Iveta Benešová

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Iveta Benešová (born on 1 February 1983 in Most, Czech Republic) is a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of 7 and turned professional in 1998 in Prague. She has won one WTA Tour event, Tier III in Accapulco in 2004.

In the 2006 Australian Open, for the first time, she reached the third round of a Grand Slam by beating 5th seed Mary Pierce 6-3, 7-5. She lost in the very next round 6-4, 6-1 to Martina Hingis.

On Feb 7, 2005, Benešová achieved her career-high singles ranking: World No. 33.

1 WTA Tour titles (2)
2 Singles performance timeline
3 External links

[edit] WTA Tour titles (2)

[edit] Singles (1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	March 7, 2004	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	7-6 6-4

[edit] Singles runner-ups (4)

2002: Bratislava (lost to Maja Matevžič) 0-6 1-6
2004: Estoril (lost to Emilie Loit) 5-7 6-7¹
2004: Forest Hills (lost to Elena Likhovtseva) 2-6 2-6
2006: Hobart (lost to Michaella Krajicek) 2-6 1-6

[edit] Doubles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	February 13, 2005	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Kveta Peschke	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina	6-2 2-6 6-2

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open, which ended on February 4, 2007.

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	Q	1R	Q	1R	3R	2R	3-4
French Open	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R		3-5
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R		0-5
U.S. Open	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R		1-5
Grand Slam Win-Loss	1-3	0-4	1-3	1-4	3-4	1-1	7-19
Tournaments Won	0	0	1	0	0		1
Year End Ranking	81	140	36	54	60		N/A