Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 2012. She was also an integral member of the Czech Republic's national team and helped her country to win five titles at the Fed Cup (now Billie Jean King Cup) between 2011 and 2016, in addition to winning two Olympic medals in both women's doubles with Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková in 2012 and in mixed doubles with Radek Štěpánek in 2016. Hradecká also reached the top 45 in singles and was a finalist in seven tour-level singles tournaments. She announced her retirement from the sport at the end of the 2022 season.
In 2006, Hradecká won her first WTA Tour title in doubles in 2006 with partner Renata Voráčová at the Slovenia Open. Five years later, she made her breakthrough at the Grand Slam tournaments when she won her first of two women's doubles major titles at the 2011 French Open with Hlaváčková. In 2012, despite losing her next two major finals, she won the silver medal at the Summer Olympics and won her first WTA Premier 5 (now WTA 1000) title in Cincinnati, both with Hlaváčková. Her continued success led her to a second major title at the US Open in the following year before placing runner-up at the 2016 Australian Open and 2017 US Open.
Hradecká was also an accomplished mixed-doubles player, having won the 2013 French Open with František Čermák in addition to reaching two finals at the 2013 Australian Open (with Čermák) and the 2015 French Open (with Marcin Matkowski) and the mixed-doubles bronze in 2016 with Štěpánek.
In singles, Hradecká achieved her highest ranking on the WTA Tour of world No. 41 in June 2011. She reached her first final in 2008 at the Austrian Open and reached six additional finals but did not win them. Her best result at a major was at the 2015 Australian Open, where she defeated former world No. 1, Ana Ivanovic, en route to the third round.
Career 2002–2008: Career beginnings, first pro tour titles She won her first doubles title on the WTA Tour in 2006 at Portorož with partner Renata Voráčová as the fourth-seeded team. In the final, the Czech team defeated Eva Birnerová and Émilie Loit, the second seeds, by walkover. They also had a victory over the top-seeds Maria Elena Camerin and Emmanuelle Gagliardi in the semifinals.
As qualifiers, she reached the third round of doubles competition with Hana Šromová at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, then lost to fifth seeds Meghann Shaughnessy and Anna-Lena Grönefeld. En route, they defeated 12th-seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amélie Mauresmo, the previous year's Wimbledon runner-ups by walkover.
In 2007, she made the doubles semifinals of the Indian Wells Open tournament with Voráčová. En route, the team defeated Janette Husárová and Meghann Shaughnessy, the seventh seeds, in the first round, and third-seeded Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez in three sets in the quarterfinals, and then lost to top seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.
Later that year, Hradecká and Voráčová won at Bad Gastein, beating Ágnes Szávay and Vladimíra Uhlířová. They also won the 2007 Portorož title, beating Elena Likhovtseva and Andreja Klepač in the finals.
Hradecká reached her first singles final at Bad Gastein in July 2008, where, as a qualifier, she got to the final, but lost to the fourth-seed Pauline Parmentier 4–6, 4–6. She also reached the doubles final.
2009–11: 2011 French Open doubles champion, top 50 singles debut Hradecká won the same tournament, defeating Paula Ormaechea in the final.
She paired with Andrea Hlaváčková to win her first Grand Slam title at the French Open, defeating Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina in the final.
2012: Wimbledon doubles final, Olympic silver medal, world No. 4 In Estoril, Hradecká qualified for Madrid. She caused the two biggest upsets in the tournament by beating the world No. 4 Petra Kvitová (who was the defending champion) and the world No. 5, Samantha Stosur on the way to her first semifinals at the Premier level, where she lost to Serena Williams in straight sets.
Hradecká and Andrea Hlaváčková reached their second Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, losing to the Williams sisters. Hradecká and Andrea Hlaváčková wons the silver medal in women's aboubles at the Summer Olympics in London.
2013: French Open mixed doubles champion Partnering František Čermák, Hradecká reached the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open and won the French Open.
2015–16: Singles success, Australian Open doubles final, top 10 year-end doubles ranking Hradecká started 2015 ranked 141st in the world and had to qualify for the main draw of the Australian Open, which she did with three wins in the qualifying rounds. She then reached the third round, her best career showing in singles at any major.
Hradecká reached the 2016 Australian Open final with Andrea Hlaváčková, losing to Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza.
2017–22: Third US Open doubles final, retirement Hradecká reached another final at the 2017 US Open with Kateřina Siniaková, losing to Hingis and Chan Yung-jan.
She announced her final retirement in doubles in October 2022. Her last match was at the Guadalajara Open.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2021 Wimbledon. Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ1Q1Q1Q11R1R2R2R2R3R1RQ2AQ2AA0 / 75–7French OpenAQ3AQ12R1R2R1R1RQ12R1RQ3AAAA0 / 73–7WimbledonQ1Q1AQ11R1R1R1R1RQ21RQ1AAANHA0 / 60–6US OpenQ2AQ2Q31R1R1R2R1RQ11RQ2Q2Q1AAA0 / 61–6Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–30–41–42–41–41–13–40–20–00–00–00–00–00 / 269–26National representationSummer OlympicsNHANHANH1RNHA0 / 10–1WTA 1000 tournamentsDubai / Qatar OpenNMSAAAAAAAA1RQ1A1RQ1Q10 / 20–2Indian Wells OpenAAAAQ21R3R1R1RA2R2RQ2AANHA0 / 64–6Miami OpenAAAAQ11R2R1R1RAQ22RQ1AANHA0 / 52–5Madrid OpenNHAAASFQ1AAQ1AAANHA0 / 14–1Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1Canadian OpenAAAAQ21R1RAAAQ1AAAQ1NHA0 / 20–2Cincinnati OpenNMSAQ21RQ1AA1RAAAAAA0 / 20–2Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAAAAAAAQ1Q1Q1AANH0 / 00–0China OpenNMSAA1RAAAQ2Q2AAANH0 / 10–1Career statisticsTournaments021311172017113171430101Career total: 121Titles00000000000000000Career total: 0Finals00012011101000000Career total: 7Overall win–loss0–01–20–14–314–116–1916–2018–185–113–317–175–144–30–00–10–00–10 / 12193–124Win (%)Career total: Year-end ranking20417424111965111514615015753170184740300490565$6,014,015
Doubles
Tournament200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022SRW–L Win%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1R1R2R3R2RSF2R3R3RF1RA2R1R2R2R0 / 1521–15French OpenA1R1R2R1R3RWSFSFSFSFQFSF1R3R1R3R3R1 / 1738–16WimbledonA3R1R1R1R2R1RFQF2R2R3R3R3R1RNHQF1R0 / 1621–16US OpenA1R1R2R2R1RQFFW3R3R3RFQF1R2RQF2R1 / 1735–16Win–loss0–01–30–42–42–45–410–318–414–39–49–412–411–45–33–41–39–44–42 / 65115–63Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNHANHF–SNH4thNHA0 / 27–3Year-end championshipsWTA FinalsDNQFDNQSFQFADNQNHAlt0 / 32–5WTA 1000 tournamentsDubai / Qatar OpenNMSAAAAAAAA1R1RAF2R1RSF0 / 66–6Indian Wells OpenAASFA1R2R1RSF2RSF2RQFFA1RNHQFQF0 / 1322–12Miami OpenAAA2R1R1R1R1R1R1RSFQF1RA1RNH1R1R0 / 136–13Madrid OpenNHAAA2R2RA1RQFQFAANH1RA0 / 64–6Italian OpenAAA2RAAAAAA2RSFAAAQF2RSF0 / 57–5Canadian OpenAAAA2R2RQFAAA1RA1RA1RNHAA0 / 64–5Cincinnati OpenNMSA2R2RWA1R1RA1RWWSF1R2R3 / 1119–8Wuhan OpenNHASF2RA2RANH0 / 34–3China OpenNMSAA2RAAAQF1RASFANH0 / 46–4Guadalajara OpenNH1R0 / 10–1Career statisticsTournament771112171819161312231915712122320Career total: 263Titles012222242112011120Career total: 26Finals022233493353512232Career total: 54Overall win–loss4–77–615–916–922–1525–1530–1647–1225–1123–1242–2435–1727–1515–612–1115–1129–2227–1926 / 263400–228Year-end ranking875367514238154142217101432283229
Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2011French OpenClay Andrea Hlaváčková Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina6–4, 6–3Loss2012WimbledonGrass Andrea Hlaváčková Serena Williams Venus Williams5–7, 4–6Loss2012 US Open Hard Andrea Hlaváčková Sara Errani Roberta Vinci4–6, 2–6Win2013 US Open Hard Andrea Hlaváčková Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–4Loss2016Australian OpenHard Andrea Hlaváčková Martina Hingis Sania Mirza6–7(1–7), 3–6Loss2017US OpenHard Kateřina Siniaková Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis3–6, 2–6
Mixed doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2013Australian OpenHard František Čermák Jarmila Gajdošová Matthew Ebden3–6, 5–7Win2013French OpenClay František Čermák Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor1–6, 6–4, [10–6]Loss2015French OpenClay Marcin Matkowski Bethanie Mattek-Sands Mike Bryan6–7(3–7), 1–6
Other significant finals Year-end championships Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2012WTA Finals, IstanbulHard (i) Andrea Hlaváčková Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova1–6, 4–6
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 tournaments Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2012Cincinnati OpenHard Andrea Hlaváčková Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie6–1, 6–3Loss2017Indian Wells OpenHard Kateřina Siniaková Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis6–7(4–7), 2–6Win2018Cincinnati Open (2)Hard Ekaterina Makarova Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs6–2, 7–5Loss2019Dubai ChampionshipsHard Ekaterina Makarova Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová4–6, 4–6Win2019Cincinnati Open (3)Hard Andreja Klepač Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs6–4, 6–1
Summer Olympics Doubles: 2 (1 silver medal) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreSilver 2012 London Summer Olympics Grass Andrea Hlaváčková Serena Williams Venus Williams 4–6, 4–64th place 2016 Rio Summer Olympics Hard Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová 5–7, 1–6
Mixed doubles: 1 (bronze medal) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreBronze 2016 Rio Summer Olympics Hard Radek Štěpánek Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna 6–1, 7–5
WTA Tour finals Singles: 7 (7 runner-ups) LegendTier III / International (0–7)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Gastein Ladies, AustriaTier IIIClay Pauline Parmentier4–6, 4–6Loss0–2Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceInternationalClay Aravane Rezaï6–7(2–7), 1–6Loss0–3İstanbul Cup, TurkeyInternationalHard Vera Dushevina0–6, 1–6Loss0–4Barcelona Ladies Open, SpainInternationalClay Roberta Vinci6–4, 2–6, 2–6Loss0–5Tournoi de Québec, CanadaInternationalCarpet (i) Kirsten Flipkens1–6, 5–7Loss0–6Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceInternationalClay Alizé Cornet6–7(4–7), 0–6Loss0–7Prague Open, Czech RepublicInternationalClay Karolína Plíšková6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Doubles: 53 (26 titles, 27 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam (2–4)WTA Finals (0–1)Premier M & Premier 5 (3–2)Premier / WTA 500 (2–6)Tier III & IV / International / WTA 250 (19–14)Finals by surfaceHard (15–17)Grass (1–2)Clay (8–7)Carpet (2–1)