Daja Bedanova

CZE Age 43 171 cm / 5'7" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1999–2005

Daja Bedanova represented Czechia on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16. In TennisDB's records, Daja Bedanova finished with a career record of 65–72 and one singles title. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

16 (Jul 29, 2002)

Elo peak

1807 (76th percentile)

Singles record

65–72 (47.4%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$902,005

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Daja Bedanova's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Mary Pierce #27	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 6, 2005*	R64	Amelia Island	WTA 500	Clay
Amy Frazier #27	3-6 7-6(4) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 9, 2005	R64	Indian Wells Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Kveta Peschke #83	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2005*	R128	Indian Wells Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Maria Elena Camerin #92	4-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 2003*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Nathalie Dechy #23	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 2003*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Daja Bedanova's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Lindsay Davenport	0	5	5	Apr 10, 2003	H2H
Meghann Shaughnessy	2	3	5	Feb 27, 2003	H2H
Amélie Mauresmo	2	3	5	Feb 16, 2002	H2H
Nathalie Dechy	0	4	4	Jun 27, 2003	H2H
Cara Black	3	1	4	Apr 9, 2003	H2H

Titles (1)

Daja Bedanova titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2000	17	1	—	—	—	1	—	Bratislava
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Daja Bedanova Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2000	Sydney Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Julie Halard-Decugis #20 def. Daja Bedanova #86 6-3 6-4	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Daja Bedanova career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1999	16	1	1	2	50.0%	730	295
2000	17	13	9	22	59.1%	295	53
2001	18	20	20	40	50.0%	53	28
2002	19	24	25	49	49.0%	28	37
2003	20	6	15	21	28.6%	37	155
2005	22	1	2	3	33.3%	376	295
Career		65	72	137	47.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Daja Bedanova career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1999	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
2000	17	12	7	19	63.2%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	13	9	22	59.1%
2001	18	16	13	29	55.2%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	20	20	40	50.0%
2002	19	13	14	27	48.1%	2	4	6	33.3%	7	3	10	70.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	24	25	49	49.0%
2003	20	3	6	9	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	6	15	21	28.6%
2005	22	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career	—	45	41	86	52.3%	7	12	19	36.8%	8	9	17	47.1%	5	10	15	33.3%	65	72	137	47.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Daja Bedanova career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1999	16	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2000	17	1	1	2	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	7	4	11	63.6%	3	0	3	100.0%	13	9	22	59.1%
2001	18	2	7	9	22.2%	5	6	11	45.5%	8	7	15	53.3%	4	0	4	100.0%	19	20	39	48.7%
2002	19	1	7	8	12.5%	5	5	10	50.0%	12	11	23	52.2%	6	2	8	75.0%	24	25	49	49.0%
2003	20	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	15	20	25.0%
2005	22	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		4	19	23	17.4%	12	20	32	37.5%	32	29	61	52.5%	15	4	19	78.9%	63	72	135	46.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 135/137 (98.5%) of Daja Bedanova's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Daja Bedanova performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	20	4/21	4.0	4.3	52.1%	63.0%	41.5%	47.2%	34.5%	52.7%	38.1%
Career		4/137	4.0	4.3	52.1%	63.0%	41.5%	47.2%	34.5%	52.7%	38.1%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 4/137 (2.9%) of Daja Bedanova's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Daja Bedanova advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1999	16	1522	117.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.50	—	—	—	-0.06
2000	17	1698	131.5	—	—	—	—	+23	—	—	51.9%	+0.15	8–2 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	110.6	+0.15
2001	18	1772	151.8	—	—	—	—	+15	-200	-253	50.5%	+0.27	9–8 (53%)	3–11 (21%)	96.7	-2.29
2002	19	1718	137.2	—	—	—	—	-23	-139	-7	49.1%	-0.08	10–10 (50%)	6–6 (50%)	98.1	-0.10
2003	20	1597	114.3	-0.44	-1.19	0.806	45.7%	+21	-39	+82	33.3%	-1.21	2–4 (33%)	0–2	—	-0.74
2005	22	1600	108.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.5%	-1.50	1–1	1–0	—	-0.49
Career		1807	141.8	-0.44	-1.19	0.806	45.7%	+4	-107	-36	47.3%	-0.15	30–25 (55%)	12–20 (38%)	100.2	-2.60

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Daja Bedanova Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2000	17	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
2001	18	R16	R32	R128	QF	9–4 (69%)
2002	19	R64	R128	R32	R16	6–4 (60%)
2003	20	R64	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
W-L		5–3 (62%)	2–3 (40%)	3–4 (43%)	7–4 (64%)	17–14 (55%)

WTA 1000

Daja Bedanova WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	BER	CAN	CHA	MOS	PAN	ZUR	W-L Win %
2000	17	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
2001	18	R128	R64	—	R16	—	QF	R32	—	5–5 (50%)
2002	19	R32	R64	R32	R32	—	—	R32	R32	3–6 (33%)
2003	20	R64	R64	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
2005	22	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		4–5 (44%)	3–4 (43%)	2–2 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	15–18 (45%)

WTA 500

Daja Bedanova WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	EAS	PAR	SDG	AME	POR	LEI	LIN	LOS	NEW	PHI	SCO	STA	SYD	TOY	W-L Win %
1999	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2000	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	4–2 (67%)
2001	18	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	R32	R16	R16	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	5–8 (38%)
2002	19	QF	SF	R32	R32	—	R32	R32	—	R16	R32	—	QF	R16	R32	—	9–11 (45%)
2003	20	R32	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
2005	22	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	19–27 (41%)

WTA 250

Daja Bedanova WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	JAP	BIR	BRA	CAN	GOL	SAR	SOP	STR	W-L Win %
2000	17	R32	—	W	—	—	—	R16	—	6–2 (75%)
2001	18	—	R64	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
2002	19	—	R16	—	—	SF	R16	—	R32	6–4 (60%)
2003	20	—	R64	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	5–1 (83%)	1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	13–12 (52%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jul 29, 2002

First Top 100

Aug 14, 2000

First Top 50

Nov 6, 2000

First Top 20

Jul 8, 2002

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Daja Bedanova ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1998	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	714	730
1999	16	729	591	593	597	610	612	711	555	554	562	299	295
2000	17	294	209	167	155	142	142	113	87	85	51	54	53
2001	18	36	42	43	41	42	39	46	37	27	33	28	28
2002	19	35	26	24	27	27	21	16	24	28	38	37	37
2003	20	39	44	47	44	44	66	74	88	153	154	153	155
2004	21	151	176	196	260	273	287	374	379	387	395	407	376
2005	22	385	434	356	340	354	292	286	284	286	291	292	295
2006	23	329	337	391	429	557	980	998	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Alexandra Stevenson	USA	18	1,844	0	214	86	128	40.2%	1996–2011	Match log
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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Daja Bedanova?: Daja Bedanova is 43 years old, born on March 9, 1983.
Which country does Daja Bedanova represent?: Daja Bedanova represents Czechia in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Daja Bedanova?: Daja Bedanova is 171 cm / 5'7".
Does Daja Bedanova use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Daja Bedanova uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Daja Bedanova left-handed or right-handed?: Daja Bedanova plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Daja Bedanova won?: Daja Bedanova has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Daja Bedanova won?: TennisDB does not group any of Daja Bedanova's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Daja Bedanova won?: Daja Bedanova has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Bratislava in 2000.
What is Daja Bedanova's highest WTA ranking?: Daja Bedanova's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 16, first achieved on July 29, 2002.
What is Daja Bedanova's career win-loss record?: Daja Bedanova has a career WTA singles record of 65 wins and 72 losses (47.4%).
How much career prize money has Daja Bedanova earned?: Daja Bedanova has earned at least $902,005 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Daja Bedanova's career appear in TennisDB?: Daja Bedanova appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1999 through 2005.
On which surface does Daja Bedanova have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Daja Bedanova's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 52.3% (45–41).
Who has Daja Bedanova faced most often?: Daja Bedanova's most frequent opponent is Lindsay Davenport, with a head-to-head record of 0–5 across 5 meetings.