[333] In December 2015, it was officially announced by the Czech media that the couple were engaged. [363], Kvitov was named world's sixth highest-paid female athlete by Forbes in 2015, ranking fifth among tennis players.[364]. [81] It was the first time Kvitov exited a Grand Slam tournament in the opening round since the 2011 US Open. [264], Kvitov opened her season on clay with a couple of first-round exits, in Charleston and Stuttgart, the former via retirement making it her first losing streak on this surface at the tour level since 2018 when she also lost her opening matches in the same two tournaments. [75] At the US Open, she fell to Alison Riske in the third round, causing her to drop out of the top 10 for the first time since May 2011. Alastair Grant/AP. 8:30. Kvitova, who won her two titles in 2011 and 2014, tweeted the news of her engagement to former player Vanek three days after finishing runner . [62] Kvitov was then awarded a wildcard into the Open GdF Suez. 7, tying Caroline Wozniacki and Serena Williams for most top-10 season finishes this decade, seven seasons. [66] This was followed by a loss to Kirsten Flipkens in the third round of Miami. There, she faced fourth seed Naomi Osaka, with the world No. [169] At the China Open, she moved past fellow Czech Kristna Plkov and American Varvara Lepchenko to reach the third round where saw off fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki, in straight sets. 1 ranking as a result.[306]. 3 Kvitova at Connecticut Open", "US Open: Petra Kvitova on her return to tennis after knife attack", "Peng dethrones defending champ Kvitova in Wuhan epic", "Garcia conquers Kvitova, one win from Wuhan-Beijing double", "Venus Williams loses in Hong Kong as Petra Kvitova is knocked out in Tianjin", "Safarova, Kvitova earn player-voted awards for service and sportsmanship", "Giorgi jolts Kvitova in Sydney second round", "Petra Kvitova keeps perspective after heartbreaking loss", "Kvitova completes stellar run to capture St. Petersburg crown", "Czech Republic, France, Germany advance to Fed Cup semifinals", "Comeback queen Kvitova captures Doha title in scintillating thriller", "Petra Kvitova's winning streak comes to an end at hands of 16-year-old Amanda Anisimova", "Ostapenko outlasts Kvitova in Miami midnight marathon", "No. [182] Kvitov then enacted a 13-match winning streak the remainder of the clay court swing, first, by claiming the title in Prague, her maiden title on home soil, dispatching Tereza Smitkov, Natalia Vikhlyantseva, Kateina Siniakov and Zhang Shuai to reach the final, all without the loss of a set. Petra Kvitov is a Czech professional tennis player who is well-known for her aggressive baseline play and fierce left-handed groundstrokes. [60] She then dropped her opening match in Sydney to Dominika Cibulkov. There, she took down fifth seed Kristina Mladenovic to reach the last four, where she moved past Lucie afov. [206] She was the defending champion at the Madrid Open and made the last eight where she lost to eventual champion Bertens, in a rematch of last year's final, in straight sets. Karrierje sorn egyniben 29 WTA-tornn s ht ITF-versenyen diadalmaskodott eddig.Legjobb egyni vilgranglista-helyezse a msodik volt, amelyet 2011. oktber 31-n rt el. Petra Kvitov (1990, WTA 10) ve druhm kole US Open 2013 porazila Srbku Bojanu Jovanovski (1991, WTA 58) 6:2, 6:4 a v dalm kole si zahraje s Ameriankou Alison Riske (1990, WTA 81), kter porazila v prvnm kole Pironkovu 6:3, 6:3 a ve druhm kole Monu Barthel 6:4, 6:2. [50] There, for the third time this year, she lost to Sharapova, this time allowing the Russian to reclaim the No. There, however, she succumbed to fourth seed Paula Badosa in a tight straight-set defeat making it the third edition of Wimbledon consecutively where she lost on Centre Court. [295], However, when Kvitov is at her best, she is extremely dangerous, as seen in the final of the 2015 Madrid Open against Svetlana Kuznetsova where she hit 33 winners in the 66-minute contest, an average of a winner every two minutes, which is more than double her unforced error count of 14 too. [283]Nevertheless, owing to her strong results in past two months, Kvitov saw her ranking return to the top 20 for the first time since January this year.[10]. MORE. She also made her Fed Cup debut in 2007, playing alongside Barbora Strcov in doubles, where they lost to the Spanish team of Nuria Llagostera Vives and Virginia Ruano Pascual. She defeated Peng Shuai in the second round and then beat Jarmila Gajdoov in the last eight. She won all of her singles matches but they did not advance to the final, finishing second in their group behind eventual champions France. [262][10] After yet another third-round exit in Indian Wells, this time to eventual finalist Maria Sakkari,[263] Kvitov recorded her best result in more than six months with a third quarterfinal showing in Miami, defeating Clara Burel, Lauren Davis and 21st seed Veronika Kudermetova along the way. [307] Wozniacki then retired in 2020 after the Australian Open. A month and a half after announcing baby news, former British No.1 Johanna Konta showed her pregnancy glow during a tribute to her career at the Rothesay International Eastbourne. [335] As of August 2021, Kvitov has been seeing her coach Ji Vank, since the early summer of that year. She won her first two matches easily against compatriot Andrea Hlavkov and German Mona Barthel. On 8-3-1990 Petra Kvitov was born in Blovec, Czechoslovakia. Her last match was at the 2017 US Open, losing to eventual quarterfinalist Petra Kvitova in the opening round. [241] Then, in Rome, Kvitov was inflicted her first defeat to a player ranked outside the top 100 for the first time in more than three years when she lost to Vera Zvonareva in the second round. By winning the 2011 Wimbledon Championship, she became the first professional tennis player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam tournament title at that time. 44 Comments 14 Shares. En route to the final, she saw past the likes of Elena Vesnina, Irina-Camelia Begu, Jeena Ostapenko and Julia Grges. When returning, she uses a short compact motion which allows her to return aggressively regardless of the serve speed. [ October 10, 2021 ] BNP PARIBAS OPEN. She then overcame fellow Czech Karolna Plkov for a place in the last eight where she moved past Caroline Garcia. [20], At the Open GdF Suez, Kvitov won her second title of the year by defeating newly crowned world No. Then, she overcame Svetlana Kuznetsova and Venus Williams to reach the final where she defeated Angelique Kerber for her second title of 2013, her 11th career title overall. [288] She then recorded her maiden quarterfinal appearance in Adelaide, her 100th career quarterfinal result in main draws, but lost to Daria Kasatkina, also making it her first defeat in the quarterfinal stage of an Australian tournament outside the Australian Open. 5, after Tokyo and also qualified for the Tour Championships for the first time in her career. The following week at the Cincinnati Open, she lost to Petkovic in the same round once more. [178] She then beat Aryna Sabalenka and Sofia Kenin to reach the fourth round in Miami where she was beaten by Ostapenko. [291][292], Kvitov uses the pinpoint service stance and is known for her fast and well-placed serves. 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[133] At the Indian Wells Open where she was seeded eighth, Kvitov won consecutive matches for the first time in almost six months, reaching her first quarterfinal of the year in the process. As a junior, Kvitov achieved a career-high ranking of world No. There, however, she conceded a walkover to Alexandrova due to illness. The following week, because Jelena Jankovi failed to defend her points in Rome, Kvitov moved one place up to No. There, she beat Zhlavov-Strcov in straight sets. As a result of her strong results in Asia, she qualified for the Tour Championships on 7 October. Petra Kvitova. Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has undergone nearly four hours of surgery on her playing hand after being attacked by a knife-wielding intruder in her home in the Czech Republic. Petra Kvitov. Updated. Petra Kvitova finished as the runner-up at the 2022 Cincinnati Open. She defeated Grta Arn, Zheng Jie, and Vania King in straight sets, before losing to eventual champion Li Na in the fourth round, despite having led 30 in the deciding set. [228][229], Returning to competition in August at the Cincinnati tournament, held in New York City this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Kvitov lost her opening match to compatriot Marie Bouzkov in three sets. [277] In her fourth quarterfinal showing here, also her fourth of 2022, Kvitov defeated Ajla Tomljanovi on their debut encounter. [ January 18, 2022 ] AUSTRALIAN OPEN. Throughout the years of 2006 and 2007, Kvitov captured six ITF singles titles, four of which came in her home nation. [134] However, this was followed by an early loss in Miami in the hands of 30th seed Ekaterina Makarova. There, she clinched a spot in her second final here after defeating the likes of Carla Surez Navarro, Jeena Ostapenko, Ons Jabeur and world No. Women's tennis star and two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was stabbed in her left hand, her playing hand, with a knife by a home intruder on . Blue. This was also the first ever final of the tournament since the inception of the round-robin format between two players with a losing record in the group stage. She is known for her inconsistencies, inability to maintain focus during matches as well as impatience mid-rally. On forehands, she prefers to take the ball early, thus allowing her to produce down-the-line winners effectively. The tie also marked the first time since the 2015 final against Russia where Kvitov won a Fed Cup match. Petra Kvitov (Blovec, 1990. mrcius 8. That same winning streak then turned to Kerber's favour in the round-robin stage of the WTA Finals in 2015, the semifinals of Stuttgart and the fourth round of the US Open, the latter two in 2016. Her volleys tend to come more from her forehand, her stronger side, which she executes by moving her racket in a straight line, also allowing her to disguise the shot well enough from her opponents. 28. Petra Kvitova was born in Bilovec (Czech Republic) the 8th of March 1990 to Jiri Kvita, a school teacher, and Pavla Kvitova. A ctigat dou titluri de Grand Slam, ambele la Wimbledon.Kvitova a mai ctigat i Turneul Campioanelor la tenis n 2011 i Cupa Hopman n 2012. Petra Kvitova Interesting Facts: Her all-time favorite tennis player is Martina Navratilova. Later that month, in the fourth round of the French Open, Li exacted revenge by coming back from a set down to beat Kvitov, and would go on to win the title. 34, and was also named WTA Newcomer of the Year. Petra Kvitova has caught up in this second part of the season. She was born in 1990s, in Millennials Generation. Three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber gave birth to her first child, a baby girl named Liana. Tuesday, September 6. She has won the Wimbledon title in 2011 and 2014, and is also an Olympic medallist, winning the bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics. [323] In their most recent encounter, in the second round of the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic, Kvitov exacted revenge by clinching the maiden straight-set win in their head-to-head. She then defeated Kurumi Nara in the second round in straight sets to advance to the third round where she faced 28th seed Jelena Jankovi. [286][287] She next beat Laura Siegemund to give the Czechs an unassailable 30 advantage in its tie against Germany, effectively securing her nation its first tie win of the tournament. [157] She was initially expected to be sidelined for six months. [36], At the beginning of 2012, Kvitov was widely expected to reach the world No. She is also noted for her exceptional timing. She then overcame Flavia Pennetta to reach the quarterfinals. She also won a bronze medal in singles while representing the Czech Republic at the 2016 Rio Olympics. [82] Because of this illness, she was unable to compete in the Fed Cup opening round tie against Spain. She overcame CoCo Vandeweghe in the first round in three sets before receiving a walkover from Yaroslava Shvedova. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE . 68 kg. [304] They played each other at least once a year, beginning in 2009 until 2018. [46] The following month in Stuttgart, she defeated Schiavone and Angelique Kerber to reach the semifinals, where she lost to Sharapova in straight sets, thus snapping a long run of 27 consecutive wins indoors. [132] In the Fed Cup opening round tie against Romania, she lost both of her singles matches. She also became the only player this decade to suffer multiple winless appearances at the tournament, the first since Elena Dementieva, in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Kvitov followed up with three consecutive wins in their next meetings in the final of the Pan Pacific Open and the round-robin stage of the WTA Tour Championships, both in 2013, and the Fed Cup final in 2014,[299] all in three sets. She finished 2008 ranked world No. 12, also her lowest ranking since May 2011. In a recent interview, Petra Kvitova commented on the chances to see her become a mother in the future. [315] All their encounters came throughout 2011 to 2013, the first being the semifinals of the 2011 Madrid Open which Kvitov won comfortably in straight sets. [312] Their first meeting came in the semifinals of Memphis back in 2010, which Sharapova won in straight sets. There, she lost to Agnieszka Radwaska in straight sets. [135], Entering the clay court swing, Kvitov announced Czech doubles specialist Frantiek ermk as her new coach. She was then upset by Dulgheru in the opening round of the US Open, thus becoming the first Grand Slam champion to lose in the first round of the following Grand Slam tournament without winning a set.[31]. There, she came back from a set down to defeat Ashleigh Barty, winning her 26th career title. She had not beaten Williams in five previous attempts but upset the American in straight sets to advance to her second Madrid final. She is also known to attack weak second serves by producing powerful winners. As a result, she dropped out of the top 10 for the first time since September 2013, at world No. Petra Kvitova is a Czech professional tennis player. But she won bronze in the Rio Olympics, losing in three . At the 2014 WTA Finals, Radwaska won their round-robin match easily, only for Kvitov to avenge the loss in the semifinals of New Haven the following year. 1 ranking. [10] She then reached the semifinals of the China Open where she lost to Jelena Jankovi. [275] Nevertheless, Kvitov ended her 2022 grass exploits with seven wins on the surface, her highest such count since 2014. [221] Kvitov's final tournament appearance, before the suspension of the tour in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[222] was in Doha where she was the eighth seed. Vsledky. She was also named WTA Player of the Year, WTA Most Improved Player of the Year and ITF World Champion in 2011. 1, Serena Williams. It was her first defeat in the opening round of the tournament since 2009, and 2018 also marks the first season since 2009 where she suffered multiple opening-round exits at the Grand Slam tournaments. Commentator claims a comment from Ashleigh Barty 'poked' Petra Kvitova. [83] At the Dubai Championships, she failed to defend her title when she lost her opening match to Carla Surez Navarro. [10] Amassing 27 wins out of 46 matches played, this season also marked the first time since 2010 where Kvitov recorded a season winning rate of less than 60%. In 2014, she won her second major title at Wimbledon, defeating Eugenie Bouchard in the final. [120][121] As the defending champion at the Connecticut Open, second-seeded Kvitov received a bye in the opening round and safely advanced to the semifinals after defeating Keys and Agnieszka Radwaska. [284] In her last tournament of the year, seeded 16th in her debut at the Guadalajara Open, she beat fellow leftie Bernarda Pera in her opener for the second time in three weeks before succumbing to fellow Grand Slam champion Bianca Andreescu from a set up in the next round. Kenin defeated the Czech player in straight sets with the final scoreline of 6-4, 7-5. Petra's birth flower is Daffodil and birthstone is Aquamarine. There, she beat Bouchard in straight sets to claim her 14th career title. But . [77] She moved back into the top 10 by virtue of that result. Kvitov leads the head-to-head 85. The loss marked the first time since 2013 where Kvitov lost back-to-back finals. [143] At the Summer Olympics, 11th-seeded Kvitov defeated the likes of Tmea Babos and Caroline Wozniacki, and then avenged her earlier two losses to Makarova to sail into her second consecutive Olympic quarterfinal, where she beat Elina Svitolina in straight sets. She had a modest 17-15 win-loss record for the season before she reached Cincinnati . 1:10. [122] With this win, she also successfully defended a title for the first time in her career. [10] In the Fed Cup final, where Czech Republic took on the United States, Kvitov was nominated as part of the Czech team but illness forced her out of play. [111], After dropping her opening match in Stuttgart to Madison Brengle,[112] Kvitov sailed into the quarterfinals in Madrid with wins over Olga Govortsova, Coco Vandeweghe and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Kvitov turned professional in 2006 and has won 27 career singles titles, two of which are Grand Slam titles, the Wimbledon Championships in 2011 and in 2014. The pair did not meet in 2017, the first time since 2010, and in 2018, Kvitov snapped the losing streak by winning their last two clashes the second round of Doha in three sets,[310] and the opening round of New Haven, their final encounter, in straight sets. August 24, 2022 4:54am. Home. The following year, Barty levelled the rivalry once more, with a three-set victory in the Madrid Open quarterfinals, the pair's first meeting on clay after nearly nine years, and their third in the last eight of a 1000-level event which would also prove to be their final encounter. [336] They became engaged in July 2022. [48] The following week in Rome, she beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Sorana Crstea to record her first quarterfinal appearance there, where she lost to Kerber. There, she succumbed to 12th seed Barty in three sets. [211] She returned to action in Cincinnati where she fell in her opener to Sakkari in three sets. As the sixth seed, she defeated Kateryna Bondarenko and Peng Shuai in the first two rounds, both in straight sets. 2 was reached on 31 October 2011 by the . On 8-3-1990 Petra Kvitov was born in Blovec, Czechoslovakia. There, she was upset by Kirilenko in straight sets. [216] Seeded sixth at the tournament, also her seventh appearance here, the most of any player this decade, however, Kvitov suffered a winless outing for the second year in a row, with losses to Osaka, Bencic and Barty, thus crashing out in the round-robin stage. Kvitov started her clay-court season by reaching the final in Katowice where she was upset by Roberta Vinci in straight sets. At the Tour Championships in Istanbul, third-seeded Kvitov emerged champion, thus becoming the third player to win the title on debut. She also amassed a 357 and 209 record in the singles and doubles disciplines respectively. In the end, the Czechs emerged victorious against Russia 32. [113] In the final, she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in a dominating performance to claim her 16th career title. [303] They next met in August 2021, in the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open, where Kvitov had to retire in the second set due to illness. Kvitov leads the head-to-head 86. [230] She then made the fourth round at the US Open, making it her 20th appearance in the second week at the Grand Slams. Wozniacki then ended the losing streak with a win in their last clash, the round robin stage of the 2018 WTA Finals where she edged past Kvitov in three sets. This meant that Kvitov has now won titles across three decades, dating back to her maiden career title at Hobart in January 2009, also becoming the first player male or female born in the 1990s to achieve that feat. [42] She scored those wins over the likes of Germans Julia Grges and Sabine Lisicki,[43] and Italians Francesca Schiavone and Errani. Czech Republic; Plays: Left; Turned Pro: 2006; WTA Rank #15; Birth Date March 8, 1990 . In the opening round of Fed Cup, where the Czech team faced Australia, Kvitov started with a win in singles over Jarmila Gajdoov and followed it up with a three-set victory over Samantha Stosur, saving a match point in the process. [153] Kvitov ended the season as world No. Pisces. [208] She then pulled out of the French Open with an arm injury, bringing her clay court swing to a premature close. Kvitov then went on to win their next two clashes in straight sets in the quarterfinals of Dubai and the round-robin stage of the WTA Tour Championships, both in 2013. [151] At the Luxembourg Open, top-seeded Kvitov reached the final but lost to Monica Niculescu in straight sets. Kvitov returned from a month's break in October, firstly on home soil at the Ostrava Open where she returned to the quarterfinals here, for the second year running, her fifth such result of the season, and 99th of her career, but suffered defeat in the hands of fellow Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina. [360] In June 2016, Czech jewelry manufacturer ALO Diamonds entered Kvitov's list of endorsements after both parties signed a one-year deal. 1 ranking. 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Her lone Grand Slam tournament appearance as a junior came at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. At the Qatar Open, third-seeded Kvitov cruised into the quarterfinals with two tough three-set victories over Venus Williams and afov before falling to Jelena Jankovi in straight sets. [10] She then represented her nation in the Fed Cup final where they took on France. It meant that for the first time since 2009, Kvitov did not reach a quarterfinal at the Grand Slams in two consecutive years. However, the Czech team ultimately cruised into the semifinals with the score 32. Petra Kvitova kisses her boyfriend and coach Jiri Vanek after winning the final of the 2022 Rothesay International WTA 500 tennis tournament. 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