Vladimíra Uhlířová

Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	London, England
Born	(1978-05-04) 4 May 1978 České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$868,362
Singles
Career record	58–79
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 400 (6 October 2003)
Doubles
Career record	319–302
Career titles	5 WTA, 17 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 18 (1 October 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2011)
French Open	3R (2007, 2008, 2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	SF (2007)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2012)
French Open	QF (2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2008, 2010)
US Open	QF (2008)

Vladimíra Uhlířová (born 4 May 1978) is a retired Czech tennis player.

In her career, she won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In October 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 400. In October 2007, she peaked at No. 18 in the doubles rankings.

Uhlířová reached the semifinals of the 2007 US Open, partnering Ágnes Szávay.

She announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2016.^[1]

Uhlířová now provides television commentary on the WTA Tour. She speaks several languages, and is therefore able to translate many of the non-English exchanges when on-court coaching takes place during matches.

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Significant finals

WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 tournaments

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2011	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 18 (5 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 (0–1) WTA Premier (1–4) WTA International (4–8)

Finals by surface Hard (3–7) Clay (2–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2007	Open Gaz de France, France	Tier II	Carpet (i)	Gabriela Navrátilová	Cara Black Liezel Huber	2–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 2007	Qatar Open, Qatar	Tier II	Hard	Ágnes Szávay	Martina Hingis Maria Kirilenko	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	Apr 2007	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Tier IV	Clay	Ágnes Szávay	Martina Müller Gabriela Navrátilová	7–5, 6–2
Loss	1–3	Jul 2007	Gastein Ladies, Austria	Tier III	Clay	Ágnes Szávay	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–4	Feb 2008	Open Gaz de France, France	Tier II	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko	1–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Apr 2008	Amelia Island Championships, United States	Tier II	Clay	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2–5	Jul 2008	LA Women's Championships, United States	Tier II	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6–2, 5–7, [4–10]
Win	3–5	Jul 2009	Slovenia Open, Slovenia	International	Hard	Julia Görges	Camille Pin Klára Zakopalová	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–6	Oct 2009	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg	International	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–1, 0–6, [7–10]
Win	4–6	Jul 2010	Slovenia Open, Slovenia	International	Hard	Maria Kondratieva	Anna Chakvetadze Marina Erakovic	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	4–7	Jul 2010	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Hard	Maria Kondratieva	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	4–6, 6–1, [9–11]
Loss	4–8	Sep 2010	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Julia Görges Polona Hercog	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–9	Apr 2011	Barcelona Open, Spain	International	Clay	Natalie Grandin	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	7–5, 4–6, [2–10]
Loss	4–10	May 2011	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Natalie Grandin	Akgul Amanmuradova Chuang Chia-jung	7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss	4–11	Jul 2011	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	International	Clay	Natalie Grandin	Anabel Medina Garrigues Alicja Rosolska	2–6, 2–6
Loss	4–12	Aug 2011	Cincinnati Open, United States	Premier 5	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win	5–12	Sep 2011	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Vera Dushevina Galina Voskoboeva	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	5–13	May 2012	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Natalie Grandin	Olga Govortsova Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	7–6(7–4), 3–6, [3–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 runner–up

Legend
$10,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Sep 2002	ITF Winter Park, United States	10,000	Clay	Julie Ditty	2–6, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles: 29 (17 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Aug 2002	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Zuzana Černá	Valeria Bondarenko Edita Liachovičiūtė	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	Nov 2002	ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Ema Janašková	Joana Cortez Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	3–6, 1–6
Win	3.	Jan 2003	ITF Tallahassee, United States	10,000	Hard	Petra Rampre	Antonia Matic Arpi Kojian	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win	4.	Mar 2003	ITF Cairo, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Daniela Berček	Borka Majstorović Frederica Piedade	w/o
Win	5.	Apr 2003	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Zuzana Černá	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 6–2
Loss	6.	Apr 2003	ITF Hvar, Croatia	10,000	Clay	İpek Şenoğlu	Jana Macurová Gabriela Chmelinová	4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	7.	Jul 2003	ITF Heerhugowaard, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Kika Hogendoorn	Tessy van de Ven Suzanne van Hartingsveldt	4–6, 0–2 ret.
Loss	8.	Aug 2003	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Zuzana Černá	Elke Clijsters Kirsten Flipkens	2–6, 4–6
Win	9.	Feb 2004	ITF Albufeira, Portugal	10,000	Clay	Zuzana Černá	Kildine Chevalier Frederica Piedade	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–5
Win	10.	Apr 2004	ITF Patras, Greece	10,000	Hard	Martina Müller	Chantal Coombs Emily Webley-Smith	7–6(9–7), 6–3
Loss	11.	Apr 2004	ITF Bari, Italy	25,000	Clay	Martina Müller	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados	2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	12.	May 2004	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	13.	May 2004	ITF Galatina, Italy	25,000	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Nadejda Ostrovskaya Kathrin Wörle	6–4, 6–0
Loss	14.	Jun 2004	ITF Fontanafredda, Italy	25,000	Clay	Martina Müller	Erica Krauth Katalin Marosi	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Win	15.	Nov 2004	ITF Tucson, United States	50,000	Hard	Līga Dekmeijere	Krysty Marcio Jessica Nguyen	6–4, 6–4
Win	16.	Jan 2005	ITF Tampa, United States	10,000	Hard	Julie Ditty	Cory Ann Avants Kristen Schlukebir	6–1, 6–2
Win	17.	Jan 2005	ITF Miami, United States	10,000	Hard	Julie Ditty	Mélanie Marois Sarah Riske	6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
Win	18.	Feb 2005	ITF Rockford, United States	25,000	Hard (i)	Julie Ditty	Joana Cortez Svetlana Krivencheva	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss	19.	Apr 2005	ITF Dothan, United States	75,000	Clay	Julie Ditty	Carly Gullickson Galina Voskoboeva	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Win	20.	Jun 2005	Zagreb Open, Croatia	75,000	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–2, 6–2
Win	21.	Sep 2005	ITF Denain, France	75,000	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Zsófia Gubacsi Mariya Koryttseva	6–0, 7–5
Win	22.	Jan 2006	ITF Fort Walton Beach, United States	25,000	Hard	Maureen Drake	Zuzana Kučová Chanelle Scheepers	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	23.	Feb 2006	ITF Ortisei, Italy	75,000	Carpet	Lucie Hradecká	Tatiana Poutchek Anastasiya Yakimova	6–4, 6–2
Win	24.	Aug 2009	ITF Trnava, Slovak Republic	25,000	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Michaela Paštiková Darina Šeděnková	6–4, 6–2
Win	25.	Sep 2009	ITF Biella, Italy	100,000	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Darya Kustova Renata Voráčová	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	26.	Nov 2009	ITF Nantes, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Renata Voráčová	Lucie Hradecká Michaela Paštiková	4–6, 4–6
Loss	27.	Dec 2009	ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates	75,000	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Julia Görges Oksana Kalashnikova	6–4, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	28.	Dec 2010	ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates	75,000	Hard	Sania Mirza	Julia Görges Petra Martić	4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win	29.	Mar 2011	ITF Nassau, Bahamas	100,000	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears	6–4, 6–2

References

External links

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