Iveta Bene�ov� (born on 1 February 1983 in Most, Czechoslovakia) is a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of 7 and turned professional in 1998 in Prague. She has won two WTA Tour events2006�2008In the 2006 Australian Open, for the first time, she reached the third round of a Grand Slam by beating 5th seed Mary Pierce 6�3, 7�5. She lost in the next round 6�4, 6�1 to former No.1 Martina Hingis.
Entering as a qualifier in the 2008 French Open, she reached the third round, beating 15th seed and compatriate Nicole Vaidi�ov� 7-6(2), 6-1 in the first round, and losing to compatriate Petra Cetkovsk� 6-3, 6-3.
Bene�ov� started the year by playing the first edition of the Brisbane International. She lost in the first round to qualifier Sesil Karatantcheva, 1�6, 6�4, 6�2. A week later, Bene�ov� lost in the final of the tournament in Hobart, Australia to fellow-Czech Petra Kvitov�. At the Australian Open, Bene�ov� lost in the second round to eventual semifinalist and fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva 6�4, 6�1.
Immediately after the Australian Open Series, Bene�ov� played in front of her home crowd in the Fed Cup tie against Spain. Despite losing her singles rubber to Nuria Llagostera Vives 1�6, 6�1, 6�4, the Czech team advanced to the semifinals after winning the tie 4�1.
At the Open GDF SUEZ in Paris, Bene�ov� lost in the first round to World No. 1 Serena Williams 6�1, 6�4. Bene�ov� then reached the semifinals of the the tournament in Acapulco, a clay court event. In the quarterfinals, Bene�ov� beat Mathilde Johansson 6�1, 6�3 before losing in the semifinals to defending champion Flavia Pennetta 6�3, 6�3.
On 6 April 2009, Bene�ov� achieved her career-high singles ranking of World No. 25.
Bene�ov� was seeded sixth at the first edition of the Monterrey Open. She beat fellow Czech Barbora Z�hlavov�-Str�cov� in the quarterfinals 7�5, 6�4 before losing in the semifinals to unseeded Li Na, 6�3, 6�3.
Bene�ov� fell to Ana Ivanovic in the second round of the 2009 French Open.
At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Bene�ov� beat Britain's Katie O'Brien in the first round, before falling to Jelena Jankovic in the second round.
In singles, she defeated Romanian Simona Halep 6-4, 6-2 in the final of 2010 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem to win her first WTA Tour trophy since 2004.
In doubles, she has won three titles. Along with Barbora Z�hlavov�-Str�cov�, she grabbed the titles in Paris as their opponents Cara Black and Liezel Huber withdrew and Monterrey defeating Anna-Lena Gr�nefeld and Vania King. Partnering with Anabel Medina Garrigues, she won Fes, making her winning both singles and doubles in the tournament.
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