Alena Palmeová-West

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Alena Palmeová-West (born 7 January 1945) is a Czech former professional tennis player.

Alena Palmeová-West
Full nameAlena Palmeová-West
Country (sports) Czechoslovakia
Born (1945-01-07) 7 January 1945 (age 79)
Jihlava, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Singles
Career titles11
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1971)
Wimbledon3R (1969, 1971)
US Open2R (1971)
Doubles
Career titles1
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open3R (1970)
Wimbledon1R (1970, 1974)
US Open1R (1971)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open1R (1971)

Biography

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Palmeová born in 1945 in Jihlava. She married American William Sidney West on July 17, 1970, divorced 1984. After the wedding she played under the name Alena Palmeová-West.

Career

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Palmeová won 11 international tournaments in singles and played in the finals in 19 tournaments. In doubles, she won one tournament and played in the finals in two tournaments. At Grand Slam level she was most successful at Wimbledon, making the third round of the Wimbledon in both 1969 and 1971.[1]

Playing for Czechoslovakia at the Federation Cup, Palmeová has a win–loss record of 2–4.[2]

Career finals

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Singles (11 titles – 19 runner–ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1964 Budapest, Hungary Clay   Tsu Sun Tsen 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Sep 1966 Belgrade, Yugoslavia Clay   Anna Dmitrieva 2–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Sep 1967 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Clay   Vlasta Vopičková 3–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Jun 1968 Leverkusen, West Germany Clay   Almut Sturm 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Jul 1968 Travemünde, West Germany Clay   Gail Chanfreau 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 May 1969 Leverkusen, West Germany Clay   Helga Niessen Masthoff 2–6, 5–7
Loss 2–5 Sep 1969 Beersheeba, Israel Hard   Sally Holdsworth 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 2–6 Sep 1969 Netanya, Israel Hard   Sally Holdsworth 6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Win 3–6 Oct 1969 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard   Sally Holdsworth 6–1, 6–3
Loss 3–7 Apr 1970 Charlotte, United States Clay   Nancy Richey 0–6, 0–6
Win 4–7 Apr 1971 Alexandria, Egypt Clay   Yelena Granaturova 6–4, 6–4
Win 5–7 Apr 1971 Netanya, Israel Hard   Andrée Martin 6–3, 6–4
Win 6–7 Mar 1972 Alexandria, Egypt Clay   Nathalie Fuchs 6–1, 6–2
Loss 6–8 Apr 1972 Montana, Switzerland Clay   Lesley Hunt 1–6, 0–6
Loss 6–9 Apr 1972 Madrid, Spain Clay   Linda Tuero 3–6, 1–6
Win 7–9 May 1972 Terrassa, Spain Clay   Marilyn Pryde 6–3, 6–4
Loss 7–10 May 1972 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay   Linda Tuero 1–6, 4–6
Loss 7–11 Jul 1972 Fulda, West Germany Clay   Heide Orth 0–6, 0–6
Win 8–11 Aug 1972 Grado, Italy Clay   Michelle Rodríguez 6–3, 6–3
Loss 8–12 Oct 1972 Hong Kong Carpet (i)   Kazuko Sawamatsu 2–6, 3–6
Loss 8–13 Nov 1972 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i)   Kazuko Sawamatsu 3–6, 0–6
Win 9–13 Jul 1973 Davos, Switzerland Clay   Danièle Bouteleux 3–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss 9–14 Aug 1973 Geneva, Switzerland Clay   Lucia Bassi 3–6, 1–6
Loss 9–15 Aug 1973 Brummana, Lebanon Clay   Raquel Giscafré 4–6, 7–9
Loss 9–16 May 1974 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay   Virginia Ruzici 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win 10–16 Jul 1974 Montana, Switzerland Clay   Lucia Bassi 7–6, 6–4
Loss 10–17 Aug 1974 İstanbul, Turkey Clay   Raquel Giscafré 1–6, 3–6
Loss 10–18 Jul 1975 Travemünde, West Germany Clay   Helga Niessen Masthoff 4–6, 4–6
Loss 10–19 Jul 1975 Montana, Switzerland Clay   Linky Boshoff 6–7, 2–6
Win 11–19 Aug 1975 Geneva, Switzerland Clay   Marianne Kindler 6–3, 6–2

Doubles (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1964 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia Clay   Olga Lendlová   Vlasta Kodešová
  Jitka Volavková
6–2, 8–6
Loss 1–1 Aug 1965 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay   Jitka Volavková   Annette Van Zyl
  Gail Chanfreau
1–6, 0–6
Loss 1–2 Jul 1966 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia Clay   Olga Lendlová   Vlasta Kodešová
  Jitka Volavková
6–1, 3–6, 10–12
Loss 1–3 Oct 1972 Hong Kong Carpet (i)   Frances Taylor   Hideko Goto
  Kazuko Sawamatsu
2–6, 3–6
Win 2–3 Jul 1974 Montana, Switzerland Clay   Lucia Bassi   Judy Connor
  Lynn Cooper
7–6, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ "Alena Palmeová". tenis95.webnode.cz. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Alena Palmeová Fed Cup". Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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