Dominika Šalková

Dominika Šalková
Country (sports) Czech Republic
Born (2004-06-28) 28 June 2004
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$390,172
Singles
Career record139–82
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 129 (29 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 169 (18 August 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2024)
French OpenQ2 (2024)
WimbledonQ2 (2024)
US OpenQ3 (2025)
Doubles
Career record86–38
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 147 (28 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 204 (18 August 2025)
Team competitions
BJK Cup1–0
Last updated on: 16 August 2025.

Dominika Šalková (born 28 June 2004) is a Czech tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 129, achieved on 29 July 2024, by the WTA. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 147, achieved on 28 August 2023.[1]

Šalková made her WTA Tour singles main-draw debut at the 2022 Prague Open, after defeating Astra Sharma and Natalia Vikhlyantseva in qualifying.[2] She received a wildcard for the doubles main draw with Barbora Palicová.

She reached the top 150 on 10 June 2024 at world No. 143, following a sixth ITF Circuit title win at the W75 Prague Open.

Professional

2021-2024: WTA Tour debut, first ITF Circuit titles

In 2021, Šálková received qualification wildcard at her first WTA Tour event Prague Open, but lost to former top 30 player Urszula Radwańska.

In August 2021 Šálková reached her first ITF semifinal at home W60 tournament in Přerov, where she lost to eventual champion, Linda Nosková.

Šálková won her first singles title in May 2022, beating local hope Antonia Ružić at the W25 in Osijek.

In June 2022 Šálková received her second qualification wildcard to Prague Open, but this time won two matches against former Top 100 players Astra Sharma and Natalia Vikhlyantseva to make her WTA Tour main draw debut. She beat Ylena In-Albon in straight sets to reach second round, where she lost to eventual champion and compatriot Marie Bouzková. She made her WTA Tour debut in doubles with Barbora Palicová, losing in the first round.

Šálková won two doubles titles on ITF circuit, finished 2022 season ranked as No. 317 in singles and No. 307 in doubles.

In June 2023 Šálková entered Prague Open qualification as direct entry for the first time, but lost in the qualification final to 3rd seed and eventual semifinalist Tamara Korpatsch. She received doubles wildcard with Barbora Palicová and scored her first main draw wins as they reached semifinal stage after beating top seeds Zhang Shuai and Zhu Lin.

Šálková won 3 singles titles and five doubles titles on ITF circuit in 2023, ending season ranked as No. 254 in singles and No. 161 in doubles.

In January 2024, Šálková entered her first qualifying for a Grand Slam tournament at the Australian Open and scored two wins, before losing to local favorite Storm Hunter, in three sets.[3]

Šálková later played at two majors in 2024, lost in the second round of qualification at French Open and Wimbledon.

Šálková got into the main draw at Prague Open for the first time as direct entry, beating Zeynep Sönmez in the first round, before retiring in the third set to eventual finalist Magdalena Fręch in the next round. Šálková entered doubles draw with Barbora Palicová for the third year in a row, reaching quarterfinal, where they withdrew because of Šálková´s injury.

Šálková played her maiden WTA 125 event in Angers where she won three matches, before losing to former world No. 4, Belinda Bencic, in the semifinals.

Šálková won two ITF Circuit titles in singles, her first at W75 level, and four doubles titles. Šálková finished her 2024 season ranked No. 164 in singles and 281 in doubles.

Junior Grand Slam performance

- Singles:

  • Australian Open: 3R (2022)
  • French Open: 3R (2022)
  • Wimbledon: 1R (2022)
  • US Open: –

- Doubles:

  • Australian Open: 2R (2022)
  • French Open: 2R (2022)
  • Wimbledon: QF (2022)
  • US Open: –

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2025 French Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q3 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 0 Career total: 1
Overall win-loss 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 1–1

Doubles

Current through the 2024 US Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 0 Career total: 2
Overall win-loss 0–1 2–1 0–0 0 / 2 2–2

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–ups)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2025 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy Clay Veronika Erjavec Quinn Gleason
Ingrid Martins
2–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Win 1–1 Jul 2025 Kozerki Open, Poland Hard Weronika Falkowska Isabelle Haverlag
Martyna Kubka
6–2, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (7 titles)

Legend
W75 tournaments (3–0)
W40 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (4–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2022 ITF Osijek, Croatia W25 Clay Antonia Ružić 6–1, 6–2
Win 2–0 Oct 2023 ITF Seville, Spain W25 Clay Loïs Boisson 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–0 Oct 2023 ITF Loulé, Portugal W25 Hard Silvia Ambrosio 6–1, 6–2
Win 4–0 Nov 2023 ITF Funchal, Portugal W40 Hard Lea Bošković 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win 5–0 Mar 2024 Branik Maribor Open, Slovenia W75 Hard (i) Talia Gibson 6–2, 6–4
Win 6–0 May 2024 Prague Open, Czech Republic W75 Clay Maja Chwalińska 6–3, 6–0
Win 7–0 Jun 2025 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia W75 Clay Tara Würth 2–6, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 14 (11 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (2–2)
W40/50 tournaments (4–0)
W25/35 tournaments (4–1)
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (6–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Linda Klimovičová Mei Hasegawa
Saki Imamura
6–1, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Sep 2022 ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic W60 Clay Linda Klimovičová Elixane Lechemia
Julia Lohoff
5–7, 5–7
Win 2–1 Sep 2022 ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic W25 Clay Miriam Kolodziejová Funa Kozaki
Misaki Matsuda
6–2, 6–3
Win 3–1 Jan 2023 ITF Tallinn, Estonia W40 Hard (i) Lucie Havlíčková Deborah Chiesa
Lisa Pigato
7–5, 4–6, [13–11]
Loss 3–2 Feb 2023 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom W25 Hard (i) Anna Sisková Maia Lumsden
Ella McDonald
6–3, 1–6, [11–13]
Win 4–2 Apr 2023 ITF Osijek, Croatia W25 Clay Julie Štruplová Denisa Hindová
Karolína Kubáňová
6–3, 6–4
Win 5–2 May 2023 ITF Otočec, Slovenia W40 Clay Veronika Erjavec Mariana Dražić
Emily Webley-Smith
7–5, 6–3
Loss 5–3 Jun 2023 ITF Říčany, Czech Republic W60 Clay Veronika Erjavec Karolína Kubáňová
Aneta Kučmová
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 6–3 Jul 2023 ITF Tarvisio, Italy W25 Clay Veronika Erjavec Nika Radišić
Anita Wagner
6–0, 6–3
Win 7–3 Oct 2023 ITF Loulé, Portugal W25 Hard Natália Szabanin Daria Khomutsianskaya
Evialina Laskevich
4–6, 6–2, [10–1]
Win 8–3 Feb 2024 Porto Indoor, Portugal W50 Hard (i) Veronika Erjavec Francisca Jorge
Matilde Jorge
4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win 9–3 Apr 2024 Koper Open, Slovenia W75 Clay Veronika Erjavec Sapfo Sakellaridi
Aurora Zantedeschi
6–1, 6–3
Win 10–3 May 2024 Prague Open, Czech Republic W75 Clay Jaimee Fourlis Noma Noha Akugue
Ella Seidel
5–7, 7–5, [10–4]
Win 11–3 Nov 2024 ITF Trnava, Slovakia W50 Hard (i) Julie Štruplová İpek Öz
Tara Würth
6–4, 6–4

Junior statistics

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grade 1 / B1 (1–0)
Grade 2 (0–1)
Grade 3 (1–0)
Grade 4 (2–3)
Grade 5 (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2019 ITF Prague, Czech Republic Grade 4 Hard Linda Klimovičová 6–2, 6–4
Loss 1–1 May 2019 ITF Budapest, Hungary Grade 4 Clay Aleksandra Wierzbowska 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Jul 2019 ITF Véska, Czech Republic Grade 4 Clay Radka Zelníčková w/o
Loss 1–3 Sep 2020 ITF Prague, Czech Republic Grade 4 Clay Lucie Havlíčková 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 May 2021 ITF Budapest, Hungary Grade 4 Clay Tereza Valentová 6–1, 6–1
Win 3–3 May 2021 ITF Čakovec, Croatia Grade 3 Clay Vanda Vargová 7–6(7–1), 6–1
Win 4–3 Jun 2021 ITF Bytom, Poland Grade 1 Clay Ksenia Zaytseva 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 4–4 Feb 2022 ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania Grade 2 Hard Ella Seidel 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grade A (0–0)
Grade 1 / B1 (0–1)
Grade 2 (2–2)
Grade 3 (2–0)
Grade 4 (1–1)
Grade 5 (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2019 ITF Budapest, Hungary Grade 4 Clay Terezie Pluharova Anastasia Petrova
Aleksandra Wierzbowska
4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2020 ITF Trnava, Slovakia Grade 3 Hard Katerina Mandliková Julie Struplová
Yvonna Zuffová
6–4, 6–1
Win 2–1 Sep 2020 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic Grade 2 Clay Linda Klimovičová Alina Granwehr
Laura Isabel Putz
6–4, 6–3
Win 3–1 Sep 2020 ITF Prague, Czech Republic Grade 4 Clay Nelly Knezková Sára Bejlek
Lucie Havlíčková
0–6, 6–1, [12–10]
Win 4–1 May 2021 ITF Čakovec, Croatia Grade 3 Clay Julie Struplová Kristyna Tomajková
Vanda Vargová
6–4, 6–1
Loss 4–2 Jul 2021 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic Grade 2 Clay Brenda Fruhvirtová Aysegul Mert
Ozlem Uslu
6–2, 4–6, [10–12]
Loss 4–3 Aug 2021 ITF Budapest, Hungary Grade 2 Clay Tijana Sretenović Virginia Ferrara
Georgia Pedone
3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 5–3 Feb 2022 ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania Grade 2 Hard Tereza Valentová Patricija Paukstyte
Ella Seidel
6–4, 6–1
Loss 5–4 Apr 2022 ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria Grade 1 Clay Julie Struplová Sofia Costoulas
Amelie van Impe
6–2, 5–7, [6–10]

References

  1. ^ "Dominika Salkova Tennis Player Profile | ITF".
  2. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "České žně na Australian Open! Kvalifikací prošli B. Fruhvirtová, Bejlek, Menšík i Kopřiva". TenisPortal. 12 January 2024.