Laura Cilekova

Naomi Xu

/ Women's Tennis

Photo by: ITA

Photo by: Stephen Woo/KLC fotos

Height:
5-11
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Bratislava, Slovakia
High School:
Gymnázium Grosslingövá 18

2025-26: Made her collegiate debut at the ITA All-American Championships, with the new Golden Bear defeating Northern Arizona’s Patrycja Niewiadomska 6-1, 6-2 in the pre-qualifying singles round of 256…posted her first clinching win in a 7-5, 6-0 victory over Given Roach in Cal’s 4-0 blanking of Georgia Tech…went 2-0 in the Cal Winter Invitational, beating Cal Poly’s Natalie Lynch 6-3, 6-1 and the Mustangs’ Jessica MacCallum 7-5, 6-4…finished her first season as a Bear with records of 8-4 in singles and 4-6 in doubles.

Personal/Previous: Undeclared major…has career-best rankings of 178 in ITF juniors, 276 in ITF singles, 772 in WTA doubles and 902 in WTA singles…began playing tennis at age 11…parents are Karina Cilekova Habsudova – a former professional tennis player ranked as high as No. 10 in the world – and Milan Cilek…has a sister, Nicol, and a brother, Martin.