Slovak tennis player

Magdaléna Rybáriková (Slovak pronunciation::; born 4 October 1988) is a retired Slovak professional tennis player. She has won four WTA singles *les and reached the semifinals of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. She broke into the top 30 for the first time in September 2017 and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 17, in March 2018.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career summary
  • 2.1 2006–2009
  • 2.2 2010–2014
  • 2.3 2015
  • 2.4 2016
  • 2.5 2017
  • 2.6 2018
  • 2.7 2019
• 3 WTA career finals
  • 3.1 Singles: 8 (4 *les, 4 runner-ups)
  • 3.2 Doubles: 2 (1 *le, 1 runner-up)
• 4 ITF Circuit finals
  • 4.1 Singles: 17 (9 *les, 8 runner–ups)
• 5 Performance timelines
  • 5.1 Singles
  • 5.2 Doubles
• 6 Record against top 10 players
  • 6.1 Top 10 wins
• 7 References
• 8 External links

Early life

Rybáriková started tennis at the age of eight. She was born in Piešťany to father Anton, a business manager, and mother Maria. She has two older siblings, Filip and Nada. She moved to Bratislava at age 15 to train at the national tennis centre. Her favourite surfaces are gr* and hard courts.

Career summary

2006–2009

In 2006, Rybáriková reached the girls' singles final at Wimbledon. On her way there, she defeated some of today's big names including Tamira Paszek and Alisa Kleybanova. In the final, she lost to former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki. The same year, she also won two matches at the Prague Open, making her first tour quarter-final.

In 2008, she won her first 50k *le and came through qualifying to reach the main draws of both Roland Garros and Wimbledon. She reached the third round of a Grand Slam championship for the first time at the US Open. In October, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinals at the Tier IV Tashkent Open.

At the 2009 Moorilla Hobart International in January, Rybáriková defeated the top-seed Flavia Pennetta in the quarter-finals in straight sets for her first win over a top-15 player. A month later at the Pattaya Open, she defeated Caroline Wozniacki in the quarter-finals for her second win over a top-15 player. She won the first of her four WTA Tour singles *les at the Aegon Cl*ic in June, defeating Li Na, before reaching the third round of the US Open.

2010–2014

Rybáriková won her second WTA singles *le at the 2011 Cellular South Cup and her third at the 2012 Citi Open. In June 2013, she reached the semi-finals at the Aegon Cl*ic, before winning her fourth WTA tournament when successfully defending her *le at the Citi Open in Washington, which included a win over Angelique Kerber in the quarter-finals. Partnering Andrea Petkovic, she reached the semi-finals of the women's doubles at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.

2015

Rybáriková at the 2015 French Open

Rybáriková began her 2015 season at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Elina Svitolina. In Hobart at the Hobart International, Rybáriková was defeated in the first round by eventual champion Heather Watson. At the Australian Open, Rybáriková got her first win of the season by beating Ana Konjuh in the first round; she lost in the second round to 21st seed Peng Shuai.

During the Fed Cup tie versus The Netherlands, Rybáriková lost both of her singles matches to Arantxa Rus and Kiki Bertens. In the end, The Netherlands defeated Slovakia 4–1. At the Diamond Games, Rybáriková was defeated in the first round by Belgian wildcard Alison Van Uytvanck. In Mexico at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Rybáriková reached the quarterfinal where she lost to top seed Maria Sharapova. Seeded eighth at the Monterrey Open, Rybáriková reached the quarterfinal round where she retired after losing the first set to third seed Caroline Garcia. At the BNP Paribas Open, Rybáriková was defeated in the first round by qualifier Lara Arruabarrena. Playing in Miami at the Miami Open, Rybáriková lost in the first round to Alison Van Uytvanck. Seeded fourth at the Katowice Open, Rybáriková was defeated in the first round by Alison Van Uytvanck.

Rybáriková only played one clay-court warm-up tournament before the French Open. In Rome at the Italian Open, she won her first match in almost two months by defeating Italian wildcard Nast*ja Burnett in the first round. She lost in the second round to 16th seed Jelena Janković. At the French Open, Rybáriková won her first-round match over qualifier Olivia Rogowska. In the second round, she was defeated by 28th seed Flavia Pennetta.

Rybáriková started the gr*-court season at the Aegon Open Nottingham. Seeded seventh, she lost in the first round to British wildcard Johanna Konta. At the Aegon Cl*ic, Rybáriková upset ninth seed Garbiñe Muguruza in the first round. She followed up her first-round win by beating Anna Karolína Schmiedlová in the second round; she was defeated in the third round by eighth seed Sabine Lisicki. In Eastbourne at the Aegon International, Rybáriková managed to get into the main draw after winning two matches in qualifying. However, she lost in the first round to Svetlana Kuznetsova. At the Wimbledon Championships, Rybáriková upset eighth seed Ekaterina Makarova in her second-round match. In the third round, she was defeated by qualifier Olga Govortsova.

Competing at the İstanbul Cup, Rybáriková reached the semifinals and lost to Urszula Radwańska.

Rybáriková began her US Open series at the Citi Open. She was defeated in the first round by eventual finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. In Toronto at the Rogers Cup, Rybáriková lost in the first round of qualifying to Monica Puig. At the Western & Southern Open, Rybáriková was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Sesil Karatantcheva.

2016

Rybáriková at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships

Rybáriková began her season at the ASB Cl*ic. She lost in the final round of qualifying in a close match to Naomi Broady. In Sydney at the Apia International, Rybáriková was defeated in the final round of qualifying by Lara Arruabarrena. However, due to Daria Gavrilova withdrawing from the tournament due to a left abdominal muscle injury, Rybáriková got a lucky loser spot into the main draw. In the first round, she was defeated by qualifier and eventual finalist Monica Puig. At the Australian Open, Rybáriková won her first-round match over Yanina Wickmayer. In the second round, she retired after losing the first set to Lauren Davis.

Rybáriková returned in March to compete at the Monterrey Open. She lost in the first round to top seed Sara Errani. Playing in Indian Wells at the BNP Paribas Open, Rybáriková reached the quarterfinal after wins over Laura Robson, 31st seed Daria Gavrilova, seventh seed Belinda Bencic, and ninth seed Roberta Vinci. She suffered a leg injury in her quarterfinal match and was defeated by 13th seed and eventual champion Victoria Azarenka.

As the top seed at the Slovak Open, Rybáriková retired due to a knee injury during her first-round match against compatriot Viktória Kužmová. At the French Open, Rybáriková lost in the first round to top seed and three-time champion, Serena Williams.

Rybáriková played one gr*-court before Wimbledon at the Aegon Open Nottingham. She upset sixth seed Heather Watson in the first round. She retired during her second-round match against lucky loser Tamira Paszek due to a knee injury. At the Wimbledon Championships, Rybáriková was defeated in the first round by Eugenie Bouchard.

Rybáriková was absent for the rest of the year due to wrist and knee surgeries. She ended the season ranked 156.

2017

Rybáriková returned to the tour after a seven-month absence in February 2017 and by March her ranking had dropped to world No. 453. She won two ITF *les in *an in May, to improve her ranking to 188, before defeating CoCo Vandeweghe in the first round at the French Open, further improving her ranking to 117. Rybáriková went on to have an excellent gr*-court season, winning 18 out of 20 matches. She won the ITF *le in Surbiton, reached the semifinals at Nottingham (losing to Jo Konta), and won another ITF *le in Ilkley, to return to the world top 100 (No. 85) for the first time in over a year. The gr*-court season culminated in her reaching the semifinals at the Wimbledon Championships, having never before advanced beyond the third round of any Grand Slam event. Her Wimbledon run included victories over world No. 3, Karolína Plíšková, in the second round, and world No. 25, CoCo Vandeweghe, in the quarterfinals, and ended with a loss to eventual champion Garbiñe Muguruza in the semifinals. Ranked No. 33 after Wimbledon, she broke into the top 30 for the first time in September 2017 after reaching the third round of the US Open, where she again lost to Muguruza. In November, she qualified for the Elite Trophy and achieved a career-best year-end ranking of world No. 20.

2018

Rybáriková started season at the Sydney International where she lost in the first round to qualifier CiCi Bellis. Seeded 19th at the Australian Open, Rybáriková reached the fourth round where she was defeated by second seed and eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki.

2019

Rybáriková started her 2019 season at the Brisbane International. She lost in the first round to Donna Vekić. At the Australian Open, Rybáriková was defeated in the first round by eighth seed and eventual finalist Petra Kvitová.

In March, Rybáriková competed at the BNP Paribas Open and lost in the first round to Tatjana Maria. In Miami at the Miami Open, she was defeated in the second round by 15th seed Julia Görges. Seeded eighth at the Monterrey Open, Rybáriková reached the semifinal where she lost to second seed, defending champion, and eventual champion Garbiñe Muguruza.

Beginning her clay-court season at the Rabat Grand Prix, Rybáriková was defeated in the first round by qualifier Ysaline Bonaventure. At the Madrid Open, she retired during her first-round qualifying match against Irina Bara. At the French Open, Rybáriková lost in the first round to Johanna Larsson.

Seeded fifth at the Surbiton Trophy, she made it to the final where she was defeated by third seed and defending champion Alison Riske. At the Nottingham Open, she retired during her first-round match against Astra Sharma due to a respiratory infection. As the top seed at the Ilkley Trophy, Rybáriková lost in the second round to Beatriz Haddad Maia. At the Wimbledon Championships, Rybáriková stunned tenth seed Aryna Sabalenka in her first-round match. She was defeated in the second round by qualifier Coco Gauff.

Playing in Canada at the Vancouver Open, Rybáriková lost in the first round to Kurumi Nara. At the US Open, she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Han Na-lae.

Rybáriková ended the year ranked 173 and confirmed her retirement in October 2020.

WTA career finals

Singles: 8 (4 *les, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 2 (1 *le, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (9 *les, 8 runner–ups)

Performance timelines

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Notes

• 1 WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
• 2 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was cl*ified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
• 3 In 2014, the Toray Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.

Doubles

Record against top 10 players

Top 10 wins

References

External links

• Magdaléna Rybáriková at the Women's Tennis *ociation
• Magdaléna Rybáriková at the International Tennis Federation
• Magdaléna Rybáriková at the Billie Jean King Cup