Magda Linette

As a youth she represented local club Grunwald Poznań with successes at junior level.

In May, Linette received a wildcard to the qualifying draw of the Warsaw Open, a Premier-level tournament. She beat her doubles partner Paula Kania in straight sets but lost to Anna Chakvetadze. In June, she won her first professional tournament in Szczecin as a wildcard entrant. In July, she made it to the final of the ITF Circuit tournament at Toruń but lost to top seed Ksenia Pervak, in straight sets.

Magda Linette won another two ITF titles in August, in Hechingen and Versmold, both in Germany. At the Ladies Open Hechingen, as a qualifier, she defeated Sílvia Soler Espinosa of Spain, and in the Reinert Open, she beat Irina-Camelia Begu, in straight sets.

She continued to play $25k tournaments and won her fourth title of the season in Katowice, where she defeated Eva Birnerová in three sets. The week after, she reached another final in Zagreb but lost to Renata Voráčová in three sets, after 21 consecutive wins on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached the final in Opole, losing to Sandra Záhlavová in three sets.

In early February, Linette played for the first time as a member of Poland Fed Cup team. She defeated Anne Kremer in straight sets, but lost her three other matches. In May, she made her first appearance in a Grand Slam tournament, playing in the qualifying rounds.

Starting the season with several early exits, Magda Linette reached her first singles final in over 18 months at the $10k event of Florence in May but lost to Anaïs Laurendon. She reached a $25k final in Kristinehamn a month later, defeated by Sacha Jones from Australia. In Ystad, she won her first doubles title with her friend Katarzyna Piter.

She won a $10k tournament in Prague, beating Kateřina Siniaková and Zuzana Luknárová without dropping a set, lifting her fifth singles trophy in career and the first since September 2010.

In October and November, Linette got some of her best wins of the season by beating Eleni Daniilidou in Limoges, Monica Puig in Nantes, and Karolína Plíšková in Équeurdreville. She added two more doubles titles to her prize list, including her first $50k-level trophy in Limoges with compatriot Sandra Zaniewska. In December, she ended her season by winning another tournament in doubles with Katarzyna Piter in Ankara.

Back in Europe in late March, Linette reached semifinals of the indoor hardcourt tournament in Tallinn, falling to Aliaksandra Sasnovich. At the end of the month, she lost the singles final at the $25k Civitavecchia event to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.

Getting through WTA tournament qualifying at the Baku Cup, Linette made her second appearance in a main draw at this level. She defeated Julia Cohen, runner-up of the previous edition, then Kristýna Plíšková to reach the quarterfinals where she benefited from a controversial retirement of Ons Jabeur. She lost her first semifinal match on WTA Tour to Shahar Pe'er.

Linette started to compete in successive indoor hardcourt events in France and got more success. She reached semifinals at the $50k Open de Touraine in Joué-lès-Tours. The week after, she won her eighth doubles title, partnering with Viktorija Golubic. She competed in her first $50k singles final in Nantes, falling to Aliaksandra Sasnovich. In December, she won a $25k tournament in Pune.

Linette launched her grass-court season with two ITF tournaments in England but lost twice to Anett Kontaveit, in straight sets. She sustained an ankle injury from her first qualifying match at Wimbledon and had to stop playing for a month.

In September, she played a series of WTA Tour events. At Guangzhou, she reached her first WTA Tour doubles final, partnering Alizé Cornet.

In late October, she won the Ningbo International Open, a WTA 125 event, defeating sixth seed Wang Qiang in the final; it was the biggest title of her career.

Linette won a major match for the first time when she beat compatriot Urszula Radwańska at the US Open, but then lost to Agnieszka Radwańska. She reached the Japan Women's Open final, peaking at No. 64 in the rankings.

Linette reached the third round of the 2016 Miami Open defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands and 18th seed Jelena Janković by retirement. She lost to eventual champion Victoria Azarenka.

She reached the quarterfinals at the Katowice Open and the Pan Pacific Open. At the end of the 2016 season, she was ranked No. 96.

Her 2017 season was highlighted by third tour-level semifinal of her career at Kuala Lumpur and the semifinals at the Malaysian Open. She appeared in her third career doubles final at Bogotá (with Cepede Royg), having been runner-up at the 2014 Guangzhou and 2016 Hong Kong events.

In 2018, Linette advanced to the quarterfinals at the Taiwan Open and the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá.

In August 2019, Linette won the first edition of the Bronx Open, her first WTA Tour title. The following week, Linette continued at Flushing Meadows where she lost to defending champion Naomi Osaka in the second round of the US Open. Linette cracked the top 50 for the first time in her career, after reaching the second round of the US Open.

Linette reached her third WTA Tour final at the 2019 Korea Open, losing to Karolína Muchová.

In February 2020, Linette won the Thailand Open, rising to a career-high ranking of No. 33. In December, she was honoured by the WTA with the Fan Favorite Shot of the Year, which she performed in round two of the Thailand Open against Peng Shuai.

Linette started the season at the end of March due to a knee injury. In May, she advanced to her first semifinal, since triumphing at the Hua Hin Championships in February 2020, in Strasbourg. She defeated Yulia Putintseva in the quarterfinal before losing a three-set semifinal match against Sorana Cîrstea.

On May 21, Linette posted on Instagram that she started a new coaching partnership with Dawid Celt, who was previously coaching Agnieszka Radwańska.

At the French Open, Linette defeated Chloé Paquet, and top seed Ashleigh Barty who retired with injury. In the third round, she lost to Ons Jabeur in three sets. At the same tournament in doubles, partnering with American Bernarda Pera, she reached the semifinals for the first time in her career.

Linette continued at Wimbledon, where she defeated Amanda Anisimova and No. 3 seed Elina Svitolina to advance to the third round, where she lost to Paula Badosa in three sets.

She lost her opening match at the US Open to Coco Gauff.

In April, Linette won two three-set matches in one day to reach the Charleston Open quarterfinals, upsetting No. 7 seed Leylah Fernandez in the second round, before returning to defeat Kaia Kanepi in the third round. In the quarterfinal, she lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova in two sets.^[] At the same tournament, Linette won her first doubles title, partnering with Andreja Klepač.^[]

At the French Open, she defeated Ons Jabeur in the first round, before losing to Martina Trevisan in the second. In June, Linette and Aleksandra Krunić were crowned Eastbourne International doubles champions, receiving a walkover in the semifinal and the final.

At the Chennai Open, she reached her fifth WTA Tour final, losing to Linda Fruhvirtová, in three sets.

In her first tournament of the year, Linette represented Poland at the United Cup in Brisbane, and defeated Zhibek Kulambayeva, Jil Teichmann and Lucia Bronzetti on the way to the semifinals, before losing to Madison Keys in straight sets.

At the Australian Open, Linette defeated Mayar Sherif, 16th seed Anett Kontaveit, 19th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova and fourth seed Caroline Garcia reaching the quarterfinals, her best career result at a major tournament. She went on to defeat 30th seed Karolína Plíšková to enter the semifinals where she lost to the eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka, in straight sets. As a result, she reached No. 22 on 30 January 2023, and world No. 19 on 20 March 2023.

At the Miami Open, she reached the fourth round at the WTA 1000-level for a first time defeating this time Victoria Azarenka for her tenth career top-20 win.

At the US Open, she reached the quarterfinals in doubles for the first time at this major, partnering Bernarda Pera.

In September, Linette played in Guangzhou as the top seed and reached her sixth final but lost heavily to Wang Xiyu, winning only two games. In October, she qualified for the 2023 WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai.

In April, Linette defeated third seed Anhelina Kalinina in the semifinals at the Rouen Open, before losing the final in three sets to Sloane Stephens.

In July, she won the Prague Open defeating compatriot Magdalena Fręch in the first all-Polish WTA Tour final in the Open era. En route, she recorded wins over fifth seed Viktoriya Tomova in the quarterfinals and top seed Linda Nosková in the last four.

In September, at the WTA 1000 China Open, Linette reached the fourth round at that level only for the second time, with an upset over world No. 5, Jasmine Paolini, for her first top five season win. At the next WTA 1000 Wuhan Open, Linette upset two Russian seeds en route, 11th seed Liudmila Samsonova and 8th seed Daria Kasatkina in the round of 16 to reach her first WTA 1000-level quarterfinal which she lost to fourth seed Coco Gauff.

At the Billie Jean King Cup finals in November, Linette defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo in a match lasting almost four hours to help Poland overcome Spain to reach the quarterfinals.