Magda Linette

Magda Linette (born 12 February 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player.

She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 19 achieved in March 2023.

She has reached six finals on the WTA Tour, winning two titles, the semifinal of the 2023 Australian Open, and the third round of the other three major championships.

Magda Linette was born on 12 February 1992 in Poznań to Tomasz Linette and Beata Linette.

Her father is a tennis coach and her mother is an educator.

She won a $10k tournament in Prague, beating Kateřina Siniaková and Zuzana Luknárová without dropping a set, lifting her fifth singles trophy in career and the first since September 2010.

In October and November, Linette got some of her best wins of the season by beating Eleni Daniilidou in Limoges, Monica Puig in Nantes, and Karolína Plíšková in Équeurdreville.

She added two more doubles titles to her prize list, including her first $50k-level trophy in Limoges with compatriot Sandra Zaniewska.

In December, she ended her season by winning another tournament in doubles with Katarzyna Piter in Ankara.

Back in Europe in late March, Linette reached semifinals of the indoor hardcourt tournament in Tallinn, falling to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

At the end of the month, she lost the singles final at the $25k Civitavecchia event to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.

Getting through WTA tournament qualifying at the Baku Cup, Linette made her second appearance in a main draw at this level.

She defeated Julia Cohen, runner-up of the previous edition, then Kristýna Plíšková to reach the quarterfinals where she benefited from a controversial retirement of Ons Jabeur.

She lost her first semifinal match on WTA Tour to Shahar Pe'er.

Linette started to compete in successive indoor hardcourt events in France and got more success.

She reached semifinals at the $50k Open de Touraine in Joué-lès-Tours.

The week after, she won her eighth doubles title, partnering with Viktorija Golubic.

She competed in her first $50k singles final in Nantes, falling to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

Linette made her first appearance in a WTA tournament main draw at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in May 2013, where she also scored her first match win at this level.

The same year, she reached her first WTA semifinal in Baku, coming from qualifying.

Linette won her first WTA 125 title at the 2014 Ningbo International Open, and her first WTA Tour title at the 2019 Bronx Open.

Her best result in WTA Premier tournaments is the quarterfinals of 2016 Pan Pacific Open.

Linette was coached by Izudin Zunić during the first half of her career, but beginning in 2018, formed a partnership with Great Britain's Mark Gellard.

As a youth she represented local club Grunwald Poznań with successes at junior level.

In May, Linette received a wildcard to the qualifying draw of the Warsaw Open, a Premier-level tournament.

She beat her doubles partner Paula Kania in straight sets but lost to Anna Chakvetadze.

In June, she won her first professional tournament in Szczecin as a wildcard entrant.

In July, she made it to the final of the ITF Circuit tournament at Toruń but lost to top seed Ksenia Pervak, in straight sets.

Magda Linette won another two ITF titles in August, in Hechingen and Versmold, both in Germany.

At the Ladies Open Hechingen, as a qualifier, she defeated Sílvia Soler Espinosa of Spain, and in Versmold, she beat Irina-Camelia Begu, in straight sets.

She continued to play $25k tournaments and won her fourth title of the season in Katowice, where she defeated Eva Birnerová in three sets.

The week after, she reached another final in Zagreb but lost to Renata Voráčová in three sets, after 21 consecutive wins on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She reached the final in Opole, losing to Sandra Záhlavová in three sets.

In early February, Linette played for the first time as a member of Poland Fed Cup team.

She defeated Anne Kremer in straight sets, but lost her three other matches.

In May, she made her first appearance in a Grand Slam tournament, playing in the qualifying rounds.

Starting the season with several early exits, Magda Linette reached her first singles final in over 18 months at the $10k event of Florence in May but lost to Anaïs Laurendon.

She reached a $25k final in Kristinehamn a month later, defeated by Sacha Jones from Australia.

In Ystad, she won her first doubles title with her friend Katarzyna Piter.

In 2020, she earned the Fan Favorite Shot of the Year award by the WTA for a slice forehand that she played against Peng Shuai en route to her second WTA Tour title at the Thailand Open.