Sára Bejlek

Sára Bejlek (born 31 January 2006) is a Czech tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 114 in singles, achieved on 6 May 2024, and No. 671 in doubles, set on 1 August 2022. Bejlek has won two singles titles on WTA 125 tour.

Junior Grand Slam performance

Singles:
* Australian Open: –
* French Open: SF (2022)
* Wimbledon: 2R (2021)
* US Open: –

Doubles:
* Australian Open: –
* French Open: W (2022)
* Wimbledon: 2R (2021)
* US Open: –

Bejlek won the 2022 French Open girl's doubles event, partnering with Lucie Havlíčková. In addition, she reached the semifinals in singles.

Professional career

2021: First ITF Circuit title & top 500

In July, she won her first and up to date biggest title at the $60k ITS Cup in Olomouc, Czech Republic, by double bagelling Paula Ormaechea in the final. As a result, after making her WTA rankings debut, she improved her rank by 557 positions to No. 447 in just one month.

2022: Grand Slam & top 200 debuts

In June, at the Česká Lípa, she won the $60k Macha Lake Open, defeating fellow Czech Jesika Malečková in the final.
The following week, Bejlek made her Grand Slam qualifying debut at Wimbledon Championships, but she was defeated by Emina Bektas. A month later, she defended her title at the ITS Cup, this time defeating Lina Gjorcheska in the final.
She continued with making progress at the US Open making her Grand Slam main-draw debut after three wins in the qualifying. She was the youngest player in the tournament’s main draw, having been the youngest direct entrant to qualifying.

2023: Australian Open and French Open debuts

At 16, as the second-youngest player in the top 200, she made her debut at the Australian Open. She lost to her compatriot Barbora Krejčíková in the first round. In early April, she reached her first final of the year, the $60k Split tournament, but lost to Tara Würth.

A month later, she made her qualifying debut at the WTA 1000 tournament at the Italian Open. In the first round of qualifying, she triumphed with losing only three games. Still, she failed to qualify after losing in the following round of qualifying. Next destination was the French Open where she passed qualifying without losing a set, to reach the main draw at Roland Garros for the first time. Like the previous two Grand Slam tournament main-draw appearances, she lost in the first round, this time to Kamilla Rakhimova.

After failing in Wimbledon in qualifying, she reached another $60k final in the Hague but lost it to Arantxa Rus. Two weeks later, she finally won her first title of the year, at the $25k tournament in Pärnu, Estonia. In early September, she reached her third $60k final of the year in the Czech Republic, at the Prague Open, but again finished runner-up.

Bejlek won her first WTA 125 title at the Copa Colina in Chile on 19 November 2023 defeating Diane Parry in the final.

2024: WTA 1000 and top 125 debuts

At the Australian Open, Bejlek qualified into the main draw for the second consecutive year but lost in the first round to 32nd seed Leylah Fernandez.

She also qualified for the Madrid Open, making her WTA 1000 debut and recording wins over Anna Blinkova, 24th seed Anna Kalinskaya and Ashlyn Krueger to reach the fourth round, where she lost to Elena Rybakina in straight sets. As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 114, on 6 May 2024.

2025: First Grand Slam win

For the third year in a row, Bejlek qualified for the Australian Open, making her the youngest player at 18 years-old to qualify for the women’s main draw, but lost in the first round, this time to Caroline Dolehide.

For a second time, ranked No. 193, Bejlek also reached the main draw at the 2025 French Open, after qualifying, with a straight sets win over top seed Yulia Starodubtseva. She recorded her first major win with an upset over 26th seed Marta Kostyuk.

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 2025 French Open.''

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 1 (title)

Junior finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

ITF Junior Circuit

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

Doubles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Record against other players

Double bagel matches

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bejlek, Sara
2006 births
Living people
Czech female tennis players
People from Znojmo District
Sportspeople from the South Moravian Region
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
21st-century Czech sportswomen