Schmiedlová at the2023 US Open | |
| Country (sports) | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1994-09-13)13 September 1994 (age 31) Košice, Slovakia |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 2011 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Laco Simon |
| Prize money | US$ 4,816,799 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 425–308 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 26 (12 October 2015) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2014,2015,2021,2023) |
| French Open | 4R (2023) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2022) |
| US Open | 3R (2015,2023) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | SF - 4th (2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 39–64 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 213 (15 June 2015) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2015,2016,2022,2024) |
| French Open | 2R (2015) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2014,2016,2023) |
| US Open | 2R (2014) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | F (2024) Record 13–14 |
| Last updated on: 31 May 2025. | |
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová[1] (Slovak pronunciation:[ˈannaˈkarɔliːnaˈʂmiːdlɔʋaː];[2] born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak inactive professionaltennis player. On 12 October 2015, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world No. 26. She has won three singles titles on theWTA Tour, two singles titles on theWTA Challenger Tour as well as 12 singles titles on theITF Circuit.
Schmiedlová was born inKošice to father Juraj and mother Martina. Her father played hockey forHC Košice, while her mother was a Czechoslovak national champion inwater skiing.[3][4] Her younger sister,Kristína Schmiedlová, was also a tennis player, but ended her career at the age of 21 to study medicine.[5]
Schmiedlová qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament at theFrench Open. After Wimbledon, she reached the final of the $100kOpen de Biarritz,[6] and lost toStephanie Vogt in three sets.[7]
She reached the top 100 for the first time with a ranking of world No. 97.[8]
In May, Schmiedlová won theEmpire Slovak Open in Trnava when she defeated defending championBarbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the final. The following week, she reached the final of thePrague Open, losing toHeather Watson in straight sets.[9]
At theFrench Open, Schmiedlová defeatedZheng Jie in the first round[10] and surprised former world No. 1,Venus Williams, with a victory in three sets in round two.[10][11] In the third round, she lost in straight sets toGarbiñe Muguruza.[12]
In February, she reached her first WTA Tour final at theRio Open, losing toSara Errani in straight sets.In April, she won her first WTA career title at theKatowice Open, where she defeatedCamila Giorgi in the final. She won her second career title at theBucharest Open, where she this time defeated Errani in the final.
At theWuhan Open, Schmiedlová scored her first top-10 victory, and hence the biggest win of her career, by upsetting former world No. 1,Caroline Wozniacki, in three sets in the second round.[13]
Schmiedlová commenced season at theBrisbane International and lost in the first round to Varvara Lepchenko.[14] Schmiedlová won her first match of the season at theSydney International beating sixth seed Timea Bacsinszky in the first round.[15] She was heavily defeated in the second round by qualifierMonica Puig.[16] Seeded 27th at theAustralian Open, Schmiedlová lost in round one toDaria Kasatkina.[17]
Ranked No. 132 in the world, Schmiedlová won her third career title at theCopa Colsanitas inBogotá, Colombia, where she beatLara Arruabarrena in the final. It was her first title since 2015 and resulted in her return to the top 100.[18][19]

Schmiedlová kicked off her season at theBrisbane International where she lost toMarta Kostyuk in the second round of qualifying. AtHobart, she was defeated in the first round of qualifying byNina Stojanović. At theAustralian Open, she lost her first-round match to sixth seedBelinda Bencic.[20]
Playing in theFed Cup tie versus Great Britain, Schmiedlová helped Slovakia win 3–1 by beatingHeather Watson andHarriet Dart.[21] Playing at theMexican Open, Schmiedlová was defeated in the first round byAnastasia Potapova.[22] Coming through qualifying at theMonterrey Open, Schmiedlová beatVenus Williams in the first round.[23] She then lost in the second round to ninth seed and eventual finalist,Marie Bouzková.[24] A week later, competing at a $25k tournament inIrapuato, Mexico she was defeated in the first round by eighth seedRenata Zarazúa.

In August, Schmiedlová played at theSparta Prague Open. Seeded 24th, she reached the quarterfinals where she lost to second seed and eventual finalist,Elisabetta Cocciaretto.[25] In the leadup to the French Open, Schmiedlová played theİstanbul Cup and made it to the second round before she was defeated byAliaksandra Sasnovich.[26]
At theFrench Open, Schmiedlová beat 2002 finalist and former world No. 1, Venus Williams, in straight sets in the first round.[27] She then upset tenth seed and former world No. 1,Victoria Azarenka, to reach the third round for the first time since 2014.[28] But her run ended there with a straight-sets loss to qualifier and eventual semifinalist,Nadia Podoroska.[29]

Ranked No. 100, she reached the fourth round of theFrench Open for the first time at a major event in her career, defeating 11th seedVeronika Kudermetova, lucky loserAliona Bolsova, and qualifierKayla Day. Schmiedlová was the first Slovak to reach the second week at a major sinceMagdaléna Rybáriková at the 2018 Australian Open, and the first to do so at Roland Garros sinceDominika Cibulková's 2012 quarterfinal run.[30][31] In the fourth round, however, she lost toCoco Gauff.[32]
In September, Schmiedlová reached the final of the WTA 125 tournament inParma in which she lost toAna Bogdan.[33]
At theAustralian Open, Schmiedlová lost to Coco Gauff in the first round.[34] InAustin, she was beaten in her semifinal match by the eventual winner,Yuan Yue.[35]
In May, Schmiedlová won the WTA Challenger tournament inParma, defeatingMayar Sherif in the final.[36] AtFrench Open, she was unable to defend her fourth round points from previous year, losing in the first round to qualifier Sara Errani.[37] Because of that result, her ranking dropped from No. 53 to No. 80 on 10 June 2024.[citation needed]
At theBudapest Grand Prix in July, Schmiedlová made the semifinals with successive deciding set wins overKamilla Rakhimova,[38] fourth seedSara Sorribes Tormo,[39] andElina Avanesyan,[40] before losing toAliaksandra Sasnovich with the match again going to three sets.[41]
On her second appearance at theSummer Olympics, she reached the semifinals in Paris defeatingKatie Boulter,[42] 14th seedBeatriz Haddad Maia and fourth seedJasmine Paolini[43] and world No. 10 and reigning Wimbledon champion,Barbora Krejčíková.[44] She was the first Slovakian woman to reach the medal stage at the Games.[45][46] but lost in the semifinal toDonna Vekić[47] and the bronze medal match toIga Świątek.[48]
As the top seed at theGuadalajara 125 Open, Schmiedlová beat wildcardJulia García Ruiz,qualifierKimberly Birrell and sixth seedEmina Bektas,[49] before losing to fourth seedTatjana Maria.[50]
Schmiedlová is in a relationship with fellow professional tennis playerLukáš Klein and in May 2025 the couple announced she was pregnant with their first child.[51] Smiedlová married Klein on 2 August 2025.[52]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Only main-draw results inWTA Tour,Grand Slam tournaments,Billie Jean King Cup,United Cup,Hopman Cup andOlympic Games are included in win–loss records.[53]
Current through the2023 Tunis Open.
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 10 | 4–10 | 29% |
| French Open | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 0 / 11 | 9–11 | 45% |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | NH | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 1–9 | 10% |
| US Open | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | Q3 | 1R | A | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 7–9 | 44% |
| Win–loss | 2–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 6–4 | 0–4 | 0 / 39 | 21–39 | 35% |
| Year-end championships | |||||||||||||||
| WTA Elite Trophy[a] | DNQ | RR | DNQ | NH | DNQ | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–0 | 100% | ||||||
| National representation | |||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | 2R | NH | A | NH | 4th | 0 / 2 | 5–3 | 63% | ||||||
| Billie Jean King Cup[b] | A | A | WG2 | WG2 | PO | PO | WG2 | RR[c] | RR | QR | F | 0 / 2 | 9–9 | 50% | |
| WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||||
| Dubai /Qatar Open[d] | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Indian Wells Open | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | A | 1R | NH | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
| Miami Open | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 1R | NH | Q2 | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | NH | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% |
| Italian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Open | A | Q1 | QF | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | A | A | NMS | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Pan Pacific /Wuhan Open[e] | A | Q2 | QF | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% | |||
| China Open | Q2 | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 7–6 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0 / 23 | 9–23 | 28% | |
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
| Tournaments | 7 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 0[f] | 15 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 14 | Career total: 148 | |||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 3 | |||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 5 | |||
| Hard win–loss | 1–3 | 3–10 | 21–12 | 5–15 | 0–0 | 5–9 | 4–6 | 1–3 | 9–10 | 4–8 | 7–10 | 1 / 81 | 60–86 | 41% | |
| Clay win–loss | 2–3 | 2–5 | 18–7 | 2–7 | 0–1 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 5–2 | 5–6 | 3–9 | 5–4 | 2 / 55 | 52–55 | 49% | |
| Grass win–loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | NH | NH | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 12 | 2–12 | 14% | |
| Overall win–loss | 3–7 | 5–17 | 40–22 | 7–24 | 0–1 | 12–15 | 7–13 | 6–5 | 14–16 | 8–18 | 12–15 | 3 / 148 | 114–153 | 43% | |
| Win (%) | 30% | 23% | 65% | 23% | 0% | 44% | 35% | 55% | 47% | 31% | 44% | Career total: 43% | |||
| Year-end ranking[g] | 74 | 73 | 26 | 227 | 133 | 77 | 138 | 139 | 84 | 100 | 71 | $4,205,447 | |||
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ... | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | |
| French Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | |
| Wimbledon | 1R | A | 1R | NH | A | A | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | |
| US Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |
| Win–loss | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0-1 | 0–0 | 0-1 | 0–1 | 0 / 13 | 2–13 | 13% |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th place | 2024 | Summer Olympics, France | Clay | 2–6, 1–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2015 | Rio Open, Brazil | International[h] | Clay | 6–7(2–7), 1–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Apr 2015 | Katowice Open, Poland | International | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 2–1 | Jul 2015 | Bucharest Open, Romania | International | Clay | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | |
| Win | 3–1 | Apr 2018 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay | 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jan 2019 | Hobart International, Australia | International | Hard | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | Belgrade Challenger, Serbia | Clay | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2023 | Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy | Clay | 5–7, 1–6 | |
| Win | 2–1 | May 2024 | Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy | Clay | 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2011 | ITF Yerevan, Armenia | 10,000 | Clay | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Mar 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | |
| Win | 3–0 | Apr 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | 7–5, 6–2 | |
| Win | 4–0 | May 2012 | ITF Bad Saarow, Germany | 10,000 | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | |
| Win | 5–0 | May 2012 | Internazionali di Brescia, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 5–1 | Jul 2012 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | 6–7(7–9), 3–6 | |
| Win | 6–1 | Oct 2012 | ITF Netanya, Israel | 25,000 | Hard | 0–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 6–2 | Nov 2012 | ITF Helsinki, Finland | 25,000 | Carpet (i) | 4–6, 0–6 | |
| Win | 7–2 | Apr 2013 | ITF Civitavecchia, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | 6–0, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 7–3 | Jul 2013 | Open de Biarritz, France | 100,000 | Clay | 6–1, 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 8–3 | Mar 2014 | Osprey Challenger, United States | 50,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–3 | |
| Win | 9–3 | May 2014 | Empire Slovak Open | 75,000 | Clay | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 9–4 | May 2014 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | 100,000 | Clay | 6–7(5–7), 0–6 | |
| Win | 10–4 | Jun 2017 | Grado Tennis Cup, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Win | 11–4 | Jun 2017 | Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic | 25,000 | Clay | 6–4, 7–5 | |
| Loss | 11–5 | Aug 2017 | Landisville Tennis Challenge, United States | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) | |
| Win | 12–5 | Oct 2017 | Tennis Classic of Macon, United States | 80,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 12–6 | Oct 2022 | Trnava Indoor, Slovakia | 60,000 | Hard (i) | 2–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2011 | ITF Izmir, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | 4–6, 0–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | 6–4, 4–6, [3–10] | ||
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2012 | ITF Netanya, Israel | 25.000 | Hard | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–4 | May 2013 | Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia | 80,000 | Clay | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2012 | French Open | Clay | 6–3, 5–7, 3–6 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | |||||||
| 1. | No. 8 | Rio Summer Olympics | Hard | 1R | 6–4, 7–5 | No. 59 | |
| 2024 | |||||||
| 2. | No. 5 | Paris Summer Olympics | Clay | 3R | 7–5, 3–6, 7–5 | No. 67 | |
| 3. | No. 10 | Paris Summer Olympics | Clay | QF | 6–4, 6–2 | No. 67 | |