Lenka Cenková (born 24 January 1977) is a former professional Czech tennis player.
Career
Singles
In 1996, she achieved her best WTA Tour result by reaching the semifinals at the ECM Prague Open held at Karlovy Vary. She lost the semifinal match to Patty Schnyder in a third-set tiebreak. She also reached the quarterfinals at the 1996 Austrian Open held at Maria Lankowitz, beating the No. 2 seed, Judith Wiesner in the first round, and eventually losing to Sandra Cecchini in three sets.
In 1997, Cenková played in her first Grand Slam singles draws at the Australian Open and French Open, losing in the first round of both to Meilen Tu and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, respectively. She did, however, reach the quarterfinals at the Hobart International in Australia, after wins over Barbara Rittner and Florencia Labat, succumbing to Dominique Van Roost in the quarterfinals in straight sets. Van Roost eventually went on to win the tournament.
She also played at the Birmingham Classic in 1997, losing in the second round to Magdalena Maleeva.
Doubles
She managed to reach a WTA Tour doubles final at the 1996 Austrian Open with Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková. She also reached the second round at the 1996 US Open.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 11 August 1996 | Austrian Open | Tier IV | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 5–7 |
ITF finals
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 9 (4–5)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 11 October 1993 | ITF Burgdorf, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 2. | 16 May 1994 | ITF Katowice, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3. | 13 June 1994 | ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 0–6 |
Win | 4. | 31 October 1994 | ITF Nicosia, Cyprus | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5. | 11 December 1994 | ITF Vítkovice, Czech Republic | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
Win | 6. | 9 July 1995 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 7. | 5 May 1996 | ITF Szczecin, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 8. | 8 September 1997 | ITF Samara, Russia | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
0–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 9. | 26 July 1999 | ITF Les Contamines, France | Hard | ![]() |
6–7, 2–6 |
Doubles: 19 (9–10)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 11 October 1993 | ITF Burgdorf, Switzerland | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 2. | 16 May 1994 | ITF Katowice, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
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w/o |
Loss | 3. | 13 June 1994 | ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 4. | 10 October 1994 | ITF Burgdorf, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 5. | 31 October 1994 | ITF Nicosia, Cyprus | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 6. | 6 May 1996 | ITF Szczecin, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 7. | 7 July 1996 | ITF Vaihingen, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, ret. |
Loss | 8. | 21 July 1996 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 9. | 4 October 1997 | ITF Otočec, Slovenia | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–6(3) |
Loss | 10. | 19 October 1997 | ITF Southampton, England | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 11. | 26 April 1998 | ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 12. | 21 September 1998 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–7(6), 0–6 |
Win | 13. | 25 October 1998 | ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 14. | 5 December 1998 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
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w/o |
Loss | 15. | 21 June 1999 | ITF Sopot, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 16. | 25 July 1999 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 17. | 11 October 1999 | ITF Rhodes, Greece | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 0–6, 6–7(3) |
Loss | 18. | 28 January 2001 | ITF Båstad, Sweden | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 19. | 26 May 2001 | ITF Guimarães, Portugal | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
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