Tereza Mihalíková

Tereza Mihalíková (; born 2 June 1998) is a Slovak tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 21 by the WTA, achieved on 16 February 2026.

Mihalíková has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three WTA Challenger doubles titles, along with eight singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

She was a successful junior, a former junior No. 4, and won the Australian Open in both events. First, in 2015, she won the girls' singles event by defeating Katie Swan in the final. Her doubles title came a year later, when, alongside Anna Kalinskaya, they finally defeated Dayana Yastremska and Anastasia Zarycká. She is also a three time major finalist in doubles: 2014 US Open and Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2015.

While still playing mostly in tournaments of the ITF Circuit in singles, she had her breakthrough in doubles by winning her first career title in 2021 and debuting in the top 100.

Career

2014–2016: Juniors In 2014, Mihalíková reached the final of the girls' doubles tournament at the US Open, partnering with Vera Lapko. She entered doubles competition at the 2015 Australian Open, again alongside Lapko. They lost their quarterfinal match to the eventual champions, Miriam Kolodziejová and Markéta Vondroušová. But she won the singles competition, defeating British Katie Swan in the final. At the 2016 Australian Open, Mihalíková won the girls' doubles event with Anna Kalinskaya and ended runner-up in the girls' singles event, losing the final to Vera Lapko.

Grand Slam performance Singles: Australian Open: W (2015) French Open: 2R (2014) Wimbledon: 3R (2015) US Open: 2R (2014)

Doubles: Australian Open: W (2016) French Open: 2R (2014) Wimbledon: F (2015) US Open: F (2014)

Mihalíková was also a member of the Slovak Junior Fed Cup team (U16). Together with Viktória Kužmová and Tamara Kupková, she reached the final in 2014, when they lost to the team of the United States (CiCi Bellis, Tornado Alicia Black, Sofia Kenin).

2021: Progress in doubles: WTA Tour title and top 100 In June, Mihalíková reached her first WTA Challenger final at the Bol Ladies Open. Together with Ekaterine Gorgodze, she lost to the pair of Aliona Bolsova and Katarzyna Kawa. The following month, she reached another Challenger final, at the Swedish Open alongside Kamilla Rakhimova. Just like in the previous final, she lost in three sets.

Mihalíková reached her first WTA Tour doubles final at the Portorož Open in September. Partnering with Anna Kalinskaya, she defeated Aleksandra Krunić and Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, in three sets.

In December, she was successful in her third attempt in a WTA 125 final, winning the title at the Open Angers alongside Greet Minnen, after beating Vera Zvonareva and Monica Niculescu. These results pushed her into the top 100 for the first time.

2022: Two WTA 125 doubles titles Alongside Ulrikke Eikeri, Mihalíková won the doubles title at the Contrexéville Open in July, with a win in the final over Han Xinyun and Alexandra Panova.

In October, oartnering with Aldila Sutjiadi, she won the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico in October, defeating Ashlyn Krueger and Elizabeth Mandlik in the final.

2024: Two WTA 250 finals

Mihalíková was runner-up at the Transylvania Open alongside Harriet Dart and at the Rosmalen Open partnering with Olivia Nicholls.

Playing with Nicholls, she reached back-to-back quarterfinals at the China Open and at the next WTA 1000, the Wuhan Open.

In November, Mihalíková partnered Viktória Hrunčáková to win the deciding doubles match against the U.S. pair of Taylor Townsend and Ashlyn Krueger that saw Slovakia qualify for the Billie Jean King Cup quarterfinals. The pair then repeated the feat in the semifinals by overcoming Nicholls and Heather Watson as Slovakia defeated Great Britain to make it into the final for the first time since 2002.

2025: First WTA 500 title With her partner Olivia Nicholls, Mihalíková reached her first WTA 1000 final at the Indian Wells Open with an upset win over fifth seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Zhang Shuai. They lost the final to Asia Muhammad and Demi Schuurs.

In May, Mihalíková and Nicholls were runners-up at the WTA 125 Trophée Clarins, losing to Irina Khromacheva and Fanny Stollár in the final.

Alongside Nicholls, she won her first WTA 500 title at the Berlin Open in June, defeating top seeds Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.

2026: Queen's Club title In February, Mihalíková and Nicholls.reached the final at the Abu Dhabi Open, losing in a deciding champions tiebreak to Ekaterina Alexandrova and Maya Joint. They won their second title as a pairing at the Queen's Club Championships in June, defeating Leylah Fernandez and Laura Siegemund in the final. In August, Mihalíková and Nicholls made it through to the semifinals at the Canadian Open, losing to top seeds Kateřina Siniaková and Zhang Shuai.

Doubles performance timeline

Current through the 2025 Dubai Tennis Championships

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendWTA 1000 (0–1)WTA 500 (2–1)WTA 250 (1–4)Finals by surfaceHard (1–4)Grass (2–2)Finals by settingOutdoor (3–5)Indoor (0–1)

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups) Legend$25,000 tournaments (0–1)$15,000 tournaments (2–3)$10,000 tournaments (6–0)Finals by surfaceHard (8–2)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–1)

Doubles: 35 (19 titles, 16 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (1–0)$60,000 tournaments (2–2)$25,000 tournaments (9–9)$15,000 tournaments (5–3)$10,000 tournaments (2–2)Finals by surfaceHard (14–13)Clay (4–3)Grass (1–0)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 2015 Australian Open Hard Katie Swan 6–1, 6–4Loss 2016 Australian Open Hard Vera Lapko 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2014 US Open Hard Vera Lapko İpek Soylu Jil Teichmann 7–5, 2–6, [7–10]Loss 2015 Wimbledon Grass Vera Lapko Dalma Gálfi Fanny Stollár 3–6, 2–6Win 2016 Australian Open Hard Anna Kalinskaya Dayana Yastremska Anastasia Zarytska 6–1, 6–1

ITF Junior Circuit finals Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrade 1 / B1 (0–1)Grade 3 (1–0)Grade 4 (2–0)Grade 5 (0–1)

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendGrade A (0–1)Grade 1 / B1 (3–1)Grade 2 (1–2)Grade 3 (1–0)Grade 4 (3–0)Grade 5 (0–2)

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup LegendWorld Group / Finals round robin (4–2)World Group playoffs / Finals Qualifying round (1–1)World Group 2 (0–1)World Group 2 playoffs / Finals playoffs (0–1)Zone Group round robin / Playoffs

Doubles (5–5)