Alena Kovačková
Tennis Player · Nr. 393
Czechia
Vecums
18
WTA Tour Womens
Biogrāfija
Alena Kovačková (born 13 June 2008) is a Czech tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 385, achieved on 13 July 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 175, reached on 24 August 2026.
Kovačková has won three major junior titles in doubles, two of them with her sister Jana.
Junior career
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.
Kovačková has won three major junior titles in doubles, two of them with her sister Jana.
Junior career
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.
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