Jana Nejedly

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameJana•Nejedly
Used nameJana•Nejedly
Born9 June 1974 in Praha (Prague), Hlavní město Praha (CZE)
Measurements175 cm / 65 kg
AffiliationsNational Team, Habana
NOC Canada

Biography

Jana Nejedly was a Canadian tennis player who played professionally from 1992 to 2003. Nejedly achieved a career-best singles ranking of #64 in the world in October 2000, and a doubles ranking of #227 in the world in August 1996.

Nejedly was born in Praha, Czechoslovakia, and was raised in Vancouver. She won her first ITF singles title in August 1992 in Toluca, Mexico, with a straight sets victory over Nora Bajčíková. Nejedly won a total of eight ITF singles titles during her career with the final one coming in March 2003 in Atlanta, United States. She competed in the singles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics but lost to Radka Zrubáková in the first round.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1996 Summer Olympics Tennis CAN Jana Nejedly
Singles, Women (Olympic) =33