Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (née Hlaváčková; ; born 10 August 1986) is a Czech retired professional

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player. She is a three-time

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champion in doubles, having won the

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and 2013 US Open in women's doubles alongside

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, as well as the 2013 US Open in mixed doubles with

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. Sestini Hlaváčková also finished runner-up in women's doubles at the

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and US Open in 2012, and the Australian Open in

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and

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. She reached her highest doubles

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of world No. 3 in October 2012, and won 27 doubles titles on the

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, including the 2017 WTA Finals with

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, and three at Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 level. In singles, Sestini Hlaváčková reached her career-high ranking of world No. 58 in September 2012, and reached one WTA final in Gastein in 2013. Her best major singles result came at the 2012 US Open, reaching the fourth round. Sestini Hlaváčková was part of the Czech team which won the

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and

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, also taking part in the 2013 tournament. She also won a silver medal in doubles at the

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alongside Hradecká.

Personal life

Hlaváčková married former Italian tennis player and WTA employee, Fabrizio Sestini, in July 2017. She is now competing under her new name "Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková" following the end of the 2017 season. Her older sister, Jana Hlaváčková, was also a professional tennis player.

Tennis career

Hlaváčková started playing tennis at the age of three. Hlaváčková was the top-ranked girls doubles player at the end of 2003. This was the last year in which there were separate junior singles and doubles rankings. Her highest girls singles ranking was No. 5, on 5 January 2004. In her U18-junior career she won three singles titles: a Grade 2 at Hostivar (September 2002), a Grade 1 at Frankfurt (June 2003), and a Grade 3 at Plzen (July 2004), and 15 doubles titles. Hlaváčková won her first

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(ITF) doubles title in 2003, on 19 October, with compatriot Tereza Szafnerová. The team defeated Lucie Kriegsmannová and Pavlína Šlitrová in the final. In May 2006, Hlaváčková won her first ITF singles title at a 25k in

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, Spain, when she beat

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in the final. She won her first ITF doubles title of 2006 in

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, Channel Islands with

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. Hlaváčková and Renata Voráčová won a title in

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, Italy over Daniela and

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. In late 2006, she won three straight doubles events that she entered. All of them came with compatriot

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in November and December. In 2007, Hlaváčková won her first WTA doubles title, partnered with compatriot

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. Hlaváčková and

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of Germany entered the

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women's doubles competition main draw as lucky losers. The team defeated

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and

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in the first round, but fell to

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and

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in the second. The Czech team won the title in their home country, at the

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. They defeated Ji Chunmei and Sun Shengnan. On the

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, Hlaváčková won four doubles titles. Her first of the year came in March in Tenerife, Spain, along with Margit Rüütel. Her next two titles came in

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, Spain and

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, Spain, both with Cetkovská. Hlaváčková won her fourth title with

in Jersey, Great Britain to retain her crown. She made a successful WTA partnership with Lucie Hradecká, and teamed with her to win the 2008 ECM Prague Open in their home country. To win, the pair defeated

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and Michaëlla Krajicek in the final. Their second title of the year then came at the 2008 Gastein Ladies, where they beat

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and

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in the final. In August 2009, Hlaváčková won her second ITF singles title at the 25k event in Bad Saulgau, Germany. She won three 25k singles titles in 2010: in

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, England in February, in Les Contamines-Montjoie, France in July and in Vigo, Spain in August. Hlaváčková won her first Grand Slam title in doubles with Hradecká at the

, beating

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and

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in the final. She won also two ITF singles titles in 2011: a 50k in the

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in August, and a 25k in

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in October. On 5 August 2012, she won the silver medal at the London Olympics along with her women's doubles partner Hradecká. At the US Open, she reached the fourth round. She upset

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in the third round, but was defeated by fourth seed and eventual champion

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in the round of 16, 6–0, 6–0. At the 2013 US Open, Hlaváčková won both the mixed-doubles title paired with

and the women's doubles title with Lucie Hradecká. Hlaváčková won her eighth ITF singles title (25k) in Plzen, Czech Republic in August 2015. On 13 August 2016, at the Rio Summer Olympics, Hlaváčková's left eye was hit by a ball, from an overhead volley from

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. On 17 June 2022, she announced her official retirement after the 2022 Prague Open.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup / Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

Doubles

Notes

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Other significant finals

Year-end championships

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Olympic medal matches

Doubles: 1 final (silver medal)

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 runner-up

Doubles: 50 (27 titles, 23 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (8–9)

Doubles: 29 (19–10)

References

External links

Official website
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sestini Hlavackova, Andrea 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Plzeň Czech female tennis players French Open champions Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of the Czech Republic Olympic medalists in tennis Olympic silver medalists for the Czech Republic US Open (tennis) champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics