Barbora Strýcová

Barbora Strýcová is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic who has won two singles titles and 30 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as the bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2016 Olympics with her partner Lucie Šafářová. She is currently ranked World No. 2 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Strýcová reached her career-high singles top ranking of world No. 16 on 16 January 2017, and a career-high of world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on 15 July 2019. 

Here are some of her career major achievements

• Entitled as the ITF (International Tennis Federation) Junior World Champion in 2002
• Won the 2002 and 2003 Australian Open against Maria Sharapova and Viktoriya Kutuzova respectively, held in Melbourne
• Bagged her first WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) Singles title by defeating Marina Erakovic in the final of the Bell Challenge in 2011, held in Quebec City
• Dominated the 2013 Empire Slovak Open, held in Trnava, Slovakia
• Bagged the bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics Games with Lucie Šafářová as her partner, having defeated defending gold medalists Venus and Serena Williams in the first round
• Strýcová's best singles and doubles Grand Slam performances came at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, where she reached the singles semifinals and won the women's doubles title alongside Hsieh Su-Wei
• Member of the Czech Fed Cup team that captured the title in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018