The 32nd edition of the Tennis magazine's poll for the best Czech tennis players took place on Wednesday 4 December in Přerov.
The highest award deservedly went to Wimbledon winner Barbora Krejčíková, who described her unforgettable experience at the London Grand Slam during the award ceremony.
OKsystem was the general partner of the event for the fourth time. This year 165 tennis experts and officials voted for their favourites in 12 categories.
"I feel wonderful in that company. I'm glad I did it. I wasn't expecting it at all because the season was up and down, it wasn't going well. I've been injured, sick and I still couldn't get into a rhythm. But it came together beautifully at Wimbledon and I'm glad I chose the right tournament," said Bára Krejčíková about her inclusion among the four Czech Wimbledon winners at the awards ceremony.
Martin Procházka, Chairman of the Board of Directors of OKsystem, also positively assessed last year's tennis year: 'We have slowly got used to the excellent success of our tennis players, including Grand Slam wins. For many years it was worse for the men, but this year the situation has improved dramatically and I am pleased that we have three young promising tennis players - Jiří Lehečka, Tomáš Macháč and Jakub Menšík, who have gradually worked their way up to the world's elite fifty."
The winners of the individual categories included both tennis players supported by OKsystem. Jakub Menšík became the winner for the second time in the category Advancement on the ATP ranking, Linda Nosková won the first prize in the category Advancement on the WTA ranking.
Winners of the OKsystem Zlatý kanár award:
Zlatý kanár 2024: Barbora Krejčíková (Tenis Ivančice)
The best Czech male player: Tomáš Macháč (TK Agrofert Prostějov)
The best Czech female player: Barbora Krejčíková (Tenis Ivančice)
Advancement on the ATP ranking: Jakub Menšík (TK Agrofert Prostějov)
Advancement on the WTA ranking: Linda Nosková (TK Precheza Přerov)
The male/female doubles player of the year: Kateřina Siniaková (TK Sparta Praha)
The team of the year: Mistryně světa a Evropy do 14 let (Jana Kovačková, Laura Chlumská, Kateřina Zajíčková - všechny TK Sparta Praha, kapitánka Petra Cetkovská)
The talent of the year - junior boys: Pavel Oliver Dufek (TK Agrofert Prostějov)
The talent of the year - junior girls: Laura Samson (TK Sparta Praha)
The best wheelchair tennis player: Tomasz Jochymek (Centrum tenisu na vozíku, Brno)
Senior of the year: Jana Sedláčková (TK LTC Michle)
OKsystem General Partner Award: Jakub Menšík (TK Agrofert Prostějov)
Czech Tennis Association Award: Jaroslav Navrátil
You can watch the record of live broadcast on the Czech Television website.