Tereza Valentová (born 20 February 2007) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 42 in singles and No. 225 in doubles. Valentová reached a best junior combined ranking of No. 4 on 10 June 2024 and won both the 2024 French Open singles and Junior doubles titles.
Early life and background Valentová was born to Marcel Valenta and Jitka Janáčková. Her mother is a former sprint canoeist who represented Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, respectively. She began playing tennis at the age of three after watching her father play. She currently trains at TK Sparta Prague.
Juniors Valentová reached the final of the 2023 US Open in girls' singles, but lost to Katherine Hui. She won the 2024 French Open girls' singles title, defeating compatriot Laura Samson in the final. She also won the 2024 French Open girls' doubles title, partnering Renáta Jamrichová.
Grand Slam performance Singles: Australian Open: QF (2023) French Open: W (2024) Wimbledon: 2R (2023) US Open: F (2023)
Doubles: Australian Open: 1R (2022) French Open: W (2024) Wimbledon: 2R (2023) US Open: 2R (2023)
Professional 2021–23: WTA Tour debut, ITF Circuit doubles title In July 2021, Valentová received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the Prague Open, but lost to Naiktha Bains. Later that year, she made her ITF main draw debut at the $25k event in Jablonec nad Nisou, but lost in the first round to Johana Marková. In October 2022, she received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the Ostrava Open, but lost in the first round to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.
In May 2023, she recorded her first senior win in the first round of the Advantage Cars Prague Open. The following month, she reached the semifinal of the Říčany Open, upsetting top seed Laura Pigossi in the process. At the ITS Cup, she reached the quarterfinals in singles and won her first ITF doubles title, partnering Magdaléna Smékalová. She made her WTA Tour doubles debut with a wildcard into the main draw of the Prague Open, where she and partner Nikola Bartůňková reached the semifinals. She also received a wildcard into the singles qualifying draw, but lost in the first round to Dayana Yastremska.
2024: First ITF singles titles In February, Valentová won back-to-back ITF singles titles at $15k events in Monastir. She followed this up with back-to-back titles at the Říčany Open, where she also won in doubles, and the $35k event in Sharm El Sheikh. At the $50k Lopota Tennis Open, she reached the singles quarterfinal and won the doubles title with partner Viktória Hrunčáková. In May, she reached the singles final of the $35k event in Annenheim, but lost to Marie Benoît.
2025: First WTA Tour final, WTA 125 title Valentová made her major main-draw debut at the French Open, after a final qualifying round win over Simona Waltert. She then defeated wildcard entrant Chloé Paquet to record her first major win, before losing to second seed Coco Gauff in the second round.
In June, Valentová won her first WTA 125 title at the Città di Grado Tennis Cup, defeating Barbora Palicová in the final. She then made it to the final of Wimbledon qualifying but lost to Anastasia Zakharova in three sets.
In July, Valentová won her second WTA 125 title at the Porto Open, defeating Lanlana Tararudee in the final. As a result she moved to a new career-high ranking at world No. 106. The following week at the Prague Open, she overcame Aoi Ito, second seed Rebecca Šramková and lucky loser Jessika Ponchet to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal, which she lost to fifth seed and eventual champion, Marie Bouzková. As a result of her performance in Prague, Valentová broke into the top 100 in the WTA rankings for the first time at world No. 92 on 28 July 2025, making her only the fifth teenager to hit that milestone, alongside Mirra Andreeva, Maya Joint, Iva Jovic, and Victoria Mboko.
At the US Open, she qualified for the main draw and defeated fellow qualifier Lucia Bronzetti for her second major win, before losing to world No. 10, Elena Rybakina, in the second round.
In October at the Japan Women's Open, Valentová made it into her first tour final with a run which included wins over third seed Elise Mertens, sixth seed Olga Danilović, and Jaqueline Cristian. She lost the championship match to fourth seed Leylah Fernandez, in three sets.
2026: Australian Open third round, second Prague semifinal At the Australian Open, Valentová qualified for the main draw and recorded wins over 30th seed Maya Joint and fellow Czech player Linda Fruhvirtová to reach the third round, at which point she lost to fifth seed and eventual champion Elena Rybakina.
She made the second round at the WTA 1000 events in Doha, where she lost to 14th seed and eventual champion Karolína Muchová, and Miami, where she was eliminated by 20th seed Diana Shnaider.
In May as top seed, Valentová made it through to her third WTA 125 final at the Open de Saint-Malo, losing to seventh seed Moyuka Uchijima in three sets. The following week at the Italian Open, she defeated Yulia Putintseva, before losing to third seed Coco Gauff.
At the Eastbourne Open, Valentová recorded wins over wildcard entrant Hannah Klugman and qualifier Ajla Tomljanović to reach her first WTA grass-court quarterfinal, at which point she lost to Tatjana Maria. On her Wimbledon main-draw debut, she lost to wildcard entrant Karolína Plíšková in the first round.
Seeded seventh at the Athens Open, Valentová defeated Sofia Costoulas and Aliaksandra Sasnovich, before losing to Alina Korneeva in the quarterfinals. As fifth seed at the Prague Open, she overcame lucky loser Priscilla Hon, Maya Joint and top seeded, defending champion, Marie Bouzková to make it through to the semifinals for the second successive year. Valentová lost in the last four to eighth seed Daria Snigur.
In August, she reached the final at the WTA 125 Philly Open, losing to Katie Volynets. During the match Valentová required a medical timeout for treatment on a hip injury which subsequently caused her to withdrew from the following week's US Open.
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 Cincinnati Open. Tournament20252026Win %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenA3R0 / 12–1 French Open2R1R0 / 21–2 WimbledonQ31R0 / 10–1 US Open2RA0 / 11–1Win–Loss2–22–30 / 54–5WTA 1000 tournamentsQatar OpenA2R0 / 01–1 Dubai ChampionshipsAQ10 / 00–0Indian Wells OpenA1R0 / 10–1Miami OpenA2R0 / 11–1Madrid OpenA1R0 / 10–1Italian OpenA2R0 / 11–1Canadian OpenA1R0 / 10–1Cincinnati OpenA2R0 / 11–1China OpenA0 / 00–0Wuhan OpenQ10 / 00–0Win–Loss0–04–70 / 74–7Career statistics20252026Win %Tournaments416Career total: 20Titles00Career total: 0Finals10Career total: 1Hard Win–Loss8–311–100 / 1319–13Clay Win–Loss1–11–30 / 42–4Grass Win–Loss0–02–30 / 32–3Overall Win–Loss9–414–160 / 2023–20Win %Career total: Year-end ranking56$876,266
Doubles Current through the 2026 Canadian Open. Tournament2023202420252026Win %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAA0 / 10–1 French OpenAAA1R0 / 00–0 WimbledonAAA1R0 / 10–1 US OpenAAA0 / 00–0Win–Loss0–00–00–00–20 / 20–2WTA 1000 tournamentsQatar OpenNT1AA1R0 / 00–1 Dubai ChampionshipsAAAA0 / 00–0Indian Wells OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAA2R0 / 11–1Madrid OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Italian OpenAAAQF0 / 11–1Canadian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati OpenAAA0 / 00–0China OpenAAA0 / 00–0Wuhan OpenNHAA0 / 00–0Win–Loss0–00–00–02–30 / 32–3Career statistics2023202420252026Win %Tournaments1017Career total: 9Titles0000Career total: 0Finals0000Career total: 0Hard Win–Loss1–10–01–21–40 / 53–7Clay Win–Loss0–00–00–01–20 / 21–2Grass Win–Loss0–00–00–00–20 / 20–2Overall Win–Loss1–10–01–22–80 / 94–11Win %Career total: Year-end ranking383415635
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–1)
ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLossJapan Women's Open, JapanWTA 250Hard Leylah Fernandez0–6, 7–5, 3–6
WTA 125 finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Grado Tennis Cup, ItalyClay Barbora Palicová6–2, 4–6, 6–1Win2–0Porto Open, PortugalHard Lanlana Tararudee6–4, 6–2Loss2–1Open de Saint-Malo, FranceClay Moyuka Uchijima7–6(7–2), 3–6, 1–6Loss2–2Philly Open, United StatesHard Katie Volynets 3–6, 5–7
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournaments (4–1)W50 tournaments (0–1)W35 tournaments (1–1)W15 tournaments (2–0)Finals by surfaceHard (6–2)Clay (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Feb 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Ren Yufei 6–3, 6–2Win 2–0 Feb 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Audrey Albié 6–2, 6–1Win 3–0 Mar 2024Říčany Open, Czech RepublicW75 Hard (i) Daria Snigur 7–6(7–4), 6–2Win 4–0 Apr 2024ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW35 Hard Linda Klimovičová 7–5, 6–2Loss 4–1 May 2024ITF Annenheim, AustriaW35 Clay Marie Benoît 5–7, 6–3, 5–7Win 5–1 Jun 2024 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic W75 Clay Aneta Kučmová 6–3, 7–5Loss 5–2 Nov 2024 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia W50 Hard (i) Antonia Ružić 3–6, 2–6Win 6–2 Jan 2025 Porto Indoor, Portugal W75 Hard (i) Nastasja Schunk 6–3, 6–4Loss 6–3 Mar 2025 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia W75 Hard (i) Valentina Ryser 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)Win 7–3 Mar 2025 ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia W75 Hard (i) Mariam Bolkvadze 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendW60/75 tournaments (2–1)W50 tournaments (1–0)W15 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2023 ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic W60 Clay Magdaléna Smékalová Zhibek Kulambayeva Darja Semeņistaja 6–2, 6–2Win 2–0 Feb 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Radka Zelníčková Angelica Raggi Ani Vangelova 6–4, 6–2Win 3–0 Mar 2024 Říčany Open, Czech Republic W75 Hard (i) Gabriela Knutson Fanny Stollár Lulu Sun 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]Win 4–0 Apr 2024 ITF Lopota, Georgia W50 Hard Viktória Hrunčáková Nagi Hanatani Urszula Radwańska 6–2, 6–1Loss 4–1 Jan 2025 Porto Indoor, Portugal W75 Hard (i) Noma Noha Akugue Eudice Chong Nika Radišić 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss2023US OpenHard Katherine Hui4–6, 4–6Win2024French OpenClay Laura Samson6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2024French OpenClay Renáta Jamrichová Tyra Caterina Grant Iva Jovic6–4, 6–4
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