Sára Bejlek (born 31 January 2006) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 28, achieved on 14 September 2026, and a best doubles ranking of No. 671, reached in 2022.
Bejlek has won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2026 Abu Dhabi Open, as well as four singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour.
Career Junior years Bejlek won the 2022 French Open girl's doubles event, partnering with Lucie Havlíčková. In addition, she reached the semifinals in singles.
Grand Slam performance Singles: Australian Open: – French Open: SF (2022) Wimbledon: 2R (2021) US Open: –
Doubles: Australian Open: – French Open: W (2022) Wimbledon: 2R (2021) US Open: –
2021: First ITF Circuit title & top 500 In July, she won her first and up to date biggest title at the $60k ITS Cup in Olomouc, Czech Republic, by double bagelling Paula Ormaechea in the final. As a result, after making her WTA rankings debut, she improved her rank by 557 positions to No. 447 in just one month.
2022: Major & top 200 debuts In June, at the Česká Lípa, she won the $60k Macha Lake Open, defeating fellow Czech Jesika Malečková in the final. The following week, Bejlek made her Grand Slam tournament qualifying debut at Wimbledon Championships, but she was defeated by Emina Bektas. A month later, she defended her title at the ITS Cup, this time defeating Lina Gjorcheska in the final. She continued with making progress at the US Open making her major main-draw debut, after three wins in the qualifying. She was the youngest player in the tournament's main draw, having been the youngest direct entrant to qualifying.
2023: Australian and French Open debuts
At 16, as the second-youngest player in the top 200, she made her debut at the Australian Open. She lost to her compatriot Barbora Krejčíková in the first round. In early April, she reached her first final of the year, the $60k tournament in Split, but lost to Tara Würth.
A month later, she made her qualifying debut at the WTA 1000 tournament at the Italian Open. In the first round of qualifying, she triumphed with losing only three games. Still, she failed to qualify, after losing in the following round of qualifying. Next destination was the French Open where she qualified without losing a set, to reach the main draw at Roland Garros for the first time. Like the previous two major main-draw appearances, she lost in the first round, this time to Kamilla Rakhimova.
After failing in Wimbledon in qualifying, she reached another $60k final in the Hague but lost it to Arantxa Rus. Two weeks later, she finally won her first title of the year, at the $25k event in Pärnu, Estonia. In early September, she reached her third $60k final of the year in the Czech Republic, at the Prague Open, but again finished runner-up.
Bejlek won her first WTA 125 title at the Copa Colina in Chile on 19 November, defeating Diane Parry in the final.
2024: WTA 1000 and top 125 debuts At the Australian Open, Bejlek qualified into the main draw for the second consecutive year but lost in the first round to 32nd seed Leylah Fernandez.
She also qualified for the Madrid Open, making her WTA 1000 debut and recording wins over Anna Blinkova, 24th seed Anna Kalinskaya and Ashlyn Krueger to reach the fourth round, where she lost to Elena Rybakina in straight sets. As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 114, on 6 May 2024.
2025: WTA Tour quarterfinal, top 75 For the third year in a row, Bejlek qualified for the Australian Open, making her the youngest player at 18 years-old to qualify for the women's main draw, but lost in the first round, this time to Caroline Dolehide.
For a second time, ranked No. 193, Bejlek also reached the main draw at the French Open, after qualifying with a straight-sets win over top seed Yuliia Starodubtseva. She recorded her first major match win, upsetting 26th seed Marta Kostyuk, before losing to Jaqueline Cristian in the second round. Bejlek claimed her second WTA 125 title at the Makarska Open in Croatia, defeating Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva in the final. At the Prague Open, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal with wins over Moyuka Uchijima and eighth seed Alycia Parks, before her run was ended by fourth seed Wang Xinyu.
Bejlek lifted her third WTA 125 title in October at the inaugural edition of the Internazionali di Calabria in Rende, Italy, as she defeated Lola Radivojević in the final. Subsequently, she made her debut in the top 100 on 13 October 2025, as she reached the quarterfinals (where she withdrew) at the WTA 125 Mallorca Championships, becoming the sixth teenager in the top 100. Bejlek won her fourth WTA 125 title of the year at Querétaro Open, defeating Katrina Scott in the final. This result moved her to No. 84 in the WTA rankings on 27 October 2025. Bejlek finished the season ranked No. 76 on 17 November 2025.
2026: First tour title, WTA 1000 semifinal, top 30 Ranked No. 101 at the 2026 Abu Dhabi Open, Bejlek won her first WTA Tour title and also first at the WTA 500-level, as a qualifier, with wins over seventh seed Jeļena Ostapenko, qualifier Sonay Kartal, in a little over an hour, third seed Clara Tauson and second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final. As a result, she reached a new career-high in the top 40, subsequently rising more than 60 positions up to No. 37 in the singles rankings on 23 February 2026.
Her breakthrough came at the Cincinnati Open, where she defeated Karolína Plíšková, Barbora Krejčíková, Ekaterina Alexandrova, world No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka, and Madison Keys to reach the semifinals, where she was elimimated by the eventual champion, Coco Gauff. This led to her reaching a career-high rank of No. 29.
Personal life Bejlek was born in Znojmo, but has lived in the nearby town of Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou since birth.
Bejlek draws inspiration from Rafael Nadal and compatriot Petra Kvitová. Beyond tennis, she is known for her passion for heavy metal music; Bejlek is a fan of bands Metallica and Slipknot.
Performance timelines Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2026 China Open. Tournament20222023202420252026SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1R1R1R1R0 / 40–4French OpenA1RA2R2R0 / 32–3WimbledonQ1Q1Q1A1R0 / 10–1US Open1RQ1Q1Q11R0 / 20–2Win–Loss0–10–20–11–21–40 / 102–10National representationBillie Jean King CupASFQF AW1 / 30–0WTA 1000 tournamentsQatar OpenANTIAAA0 / 00–0Dubai ChampionshipsNTIAAA2R0 / 11–0Indian Wells OpenAAAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAA1R0 / 10–1Madrid OpenAA 4RQ2A0 / 13–1Italian OpenAQ2AA1R0 / 10–1Canadian OpenAAAA2R0 / 11–1Cincinnati OpenAAAASF0 / 15–1China OpenNHAAA3R0 / 11–1Wuhan OpenNot HeldAA0 / 00–0Win–Loss0–00–03–10–08–50 / 711–6Career statistics20222023202420252026Win %Tournaments124419Career total: 30Titles00001Career total: 1Finals00001Career total: 1Hard Win–Loss0–10–10–22–318–91 / 1820–16Clay Win–Loss0–00–13–21–12–40 / 86–8Grass Win–Loss0–00–00–00–01–30 / 41–3Overall Win–Loss0–10–23–43–421–161 / 3027–27Year-end ranking18919014276$1,579,680
Doubles Tournament2026SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1R0 / 10–1French Open A0 / 00–0Wimbledon A 0 / 00–0US OpenA0 / 00–0Win–Loss0–10 / 10–1
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (title) LegendWTA 500 (1–0) Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)
ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWinAbu Dhabi Open, WTA 500Hard Ekaterina Alexandrova7–6(7–5), 6–1
WTA 125 finals
Singles: 4 (4 titles) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Copa Colina, ChileClay Diane Parry6–2, 6–1Win2–0Makarska Open, CroatiaClay Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva6–0, 6–1Win3–0Internazionali di Calabria, ItalyClay Lola Radivojević6–2, 6–7(1–7), 6–3Win4–0Querétaro Open, MexicoClay Katrina Scott6–2, 6–1
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournaments (4–1)W40 tournaments (0–2) W25 tournaments (3–0)Finals by surfaceClay (7–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2021ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech RepublicW60 Clay Paula Ormaechea 6–0, 6–0Win 2–0 May 2022ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25 Clay Weronika Falkowska 7–6(7–4), 6–1Win 3–0 Jun 2022Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic W60 Clay Jesika Malečková 6–4, 6–4Win 4–0 Jul 2022ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic (2)W60 Clay Lina Gjorcheska 6–2, 7–6(7–0)Loss 4–1 Apr 2023ITF Split, CroatiaW40 Clay Tara Würth 2–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss 4–2 Jul 2023ITF The Hague, NetherlandsW40 Clay Arantxa Rus 6–7(3–7), 4–6Win 5–2 Jul 2023ITF Pärnu, EstoniaW25 Clay Lucija Ćirić Bagarić 7–5, 6–4 Loss 5–3 Sep 2023ITF Prague Open, Czech RepublicW60 Clay Andreea Mitu 6–7(1–7), 6–2, 3–6 Win 6–3 Oct 2023ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25 Clay Caijsa Hennemann 6–4, 7–6(9–7)Win 7–3 Sep 2024Šibenik Open, CroatiaW75 Clay Darja Semeņistaja 6–2, 6–0
Doubles: 1 (title) LegendW15 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceClay (1–0)
ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin Jun 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Doğa Türkmen Federica Bilardo Liubov Kostenko 4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
ITF Junior Circuit
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2022French OpenClay Lucie Havlíčková Nikola Bartůňková Céline Naef6–3, 6–3
ITF Junior Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrade 2 (0–2)Grade 3 (1–0)Grade 4 (0–1)Grade 5 (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (2–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Nov 2019ITF Nastola, FinlandGrade 5Hard Veronika Solovyeva6–7(6–8), 4–6Loss0–2Sep 2020ITF Rakovnik, Czech RepublicGrade 2Clay Julie Štruplová6–7(2–7), 2–6Win1–2Oct 2020ITF Constanța, RomaniaGrade 3Clay Vanessa Popa Teiusanu6–1, 6–1Loss1–3Jan 2021ITF Cairo, EgyptGrade 4Clay Emma Valletta6–7(5–7), 2–6Win2–3Feb 2021ITF Giza, EgyptGrade 5Clay Jermine Sherif7–5, 7–5Loss2–4May 2021ITF Oradea, RomaniaGrade 2Clay Lucie Havlíčková3–6, 3–6
Doubles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrade A (1–0)Grade 1 (1–0)Grade 2 (3–0)Grade 3 (1–0)Grade 4 (2–1)Grade 5 (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (7–2)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2019ITF Prague, Czech RepublicGrade 2 Clay Lucie Havlíčková Julia Avdeeva Alina Shcherbinina 6–2, 6–2Win 2–0 Oct 2019 ITF Dornbirn, Austria Grade 5 Carpet Petra Marčinko Angelina Flachs Carolina Kuhl 7–6(7–3), 6–7(1–7), [10–6]Loss 2–1 Sep 2020ITF Prague, Czech RepublicGrade 4 Clay Lucie Havlíčková Nelly Knezková Dominika Šalková 6–0, 1–6, [10–12]Win 3–1 Jan 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyGrade 3 Clay Melis Ayda Uyar Defne Cirpanli Duru Soke 6–1, 2–6, [10–4]Win 4–1 Jan 2021ITF Cairo, EgyptGrade 4 Clay Maria Charl Serafima Shastova Anastasiya Zholdakova 6–4, 6–2Loss4–2Feb 2021ITF Giza, EgyptGrade 5Clay Layla Shoukry Lucia Martínez Gómez Polina Skopintseva2–6, 5–7Win5–2Feb 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyGrade 4Clay Sara Suchankova Karolina Kozakova Céline Naef6–4, 6–0Win6–2Feb 2021ITF Šiauliai, LithuaniaGrade 2Hard Nahia Berecoechea Lucija Ćirić Bagarić Virginia Ferrara6–2, 4–6, [10–7]Win7–2May 2021ITF Říčany, Czech RepublicGrade 1 Clay Nikola Bartůňková Alexis Blokhina Flavie Brugnone6–3, 6–4Win8–2May 2021ITF Oradea, RomaniaGrade 2Clay Lucie Havlíčková Fatima Amartha Keita Sara Suchanková6–4 6–2Win9–2Jun 2022French OpenGrade AClay Lucie Havlíčková Nikola Bartůňková Céline Naef6–3, 6–3
Wins against top 10 players Bejlek has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
No.Player EventSurfaceScoreYears1Aryna Sabalenka1Cincinnati Open, United StatesHard4R7–6(9–7), 6–4352026
Double-bagel matches
ResultW–LYearTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentWin20211–0ITS Cup, Czech RepublicW60Clay Paula Ormaechea213F1004Loss20221–1ITF Canberra, AustraliaW25Hard Talia Gibson11581R342Loss20231–2US Open, United StatesGrand SlamHard Wang Yafan115Q1213Win20252–2ITF Bengaluru, IndiaW100Hard Shrivalli Bhamidipaty3301R155
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