April 2025)
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult =
|AustralianOpenDoublesjuniorresult = SF (2025)
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult =
|FrenchOpenDoublesjuniorresult = SF (2024)
|WimbledonDoublesresult =
|WimbledonDoublesjuniorresult = W (2023)
|USOpenDoublesresult =
|USOpenDoublesjuniorresult = QF (2023)
|updated = 14 April 2025
}}
Alena Kovačková (born 13 June 2008) is a Czech tennis player.{{cite web|url=https://www.lespetitsas.com/en/joueur/kovackova-alena/|website=lespetitas.com|accessdate=15 July 2023|title=kovackova alena}} She has a career-high junior combined ranking of No. 8, achieved on 10 June 2024.
Personal life
She has a younger sister Jana who is also tennis player.{{Cite web |last=Marek Bartosik |date=21 October 2024 |title=Sesterská dominance! Jana a Alena Kovačkovy ovládly třístovku ve Španělsku (in Czech) |trans-title=Sisterly dominance! Jana and Alena Kovačkovy dominate the 300m in Spain |url=https://www.tenisovysvet.cz/article/detail/21151--sesterska-dominance-jana-a-alena-kovackovy-ovladly-tristovku-ve-spanelsku |access-date=21 January 2025 |website=tenisovysvet.cz}}
Career
=Junior career=
Whilst ranked European number one in the U14s, Kovackova won the U16 title at the Tennis Europe Masters in Monte Carlo in October 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.tennismajors.com/others-news/tennis-europe-junior-masters/european-no-1-of-the-u14s-kovackova-wins-the-masters-of-the-u16s-632378.html/amp|website=Tennismajors|accessdate=15 July 2023|title= European No. 1 of the U14s, Kovackova wins the Masters… of the U16s|first=Cedric|last=Rouquette|date=28 October 2022}} Later that year she became the first girl to win both the U14 and U16 "Player of the Year" awards in the same year.{{cite web|url=http://www.tkspartapraha.cz/2022/12/23/alena-kovackova-vyhlasena-hrackou-roku-tennis-europe/|accessdate=15 July 2023|title= ALENA KOVAČKOVÁ ANNOUNCED TENNIS EUROPE PLAYER OF THE YEAR|date=23 December 2022}}
In July 2023, she won the Wimbledon girls' doubles alongside compatriot Laura Samsonová. In the final, they faced Hannah Klugman and Isabelle Lacy of Great Britain, winning in straight sets.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/38020151/clervie-ngounoue-henry-searle-win-wimbledon-juniors-titles|title=Clervie Ngounoue, Henry Searle win Wimbledon juniors titles|date=16 July 2023 |publisher=ESPN|accessdate=24 November 2024}} It was the first Czech pairing to win the title since Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/juniori-kovackova-samsonova-a-filip-ziskali-ve-wimbledonu-deblove-tituly/2390578|accessdate=16 July 2023|website=Ceskenoviny.cz|title=Juniors Kovačková, Samsonová and Filip won the doubles titles at Wimbledon|date=16 July 2023}}
Defending the Wimbledon girls' doubles title alongside Samsonová in 2024, they lost in the quarterfinals to Mika Stojsavljevic and Mingge Xu.{{cite web|url= https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/the-four-brits-who-can-still-win-wimbledon-3168319|website=inews|accessdate=13 July 2024|title= The four Brits who can still win Wimbledon|date=12 July 2024|first=Will|last=Jennings}}
She played in the girls' doubles at the 2025 Australian Open alongside her sister, Jana. They reached the semi finals where they lost to American twin sisters Kristina and Annika Penickova.{{cite web|website=Marca|url=https://www.marca.com/en/tennis/australian-open/2025/01/23/67924a6c46163fbc558b457f.html|date=23 January 2025|title= Incredible! Two pairs of sisters face off in the junior doubles... and the twins win|accessdate=23 January 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://www.news9live.com/sports/tennis/surreal-dressed-exact-same-two-sisters-face-twin-sisters-dressed-at-australian-open-2803863/amp |website=9news|accessdate=24 January 2025|title= Surreal! Dressed exact same, two sisters face twin sisters at Junior Australian Open|first=Sparsh |last=Vyas|date=23 Jan 2025 }}
ITF Circuit finals
=Doubles: 3 (3 titles)=
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!Result !class=unsortable|W–L !Date !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class=unsortable|Score |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1–0 | Jul 2024 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|NED}} Joy de Zeeuw | {{flagicon|SVK}} Anika Jašková | 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2–0 | Aug 2024 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|CZE}} Julie Paštiková | {{flagicon|SLO}} Petja Drame | 6–2, 6–3 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2–0 | Apr 2025 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Antalya, Turkiye | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|CZE}} Jana Kovačková | {{flagicon|ROU}} Ștefania Bojică | 5–7, 6–4, [10–4] |
Junior Grand Slam finals
=Doubles: 1 (title)=
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!Result !Year !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2023 | Grass | {{flagicon|CZE}} Laura Samsonová | {{flagicon|GBR}} Hannah Klugman | 6–4, 7–5 |
References
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External links
- {{WTA|334557}}
- {{ITF}}
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{{Wimbledon girls' doubles champions}}
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Category:Tennis players from Prague
Category:Czech female tennis players