Born, lives and trains in Prague, Czech Republic but also spends time in Nice, France at the Mouratoglou Academy
Her sister Brenda followed in her footsteps by winning the Les Petits As girls singles title in 2020 (she was only 12 years old at the time), becoming the youngest winner in the tournament's 38-year history, and completing the first-ever sister-combination to win the event in back-to-back years (Linda in 2019, Brenda in 2020). On the heels of that win, Roland Garros had already awarded her a WC for the girls' singles before the event was moved to September
Favorite surface is clay
Hobbies include singing, family time, and travel
Plays
Right-Handed
Career High
49
Height
5' 8'' (1.72m)
Birthday
May 1, 2005May 1, 2005
Birthplace
Prague, Czech Republic
Career Highlights
Career in Review
In 2024 won main draw matches at Hua Hin, Nottingham and Jiujiang
In June 2023, with a ranking of No.49, entered the Top 50 for the first time in her career
In her 2023 debut Australian Open appearance she reached the 4r (l. Vekic); fell in 1r at all the other Grand Slams of the season
WTA Tour 2023 highlights include a SF run at Ningbo (l. Shnaider) and a QF run at Birmingham (l. Krejcikova) and Hong Kong (l. Fernandez)
Highlight of 2022 was maiden WTA title run at Chennai (d. Linette in F), helping her rise from No.305 to No.77 in the rankings
First title win of the 2022 season came early at W25 Cancun followed by R16 run at Miami Open (l. Badosa)
In 2022 had early exits on clay and grass swing, notably 2r at Charleston (l. Bencic), 1r at Madrid (l. Kanepi), and qualifying rounds at Roland Garros and Wimbledon; Came back strongly with a 2r run at US Open (as qualifier, l. Muguruza) followed by first singles title at Chennai (d. Linette)
In 2021, reached QF at Charleston [250] (as WC, l. eventual champion Sharma) and made 2r at Cleveland (as LL, l. Linette); also lifted first ITF Circuit titles of her career at W15 events in Monastir, Tunisia
Fell 1r on WTA debut at 2020 Prague (as WC, l. Kr.Pliskova)
Before the tour stopped in March 2020, she competed in her first ITF $100K event, beating a former WTA top-100 player in the first round
Best junior Slam singles result was SF run at 2021 Wimbledon
In May 2019, she was directly accepted in the main draw for Roland Garros girls' singles - the youngest player in the draw and first 2005 born player to play in a junior Grand Slam
In February 2019, as a 13-year-old, she won the prestigious Les Petits As title in France, losing only 15 games the entire tournament - something that had never been done in the history of the event
In the past, she has won the Junior Orange Bowl (2017) and a long list of Tennis Europe and ITF Junior events as well
