Ivana Jankovská (born 17 November 1963) is a Czech former professional
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player.
Biography
Born in
Přerov
Přerov (; ) is a city in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 41,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Bečva River. In the past it was a major crossroad in the heart of Moravia in the Czech Republic. The historic city centre is we ...
, Jankovská began competing on the professional tour in 1989.
Jankovská was most successful as a doubles player, with 14 ITF titles and a best ranking of 103 in the world. At grand slam level, Jankovská's best performance came at the
1991 French Open
The 1991 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 27 May until 9 June. It was the 90th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand ...
, where she and her regular doubles partner
Eva Melicharová made the round of 16 of the women's doubles.
Retiring from tennis in 1994, Jankovská now runs a tennis school in
Freiberg
Freiberg () is a university and former mining town in Saxony, Germany, with around 41,000 inhabitants. The city lies in the foreland of the Ore Mountains, in the Saxon urbanization axis, which runs along the northern edge of the Elster and ...
, Germany.
ITF finals
Doubles (14–11)
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1963 births
Living people
Czechoslovak female tennis players
Czech female tennis players
Sportspeople from Přerov
Tennis players from the Olomouc Region