Ivana Šebestová

Ivana Šebestová
Country (sports) Czech Republic
Born (2001-03-03) 3 March 2001
Plzeň, Czech Republic
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $52,920
Singles
Career record154–147
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 500 (21 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 752 (30 June 2025)
Doubles
Career record94–87
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 248 (16 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 248 (30 June 2025)
Last updated on: 30 June 2025.

Ivana Šebestová (born 3 March 2001) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of No. 500 in singles, achieved on 21 August 2023, and No. 248 in doubles, achieved on 16 June 2025.

Early life

Šebestová was born in Plzeň.[1] She plays for TK Arbrex in Ostrava.[2][3] She also played for Osavi Tennis Team Kalisz in the Polish SuperLIGA.[4]

Junior career

Šebestová represented the Czech Republic at the 2015 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals.[5] In 2017, she reached the singles semifinals and the doubles final of the Grade 5 Charlie Berszakiewicz Memorial in Kraków.[6]

Professional career

In August 2022, Šebestová and Karolína Kubáňová won the doubles title at the W15 Kottingbrunn Open, defeating Linda Ševčíková and Karolína Vlčková in the final.[7] Later that year, Šebestová won her first professional singles title at the W15 event in Heraklion, defeating Elena Korokozidi in the final.[8] In July 2023, she and Elena Pridankina won the doubles title at the W25 Schönbusch Open in Aschaffenburg; Šebestová also reached the singles quarterfinals of the tournament.[9][10] She also qualified for the main draw of the ITS Cup, where she reached the second round.[11]

In May 2024, she and Linda Ševčíková won the doubles title at the W15 Kranjska Gora Open.[12] Later that year, she reached back-to-back singles semifinals at the W15 tournaments in Kraków and Bielsko-Biała.[13][14] In February 2025, she and Cody Wong won the doubles title at the W75 event in Leszno, defeating the top seeded team of Weronika Falkowska and Martyna Kubka in the final.[15] Later that year, she also won the doubles titles at the Koper Open and Macha Lake Open, partnering Kristina Novak and Alena Kovačková, respectively.[16][17]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2022 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay Elena Korokozidi 6–0, 7–6(6)

Doubles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
W75 tournaments (3–0)
W25 tournaments (1–1)
W15 tournaments (5–8)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Hiromi Abe Silvia Ambrosio
Elena-Teodora Cadar
6–4, 1–6, [10–4]
Loss 1–1 May 2022 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay Franziska Sziedat Michaela Laki
Dimitra Pavlou
4–6, 6–7(3)
Loss 1–2 Jul 2022 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany W25 Clay Karolína Kubáňová Irina Khromacheva
Maria Timofeeva
2–6, 7–5, [3–10]
Win 2–2 Aug 2022 ITF Kottingbrunn, Austria W15 Clay Karolína Kubáňová Linda Ševčíková
Karolína Vlčková
6–4, 6–0
Win 3–2 Oct 2022 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay Silvia Ambrosio Simona Ogescu
Dimitra Pavlou
7–5, 7–5
Loss 3–3 Nov 2022 ITF Solarino, Italy W15 Carpet Nicole Gadient Samira De Stefano
Camilla Gennaro
5–7, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 3–4 Apr 2023 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Denise Hrdinková Virginia Ferrara
Ayşegül Mert
5–7, 4–6
Win 4–4 Jul 2023 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany W25 Clay Elena Pridankina Manon Léonard
Lucie Nguyen Tan
2–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win 5–4 May 2024 ITF Osijek, Croatia W15 Clay Salma Drugdová Ria Derniković
Luna Ivković
6–0, 6–2
Win 6–4 May 2024 ITF Kranjska Gora, Slovenia W15 Clay Linda Ševčíková Anastasia Kovaleva
Emily Welker
6–0, 2–6, [10–3]
Loss 6–5 Jul 2024 ITF Krško, Slovenia W15 Clay Linda Ševčíková Camilla Bossi
Emma Slavíková
3–6, 6–2, [10–12]
Loss 6–6 Aug 2024 ITF Kraków, Poland W15 Clay Salma Drugdová Adrienn Nagy
Linda Ševčíková
6–7(2), 3–6
Loss 6–7 Sep 2024 ITF Trnava, Slovakia W15 Hard (i) Radka Zelníčková Katarína Kužmová
Nina Vargová
5–7, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss 6–8 Sep 2024 ITF Trnava, Slovakia W15 Hard (i) Adrienn Nagy Rebecca Munk Mortensen
Johanne Svendsen
5–7, 6–7(2)
Win 7–8 Feb 2025 ITF Leszno, Poland W75 Hard (i) Cody Wong Weronika Falkowska
Martyna Kubka
6–4, 1–6, [10–4]
Win 8–8 Apr 2025 Koper Open, Slovenia W75 Clay Kristina Novak Julia Avdeeva
Ekaterina Maklakova
7–5, 0–6, [10–6]
Loss 8–9 May 2025 ITF Merzig, Germany W15 Clay Arina Vasilescu Chelsea Fontenel
Tiphanie Lemaître
3–6, 3–6
Win 9–9 Jun 2025 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic W75 Clay Alena Kovačková Lia Karatancheva
Aneta Kučmová
1–6, 7–5, [10–5]

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