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.
Career
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
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
Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2016 | ITF Přerov, Czech Republic | 10,000 | Clay |  Lenka Juríková
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2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2016 | ITF Pärnu, Estonia | 10,000 | Clay |  Ganna Poznikhirenko
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6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Oct 2016 | Ismaning Open, Germany | 10,000 | Carpet (i) |  Tess Sugnaux
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6–2, 7–6(8–6) |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2017 | ITF Manacor, Spain | 15,000 | Clay |  María Teresa Torró Flor
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4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Apr 2017 | ITF Dijon, France | 15,000 | Hard (i) |  Audrey Albié
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4–6, 6–0, 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | 3–3 | Aug 2018 | ITF Braunschweig, Germany | 25,000 | Clay |  Jule Niemeier
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6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2018 | ITF Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay |  Tereza Mrdeža
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6–2, 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Sep 2018 | ITF Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay |  Martina Caregaro
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6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Doubles: 12 (9 titles, 3 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2016 | ITF Pärnu, Estonia | 10,000 | Clay |  Emily Arbuthnott
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 Ekaterina Kazionova  Denīza Marcinkēviča
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6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Dec 2016 | ITF Cordenons, Italy | 10,000 | Carpet (i) |  Laura Ioana Andrei
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Nina Stadler Caroline Werner
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6–0, 7–6(3) |
| Loss | 2–1 | Apr 2017 | ITF Dijon, France | 15,000 | Hard (I) | Victoria Muntean
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Diāna Marcinkēviča Rebeka Masarova
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4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jun 2017 | Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic | 25,000 | Clay | Laura Ioana Andrei
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Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger
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6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jul 2017 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Laura Ioana Andrei
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 Sandra Samir  Kathinka von Deichmann
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4–6, 7–6(5), [10–3] |
| Loss | 4–2 | Mar 2018 | ITF Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Anastasia Grymalska
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Valentina Ivakhnenko Valeriya Solovyeva
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3–6, 6–3, [5–10] |
| Win | 5–2 | Jun 2018 | Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic (2) | 25,000 | Clay | Maria Marfutina
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 Johana Marková Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic
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5–7, 6–1, [10–8] |
| Win | 6–2 | Jun 2018 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay |  İpek Soylu
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 Dea Herdželaš Tereza Mrdeža
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6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 7–2 | Aug 2018 | ITF Braunschweig, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Julia Wachaczyk
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 Cornelia Lister Diāna Marcinkēviča
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6–4, 3–6, [11–9] |
| Win | 8–2 | Oct 2018 | ITF Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Valentina Ivakhnenko
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Cristina Dinu Camilla Rosatello
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6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–2 | Feb 2019 | Trnava Indoor, Slovakia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Laura Ioana Paar
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 Maja Chwalińska Miriam Kolodziejová
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 9–3 | Jun 2019 | Bredeney Ladies Open, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Alena Fomina
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 Lina Gjorcheska Anastasiya Komardina
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3–6, 3–6 |
References
External links
- Anastasia Zarycká at the Women's Tennis Association
- Anastasia Zarycká at the International Tennis Federation
