Vaidišová is an Australian Open and French Open semifinalist and also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Vaidišová started playing tennis when she was six years old, enrolling to train at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Bradenton, Florida. Her serve was considered her biggest weapon.[1] On 9 August 2006, at the age of 17 years, three months, and two weeks, she became the 12th-youngest player in WTA Tour history to be ranked in the top 10. She achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 7 on 14 May 2007. Her form dipped shortly after, and at the time of her retirement in 2010, she was ranked at No. 177.
In 2004, her first full year as a professional, Vaidišová finished the year as a top 100 player. As a qualifier at only her third WTA Tour main draw at inaugural Vancouver, Vaidišová became the sixth-youngest singles champion in tour history at an age of 15 years, three months, and 23 days. She also became the lowest-ranked player (World No. 180) and second qualifier (of three) to win a title in 2004. Vaidišová won her second title of the year at Tashkent, defeating Virginie Razzano in the final. On 18 October, she made her top 100 debut at World No. 74, becoming the youngest player in the top 100 at the time.
In April, Vaidišová made her top 50 debut at World No. 47 and reached her first career Tier I quarterfinal at the Family Circle Cup. She posted her first top 10 victory over defending French Open champion Anastasia Myskina, before eventually losing to Patty Schnyder in the quarterfinals, and making her top 40 debut as a result at World No. 34 on 18 April. In May, Vaidišová reached her first Tier III final in Istanbul, losing to top seed Venus Williams in the championship match. She made her debut at the French Open where she fell to 22nd-seeded Francesca Schiavone in the second round.
In July, Vaidišová went 2–0 during the Czech Republic's 3–2 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs loss to France. She reached the semifinal on her debut in Stanford, losing to Kim Clijsters. Vaidišová reached her career-first Tier I semifinal in San Diego, losing to Clijsters again. After her success in San Diego, Vaidišová moved from No. 12 to 9, her first career top 10 debut, becoming the 12th-youngest player in Tour history to crack the top 10, at an age of 17 years, three months and two weeks.
At the US Open, Vaidišová made it to the third round, but lost to Jelena Janković, who later made it to the semifinal. Vaidišová defeated Mauresmo for the second time at the Kremlin Cup, after rallying from 1–6, 2–5 down and three match points, in their quarterfinal match. However, she lost to Nadia Petrova for a third time in their four meetings in the semifinal afterwards. She managed to finish 2006 among the top ten in the world, at No. 10, making it her most successful season.
At the Australian Open, Vaidišová lost to defending champion Serena Williams in the fourth round.
The week after the Australian Open, Vaidišová won both of her Fed Cup singles matches in the tie against Slovakia. Following that, she suffered a heavy defeat to World No. 2 Ana Ivanović at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships. The loss was the first of six consecutive losses for Vaidišová, with losses to Casey Dellacqua, Alisa Kleybanova, Gisela Dulko, Ekaterina Makarova and Iveta Benešová, who knocked her out in the first round of the French Open, following.
A A 3R 4R SF 4R 1R 13–5
French Open A LQ 2R SF QF 1R 1R 12–6
Wimbledon A LQ 3R 4R QF QF 1R 13–6
US Open A 1R 4R 3R 3R 2R LQ 11–5
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0–0 5–3 8–4 13–4 15–4 8–4 0–3 49–22
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A A A A 0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A A 3R A QF 2R 3R 7–4
Key Biscayne A 1R 3R A QF 2R 3R 7–5
Madrid Not Held A 0–0
Beijing NH Not Tier I 0–0
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai Not Tier I 1R 0–1
Rome A A A 2R A 1R A 1–2
Cincinnati NH Not Tier I A 0–0
Montréal / Toronto A A QF 3R A 1R A 4–2
Tokyo A A A QF A A A 2–1
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Doha Not Tier I A NH 0–0
Charleston A A QF 2R 2R A NM5 3–3
Berlin A A A A A 1R 0–1
Moscow A A A SF QF 1R 5–3
Zurich A A A 1R SF Not
Tier I NH 3–2
San Diego Not
Tier I A A SF A Not
Held 3–1
Tournaments played 1 9 17 18 14 19 7 83
Tournament runner-ups 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tournaments Won 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 7
Overall Win-Loss 4–0 31–8 48–15 39–16 37–14 19–19 11–15 189–892
Year End Ranking None 77 15 10 12 41 187 N/A
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