Jana Kovačková
| Country (sports) |  Czech Republic |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 June 2010[1] Trutnov, Czech Republic |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 41,469 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 45–16 |
| Career titles | 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 428 (31 August 2026) |
| Current ranking | No. 442 (14 September 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | 3R (2025) |
| French Open Junior | SF (2026) |
| Wimbledon Junior | 3R (2026) |
| US Open Junior | SF (2026) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 34–5 |
| Career titles | 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 205 (14 September 2026) |
| Current ranking | No. 205 (14 September 2026) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | W (2026) |
| French Open Junior | W (2026) |
| Wimbledon Junior | W (2026) |
| US Open Junior | W (2025) |
| Last updated on: 16 September 2026. | |
Jana Kovačková (born 13 June 2010) is a Czech tennis player.[2] She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 428, achieved on 31 August 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 205, reached on 14 September 2026.[3]
Kovačková has won all four junior major titles in girls' doubles, winning all four in consecutive tournaments, two with her sister Alena Kovačková and two with compatriot Kateřina Zajíčková, the first player to complete a non-calendar-year Grand Slam in girls doubles.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Juniors
[edit]A member of TK Sparta Prague, she was part of the Czech U14 World Team Championships winning side with a 2–1 win against the United States alongside Kateřina Zajíčková and Laura Chlumská in 2024.[4] Kovačková won the girls' U14 title at the 2024 Wimbledon.[5][6] In the 2024 season, she was the most successful player on the ITF Junior Circuit, with a total of 17 titles combined, eight in singles and nine in doubles.[7]
Kovačková played in the girls' doubles event at the 2025 Australian Open, with her sister Alena. Playing as a pair, they reached the semifinals, losing to twin sisters Kristina and Annika Penickova.[8] The Czech sisters paired up again to play at the 2025 French Open, and they defeated Penickova sisters in the semifinals, winning on a match tiebreak. In the final, they lost to German pair Eva Bennemann and Sonja Zhenikhova.[9]
The Czech sisters reached 2025 the semifinals of another major, at Wimbledon, losing to eighth- seeded and eventual champions, Kristina Penickova and Vendula Valdmannová. Later that season, Kovačková and her sister were crowned champions at a major, winning the girls' doubles at the 2025 US Open. The Czech pair defeated fourth seeds Laima Vladson and Jeline Vandromme, in straight sets.[10][11]
Partnering again with her sister, Kovačková won her second girls' doubles title at the 2026 Australian Open. The pair did not drop a set on their run and defeated Tereza Heřmanová and Denisa Žoldáková in a first all-Czech junior final.[12][13]
She reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 8 on 19 January 2026.[14] In June 2026, she reached the final of the girls' doubles at the 2026 French Open playing alongside fellow-Czech player Kateřina Zajíčková, with the pair losing just 17 games across the five matches.[15][16][17]
Alongside Zajíčková, she also won the girls' doubles at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships, the following month, for her fourth consecutive junior major doubles title. Kovačková joked after the final that "I'll probably start playing only doubles and not singles, they're useless". She had been the third seed in the girls' singles, but was defeated in the round-of-16.[18] In doing so, she became the first player to complete a non-calendar-year Grand Slam in girls doubles.[19]
Professional
[edit]In February 2025, Kovačková reached her first ITF final at the W15 event in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, losing to Bulgarian player Isabella Shinikova.[20] Two months later, she won her first singles title at a W35 tournament in Antalya, Türkiye, defeating Denislava Glushkova of Bulgaria in straight sets.[21]
Kovačková also won three W15 doubles titles with her sister.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Kovačková's father, Petr Kovačka, was a tennis player.[22] She has an older sister, Alena, who is also a tennis player.[23]
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2025 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard |  Isabella Shinikova |
6–3, 0–6, 6–7(7–9) |
| Win | 1–1 | Apr 2025 | ITF Antalya, Turkiye | W35 | Clay | Denislava Glushkova |
6–0, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2025 | ITF Antalya, Turkiye | W15 | Clay |  Ekaterina Reyngold |
2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Sep 2025 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard |  Carolyn Ansari |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Oct 2025 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | W15 | Hard | Kristina Kroitor |
2–6, 6–7(3–7) |
| Win | 3–3 | Aug 2026 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | W50 | Clay |  Gao Xinyu |
6–1, 6–1 |
Doubles: 8 (8 titles)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2025 | ITF Antalya, Turkiye | W15 | Clay | Alena Kovačková |
 Ștefania Bojică Linda Ševčíková |
5–7, 6–4, [10–4] |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 2025 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Alena Kovačková |
Iva Ivanova  Jeline Vandromme |
7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–0 | Aug 2025 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia (2) | W15 | Hard | Alena Kovačková |
 Yasmine Mansouri  Elena Milovanović |
7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
| Win | 4–0 | Feb 2026 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | W75 | Hard (i) | Alena Kovačková |
 Madeleine Brooks Amelia Rajecki |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–0 | Mar 2026 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | W50 | Clay | Alena Kovačková |
Rositsa Dencheva  Vittoria Paganetti |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–0 | Apr 2026 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W35 | Clay | Alena Kovačková |
Deborah Chiesa  Francesca Curmi |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–0 | Jun 2026 | Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic | W75 | Clay | Alena Kovačková |
Hibah Shaikh Allura Zamarripa |
6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 8–0 | Aug 2026 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | W50 | Clay | Alena Kovačková |
 Valeriya Strakhova Anastasia Tikhonova |
6–2, 6–3 |
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
[edit]Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
[edit]| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2025 | French Open | Clay | Alena Kovačková |
 Eva Bennemann Sonja Zhenikhova |
6–4, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Win | 2025 | US Open | Hard | Alena Kovačková |
 Laima Vladson Jeline Vandromme |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 2026 | Australian Open | Hard | Alena Kovačková |
Tereza Heřmanová Denisa Žoldáková |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 2026 | French Open | Clay | Kateřina Zajíčková |
Jordyn Hazelitt Welles Newman |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2026 | Wimbledon | Grass | Kateřina Zajíčková |
 Victoria Luiza Barros Nauhany Vitória Leme da Silva |
7–6(9–7), 6–7(5–7), [10–6] |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jana Kovackova". ESPN. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ↑ "Jana Kovackova Profile". ITF Tour. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ↑ "Jana Kovackova". WTA Tour. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ↑ Kučera, Stanislav (15 August 2024). "Czech U14 World Champions: Looking Up to Djokovic, Wanting to Win a Grand Slam". Idnes. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
- ↑ "Europeans Sweep Wimbledon Titles". Tennis Europe. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ↑ "Teenage dreams come true on No.1 Court". wimbledon.com. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ↑ Carro, Javier (12 January 2025). "10 young tennis talents to watch in 2025". Inside The Games. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ "Incredible! Two pairs of sisters face off in the junior doubles... and the twins win". Marca. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ Imhoff, Dan (6 June 2025). "Tagger Channels Former Schiavone Field". Rolandgarros.com. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ↑ Sode, Scott (4 September 2025). "Juniors: Ivanov, Klugman reach semis at the 2025 US Open". usopen.org. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ↑ "Ivan Ivanov, Jeline Vandromme win US Open junior titles". ESPN. 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ↑ Jirásek, Ondřej (30 Jan 2026). "Češky a Češi na kurtech, pátek 30. ledna: Čtyři naděje zabojují o finále Australian Open". Livesport.cz. Retrieved 30 Jan 2026.
- ↑ Arhontissas, Felicia (31 January 2026). "Kovackova sisters claim AO 2026 junior girls' doubles crown". ausopen.com. Retrieved 1 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "Jana Kovackova Junior Results".
- ↑ "The dream of two Argentinians at Roland Garros comes to an end: Gustavo Fernández and Luna Cinalli lost". Ole. 5 June 2026. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
- ↑ "Czechs in action, Saturday 6. 6. Bartůňková fights for the final! Two hopefuls play for the title at the French Open". Tenisportal. 5 June 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
- ↑ "Oktiabreva captures Roland Garros junior crown with victory over Sun". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
- ↑ "Czech women also dominated the junior doubles at Wimbledon. Sixteen-year-old hopes celebrate again". Idnes. 11 July 2026. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
- ↑ "Wimbledon Juniors: Pushkareva wins record final; Kovackova completes historic Slam sweep". WTA Tennis. 11 Jul 2026. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
- ↑ "Česku roste další talent. Tenistka už ve 14 letech drtí dospělé soupeřky". Sport.cz (in Czech). 1 April 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ↑ "First Women's Title for Jana Kovackova!". tkspartapraha.cz. 16 April 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ↑ Harnoch, Miroslav (24 January 2025). ""Tahle holka už hraje grandslam?" Sestry Kovačkovy v Austrálii vzbudily poprask". Aktuálně (in Czech). Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ Marek Bartosik (21 October 2024). "Sesterská dominance! Jana a Alena Kovačkovy ovládly třístovku ve Španělsku (in Czech)" [Sisterly dominance! Jana and Alena Kovačkovy dominate the 300m in Spain]. tenisovysvet.cz. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
