Sára Bejlek

Sára Bejlek (born 31 January 2006) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 29, achieved on 24 August 2026, and a best doubles ranking of No. 671, reached in 2022.

Bejlek has won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2026 Abu Dhabi Open, as well as four singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour.

Career Junior years Bejlek won the 2022 French Open girl's doubles event, partnering with Lucie Havlíčková. In addition, she reached the semifinals in singles.

Grand Slam performance Singles: Australian Open: – French Open: SF (2022) Wimbledon: 2R (2021) US Open: –

Doubles: Australian Open: – French Open: W (2022) Wimbledon: 2R (2021) US Open: –

2021: First ITF Circuit title & top 500 In July, she won her first and up to date biggest title at the $60k ITS Cup in Olomouc, Czech Republic, by double bagelling Paula Ormaechea in the final. As a result, after making her WTA rankings debut, she improved her rank by 557 positions to No. 447 in just one month.

2022: Major & top 200 debuts In June, at the Česká Lípa, she won the $60k Macha Lake Open, defeating fellow Czech Jesika Malečková in the final. The following week, Bejlek made her Grand Slam tournament qualifying debut at Wimbledon Championships, but she was defeated by Emina Bektas. A month later, she defended her title at the ITS Cup, this time defeating Lina Gjorcheska in the final. She continued with making progress at the US Open making her major main-draw debut, after three wins in the qualifying. She was the youngest player in the tournament’s main draw, having been the youngest direct entrant to qualifying.

2023: Australian and French Open debuts

At 16, as the second-youngest player in the top 200, she made her debut at the Australian Open. She lost to her compatriot Barbora Krejčíková in the first round. In early April, she reached her first final of the year, the $60k tournament in Split, but lost to Tara Würth.

A month later, she made her qualifying debut at the WTA 1000 tournament at the Italian Open. In the first round of qualifying, she triumphed with losing only three games. Still, she failed to qualify, after losing in the following round of qualifying. Next destination was the French Open where she qualified without losing a set, to reach the main draw at Roland Garros for the first time. Like the previous two major main-draw appearances, she lost in the first round, this time to Kamilla Rakhimova.

After failing in Wimbledon in qualifying, she reached another $60k final in the Hague but lost it to Arantxa Rus. Two weeks later, she finally won her first title of the year, at the $25k event in Pärnu, Estonia. In early September, she reached her third $60k final of the year in the Czech Republic, at the Prague Open, but again finished runner-up.

Bejlek won her first WTA 125 title at the Copa Colina in Chile on 19 November, defeating Diane Parry in the final.

2024: WTA 1000 and top 125 debuts At the Australian Open, Bejlek qualified into the main draw for the second consecutive year but lost in the first round to 32nd seed Leylah Fernandez.

She also qualified for the Madrid Open, making her WTA 1000 debut and recording wins over Anna Blinkova, 24th seed Anna Kalinskaya and Ashlyn Krueger to reach the fourth round, where she lost to Elena Rybakina in straight sets. As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 114, on 6 May 2024.

2025: WTA Tour quarterfinal, top 75 For the third year in a row, Bejlek qualified for the Australian Open, making her the youngest player at 18 years-old to qualify for the women’s main draw, but lost in the first round, this time to Caroline Dolehide.

For a second time, ranked No. 193, Bejlek also reached the main draw at the French Open, after qualifying with a straight-sets win over top seed Yuliia Starodubtseva. She recorded her first major match win, upsetting 26th seed Marta Kostyuk, before losing to Jaqueline Cristian in the second round. Bejlek claimed her second WTA 125 title at the Makarska Open in Croatia, defeating Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva in the final. At the Prague Open, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal with wins over Moyuka Uchijima and eighth seed Alycia Parks, before her run was ended by fourth seed Wang Xinyu.

Bejlek lifted her third WTA 125 title in October at the inaugural edition of the Internazionali di Calabria in Rende, Italy, as she defeated Lola Radivojević in the final. Subsequently, she made her debut in the top 100 on 13 October 2025, as she reached the quarterfinals (where she withdrew) at the WTA 125 Mallorca Championships, becoming the sixth teenager in the top 100. Bejlek won her fourth WTA 125 title of the year at Querétaro Open, defeating Katrina Scott in the final. This result moved her to No. 84 in the WTA rankings on 27 October 2025. Bejlek finished the season ranked No. 76 on 17 November 2025.

2026: First tour title, WTA 1000 semifinal, top 30 Ranked No. 101 at the 2026 Abu Dhabi Open, Bejlek won her first WTA Tour title and also first at the WTA 500-level, as a qualifier, with wins over seventh seed Jeļena Ostapenko, qualifier Sonay Kartal, in a little over an hour, third seed Clara Tauson and second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final. As a result, she reached a new career-high in the top 40, subsequently rising more than 60 positions up to Nr. 37 in the singles rankings on 23 February 2026.

Her breakthrough came at the Cincinnati Open, where she defeated Karolína Plíšková, Barbora Krejčíková, Ekaterina Alexandrova, world no. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, and Madison Keys to reach the semifinal, where she was elimimated by the eventual champion, Coco Gauff. This led to her reaching a career-high rank of no. 29.

Personal life Bejlek was born in Znojmo, but has lived in the nearby town of Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou since birth.

Bejlek draws inspiration from Rafael Nadal and compatriot Petra Kvitová. Beyond tennis, she is known for her passion for heavy metal music; Bejlek is a fan of bands Metallica and Slipknot.

Performance timelines Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles Current through the 2026 US Open.

Doubles

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title) LegendWTA 500 (1–0) Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournaments (4–1)W40 tournaments (0–2) W25 tournaments (3–0)Finals by surfaceClay (7–3)

Doubles: 1 (title) LegendW15 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceClay (1–0)

ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin Jun 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Doğa Türkmen Federica Bilardo Liubov Kostenko 4–6, 6–1, [10–7]

Junior finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 1 (title)

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrade 2 (0–2)Grade 3 (1–0)Grade 4 (0–1)Grade 5 (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (2–3)

Doubles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrade A (1–0)Grade 1 (1–0)Grade 2 (3–0)Grade 3 (1–0)Grade 4 (2–1)Grade 5 (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (7–2)Carpet (1–0)

Wins against top 10 players Bejlek has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Double-bagel matches