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Jana Pospisilova

CZE Age 56 WTA Tour years active: 1988–1994

Jana Pospisilova represented Czechia on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 49. In TennisDB's records, Jana Pospisilova finished with a career record of 31–42 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

49 (Feb 13, 1989)

Elo peak

1710 (60th percentile)

Career record

31–42 (42.5%)

Career titles

Prize money

$237,965

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 →

Jana Pospisilova's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Elena Brioukhovets #116	6-0 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 13, 1994*	R32	Prague	WTA 250	Clay
Radka Bobkova #51	6-2 6-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 16, 1993*	R32	Prague	WTA 250	Clay
Veronika Martinek #62	5-7 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 24, 1992*	R16	Prague Open	WTA 250	Clay
Barbara Mulej	7-5 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1992*	R32	Prague Open	WTA 250	Clay
Maria Ekstrand #197	1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 1991*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard

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Jana Pospisilova's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Sylvia Hanika	1	3	4	Oct 26, 1989	H2H
Sandra Cecchini	0	2	2	Aug 29, 1990	H2H
Maria Strandlund Tomsvik	1	1	2	Aug 23, 1990	H2H
Barbara Romano	0	2	2	May 30, 1990	H2H
Gigi Fernandez	0	2	2	Feb 26, 1990	H2H

Career Results

Jana Pospisilova career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1988	18	12	8	20	60.0%	216	50
1989	19	14	16	30	46.7%	51	71
1990	20	4	14	18	22.2%	71	166
1991	21	0	1	1	0.0%	165	230
1992	22	1	1	2	50.0%	230	225
1993	23	0	1	1	0.0%	222	362
1994	24	0	1	1	0.0%	362	317
Career		31	42	73	42.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jana Pospisilova 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 %
1988	18	4	1	5	80.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	12	8	20	60.0%
1989	19	7	7	14	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	14	16	30	46.7%
1990	20	3	8	11	27.3%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	14	18	22.2%
1991	21	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	22	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1993	23	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	24	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	14	17	31	45.2%	13	18	31	41.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	31	42	73	42.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jana Pospisilova 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 %
1988	18	1	0	1	100.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	1	3	4	25.0%	9	8	17	52.9%
1989	19	0	3	3	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	5	5	10	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	9	14	23	39.1%
1990	20	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	11	15	26.7%
1991	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		1	3	4	25.0%	5	9	14	35.7%	11	17	28	39.3%	5	8	13	38.5%	22	37	59	37.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 59/73 (80.8%) of Jana Pospisilova's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jana Pospisilova 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
1988	18	1662	127.7	—	—	—	—	+5	-69	—	55.1%	+0.35	6–3 (67%)	4–4 (50%)	104.6	+2.19
1989	19	1680	133.0	—	—	—	—	+1	-20	—	46.4%	-0.03	5–6 (45%)	1–4 (20%)	99.5	-1.24
1990	20	1535	98.6	—	—	—	—	+58	+31	—	23.7%	-1.89	1–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.20
1991	21	1516	96.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.29
1992	22	1519	99.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.20	1–0	—	—	+0.19
1993	23	1508	103.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	0.00	0–1	0–1	—	-0.09
1994	24	1496	101.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	+0.33	0–1	—	—	+0.01
Career		1710	123.1	—	—	—	—	+18	-25	—	42.6%	-0.41	13–12 (52%)	6–11 (35%)	101.1	+1.58

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jana Pospisilova Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1988	18	—	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1989	19	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1990	20	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1991	21	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–9 (25%)

WTA 1000

Jana Pospisilova WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	20	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

WTA 500

Jana Pospisilova WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	IW	PAR	ITA	BER	BOC	CAN	LOS	W-L Win %
1988	18	F	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	6–2 (75%)
1989	19	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R16	R64	3–4 (43%)
1990	20	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	9–8 (53%)

WTA 250

Jana Pospisilova WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	NAP	PAR	AIX	ALB	AME	ATH	BRI	POR	HIL	KEY	NAS	PAL	PRA	SCH	SYD	TAM	TAR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1988	18	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	5–5 (50%)
1989	19	—	QF	—	—	R16	R16	—	R16	—	R16	R128	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	10–9 (53%)
1990	20	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R16	—	R32	—	3–7 (30%)
1992	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1993	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	19–24 (44%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Feb 13, 1989

First Top 100

Oct 24, 1988

First Top 50

Dec 5, 1988

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Jana Pospisilova ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1986	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	485	485	485
1987	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	300	217	217	216
1988	18	223	255	254	225	161	138	142	153	134	66	64	50
1989	19	50	52	54	53	55	52	53	52	52	57	53	71
1990	20	72	73	84	94	91	86	99	115	113	120	166	166
1991	21	275	294	290	257	251	263	263	213	218	219	222	230
1992	22	233	232	237	225	224	227	192	246	228	216	213	225
1993	23	221	208	214	254	249	250	286	—	337	348	362	362
1994	24	363	374	321	301	—	—	—	294	339	329	316	317
1995	25	316	308	351	352	400	344	394	377	403	404	421	362
1996	26	374	385	375	376	388	408	393	299	266	269	228	208
1997	27	205	211	206	216	207	189	181	204	215	212	299	315
1998	28	312	318	325	338	348	392	488	596	589	713	728	746
1999	29	744	736	737	737	727	728	729	805	—	—	—	—

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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Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Sandra Wasserman	BEL	48	1,701	0	170	77	93	45.3%	1987–1994	Match log
Caroline Kuhlman	USA	52	1,660	0	114	49	65	43.0%	1983–1995	Match log
Nicole Arendt	USA	49	1,775	0	142	67	75	47.2%	1986–2000	Match log
Kristine Kunce	AUS	45	1,742	0	109	46	63	42.2%	1988–1998	Match log
Veronika Martinek	GER	49	1,664	1	177	73	104	41.2%	1988–1998	Match log
Beverly Bowes	USA	49	1,676	0	189	69	120	36.5%	1983–1994	Match log
Petra Schwarz	AUT	52	1,667	0	126	48	78	38.1%	1987–1997	Match log
Shaun Stafford	USA	48	1,772	1	222	90	132	40.5%	1987–1996	Match log
Akiko Kijimuta	JPN	49	1,694	0	154	60	94	39.0%	1983–1993	Match log
Karine Quentrec	FRA	45	1,739	1	129	55	74	42.6%	1988–1994	Match log
Elena Brioukhovets	UKR	46	1,687	0	108	44	64	40.7%	1989–1997	Match log
Nana Smith	JPN	51	1,649	0	179	65	114	36.3%	1988–2000	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jana Pospisilova?: Jana Pospisilova is 56 years old, born on March 23, 1970.
Which country does Jana Pospisilova represent?: Jana Pospisilova represents Czechia in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slams has Jana Pospisilova won?: Jana Pospisilova has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Jana Pospisilova won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jana Pospisilova's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Jana Pospisilova's highest WTA ranking?: Jana Pospisilova's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 49, first achieved on February 13, 1989.
What is Jana Pospisilova's career win-loss record?: Jana Pospisilova has a career WTA singles record of 31 wins and 42 losses (42.5%).
How much career prize money has Jana Pospisilova earned?: Jana Pospisilova has earned at least $237,965 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Jana Pospisilova's career appear in TennisDB?: Jana Pospisilova appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1988 through 1994.
On which surface does Jana Pospisilova have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jana Pospisilova's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 45.2% (14–17).
Who has Jana Pospisilova faced most often?: Jana Pospisilova's most frequent opponent is Sylvia Hanika, with a head-to-head record of 1–3 across 4 meetings.