Jitka Volavková

Jitka Volavková

Full name	Jitka Horčičková Volavková
Country (sports)	Czechoslovakia
Born	1939 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	4R (1965)
Wimbledon	4R (1967)
US Open	1R (1969)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	2R (1968)
Wimbledon	3R (1966)
US Open	1R (1969)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1968)
US Open	1R (1969)

Jitka Volavková (born 1939) is a Czech former professional tennis player.^[1]

Playing for Czechoslovakia in the Fed Cup, Volavková has accumulated a win–loss record of 5–6.^[2]

She lost to the British player Ann Jones in the fourth round at the 1965 French Open.^[3] She lost to the British player Virginia Wade in the fourth round at the 1967 Wimbledon.^[4]

Career finals

Singles (5–6)

Result	No.	Year	location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1	August 1962	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Věra Suková	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	June 1964	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Věra Suková	3–6, 2–6
Win	1.	July 1964	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Vlasta Kodešová	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	3.	February 1965	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Hard (i)	Vlasta Kodešová	7–9, 4–6
Loss	4.	April 1965	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Robin Lesh	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win	2.	September 1965	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Clay	Maria Chakarova	6–4, 6–1
Win	3.	September 1965	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Marie Neumannová	6–4, 7–5
Win	4.	July 1966	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Vlasta Kodešová	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5.	April 1967	Hampstead, United Kingdom	Clay	Christine Truman	5–7, 1–6
Loss	6.	April 1967	Southport, United Kingdom	Clay	Rita Bentley	7–9, 3–6
Win	5.	July 1967	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Hard	Nell Truman	7–5, 2–6, 7–5

Doubles (4–7)

Result	No.	Year	location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	July 1961	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Olga Lendlová	Robyn Ebbern Jan Lehane	6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Win	1.	July 1962	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Anna Dmitrieva	Klara Bardoczy Zsuzsa Körmöczy	8–6, 6-2
Loss	2.	July 1964	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Vlasta Kodešová	Olga Lendlová Alena Palmeová	2–6, 6–8
Loss	3.	August 1964	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Vlasta Kodešová	Janine Lieffrig Elizabeth Starkie	2–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	August 1965	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Alena Palmeová	Annette Van Zyl Gail Sherriff	1–6, 0–6
Loss	5.	August 1965	Portschach, Austria	Clay	Vlasta Kodešová	Margaret Smith Sonja Pachta	3–6, 2–6
Win	2.	September 1965	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Clay	Maria Chakarova	Judith Dibar Ilona Fudala	6–1, 7–5
Loss	6.	May 1966	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Vlasta Kodešová	Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville	0–6, 2–6
Win	3.	July 1966	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Vlasta Kodešová	Olga Lendlová Alena Palmeová	1–6, 6–3, 12–10
Loss	7.	April 1967	Southport, United Kingdom	Clay	Belinda Orchard	Rita Bentley Sally Holdsworth	w/o
Win	4.	June 1968	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Vlasta Kodešová	Marie Neumannová Jana Pikorová	6–4, 6–3

References

1. "Jitka Volavková". tenis95.webnode.cz.
2. "Jitka Volavková Billie Jean King Cup". www.billiejeankingcup.com.
3. "Official 1965 Women's Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-04-29. (109 KiB) on the French Open website
4. "1967 Wimbledon Draws" (PDF). www.wimbledon.com.

External links

• Jitka Volavková at the International Tennis Federation