Rebecca Šramková (Slovak pronunciation:[ˈrebekaˈʂramkɔʋaː]; born 19 October 1996) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 43, achieved on 4 November 2024, and a best doubles ranking of No. 364, reached on 24 May 2021.[1] With the Slovakia team, she contributed to achieve for the first time the final for her country at 2024 Billie Jean King Cup, losing only in the final to world n.4 Jasmine Paolini. She has won one WTA Tour singles title in Hua Hin, Thailand. On the ITF Women's Circuit, she has won 13 singles titles and four doubles titles.[2]
Career
Juniors
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Šramková achieved her highest ranking of 200 on 14 July 2014. She won one title in doubles and none in singles.[3]
2012–2014: Professional debut
Her debut in the main competitions of the ITF Circuit was in May 2012, when she advanced from qualifying at the $10k tournament in Velenje, Slovenia. In the second round, she lost to Slovenian Anja Prislan. She won the premier single at this level of tennis in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia. At the $10k event which took place in September 2013, she defeated Dunja Stamenković from Serbia in the final.
2015–2016: WTA Tour qualifying debut, first ITF title
She made her WTA Tour singles qualifying debut 2015 on the grass courts of the Nottingham Open. At the beginning of the qualifying competition, she was eliminated by the second seeded Zhu Lin.
Šramková won her biggest singles title to date at the 2016 Open de Biarritz, a $100k tournament, where she defeated Martina Trevisan in the final in three sets. This was her fifth title on the ITF Circuit.[4]
2017–2022: Major and WTA Tour debuts
She made her Grand Slam main-draw singles debut at the 2017 Australian Open by mastering the three-round qualifying rounds, where she dealt with Virginie Razzano in the decisive match. However, in the opening round of the singles tournament, she lost to Chinese player Duan Yingying.
At the 2022 French Open, on her debut at this major, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser after the withdrawal of Rebecca Peterson.[5]
2023–2024: WTA Tour title, 1000 & top 50 debuts, BJK Cup finalist
At the 2023 Warsaw Open, she qualified for the main draw and defeated second seed and world No. 18, Karolína Muchová, to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, from 5-1 down in the third set, saving four match points.[7][5]
In September 2023, Šramková reached her first WTA 125 final in Bari where she lost to Tamara Zidanšek, despite having four match points in the second set.[8]
She made her WTA 1000 debut at the 2024 Indian Wells Open, after qualifying for the main draw, and won her first match at this level over Wang Yafan. Ranked No. 120, she also qualified for the main draw at the Italian Open and defeated wildcard Georgia Pedone, 26th seed Katie Boulter and Sofia Kenin to reach the fourth round, before losing to Jelena Ostapenko.[9][10] As a result, she reached the top 100 in the WTA rankings for the first time in her career on 20 May 2024.[5]
In November 2024, Šramková defeated world No. 11 Danielle Collins as Slovakia overcame the USA to qualify for the Billie Jean King Cup quarterfinals.[31][32] She then defeated Ajla Tomljanović as Slovakia overcame Australia to reach the semifinals.[33][34] In the last four, Šramková came back from a set down to defeat Katie Boulter to help Slovakia beat Great Britain and make it into the final for the first time since 2002.[35] She lost to Jasmine Paolini in the final as Slovakia were defeated by Italy.[36]
Performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
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.[37]
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