Andrea Holíková (born 15 January 1968) is a former

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player. She comes from the family of successful hockey players – she is the daughter

Jaroslav Holík Jaroslav Holík (; August 3, 1942 – April 17, 2015) was a Czech professional ice hockey coach and former player. Career Holík played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for Dukla Jihlava. He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sap ...

, the elder sister of

Bobby Holík Bobby "The Geek" Holík (born January 1, 1971) is a Czech-American former professional ice hockey center who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Holík is the son of Jaroslav Holík, a Czechoslovak ice hockey world champion in ...

, and the niece of

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. Holíková is married to former hockey player František "Frank" Musil. Holíková was a very successful junior player. In 1985, she won the

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and reached the final of the US Open. In doubles, Holíková and

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were the finalists of the French Open, but collected the US Open title. Holíková's professional career was by far less successful. Her highest ranking positions were World No. 67 in singles and World No. 99 in doubles. Her best result in

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tournaments was the doubles quarterfinals at the

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. Holíková did, however, defeat two top ten players,

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and

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. At the

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qualifications in 1985, she defeated then 13-year–old

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, future World No. 1 player. Holíková won two ITF Circuit titles, one in singles and one in doubles. She also reached two

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doubles finals, but never triumphed. Holíková has not competed professionally since 1990. She played her last singles match at the Bausch and Lomb Championships in April 1990, losing to

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6–4, 6–3.

Personal life

Holíková is the daughter of former

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player

, who won the bronze medal at the

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. Her younger brother and paternal uncle also professionally played hockey —

won the gold medal at the 1990 World Championships, while

also professionally played hockey, who won silver medals at the

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and

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, and bronze medals at the

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and 1972 Winter Olympics. Holíková is married to former professional ice hockey player František "Frank" Musil, who won the gold medal at the 1985 World Championships. They have three children. Holikova's son,

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, was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2011 entry draft by the

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of the

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(NHL), and younger son Adam was drafted in the 4th round of the 2015 draft by the

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Senior career highlights

Upset

and gained third round of 1985 at US OPEN. Won first tournament of 1985 and her first pro title at the USTA Circuit at

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; beat Kris Kinney in the final; reached the semifinals in the doubles draw. Ranked in the top 10 in Czechoslovakia for two years. Has career wins over

, Pam Casale, Ginny Purdy,

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, Petra Jauch-Delhees, and

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. She was coached by Vladislav Savrda.

Career statistics

Virginia Slims doubles finals (0–2)

ITF Circuit singles finals (1–1)

ITF Circuit doubles finals (1–0)

Junior Grand Slam singles finals (1–1)

Junior Grand Slam doubles finals (1–1)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holikova, Andrea 1968 births Czech female tennis players Czechoslovak female tennis players Living people Wimbledon junior champions US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Tennis players from Prague