Alena Kovačková

Alena Kovačková (born 13 June 2008) is a Czech tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 385, reached on 13 July 2026, and a best doubles ranking of No. 194, achieved on 10 August 2026.

Kovačková has won three major junior titles in doubles, two of them with her sister Jana.

Career

Juniors In October 2022, whilst ranked No. 1 European in the Girls U-14, Kovačková won the U-16 title at the Tennis Europe Masters in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Later that year she became the first girl to win both the U14 and U16 "Player of the Year" awards in the same year.

In July 2023, she won her first junior-level major, in the girls' doubles category at 2023 Wimbledon, playing alongside compatriot Laura Samsonová. They defeated British pair Hannah Klugman and Isabelle Lacy in the final. It was the first Czech pairing to win that event since Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková title a decade before.

Next season, as top-seeds and defending champions, Kovačková and Samsonová reached the quarterfinals at 2024 Wimbledon, where they lost to seventh seeds Mika Stojsavljevic and Mingge Xu.

Kovačková played in the girls' doubles event at the 2025 Australian Open, with her sister Jana. The pair reached the semifinals, where they lost to American twin sisters Kristina and Annika Penickova. A few months later, the Czech pair avenged that loss, defeating the American twins on their runners-up campaign at the 2025 French Open, where they lost to German pair Eva Bennemann and Sonja Zhenikhova in the final. Later that season, Kovačková and her sister were crowned champions at a major jr., winning the girls' doubles category at the 2025 US Open. The Czech sisters defeated fourth seeds Laima Vladson and Jeline Vandromme in straight sets.

Partnering again with her sister, Kovačková won the girls' doubles 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.

She reached a junior combined ranking of world No. 5, on 2 February 2026.

2024: First professional matches In 2024, Kovačková played her first ITF tournament main draw, reaching her first semifinal in Sharm El Sheik, losing to Slovak Renáta Jamrichová. In her next event, she reached another semifinal in Antalya, Türkiye.

In July, Kovačková had her first experience at a WTA Tour event. She received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the Prague Open, but lost in the first round to former champion Mona Barthel, in straight sets.

In August, Kovačková reached her third and fourth singles semifinals at back-to-back events in Slovenia, losing to Pia Lovrič in both occasions. She won her first and second doubles titles at those events.

2025: WTA Tour main-draw debut In early 2025, Kovačková reached just one quarterfinal in singles but won another two titles, including her first title with younger sister Jana and the biggest title of her career in Česká Lípa at the W75 Macha Lake Open, with Ivana Šebestová.

In July, Kovačková was again awarded a wildcard to qualify for the Prague Open. This time, she defeated two former top-100 players, Arina Rodionova and Lucrezia Stefanini, to make her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the age of 17.

Personal life Kovačková's father, Petr Kovačka, was a tennis player. She has a younger sister, Jana, who is also a tennis player.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) LegendW35 tournaments (0–1)W15 tournaments (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore Loss 0–1 ITF Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia W15 Clay Eva Marie Voracek 7–5, 3–6, 1–6 Loss 0–2 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Jeline Vandromme 2–6, 1–6 Loss 0–3 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W35 Clay Tyra Caterina Grant 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 12 (11 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendW75 tournaments (3–0)W50 tournaments (2–0)W35 tournaments (1–1)W15 tournaments (5–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (8–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Win 1–0 ITF Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia W15 Clay Joy de Zeeuw Anika Jašková Karolína Vlčková 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] Win 2–0 ITF Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia W15 Clay Julie Paštiková Petja Drame Tara Gorinšek 6–2, 6–3 Win 3–0 ITF Antalya, Turkiye W15 Clay Jana Kovačková Ștefania Bojică Linda Ševčíková 5–7, 6–4, [10–4] Win 4–0 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic W75 Clay Ivana Šebestová Lia Karatancheva Aneta Kučmová 1–6, 7–5, [10–5] Win 5–0 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Jana Kovačková Iva Ivanova Jeline Vandromme 7–5, 6–2 Win 6–0 ITF Monastir, Tunisia (2) W15 Hard Jana Kovačková Yasmine Mansouri Elena Milovanović 7–6(2), 6–4 Loss 6–1 ITF Liberec, Czech Republic W35 Hard (i) Denisa Hindová Lucija Ćirić Bagarić Lucie Havlíčková 1–6, 1–6 Win 7–1 Prague Open, Czech Republic W75 Hard (i) Jana Kovačková Madeleine Brooks Amelia Rajecki 6–4, 6–3 Win 8–1 ITF Heraklion, Greece W50 Clay Jana Kovačková Rositsa Dencheva Vittoria Paganetti 6–4, 6–3 Win 9–1 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W35 Clay Jana Kovačková Deborah Chiesa Francesca Curmi 6–1, 6–3 Win 10–1 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic (2) W75 Clay Jana Kovačková Hibah Shaikh Allura Zamarripa 6–4, 6–1Win 11–1 Prague Open, Czech RepublicW50 Clay Jana Kovačková Valeriya Strakhova Anastasia Tikhonova 6–2, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)