Barbora Palicová

Barbora Palicová
Barbora Palicová in Wimbledon, 2023
Country (sports) Czech Republic
Born (2004-03-11) 11 March 2004
Neratovice, Czech Republic
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$226,644
Singles
Career record153–99
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 179 (6 January 2025)
Current rankingNo. 189 (17 March 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2023, 2025)
French OpenQ2 (2023)
WimbledonQ2 (2023, 2025)
US OpenQ1 (2023, 2025)
Doubles
Career record23–25
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 265 (7 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 448 (14 October 2024)
Last updated on: 14 October 2024.

Barbora Palicová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbarbora ˈpalɪtsovaː]; born 11 March 2004) is a Czech tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of 190 in singles, achieved on 21 November 2024.

Palicová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Prague Open, where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament.[1] She made her singles main-draw debut at the 2022 Prague Open, losing in the first round to Lucie Havlíčková.[2] Given a wildcard entry into the 2025 Prague Open, Palicová defeated Priscilla Hon for her first WTA Tour main-draw win,[3] before losing to Jessika Ponchet in the second round.[4]

Junior career

Grand Slam performance - Singles:

  • Australian Open: –
  • French Open: 2R (2021)
  • Wimbledon: 1R (2021)
  • US Open: –

Grand Slam performance - Doubles:

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

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner–ups)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2025 Città di Grado Tennis Cup, Italy Clay Czech Republic Tereza Valentová 2–6, 6–4, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (1–1)
W50 tournaments (1–2)
W25 tournaments (0–1)
W15 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (3–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay United States Hurricane Tyra Black 0–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jan 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Turkey İlay Yörük 6–3, 7–6(2)
Loss 1–2 Feb 2022 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK W25 Hard (i) United Kingdom Sonay Kartal 6–7(5), 5–7
Win[5] 2–2 Aug 2022 Přerov Cup, Czech Republic W60 Clay Burundi Sada Nahimana 6–2, 1–6, 6–0
Loss 2–3 Feb 2024 ITF Edgbaston, United Kingdom W50 Hard (i) Belgium Magali Kempen 3–6, 6–7(6)
Win 3–3 May 2024 ITF Otočec, Slovenia W50 Clay Canada Victoria Mboko 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Loss 3–4 Aug 2024 ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia W75 Clay Serbia Lola Radivojević 4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–5 Oct 2024 ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France W50 Hard (i) Anastasia Zakharova 6–3, 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0-1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2023 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK W100 Hard (i) Estonia Elena Malõgina United Kingdom Harriet Dart
Australia Olivia Gadecki 		0–6, 2–6

Junior career finals

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grade 1 / B1 (0–2)
Grade 2 (1–1)
Grade 3 (0–0)
Grade 4 (0–1)
Grade 5 (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2018 ITF Slovenská Ľupča, Slovakia Grade 5 Clay Slovakia Michaela Kadlecková 6–4, 1–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Dec 2018 ITF Zagreb, Croatia Grade 4 Hard France Séléna Janicijevic 1–6, 0–6
Loss 0–3 Jun 2019 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic Grade 2 Clay Russia Maria Timofeeva 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Jan 2020 ITF Prague, Czech Republic Grade 1 Carpet Belarus Kristina Dmitruk 1–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 1–4 Aug 2021 ITF Gladbeck, Germany Grade 2 Clay Czech Republic Kristyna Tomajkova 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–5 Sep 2021 ITF Charleroi, Belgium Grade 1 Clay Czech Republic Brenda Fruhvirtová 6–1, 3–6, 1–6

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

Legend
Grade A (0–1)
Grade 1 / B1 (1–0)
Grade 2 (1–2)
Grade 3 (1–0)
Grade 4 (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2019 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic Grade 2 Clay United States Hibah Shaikh Germany Mara Guth
Austria Sinja Kraus 		6–0, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Feb 2020 ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania Grade 2 Hard Hungary Natália Szabanin United Kingdom Kylie Bilchev
Belarus Daria Butsko 		6–7(5), 4–6
Win 2–1 Aug 2021 ITF Prague, Czech Republic Grade 3 Clay United Kingdom Eva Shaw Czech Republic Kristyna Hranacová
Czech Republic Katrin Pavková 		6–3, 7–6(8)
Loss 2–2 Aug 2021 ITF Gladbeck, Germany Grade 2 Clay United Kingdom Eva Shaw Belgium Tilwith Di Girolami
Germany Laura Isabel Pütz 		3–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Oct 2021 ITF Vrsar, Croatia Grade 1 Clay Czech Republic Brenda Fruhvirtová Croatia Lucija Ćirić Bagarić
Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková 		3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 3–3 Oct 2021 ITF Cape Town, South Africa Grade A Hard Czech Republic Brenda Fruhvirtová Croatia Petra Marčinko
Denmark Johanne Svendsen 		3–6, 2–6

References

  1. ^ Bartošík, Marek (11 July 2021). "Livesport Prague Open: Do čtyřhry zasáhne sedm Češek včetně Bouzkové s Hradeckou". tenisovysvet.cz (in Czech).
  2. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. October 6, 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Wild card Palicova overcomes Hon in Prague for first career tour-level win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Ponchet holds off Palicova in Prague to make second quarterfinal of 2025". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  5. ^ Sumbal, Petr (28 August 2022). "Zubr Cup: Kanár a titul! Palicová v Přerově slaví největší úspěch kariéry". tenisovysvet.cz (in Czech).


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