Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (née Hlaváčková; ; born 10 August 1986) is a Czech former professional tennis player.
She is a three-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2011 French Open and 2013 US Open in women's doubles alongside Lucie Hradecká, as well as the 2013 US Open in mixed doubles with Max Mirnyi. Sestini Hlaváčková also finished runner-up in women's doubles at the Wimbledon Championships and US Open in 2012, and the Australian Open in 2016 and 2017. She reached her highest doubles ranking of world No. 3 in October 2012, and won 27 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2017 WTA Finals with Tímea Babos, and three at Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 level.
In singles, Sestini Hlaváčková reached a career-high ranking of world No. 58 in September 2012, and one WTA Tour final in Gastein in 2013. Her best major singles result came at the 2012 US Open, reaching the fourth round. Hlaváčková was part of the Czech team which won the Fed Cup in 2012 and 2014, also taking part in the 2013 tournament. She also won a silver medal in doubles at the 2012 London Olympics alongside Hradecká.
Personal life Hlaváčková married former Italian tennis player and WTA employee, Fabrizio Sestini, in July 2017. They have two daughters, Isabella (born 2019) and Bea (born 2024). Hlaváčková started competing under her new name "Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková" following the end of the 2017 season.
Her older sister, Jana Hlaváčková, was also a professional tennis player.
Tennis career Hlaváčková started playing tennis at the age of three.
Hlaváčková was the top-ranked girls doubles player at the end of 2003. This was the last year in which there were separate junior singles and doubles rankings. Her highest girls singles ranking was No. 5, on 5 January 2004. In her U18-junior career she won three singles titles: a Grade 2 at Hostivar (September 2002), a Grade 1 at Frankfurt (June 2003), and a Grade 3 at Plzeň (July 2004), and 15 doubles titles.
Hlaváčková won her first International Tennis Federation (ITF) doubles title in 2003, on 19 October, with compatriot Tereza Szafnerová. The team defeated Lucie Kriegsmannová and Pavlína Šlitrová in the final.
In May 2006, Hlaváčková won her first ITF singles title at a 25k in Tenerife, Spain, when she beat Monique Adamczak in the final. She won her first ITF doubles title of 2006 in Jersey, Channel Islands with Matea Mezak. Hlaváčková and Renata Voráčová won a title in Fontanafredda, Italy over Daniela and Sandra Klemenschits. In late 2006, she won three straight doubles events that she entered. All of them came with compatriot Nikola Fraňková in November and December.
In 2007, Hlaváčková won her first WTA doubles title, partnered with compatriot Petra Cetkovská. Hlaváčková and Sandra Klösel of Germany entered the 2007 Wimbledon women's doubles competition main draw as lucky losers. The team defeated Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska in the first round, but fell to Michaëlla Krajicek and Agnieszka Radwańska in the second. The Czech team won the title in their home country, at the Prague Open. They defeated Ji Chunmei and Sun Shengnan. On the ITF Women's Circuit, Hlaváčková won four doubles titles. Her first of the year came in March in Tenerife, Spain, along with Margit Rüütel. Her next two titles came in La Palma, Spain and Calvià, Spain, both with Cetkovská. Hlaváčková won her fourth title with Lucie Hradecká in Jersey, Great Britain to retain her crown.
She made a successful WTA Tour partnership with Lucie Hradecká, and teamed with her to win the 2008 ECM Prague Open in their home country. To win, the pair defeated Jill Craybas and Michaëlla Krajicek in the final. Their second title of the year then came at the 2008 Gastein Ladies, where they beat Sesil Karatantcheva and Nataša Zorić in the final.
In August 2009, Hlaváčková won her second ITF singles title at the 25k event in Bad Saulgau, Germany.
She won three 25k singles titles in 2010: in Sutton, England in February, in Les Contamines-Montjoie, France in July and in Vigo, Spain in August.
Hlaváčková won her first Grand Slam title in doubles with Hradecká at the 2011 French Open, beating Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina in the final. She won also two ITF singles titles in 2011: a 50k in the Bronx in August, and a 25k in Clermont-Ferrand in October.
On 5 August 2012, she won the silver medal at the London Olympics along with her women's doubles partner Hradecká. At the US Open, she reached the fourth round. She upset Maria Kirilenko in the third round, but was defeated in the round of 16 by fourth seed and eventual champion, Serena Williams, 6–0, 6–0.
At the 2013 US Open, Hlaváčková won both the mixed-doubles title paired with Max Mirnyi and the women's doubles title with Lucie Hradecká.
Hlaváčková won her eighth ITF singles title (25k) in Plzeň, Czech Republic in August 2015.
On 13 August 2016, at the Rio Summer Olympics, Hlaváčková's left eye was hit by a ball, from an overhead volley from Martina Hingis.
On 17 June 2022, she announced her official retirement after the 2022 Prague Open.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup / Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Tournament2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20172018 Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAAAQ22R1R1RQ2AQ1AA0 / 31–3 French OpenAAQ1AAQ21RQ21RQ11RQ2AA0 / 30–3 WimbledonAAQ1AA2R2R2R1R1RQ1Q3AA0 / 53–5US OpenAQ1Q1AQ2Q1Q34RQ3Q2Q1AAA0 / 13–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–01–12–34–30–30–10–10–00–00–00 / 127–12National representationBillie Jean King CupAAAAAAAWSFWAAAA2 / 30–1WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 tournamentsNot Tier IAAAAA1RAAQ2Q1A0 / 10–1Indian Wells OpenAAAAAQ1Q2Q21RQ1Q1AAA0 / 10–1Miami OpenAAAAAAQ1Q21RQ1AAAA0 / 10–1Madrid OpenNot Tier IAAA2RQ1AAAAA0 / 11–1Italian OpenAAAAAAA1R1RAAAAA0 / 20–2Canadian OpenAAAAAQ1AAAQ1AAAQ20 / 00–0Cincinnati Opennot Tier IAAA3RQ1Q1AAAA0 / 12–1Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAAAA1RAAQ1AAA0 / 10–1Career statisticsTournaments10100311121784321Career total: 63Titles00000000000000Career total: 0Finals00000000100000Career total: 1Overall win–loss0–10–01–10–00–01–36–1110–138–175–83–41–31–20–10 / 6336–64Year-end ranking34122623822715810611265134169155274473721$5,263,092
Doubles Tournament2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20172018 Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA2R3R2RSF2RQF3RFFQF0 / 1027–10French OpenAAA1R3RWSFSF1RSFQF2RSF1 / 1028–9WimbledonA2R1R1R2R1RFQFSF2R3R3R3R0 / 1221–12US OpenAAA2R1RQFFWQF3R3RQF3R1 / 1027–9Win–loss0–01–10–12–45–410–318–414–310–49–412–411–411–42 / 42103–40Year-end championshipsWTA Finalsdid not qualifyFDNQSFQFWSF1 / 56–6National representationSummer Olympicsnot heldAnot heldSnot held4thnot held0 / 27–3WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 tournamentsDubai / Qatar Opennot Tier IAAAAAQF1RA1RF2R0 / 57–5Indian Wells OpenAAAA2R1RSF2R1R2RQF2RQF0 / 911–9Miami OpenAAAA1R1R1R1R1RSFQFSF1R0 / 98–9Madrid Opennot heldAAA2R2RA1RQFFSF0 / 68–6Italian OpenAAAA2RAAQFA2RSFSFF0 / 611–6Canadian OpenAAAA2RAAA2R1RA1R1R0 / 52–5Cincinnati Opennot Tier IAA2RW2RSF1RAQFQF1 / 712–6Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAAAAASFSF2RAF0 / 48–4China Opennot Tier IAAAAAWQF1RFW2 / 514–3Career statistics 2006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018Win%Tournament 13710141917161720222524Career total: 195Titles0121134210462Career total: 27Finals01211595235106Career total: 50Overall win–loss1–15–212–514–917–1330–1648–1233–1431–1633–2241–1960–1943–2227 / 195368–170Year-end ranking23699715945143111520959
Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 2011French Open Clay Lucie Hradecká Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina 6–4, 6–3Loss 2012Wimbledon Grass Lucie Hradecká Serena Williams Venus Williams 5–7, 4–6Loss 2012 US Open Hard Lucie Hradecká Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 4–6, 2–6Win 2013 US Open Hard Lucie Hradecká Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua 6–7 (4–7), 6–1, 6–4Loss 2016Australian Open Hard Lucie Hradecká Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–7(2–7), 3–6Loss 2017Australian Open Hard Peng Shuai Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 3–6
Mixed doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 2013 US Open Hard Max Mirnyi Abigail Spears Santiago González 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Other significant finals Year-end championships Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2012WTA Finals, Turkey Hard (i) Lucie Hradecká Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 1–6, 4–6Win 2017WTA Finals, Singapore Hard (i) Tímea Babos Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 tournaments Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 2012Cincinnati Open Hard Lucie Hradecká Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie 6–1, 6–3Win 2014China Open Hard Peng Shuai Cara Black Sania Mirza 6–4, 6–4Loss 2017Dubai Championships Hard Peng Shuai Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 2–6, 6–4, [7–10]Loss 2017Madrid Open Clay Tímea Babos Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 4–6, 3–6Loss 2017China Open Hard Tímea Babos Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 1–6, 4–6Loss 2018Italian Open Clay Barbora Strýcová Ashleigh Barty Demi Schuurs 3–6, 4–6Loss 2018Wuhan Open Hard Barbora Strýcová Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs 3–6, 3–6Win 2018China Open (2) Hard Barbora Strýcová Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Summer Olympics Doubles: 1 (silver medal) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreSilver 2012 London Olympics Grass Lucie Hradecká Serena Williams Venus Williams 4–6, 4–64th place 2016 Rio Olympics Hard Lucie Hradecká Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová 5–7, 1–6
WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendInternational (0–1)Finals by surfaceClay (0–1) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss Gastein Ladies, Austria International Clay Yvonne Meusburger 5–7, 2–6
Doubles: 50 (27 titles, 23 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam (2–4)Olympics (0–1)WTA Finals (1–1)Premier Mandatory / Premier 5 (3–5)Premier (4–6)Tier III & IV / International (17–6)