Marie Bouzková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarɪjɛ ˈbou̯skovaː], born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 21, achieved on 13 July 2026, and a best doubles ranking of No. 15, reached on 6 May 2024.
Bouzková has won four singles titles (at the 2022 Prague Open, 2025 Prague Open, 2026 Copa Colsanitas and 2026 Nottingham Open) and six doubles titles on the WTA Tour. In addition, she has won twelve singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
She won the 2014 US Open girls' singles title, defeating Anhelina Kalinina in the final. She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2015 Mexican Open, where she lost in the first round. Bouzková rose to prominence following her run to the semifinals at the 2019 Rogers Cup where she defeated Sloane Stephens, Jeļena Ostapenko, and Simona Halep, before falling to Serena Williams but she pushed the former world No. 1 to three sets, winning the first one 6–1. She won her maiden WTA Tour title in doubles, partnering fellow Czech Lucie Hradecká, at the 2021 Birmingham Classic.
Bouzková was born in Prague to father Milan and mother Květa, and has a younger brother, Benjamin Milan. She began playing tennis at a club owned by her parents in Prague. She moved to Florida at age ten – initially trained at Bollietieri Academy for two years, before continuing to work with her dad and then Requeni from 2014. Marie admires the play of Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal. Besides Czech, she speaks some German, fluently English, and Spanish, and received her bachelor's degree in business administration with a minor in sports marketing and management through Indiana University East in 2022.
2013–15: First titles on ITF Circuit & WTA Tour debut
Bouzková started playing as a senior in April 2013, at the WTA Tour tournament Katowice Open where she was handed a wildcard for qualifying but lost in the first round to Katarzyna Piter. Two months later, she made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit at Zlín ($25k). Her first match win came in August at Prague when she defeated fellow Czech Nikola Fraňková.
In March 2014, she recorded her first ITF Circuit semifinal at Gainesville. For the second year in-a-row, she received a wildcard for the Katowice Open qualifying but again missed her WTA Tour main-draw debut. In early October, she won her first title at Hilton Head by defeating Natalia Vikhlyantseva in straight sets. Later, she reached the quarterfinals of the $50k Toronto tournament. As a result, she was noted in the WTA top 500.
Thanks to a wildcard Bouzková finally made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Mexican Open in Acapulco, losing to Sesil Karatantcheva in the first round. In April, she missed main draws of the Katowice Open and Prague Open. In June, she won two back-to-back tournaments at Grand Baie La Croisette on Mauritius, and followed this up with another title at La Possession on the isle of Réunion (France). In August, she reached finals of the Horb and Pörtschach events. In September, she made the semifinals of the $25k event in Monterrey; it was her last significant result of the year. In addition, she won another title at Grand Baie La Croisette, her only played tournament in doubles that year.
2016–18: Success on the ITF Circuit & major debut
The following three years, Bouzková had some success on the ITF Circuit. She started 2016 season as finalist in Fort-de-France (Martinique). She then travelled to Guadeloupe where she recorded her first title of the year at Petit-Bourg. In February, she won the $25k event in Cuernavaca, and then lifted the trophy in May at Monzón, Spain. A month later, she won the title at Puszczykowo, defeating Valeria Savinykh in the final, not dropping a single set during the tournament. In September, she played the qualifying of the Tournoi de Québec, her first appearance at any WTA tournaments of the season. After losing to Lauren Davis in the first round, she was forced to continue with ITF Circuit events. However, she had not reached any semifinals by the end of the year.
In January 2017, Bouzková suffered two early losses at two $25k events in the United States. Her next destination was Australia, where she began with a semifinal at the $60k Burnie International. After an early loss in the following week at the $60k Launceston International, she won the title at Perth ($25k) defeating compatriot Markéta Vondroušová. In early March, she failed to qualify for the Mexican Open in Acapulco but then won another title at Orlando. A month later, she entered the main draw of the Ladies Open Bien/Bielle through qualifying, as her first main-draw appearance since the Mexican Open in February 2015. She lost in the first round to Barbora Strýcová. Still in Switzerland, a week later Bouzková reached semifinals of the $25k Chiasso Open. In May, she reached another ITF final, this time at Monzón ($25k), but lost to Georgina García Pérez. Some progress was seen from Bouzková, since she made her major debut at the Wimbledon qualifying. After recording her first win there, she was stopped in the second round of qualifying. At the US Open, she had another attempt to reach a major main draw but lost in the first round of qualifying. In late September, she played in the final at Stillwater ($25k) but lost to Aleksandra Wozniak. She finished year with two early losses at WTA Challengers in Asia, in Hua Hin and Taipei, her WTA 125 debut.
Her 2018 season was marked with her major debut in singles and her return to compete in doubles events. After losing in the qualifying of the first three majors, Bouzková won three matches in the qualifying of the US Open and so entered the main draw. There, she lost her first match against Ana Bogdan. During the year, she advanced to only one final, at the $25k Irapuato tournament in February, and won the title by defeating Kristína Kučová. Playing only five events, she reached one semifinal, at the $60k Challenger de Granby in July 2018.
2019: Premier-5 semifinal, top 100, three top-10 wins
For Bouzková season started at the Brisbane International where she passed qualifying, and in the first round faced Samantha Stosur. Bouzková won but was stopped in the next round by Karolína Plíšková. At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round of qualifying to fellow Czech Barbora Krejčíková. On both the Indian Wells and Miami Open, she failed to qualify. In the clay-court season, she reached the first round of the Prague Open, and passed qualifying at the French Open, before losing to Bianca Andreescu in round one. At Wimbledon, she also reached the main draw through qualifying. There, she beat Mona Barthel in the first round, before losing to Maria Sakkari in the second.
During the US Open Series, she played at the Silicon Valley Classic where she was beaten in the first round. The following week at the Canadian Open, she had her first appearance in the qualifying of some Premier-5 tournament, and she accomplished her career-best result so far. On the way to the semifinals, she defeated Leylah Fernandez, former US Open champion Sloane Stephens, former French Open champion Jeļena Ostapenko, and even two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep, with Stephens and Halep being her first two top-ten wins. Facing Serena Williams in the semifinals, Bouzková won the first set before Serena made a turnover and won the match. At the US Open, she made her main-draw debut in a major tournament without playing qualifying; however, she lost her first-round match to Ajla Tomljanović. On the Asian swing, she reached quarterfinals at Guangzhou, scoring her third top-ten win, over Elina Svitolina, and the second round at the Wuhan Open, but failed to qualify for the China Open.
In July, she reached the top 100, and finished the year as No. 57.
2020: First WTA Tour singles final, top 50 in singles
Bouzková lost in the first rounds of the Brisbane International (to Madison Keys), and of the Hobart International the following week. Playing at the Australian Open for the first time in the main draw, she was stopped in round one by defending champion, Naomi Osaka. She suffered another opening-round loss at the Mexican Open. The following week at the Monterrey Open, she finally reached her first WTA Tour final but lost to Elina Svitolina in a tough three-setter. After that performance, she entered the top 50, at No. 47 on 9 March.