Stories
Biography
- Coached by Martin Fassati ... Father is Vlastimil Benes; mother is Irena Benesova; sister is also Irena ... Married Jürgen Melzer on September 14, 2012 at Laxenburg Castle, Austria) ... Began playing at age 7 when father introduced her to the game ... Favorite surfaces are clay, hard; favorite shot is backhand ... Favorites include the movie Forrest Gump, actors Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett and Italian cuisine ... To relax, enjoys shopping and watching movies.
Plays
Left-HandedCareer High
25Height
5' 7" (1.70 m)Birthday
Feb 1, 1983 February 1, 1983Birthplace
Most, Czech RepublicCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (2): 2010 - Fès; 2004 - Acapulco.
Finalist (6): 2009 - Hobart; 2008 - Oeiras; 2006 - Hobart; 2004 - Oeiras, Forest Hills; 2002 - Bratislava.
DOUBLES
Winner (14): 2012 - Stuttgart (w/Zahlavova Strycova); 2011 - Sydney, Monterrey, Barcelona, Luxembourg (all w/Zahlavova Strycova); 2010 - Paris [Indoors], Monterrey, Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (all w/Zahlavova Strycova), Fès (w/Medina Garrigues); 2009 - Luxembourg (w/Zahlavova Strycova); 2008 - Bogotá (w/Mattek-Sands), Stockholm (w/Zahlavova Strycova); 2007 - Luxembourg (w/Husarova); 2005 - Paris [Indoors] (w/Peschke).
Finalist (12): 2014 - Acapulco (w/Cetkovska); 2010 - Luxembourg (w/Zahlavova Strycova); 2009 - Monterrey, Prague (both w/Zahlavova Strycova), New Haven (w/Hradecka); 2008 - Acapulco (w/Cetkovska), Rome (w/Husarova); 2007 - Gold Coast (w/Voskoboeva); 2006 - Moscow (w/Voskoboeva); 2005 - Charleston (w/Peschke), 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Llagostera Vives); 2004 - Stanford (w/Schaul).
MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2011 - Wimbledon (w/Melzer).
ADDITIONAL
Czech Fed Cup Team, 2002-03, 2005-09, 2012; Czech Olympic Team, 2004, 2008.