Linda Noskova : Player card

Heir to the rich tradition of Czech tennis, Linda Noskova wasted no time making her mark among the sport’s elite. True to the saying, she never waited for age to bestow legitimacy: she was only 16 when she captured her first two ITF titles in March 2021. Barely three months later, she announced herself to the wider public by becoming the first Czech player since Hana Mandlikova (then competing for Czechoslovakia) in 1978 to win the Roland‑Garros girls’ singles title. In a striking coincidence, her compatriot Barbora Krejcikova would go on, during that same 2021 edition, to become the first Czech woman to triumph in the Paris women’s singles draw since… Hana Mandlikova in 1981.

Born in Vsetín on 17 November 2004, Nosková has since followed a perfectly linear rise. After breaking into the Top 100 in 2022, she significantly stepped up in 2023, reaching her first two WTA finals – in Adelaide, where she faced Aryna Sabalenka, and in Prague – before clinching her maiden title in 2024 in Monterrey. That same season, she recorded her first major Grand Slam breakthrough by advancing to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, notably defeating Iga Swiatek along the way.

A pure product of the Czech school, equipped with clean, piercing ball‑striking and a powerful, precise two‑handed backhand, Linda Noskova has since established herself among the best players in the world. In 2025, she added another milestone by reaching her first WTA 1000 final in Beijing, further cementing her status as one of the sport’s most exciting young talents. She now stands as one of the brightest representatives of a precocious generation that includes Mirra Andreeva, Victoria Mboko, Iva Jovic and, of course, Coco Gauff, a player among whom she could well become a major rival in the years to come.