Anastasia Zarycká Polách (born 8 January 1998 in Prague) is a Ukrainian-Czech former tennis player. Since April 2017, she has been playing for the Czech Republic.[1] Her father is Ukrainian, her mother is Czech.

Anastasia Zarycká Polách
Анастасія Зарицька
Country (sports) Czech Republic (2017–present)
 Ukraine (2012–2017)
ResidencePrague, Czech Republic
Born (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 (age 26)
Prague
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$105,784
Singles
Career record159–86
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 206 (1 July 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2019)
WimbledonQ1 (2019)
US OpenQ1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record68–46
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 189 (25 February 2019)

Career

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On the junior tour, Zarycká had a career-high ranking of No. 21, achieved in March 2016. Anastasia reached the final of the 2016 Australian Open girls' doubles competition, alongside Dayana Yastremska.

On the senior tour, she achieved career-high WTA rankings of world No. 206 in singles and 189 in doubles.[2] Zarycká won four singles titles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[3]

She made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour at the 2017 Prague Open where she was handed a wildcard, partnering Tereza Smitková.

Zarycká played her latest professional match on the ITF Circuit in August 2021.

Personal background

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She was born in Prague to a Ukrainian father and a Russian mother. In April 2017, she received Czech citizenship. She started playing tennis at the age of nine, since then she has been a member of the TK Sparta Prague.[4]

In 2022, she married Josef Polách, who has been in her team as fitness sparring partner.[5]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–3)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2016 ITF Přerov, Czech Republic 10,000 Clay   Lenka Juríková 2–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2016 ITF Pärnu, Estonia 10,000 Clay   Ganna Poznikhirenko 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win 2–1 Oct 2016 Ismaning Open, Germany 10,000 Carpet (i)   Tess Sugnaux 6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 2–2 Feb 2017 ITF Manacor, Spain 15,000 Clay   María Teresa Torró Flor 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Apr 2017 ITF Dijon, France 15,000 Hard (i)   Audrey Albié 4–6, 6–0, 6–7(5–7)
Win 3–3 Aug 2018 ITF Braunschweig, Germany 25,000 Clay   Jule Niemeier 6–1, 6–3
Loss 3–4 Sep 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Tereza Mrdeža 6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Win 4–4 Sep 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Martina Caregaro 6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 12 (9 titles, 3 runner–ups)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (7–2)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2016 ITF Pärnu, Estonia 10,000 Clay   Emily Arbuthnott   Ekaterina Kazionova
  Denīza Marcinkēviča
6–4, 7–5
Win 2–0 Dec 2016 ITF Cordenons, Italy 10,000 Carpet (i)   Laura Ioana Andrei   Nina Stadler
  Caroline Werner
6–0, 7–6(3)
Loss 2–1 Apr 2017 ITF Dijon, France 15,000 Hard (I)   Victoria Muntean   Diāna Marcinkēviča
  Rebeka Masarova
4–6, 3–6
Win 3–1 Jun 2017 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay   Laura Ioana Andrei   Tayisiya Morderger
  Yana Morderger
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–1 Jul 2017 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay   Laura Ioana Andrei   Sandra Samir
  Kathinka von Deichmann
4–6, 7–6(5), [10–3]
Loss 4–2 Mar 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Anastasia Grymalska   Valentina Ivakhnenko
  Valeriya Solovyeva
3–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Win 5–2 Jun 2018 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic (2) 25,000 Clay   Maria Marfutina   Johana Marková
  Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic
5–7, 6–1, [10–8]
Win 6–2 Jun 2018 ITF Padua, Italy 25,000 Clay   İpek Soylu   Dea Herdželaš
  Tereza Mrdeža
6–4, 6–1
Win 7–2 Aug 2018 ITF Braunschweig, Germany 25,000 Clay   Julia Wachaczyk   Cornelia Lister
  Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Win 8–2 Oct 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Valentina Ivakhnenko   Cristina Dinu
  Camilla Rosatello
6–2, 6–4
Win 9–2 Feb 2019 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia 25,000 Hard (i)   Laura Ioana Paar   Maja Chwalińska
  Miriam Kolodziejová
6–4, 6–3
Loss 9–3 Jun 2019 Bredeney Ladies Open, Germany 25,000 Clay   Alena Fomina   Lina Gjorcheska
  Anastasiya Komardina
3–6, 3–6

References

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  1. ^ "Anastasia Zarycka at CoreTennis". CoreTennis.
  2. ^ "Anastasia Zarycka Best Ranking". WTA.
  3. ^ "Anastasia Zarycka's titles at ITF". ITF.
  4. ^ "Získání českého občanství pro mě bylo přirozeným krokem, říká Zarycká".
  5. ^ "Anastasia Polach LinkedIn page". LinkedIn.
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