Jana Pospíšilová

Jana Rychlá (born Jana Pospíšilová on 23 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.

Career As a junior, Pospíšilová was a member of the Czechoslovak team which won the 1986 World Youth Cup in Japan and she was runner-up to Natasha Zvereva in the girls' singles at the 1987 French Open.

In both 1988 and 1989 she competed for Czechoslovakia in the Federation Cup. When Czechoslovakia won the competition in 1988, Pospíšilová featured in all five World Group matches, as the doubles partner of Jana Novotná. The pair were unbeaten until losing in the final to the USSR, but Czechoslovakia had already secured the title after winning both singles matches. In 1989 she played in two ties, again as a doubles player, this time partnering Regina Rajchrtová.

Pospíšilová began competing on the WTA Tour in 1988. In her first season she had a win over second-seeded Helena Suková in a match at the 1988 European Indoors and lost the final of the Southern Cross Classic to Fed Cup teammate Jana Novotná, to finish at 50th in the year-end rankings. She peaked at 49 in the world early in 1989. Other career highlights include wins over Hana Mandlíková at the 1989 Canadian Open held in Toronto and victory against Pam Shriver at the 1990 NSW Open in Sydney. At the 1990 Athens Trophy, Pospíšilová partnered with Leona Lásková to reach her only career doubles final. The final was decided by a last set tie-break, which they lost 6–8 to Laura Garrone and Karin Kschwendt.

Personal life Pospíšilová's is the elder sister of Czech tennis player Jaroslav Pospíšil.

She has been married to Czech actor since 2006.

WTA Tour career finals Singles: 1 runner-up ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss Nov 1988 Adelaide, Australia Tier II Hard Jana Novotná 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 1 runner-up ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Sep 1990 Athens, Greece Tier V Clay Leona Lásková Laura Garrone Karin Kschwendt 0–6, 6–1, 6–7(6)

ITF finals Legend $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles (6–3) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 19 January 1987 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet Catrin Jexell 3–6, 1–6Win 1. 28 September 1987 Bol, Yugoslavia Clay Karin Kschwendt 6–3, 6–3Win 2. 12 October 1987 Mali Lošinj, Yugoslavia Clay Karin Kschwendt 6–4, 6–4Loss 2. 29 July 1991 Acireale, Italy Clay Li Fang 0–6, 5–7Win 3. 4 December 1995 Přerov, Czech Republic Hard Petra Rampre 6–2, 7–6(3)Loss 3. 17 December 1995 Ostrava, Czech Republic Hard Katarína Studeníková 4–6, 3–6Win 4. 19 February 1996 Nürnberg, Germany Carpet (i) Ekaterina Sysoeva 6–3, 6–3Win 5. 3 November 1996 Stockholm, Sweden Hard Laurence Andretto 6–4, 1–6, 6–2Win 6. 2 June 1997 Bytom, Poland Clay Miroslava Vavrinec 7–6(4), 6–7(0), 6–1

Doubles (15–6) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 29 September 1986 Šibenik, Yugoslavia Clay Petra Langrová Denisa Krajčovičová Radka Zrubáková 6–1, 6–2Win 2. 6 October 1986 Mali Lošinj, Yugoslavia Clay Petra Langrová Denisa Krajčovičová Radka Zrubáková 6–3, 7–6Loss 1. 13 October 1986 Rabac, Yugoslavia Clay Petra Langrová Denisa Krajčovičová Radka Zrubáková 3–6, 2–6Win 3. 3 August 1987 Rheda, West Germany Clay Hana Fukárková Nora Bajčíková Denisa Krajčovičová 6–2, 6–0Win 4. 20 August 1987 Darmstadt, West Germany Clay Hana Fukárková Nora Bajčíková Denisa Krajčovičová 6–3, 6–0Loss 2. 12 October 1987 Mali Lošinj, Yugoslavia Clay Denisa Krajčovičová Michaela Frimmelová Petra Holubová 5–7, 6–4, 5–7Win 5. 17 June 1991 Modena, Italy Clay Denisa Krajčovičová Yvonne Grubben Stephanie Rottier 6–1, 6–4Win 6. 2 September 1991 Arzachena, Italy Hard Nanne Dahlman Ilana Berger Louise Pleming 3–6, 6–3, 6–1Loss 3. 30 March 1992 Moncalieri, Italy Clay Radka Bobková Elena Makarova Kateřina Šišková 4–6, 6–2, 2–6Win 7. 6 April 1992 Caserta, Italy Clay Radka Bobková Estefanía Bottini Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–3, 2–6, 7–6Win 8. 31 August 1992 Klagenfurt, Austria Clay Denisa Krajčovičová Katja Oeljeklaus Heike Thoms w/oLoss 4. 14 September 1992 Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia Clay Kateřina Šišková Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund 1–6, 2–6Win 9. 29 March 1993 Moulins, France Hard Agnese Gustmane Isabelle Demongeot Catherine Suire 3–6, 6–2, 6–4Win 10. 6 September 1993 Klagenfurt, Austria Clay Květa Peschke Ivana Jankovská Eva Melicharová 6–4, 7–6Loss 5. 7 March 1994 Prostějov, Czech Republic Hard Květa Peschke Lara Bitter Maaike Koutstaal 5–7, 3–6Win 11. 17 October 1994 Flensburg, Germany Carpet Kateřina Šišková Kirstin Freye Silke Meier 6–2, 4–6, 6–2Loss 6. 20 November 1994 Bad Gögging, Germany Carpet (i) Kateřina Šišková Cătălina Cristea Tatjana Ječmenica 6–3, 3–6, 2–6Win 12. 12 August 1996 Lohmar, Germany Clay Alena Vašková Michaela Paštiková Jitka Schönfeldová 6–7(1), 6–3, 6–3Win 13. 1 September 1997 Spoleto, Italy Clay Kateřina Šišková Ana Alcázar Eva Bes 6–1, 6–0Win 14. 22 September 1997 Thessaloniki, Greece Clay Radka Bobková Maria Goloviznina Evgenia Kulikovskaya 6–2, 6–3Win 15. 17 August 1998 Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic Clay Magdalena Kučerová Katharzyna Teodorowicz Anna Bieleń-Żarska 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(5)