Renáta Tomanová (born 9 December 1954) is a Czech former professional tennis player.

Career Tomanová won the girls' singles title at the 1972 French Open.

In 1975, she and Martina Navratilova represented Czechoslovakia in the Federation Cup, the international women's team competition. They won the cup after beating the Australian team 3–0 in the final of the World Group. Between 1975 and 1981, she played in 18 ties for the Czechoslovak team and compiled a 20–7 win–loss record. In May 1975, she won the singles title at the West German Championships in Hamburg after a three-set final against Kazuko Sawamatsu. In 1976, Tomanová reached the singles final at both the French Open and the Australian Open. She lost at the French Open to Sue Barker in three sets and at the Australian Open to Evonne Goolagong in straight sets. Tomanová also reached the women's doubles final at the Australian Open with Lesley Turner Bowrey, losing to Goolagong and Helen Gourlay Cawley.

In May 1977, she reached the final of the Italian Open, losing to Janet Newberry. In 1978, Tomanová teamed with Betsy Nagelsen to win the women's doubles title at the Australian Open, defeating Naoko Sato and Pam Whytcross in the final in straight sets. With compatriot Pavel Složil, she won the mixed doubles title at the 1978 French Open.

Tomanová was coached by Věra Suková.

Senior tour Tomanová is active on the senior tour, and in 2011, she received the Deutsche Tennis Preis from the German tennis federation for her achievements during the 2010 season.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore Loss 1976 Australian Open Grass Evonne Goolagong 2–6, 2–6 Loss 1976 French Open Clay Sue Barker 2–6, 6–0, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Loss 1976 Australian Open Grass Lesley Turner Bowrey Evonne Goolagong Helen Gourlay 1–8 Win 1978 Australian Open Grass Betsy Nagelsen Naoko Sato Pam Whytcross 7–5, 6–2

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Win 1978 French Open Clay Pavel Složil Virginia Ruzici Patrice Dominguez 7–6 ret. Loss 1980 French Open Clay Stanislav Birner Anne Smith Billy Martin 6–2, 4–6, 6–8

WTA career finals Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore Loss 0–1 Jan 1976 Australian Open Grass Evonne Goolagong 2–6, 2–6Win 1–1 May 1975 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Kazuko Sawamatsu 7–6, 5–7, 10–8Loss 1–2 May 1976 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Sue Barker 3–6, 1–6 Loss 1–3 Jun 1976 French Open Clay Sue Barker 2–6, 6–0, 2–6Win 2–3 Jul 1976 Båstad, Sweden Clay Helena Anliot 6–3, 6–2Win 3–3 Oct 1976 Madrid, Spain Clay Virginia Ruzici 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 Loss 3–4 May 1977 Italian Open, Italy Clay Janet Newberry 3–6, 6–7(5–7)Win 4–4 Jul 1977 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Katja Ebbinghaus 6–3, 7–5Loss 4–5 Jul 1982 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Lisa Bonder 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 May 1975 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Dianne Fromholtz Paulina Peisachov Kazuko Sawamatsu 6–3, 6–2 Loss 1–1 Jan 1976 Australian Open Grass Lesley Turner Bowrey Evonne Goolagong Helen Gourlay 1–8Loss 1–2 Dec 1976 Sydney, Australia Grass Dianne Fromholtz Helen Gourlay Betsy Nagelsen 4–6, 1–6Win 2–2 Dec 1977 London, United Kingdom Hard Billie Jean King Betty Stöve Virginia Wade 6–2, 6–3 Win 3–2 Jan 1979 Australian Open Grass Betsy Nagelsen Naoko Sato Pam Whytcross 7–5, 6–2Win 4–2 May 1980 Perugia, Italy Clay Hana Mandlíková Ivanna Madruga Adriana Villagrán 6–4, 6–4Loss 4–3 Jul 1980 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Hana Mandlíková Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff w/o

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Career SR Australian OpenAAAFA A QFSF2R1R2RAAANH 0 / 6 French Open3R1R3RFQF2RQF1R2R2R1RLQLQA 0 / 11 Wimbledon1R2R3R3R3R3R1R1R3R2R1RLQAA 0 / 11 US OpenAA1R3R2R3R2R4R3R1R1RALQA 0 / 9 SR0 / 20 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 00 / 00 / 0 0 / 37Year-end ranking4448243844485685146264217346

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

See also Performance timelines for all female tennis players since 1978 who reached at least one Grand Slam final

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