Jitka Volavková

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Jitka Volavková

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| fullname = Jitka Horčičková Volavková

| country_represented = {{TCH}}

| birth_date = 1939

| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height =

| plays =

| careerprizemoney =

| singlesrecord =

| singlestitles =

| highestsinglesranking =

| FrenchOpenresult = 4R (1965)

| Wimbledonresult = 4R (1967)

| USOpenresult = 1R (1969)

| doublesrecord =

| doublestitles =

| highestdoublesranking =

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1968)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (1966)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1969)

| FrenchOpenMixedresult =

| WimbledonMixedresult = 2R (1968)

| USOpenMixedresult = 1R (1969)

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Jitka Volavková (born 1939) is a Czech former professional tennis player.{{cite web|title=Jitka Volavková|url=https://tenis95.webnode.cz/hraci2/v/volavkova-jitka/|website=tenis95.webnode.cz}}

Playing for Czechoslovakia in the Fed Cup, Volavková has accumulated a win–loss record of 5–6.{{cite web|title=Jitka Volavková Billie Jean King Cup|url=https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800174251|website=billiejeankingcup.com}}{{dead link|date=April 2025}}

She lost to the British player Ann Jones in the fourth round at the 1965 French Open.{{cite web |url= http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/femmes1965_en.pdf |title= Official 1965 Women's Draw |access-date= 2007-04-29 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222834/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/femmes1965_en.pdf |archive-date= 2007-09-30 |url-status= dead }} {{small|(109 KiB)}} on the French Open website She lost to the British player Virginia Wade in the fourth round at the 1967 Wimbledon.{{cite web|title=1967 Wimbledon Draws|url=https://assets.wimbledon.com/archive/draws/pdfs/draws/1967_LS_A4.pdf|website=wimbledon.com}}

Career finals

= Singles (5–6) =

class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!No.

!Year

!location

!Surface

!Opponent

!Score

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

|August 1962

|Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Věra Suková

|2–6, 2–6

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

|2.

|June 1964

|Prague, Czechoslovakia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Věra Suková

|3–6, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;" |Win

|1.

|July 1964

|Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Vlasta Kodešová

|3–6, 6–1, 6–2

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

|3.

|February 1965

|Prague, Czechoslovakia

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Vlasta Kodešová

|7–9, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

|4.

|April 1965

|Aix-en-Provence, France

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Robin Lesh

|6–3, 4–6, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;" |Win

|2.

|September 1965

|Belgrade, Yugoslavia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Maria Chakarova

|6–4, 6–1

style="background:#98fb98;" |Win

|3.

|September 1965

|Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Marie Neumannová

|6–4, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;" |Win

|4.

|July 1966

|Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Vlasta Kodešová

|6–3, 6–2

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

|5.

|April 1967

|Hampstead, United Kingdom

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Christine Truman

|5–7, 1–6

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

|6.

|April 1967

|Southport, United Kingdom

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Rita Bentley

|7–9, 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;" |Win

|5.

|July 1967

|Newcastle, United Kingdom

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Nell Truman

|7–5, 2–6, 7–5

= Doubles (4–7) =

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!Result

!No.

!Year

!location

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!Score

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

|1.

|July 1961

|Prague, Czechoslovakia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Olga Lendlová

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Robyn Ebbern
{{flagicon|AUS}} Jan Lehane

|6–3, 3–6, 0–6

style="background:#98fb98;" |Win

|1.

|July 1962

|Budapest, Hungary

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Anna Dmitrieva

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Klara Bardoczy
{{flagicon|HUN}} Zsuzsa Körmöczy

|8–6, 6-2

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

|2.

|July 1964

|Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Vlasta Kodešová

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Olga Lendlová
{{flagicon|TCH}} Alena Palmeová

|2–6, 6–8

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

|3.

|August 1964

|Kitzbühel, Austria

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Vlasta Kodešová

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Janine Lieffrig
{{flagicon|GBR}} Elizabeth Starkie

|2–6, 2–6

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

|4.

|August 1965

|Kitzbühel, Austria

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Alena Palmeová

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Annette Van Zyl
{{flagicon|AUS}} Gail Sherriff

|1–6, 0–6

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

|5.

|August 1965

|Portschach, Austria

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Vlasta Kodešová

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Smith
{{flagicon|AUT}} Sonja Pachta

|3–6, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;" |Win

|2.

|September 1965

|Belgrade, Yugoslavia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Maria Chakarova

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Judith Dibar
{{flagicon|POL}} Ilona Fudala

|6–1, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

|6.

|May 1966

|Prague, Czechoslovakia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Vlasta Kodešová

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Karen Krantzcke
{{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry Melville

|0–6, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;" |Win

|3.

|July 1966

|Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Vlasta Kodešová

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Olga Lendlová
{{flagicon|TCH}} Alena Palmeová

|1–6, 6–3, 12–10

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

|7.

|April 1967

|Southport, United Kingdom

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Belinda Orchard

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Rita Bentley
{{flagicon|GBR}} Sally Holdsworth

|w/o

style="background:#98fb98;" |Win

|4.

|June 1968

|Prague, Czechoslovakia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Vlasta Kodešová

|{{flagicon|TCH}} Marie Neumannová
{{flagicon|TCH}} Jana Pikorová

|6–4, 6–3

References

External links

{{ITF}}

Category:1939 births

Category:Living people

Category:Czechoslovak female tennis players

Category:Tennis players from Prague

Category:Summer World University Games medalists in tennis

Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Czechoslovakia

Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Czechoslovakia