Regina Maršíková (born 11 December 1958) is a retired tennis player from Czechoslovakia, present-day Czech Republic.

Career Maršíková won the French Junior Championships in 1975. She had career wins over Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong, Hana Mandlíková, Tracy Austin, and Virginia Wade.

Her best performances in Grand Slam singles events included three consecutive semifinals at the French Open from 1977 to 1979. She won the 1977 French Open women's doubles title with Pam Teeguarden.

Maršíková was involved in an automobile accident in September 1981 near Prague, Czechoslovakia that caused a fatality. She lost her drivers license and visa and served several months in detention. She was not allowed to leave the Eastern Bloc until early 1985. Maršíková rejoined the WTA Tour in April that year at the Tournament of Champions in Florida.

She won 11 singles titles and six doubles titles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 11 in 1981.

Grand Slam finals

Women's doubles (1 title) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1977 French Open Clay Pam Teeguarden Rayni Fox Helen Gourlay Cawley 5–7, 6–4, 6–2

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 14 (11 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (11–3) Titles by surfaceHard (3–1)Grass (2–0)Clay (6–2)Carpet (0–0) ResultsW-LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Aug 1977 Toronto, Canada Clay Marise Kruger 6–4, 4–6, 6–2Win 2–0 Dec 1977 Brisbane, Australia Grass Helena Anliot 6–1, 3–6, 6–4Win 3–0 Mar 1978 Stuart, US Clay Zenda Liess 1–6, 6–3, 6–3Win 4–0 May 1978 Rome, Italy Clay Virginia Ruzici 7–5, 7–5Win 5–0 Aug 1978 Toronto, Canada Hard Virginia Ruzici 7–5, 6–7(9–11), 6–2Win 6–0 Nov 1978 Christchurch, New Zealand Grass Sylvia Hanika 6–2, 6–1Win 7–0 Mar 1979 Fort Myers, US Clay Janet Newberry 6–4, 6–2Loss 7–1 Mar 1979 Orlando, US Hard Kathy Jordan 4–6, 6–1, 6–4Loss 7–2 May 1979 Berlin, West Germany Clay Caroline Stoll 7–6(7–4), 6–0Win 8–2 Feb 1980 Calgary, Canada Hard (I) Christiane Jolissaint 4–6, 7–6, 6–2Win 9–2 Mar 1980 Edmond, Canada Clay Andrea Jaeger 6–2, 6–2Loss 9–3 Apr 1980 Hilton Head Island, US Clay Tracy Austin 3–6, 6–1, 6–0Win 10–2 Oct 1980 Phoenix, US Hard Wendy Turnbull 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3)Win 11–2 May 1981 Berlin, West Germany Clay Ivanna Madruga 6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (1–0)WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (5–7) Titles by surfaceHard (4–1)Grass (1–0)Clay (1–4)Carpet (0–1) ResultsW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 1977 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Renáta Tomanová Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss 2–6, 6–4, 7–5Win 1–1 May 1977 French Open Clay Pam Teeguarden Rayni Fox Helen Gourlay Cawley 5–7, 6–4, 6–2Loss 1–2 Aug 1977 Charlotte, US Clay Pam Teeguarden Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve 6–3, 6–4Win 2–2 Dec 1977 Brisbane, Australia Grass Helena Anliot Nerida Gregory Naoko Satō 6–3, 3–1 ret.Loss 2–3 Jul 1978 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Florența Mihai Virginia Ruzici Renáta Tomanová 7–5, 6–2Win 3–3 Aug 1978 Toronto, Canada Hard Pam Teeguarden Chris O'Neil Paula Smith 5–7, 6–4, 6–2Loss 3–4 Oct 1978 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Laura duPont Françoise Dürr Valerie Ziegenfuss 1–6, 6–4, 6–3Win 4–4 Mar 1979 Carlsbad, Sweden Hard Marcie Louie Peanut Louie Marita Redondo 6–2, 2–6, 6–4Loss 4–5 Aug 1979 Mahwah, US Hard Mima Jaušovec Tracy Austin Betty Stöve 7–6, 2–6, 6–4Win 5–5 Aug 1980 Toronto, Canada Hard Andrea Jaeger Ann Kiyomura Betsy Nagelsen 6–1, 6–3Win 6–5 Oct 1980 Deerfield Beach, US Hard Andrea Jaeger Martina Navrátilová Candy Reynolds 1–6, 6–1, 6–2Loss 6–6 Feb 1981 Houston, US Carpet (i) Mary-Lou Piatek Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura 5–7, 6–3, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Career SR Australian Open A A A2R A A A A A A A A1R NH1R A1R A A A A 0 / 4 French Open1R AQFSFSFSF A4R A A A A3R2R1R1R A A A A0 / 10 Wimbledon A A3R1R4R3R2R1R A A A A1R2R A A A A A A 0 / 8 US Open A A3R1R4R4R2R1R A A A2R2R1R A A A A A A 0 / 9SR 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 31Year-end ranking NR 23 20 14 14 18 13 NR NR NR 80 61 71 176 227 359 502 NR NR Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

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