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Iveta Benesova

CZE Age 43 170 cm / 5'7" Plays: Left-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2002–2014

Iveta Benesova represented Czechia on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 25. In TennisDB's records, Iveta Benesova finished with a career record of 178–223 and 2 singles titles.

Peak ranking

25 (Apr 6, 2009)

Elo peak

1763 (69th percentile)

Career record

178–223 (44.4%)

Career titles

Prize money

$3,329,488

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 →

Iveta Benesova's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Coco Vandeweghe #91	6-7(6) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 28, 2014*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Elina Svitolina #38	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 22, 2014*	R32	Nuremberg	WTA 250	Clay
Alisa Kleybanova #112	6-7(3) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 18, 2014*	R128	Miami Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Yvonne Meusburger #39	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 7, 2014*	R128	Indian Wells Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Victoria Duval #157	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2014*	R32	Acapulco	WTA 250	Hard

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Iveta Benesova's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Gisela Dulko	6	2	8	May 11, 2011	H2H
Na Li	0	6	6	May 17, 2012	H2H
Vera Zvonareva	1	5	6	Sep 30, 2011	H2H
Ana Ivanovic	0	6	6	Aug 11, 2011	H2H
Flavia Pennetta	4	2	6	Mar 23, 2011	H2H

Titles (2)

Iveta Benesova 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
2004	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Acapulco
2010	27	1	—	—	—	1	—	Morocco Open
Total		2	—	—	—	2	—

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

Olympic Singles Results (2)

Iveta Benesova Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2004	Athens Olympics	First Round	0	1	Akiko Morigami #68 def. Iveta Melzer #44 6-1 6-4	H2H	Match data
2008	Beijing Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Venus Williams #8 def. Iveta Melzer #56 6-1 6-4	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Iveta Benesova career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2002	19	6	9	15	40.0%	194	82
2003	20	9	19	28	32.1%	82	132
2004	21	25	20	45	55.6%	132	36
2005	22	21	27	48	43.8%	36	55
2006	23	17	21	38	44.7%	55	58
2007	24	6	14	20	30.0%	58	116
2008	25	21	18	39	53.9%	116	43
2009	26	29	25	54	53.7%	43	38
2010	27	18	24	42	42.9%	38	59
2011	28	16	24	40	40.0%	59	54
2012	29	10	17	27	37.0%	54	81
2014	31	0	5	5	0.0%	1,004	671
Career		178	223	401	44.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Iveta Benesova 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 %
2002	19	4	2	6	66.7%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	6	9	15	40.0%
2003	20	4	5	9	44.4%	4	10	14	28.6%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	9	19	28	32.1%
2004	21	11	13	24	45.8%	14	6	20	70.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	25	20	45	55.6%
2005	22	13	16	29	44.8%	6	6	12	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	21	27	48	43.8%
2006	23	11	11	22	50.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	17	21	38	44.7%
2007	24	4	6	10	40.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	6	14	20	30.0%
2008	25	8	8	16	50.0%	13	8	21	61.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	21	18	39	53.8%
2009	26	16	14	30	53.3%	11	8	19	57.9%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	29	25	54	53.7%
2010	27	10	14	24	41.7%	8	8	16	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	18	24	42	42.9%
2011	28	13	15	28	46.4%	2	7	9	22.2%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	16	24	40	40.0%
2012	29	9	9	18	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	10	17	27	37.0%
2014	31	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%
Career	—	103	116	219	47.0%	65	79	144	45.1%	5	18	23	21.7%	5	10	15	33.3%	178	223	401	44.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Iveta Benesova 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 %
2002	19	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	1	1	2	50.0%	6	9	15	40.0%
2003	20	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	8	12	20	40.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	9	19	28	32.1%
2004	21	0	4	4	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	12	7	19	63.2%	9	4	13	69.2%	23	20	43	53.5%
2005	22	1	3	4	25.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	11	16	27	40.7%	7	3	10	70.0%	21	27	48	43.8%
2006	23	1	3	4	25.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	9	8	17	52.9%	5	4	9	55.6%	16	20	36	44.4%
2007	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	14	20	30.0%
2008	25	0	1	1	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	13	7	20	65.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	21	17	38	55.3%
2009	26	0	7	7	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	17	11	28	60.7%	9	3	12	75.0%	29	25	54	53.7%
2010	27	1	2	3	33.3%	0	5	5	0.0%	8	15	23	34.8%	8	2	10	80.0%	17	24	41	41.5%
2011	28	0	9	9	0.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	9	9	18	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	16	24	40	40.0%
2012	29	1	4	5	20.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	4	7	11	36.4%	1	3	4	25.0%	10	17	27	37.0%
2014	31	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
Career		4	37	41	9.8%	23	49	72	31.9%	99	102	201	49.3%	48	33	81	59.3%	174	221	395	44.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 395/401 (98.5%) of Iveta Benesova's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Iveta Benesova 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%
2014	31	5/5	0.4	3.8	54.8%	59.9%	41.2%	42.8%	35.2%	51.1%	36.5%
Career		5/401	0.4	3.8	54.8%	59.9%	41.2%	42.8%	35.2%	51.1%	36.5%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 5/401 (1.2%) of Iveta Benesova's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Iveta Benesova 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
2002	19	1564	116.6	—	—	—	—	+44	-100	—	47.4%	-0.47	2–6 (25%)	4–2 (67%)	98.8	-0.65
2003	20	1479	107.1	—	—	—	—	+105	-55	—	38.2%	-0.94	4–8 (33%)	3–5 (38%)	95.1	+0.69
2004	21	1647	128.5	—	—	—	—	-23	+14	—	53.9%	+0.09	9–5 (64%)	4–4 (50%)	106.0	+0.27
2005	22	1610	122.9	—	—	—	—	-28	+68	—	43.2%	-0.50	13–9 (59%)	2–7 (22%)	99.0	-0.22
2006	23	1592	112.3	—	—	—	—	+38	+5	-151	40.9%	-0.93	10–4 (71%)	5–4 (56%)	106.6	-0.26
2007	24	1521	104.5	—	—	—	—	+85	-42	—	34.1%	-1.25	3–3 (50%)	4–6 (40%)	97.1	-0.37
2008	25	1652	126.5	—	—	—	—	-4	-18	—	50.5%	+0.30	9–6 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	102.8	-0.69
2009	26	1647	132.9	—	—	—	—	+22	+22	-131	50.9%	+0.18	9–1 (90%)	4–3 (57%)	109.1	+1.09
2010	27	1637	121.1	—	—	—	—	+2	+1	—	44.7%	-0.61	4–6 (40%)	4–2 (67%)	99.9	+0.03
2011	28	1627	135.9	—	—	—	—	+26	-37	—	40.2%	-0.68	3–5 (38%)	0–3 (0%)	95.4	-2.20
2012	29	1579	127.8	—	—	—	—	+90	-3	-125	33.9%	-1.08	5–2 (71%)	4–4 (50%)	102.9	-1.52
2014	31	1520	96.7	-2.44	-2.36	0.746	44.1%	+94	—	—	0.0%	-2.70	—	0–2	—	-0.26
Career		1763	127.5	-2.44	-2.36	0.746	44.1%	+22	-6	-135	44.0%	-0.47	71–55 (56%)	35–44 (44%)	101.5	-1.02

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Iveta Benesova Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2002	19	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
2003	20	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
2004	21	—	R128	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
2005	22	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
2006	23	R32	R64	R128	R128	3–4 (43%)
2007	24	R64	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
2008	25	—	R32	R128	R64	3–3 (50%)
2009	26	R64	R32	R64	R128	4–4 (50%)
2010	27	R64	R128	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
2011	28	R16	R128	R64	R128	4–4 (50%)
2012	29	R16	R128	R128	R128	3–4 (43%)
2014	31	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		11–8 (58%)	7–12 (37%)	3–11 (21%)	3–11 (21%)	24–42 (36%)

WTA 1000

Iveta Benesova WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	CIN	DOH	DUB	IW	MAD	MIA	ITA	SDG	PAN	BER	CAN	CHA	MOS	W-L Win %
2003	20	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2004	21	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
2005	22	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R128	—	R32	QF	R64	—	R16	R32	6–7 (46%)
2006	23	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	R16	2–5 (29%)
2007	24	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
2008	25	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2009	26	R64	R64	—	—	R64	R64	QF	—	—	QF	—	R64	—	—	6–7 (46%)
2010	27	—	—	—	R64	R128	R64	R128	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	2–6 (25%)
2011	28	R64	R64	—	R64	R64	R32	R32	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	8–9 (47%)
2012	29	—	—	R32	—	R128	R64	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–5 (44%)
2014	31	—	—	—	—	R128	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	6–11 (35%)	1–4 (20%)	9–9 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	7–4 (64%)	0–2 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	35–49 (42%)

WTA 500

Iveta Benesova WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	BEI	BRI	DUB	PAR	POR	AME	CHA	LEI	LIN	LOS	LUX	NEW	PHI	STA	WAR	W-L Win %
2002	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2003	20	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
2004	21	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	3–5 (38%)
2005	22	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R32	—	R32	QF	R32	4–8 (33%)
2006	23	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	2–3 (40%)
2007	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2008	25	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2009	26	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
2010	27	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
2011	28	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2012	29	—	—	QF	R16	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
W-L		2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–4 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	0–4 (0%)	15–32 (32%)

WTA 250

Iveta Benesova WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	BAD	BAR	BRI	CIN	DAL	EST	HER	KOR	STO	JAP	VIE	WAS	BAD	BIR	BRA	BUD	CAS	COP	FOR	GOL	MOR	HAS	HEL	HOB	LIN	LUX	MAR	MON	NUR	JAP	PAL	POR	PRA	QUE	SOP	STR	VIN	W-L Win %
2002	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	F	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–5 (44%)
2003	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	R32	—	8–11 (42%)
2004	21	W	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	F	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	18–9 (67%)
2005	22	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	R16	—	10–8 (56%)
2006	23	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	10–9 (53%)
2007	24	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	1–7 (12%)
2008	25	QF	—	—	—	—	—	F	R32	—	QF	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	16–11 (59%)
2009	26	SF	R16	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	R16	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	18–11 (62%)
2010	27	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	W	—	—	R32	—	QF	R32	R16	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	14–12 (54%)
2011	28	—	R32	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–9 (31%)
2012	29	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
2014	31	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		11–5 (69%)	1–2 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	10–4 (71%)	2–6 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–5 (38%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	6–7 (46%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	7–4 (64%)	2–2 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	14–6 (70%)	1–2 (33%)	6–4 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	3–3 (50%)	8–5 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	103–98 (51%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 6, 2009

First Top 100

Oct 7, 2002

First Top 50

May 17, 2004

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Iveta Benesova ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2000	17	—	—	—	—	—	851	796	653	638	632	634	—
2001	18	—	—	—	—	432	359	299	305	260	224	191	194
2002	19	182	166	158	154	156	121	115	113	101	75	82	82
2003	20	73	74	75	71	70	88	91	86	109	148	141	132
2004	21	154	100	62	56	51	55	56	43	37	38	36	36
2005	22	34	37	50	54	55	54	53	54	55	51	55	55
2006	23	36	39	43	45	53	49	50	74	71	61	58	58
2007	24	87	98	96	79	82	100	92	88	97	117	117	116
2008	25	137	135	126	93	70	50	59	50	41	42	43	43
2009	26	35	34	31	29	35	35	30	34	39	38	39	38
2010	27	45	47	59	67	54	61	78	68	52	61	59	59
2011	28	45	47	46	44	52	53	43	49	56	53	54	54
2012	29	49	43	47	44	51	55	61	63	65	80	82	81
2013	30	171	238	245	358	614	662	710	1083	—	—	—	—
2014	31	—	—	813	807	786	682	673	671	—	—	—	—

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Sofia Arvidsson	SWE	29	1,769	2	270	114	156	42.2%	2001–2015	Match log
Yaroslava Shvedova	KAZ	25	1,753	1	320	143	177	44.7%	2005–2021	Match log
Casey Dellacqua	AUS	26	1,757	0	186	80	106	43.0%	2003–2015	Match log
Sania Mirza	IND	27	1,829	1	239	121	118	50.6%	2003–2012	Match log
Gisela Dulko	ARG	26	1,797	4	373	192	181	51.5%	2001–2012	Match log
Petra Cetkovska	CZE	25	1,764	0	155	73	82	47.1%	2007–2016	Match log
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni	CRO	20	1,798	3	302	136	166	45.0%	1997–2018	Match log
Vera Dushevina	RUS	31	1,788	1	315	143	172	45.4%	2002–2014	Match log
Kateryna Volodko	UKR	29	1,802	2	328	138	190	42.1%	2003–2024	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Iveta Benesova?: Iveta Benesova is 43 years old, born on February 1, 1983.
Which country does Iveta Benesova represent?: Iveta Benesova represents Czechia in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Iveta Benesova?: Iveta Benesova is 170 cm / 5'7".
Does Iveta Benesova use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Iveta Benesova uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Iveta Benesova left-handed or right-handed?: Iveta Benesova plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Iveta Benesova won?: Iveta Benesova has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Iveta Benesova won?: TennisDB does not group any of Iveta Benesova's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Iveta Benesova won?: Iveta Benesova has won 2 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Grand Prix de Sar La Princesse Lalla Meryem in 2010.
What is Iveta Benesova's highest WTA ranking?: Iveta Benesova's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 25, first achieved on April 6, 2009.
What is Iveta Benesova's career win-loss record?: Iveta Benesova has a career WTA singles record of 178 wins and 223 losses (44.4%).
How much career prize money has Iveta Benesova earned?: Iveta Benesova has earned at least $3,329,488 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Iveta Benesova's career appear in TennisDB?: Iveta Benesova appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2002 through 2014.
On which surface does Iveta Benesova have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Iveta Benesova's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 47.0% (103–116).
Who has Iveta Benesova faced most often?: Iveta Benesova's most frequent opponent is Gisela Dulko, with a head-to-head record of 6–2 across 8 meetings.