Petra Sedlackova

Photo by: Chloe Hyde

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

Accolades

Second Team All-SEC selection
ITA Southern Regional Women's singles champion
Defeated Kinaa Graham of LSU (6-0, 2-6, 6-1) to become the first Alabama player to claim the event title since 2012 and third in program history
Competed in the ITA National Fall Championships
Leads Alabama in singles play with a 19-10 record, including a trio of wins over ranked opponents
Since Nov. 16, 2023, Sedlackova has remained in the ITA singles ranking - earning the highest ranking of her career at No. 50
Defeated then-No. 3 Noel Alexa of Miami in straight sets (6-3, 6-3) to move on to the consolation quarterfinals of the ITA Fall National Championships
Downed Iowa's then-No. 51 Chelsea Bluestein in three sets (6-3, 4-6, 6-3)
Defeated No. 91 Aran Teixido Garcia of LSU on April 12 to claim her seventh singles victory in SEC play
In doubles play, Sedlackova has earned 11 victories with two different teammates
Sedlackova and doubles partner, Anna Parkhomenko, served at the No. 2 spot in the lineup for Alabama in all SEC matches, except for one

Recorded 14 singles wins
Reached the semifinals in the ITA Southern Regional Championship Doubles Draw
Made second-consecutive singles semifinals appearance in ITA Southern Regional Championship
Won eight of nine singles matches to start the season
Recorded wins against No. 6 Georgia, No. 29 South Carolina, No. 37 LSU, and No. 51 Kentucky
Defeated UCLA's Ava Catanzarite in the open singles qualifying round for the ITA All-American Championship
Defeated duo from University of San Francisco in the doubles ITA All-American Championship qualifying consolation
Placed third in Titia Wilmink/Marouschka van Dijk Doubles Draw at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Fall Classic
Met in the final of the Dominique Glinzler Singles Draw with teammate Loudmilla Bencheikh
Named CSC Academic All-District Team

Advanced to the NCAA Singles Championships
Earned Second Team All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman Team honors for her performance during the season
No. 68-ranked singles player in the country and a member of the No. 52-ranked doubles team with partner Anna Parkhomenko
Start to her collegiate career, advancing to semifinals in singles and quarterfinals in doubles at the ITA Southern Regional Championships
Won 12 of her first 14 dual matches as the Tide's No. 3 singles player
Holds a team-leading 23 singles victories, including a 16-3 record in dual matches and 6-2 record in SEC play
Captured 18 doubles victories, with 11 dual match wins and six conference wins
Instrumental in Alabama's upset over then-No. 10 Georgia with a straight set win over UGA's then-25th-ranked and No. 1 singles player Lea Ma
Concluded the year by winning three of four consecutive top-30 ranked doubles matches, defeating then-No. 30 Megan Davies and Sarah Hamner (South Carolina) and then-No. 15 Anna Hertel and Morgan Coppoc (Georgia) in the regular season, and then-No. 71 Rebeka Mertena and Esther Adeshina (Tennessee) at the SEC Tournament
Capped her freshman year by earning an alternate spot for the NCAA singles draw.
Won four matches in the main draw for singles at the ITA Southern Regionals
Advanced to the quarterfinals with partner Anna Parkhomenko at the fall regional championship
Went undefeated in the Wilmink-Van Dijk doubles draw at the Roberta Alison with partner Anna Parkhomenko

Czech Republic National Tournament titles, 2010-19
Two-time finalist in the Prague City Championships
Played in the main draw of International Tennis Federation tournaments
Competed for her high school in basketball, floorball, handball and track and field

Daughter of Renata Sedlackova and Pavel Sedlacek
Has one sister, Lenka
Born Aug. 7, 2001
Mom threw shot put growing up
Father was a hammer thrower who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, representing the Czech Republic