Tereza Polakova

TEN Tereza Polakova against Houston 3-2-25

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Tereza Polakova versus Louisiana Tech on April 12 at Mike Goss Tennis Stadium

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Tereza Polakova versus Iowa State on March 1 at Mike Goss Tennis Stadium

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Tereza Polakova versus KU on March 3 at Mike Goss Tennis Stadium

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Tereza Polakova vs South Dakota on Jan. 28 at Body First Tennis Center

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K-State Women's Tennis

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Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Dolní Brežany, Czech Republic

HONORS

2024-25 Academic All-Big 12 Team
2025 ITA Scholar Athlete
2025 CSC Academic All-District Team
2023-24 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
2024 ITA Scholar Athlete

Polakova's Career Records (updated April 23, 2025)
Overall Career Singles Record: 31-20
Career Singles Record in Tournaments: 12-10
Career Singles Record in Dual Matches: 19-10
Career Singles Record in Big 12 Matches: 8-8

Career Singles Record in Two-Set Matches: 19-15 (5-7 Big 12)
Career Singles Record in Three-Set Matches: 9-5 (2-1 Big 12)

Career Record vs. ITA Ranked Opponents: 0-2

Overall Career Doubles Record: 24-26
Career Doubles Record in Tournaments: 10-8
Career Doubles Record in Dual Matches: 14-18
Career Doubles Record in Big 12 Matches: 9-10

Career Positional Record
Singles
No. 1: -
No. 2: -
No. 3: 3-2
No. 4: 5-1
No. 5: 7-6
No. 6: 4-1

Doubles
No. 1: 8-10
No. 2: 1-5
No. 3: 5-3

AS A SOPHOMORE (2024-25)

During the Big 12 Championship she won consecutive doubles matches with partner Veronika Kulhava over West Virginia's (4/16) Lyla Byers and Tatiana Lipatova 6-3 and over Iowa State's Grace Levelston and Elizabeth Tullis 6-1.
Won the clinching match again against BYU (4/3) against Madison Smith in three sets, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.
Clinched the winning point again for K-State over Arizona (3/21) facing Zoya Chulak in three sets, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4. Also won consecutive doubles matches with partner Sana Garakani over the Wildcats and Arizona State (3/23) defeating Arizona's Midori Castillo-Meza and Belen Nevenhoven 6-4 and the Sun Devils' Aiya Nupbay and Emilija Tverijonaite 6-3.
Clinched the winning point for the Cats against Houston (3/1) against Sophie Schouten 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).
Was victorious in three sets in the match against Iowa (2/22) over Nikita Vishwase, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5). With doubles partner Sana Garakani they helped secure the doubles point over the Hawkeyes while defeating Daianne Hayashida and Marisa Schmidt 6-3.
During the doubleheader against Drake (1/25) she defeated Nicole Lee 6-0, 6-2 before also winning against Jessica Popiol 6-0, 3-0 after she retired the set.
Started the spring at the Duel in the Desert (1/16-18) falling short in two singles matches and competing with Zali Morris in 1-1 doubles play.

FALL TOURNAMENTS

Was selected to represent the Big 12 Conference women's doubles with partner Veronika Kulhava at the ITA Conference Masters (11/7-10). In the first round they were victorious over Sophia Baranov and Denise Torrealba from Austin Peay State, 6-1, 6-1. They ultimately lost in the round of 16 in three set tiebreaker, 4-6, 6-2, 8-10 against Parvathi Shanker and Emily Tannenbaum from the U.S. Naval Academy.
Defeated the ITA preseason no. 1 doubles team at the ITA Central Regional (10/9-13) with partner Veronika Kulhava. The duo were victorious over OSU's Ange Oby Kajuru and Anastasiya Komar 8-7 (8-6) in the round of 32, going 2-1 in the competition. Starting in the singles main draw, she went 1-1, both in three sets.
Started the fall competing in the ITA All-American Championship (9/20-22) where she was 1-1 in singles competition. In the pre-qualifying consolation bracket she defeated Alejandra Cruz from Georgia Tech in three sets, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2.

AS A FRESHMAN (2023-24)

During the Big 12 Tournament on April 17-18, she went 1-1 in singles matches, victorious over TCU's Raquel Caballero in two sets but lost her first match to a ranked opponent, Texas' #37 Tanya Sasnouskaya in three sets.
Against Houston on April 7, she defeated Blanca Cortijo Parreno 7-5, 7-5. She and doubles partner Veronika Kulhava also won their match 6-2.
Suffered her first loss of the spring against Oklahoma on March 22. Facing Chloe Noel, she was defeated 3-6, 1-6. Against Texas on March 24 she went unfinished against Vivian Ovrootsky, after winning the first set 6-3, 3-4.
Against Baylor on March 15, she and doubles partner Veronika Kulhava defeated Sierra Berry/Zuzanna Kubacha 6-1. She also won her singles match against Zuzanna Frankowska 6-4, 6-1.
During K-State's 5-2 loss to Texas Tech (March 9) she was one of two singles wins, defeating Metka Komac 7-5, 6-2.
With doubles partner Veronika Kulhava they won the first two Big 12 matches of the spring against Iowa State (March 1) 6-2 and Kansas (March 3) 6-4.
Won her fourth singles match in the no. 4 spot versus Fordham (Feb. 17) with an 8-4 win over Eleni Fasoula.
In doubles with partner Veronika Kulhava they won their match against Indiana (Feb. 10), their first since Jan. 26.
In the first loss of the season to Denver (Feb. 2), she was one of two singles victories, against Alice Otis, 6-4, 6-3. Against Iowa (Feb. 3) she was victorious in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, against Vipasha Mehra.
Won both singles matches against Wichita State (Jan. 26), the only Wildcat to win in straight sets, and against South Dakota (Jan. 28). Also won her first spring doubles match with partner Veronika Kulhava against WSU, 6-2.
At the first meet of the season against Drake (Jan. 20) she defeated Darinka Stepan 6-4, 6-0 in the no. 5 spot.

FALL TOURNAMENTS

Won back-to-back doubles matches with partner Veronika Kulhava at the Big 12 Fall Invite.
Was named both singles co-champion, with Charlotte Keitel, and doubles champion with partner Veronika Kulhava. She went undefeated in both, 3-0 in singles, and 4-0 in doubles, her first wins in doubles.
Went 4-2 in singles at the ITA Central Regional, going 2-1 in three set matches.
In her first fall invitational in Charlotte, she dropped her very first match in three sets, 6-7 (6-8), 7-5, 7-10, but won a singles match on the last day 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.

PRIOR TO K-STATE

Competed mainly in the Junior ITF, with a 20-8 singles record in 2022
Won the J5 Prague tournament in January 2022, eventually going on a seven match win streak