Petra Kvitová
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Petra Kvitová (ˈpɛtra ˈkvɪtovaː; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech
professional tennis player. She has won seven WTA
singles titles. As of 31 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 2.
Kvitová won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
and the 2011 WTA Tour Championships
singles titles. By winning Wimbledon, she became the first Grand Slam
event winner born in the 1990s.
, Czech Republic
(in 1990 still in Czechoslovakia
). Her father Jiří introduced her to tennis. During her childhood, she liked Czech American
player Martina Navratilova. Kvitová trained in her hometown until age 16, and was then encouraged by an instructor to pursue a professional career in tennis.
, she had 36 aces, the third-most of any woman. She is also noted for her very heavy and booming forehand, backhand, and timing, and is known to make up for her lack of speed by playing close to the baseline.
, where she upset then World No. 30 Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–2, 6–3, thus earning her first top-50 victory before losing to Elena Dementieva
in the second round. At the 2008 Cellular South Cup, as a qualifier Kvitová earned one of the biggest wins of her career by upsetting former World No. 1 Venus Williams
2–6, 6–4, 6–3, and earning her first top-10 victory, before losing in the following round. She then lost in the first rounds of the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open and 2008 ECM Prague Open
and the second round of the 2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg
.
At the 2008 French Open
, playing in her first Grand Slam tournament, she defeated Akiko Morigami
in the first round, Samantha Stosur
in the second round, and Ágnes Szávay
in the third. She lost to Kaia Kanepi
in three sets during the fourth round. Next, at the DFS Classic
, she was beaten by Sunitha Rao
in the first round. Between first-round losses at Wimbledon and the US Open, she was able to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinals in the 2008 Budapest Grand Prix
, losing to Andreja Klepač
6–7, 0–6. She was also able to reach the second rounds of the 2008 East West Bank Classic
and 2008 Rogers Cup. She then reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 Zurich Open
as a qualifier, losing to Ana Ivanović
1–6, 4–6, thus placing her in the top 50 for the first time. She also reached the second round of 2008 Generali Ladies Linz
, losing to Marion Bartoli
. In the ITF she was able to win in Monzón
, Spain over Yanina Wickmayer
.
. However, she won her first career title in the 2009 Moorilla Hobart International
, defeating Alona Bondarenko, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
, Virginie Razzano
, and Iveta Benešová
in the finals. She then suffered consecutive first-round losses in the 2009 Australian Open
, the 2009 Open GDF Suez
, and the 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships
. She then reached the third round of the 2009 BNP Paribas Open
, losing to eventual champion Vera Zvonareva
3–6, 1–6. She again had consecutive first-round losses in the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open
, 2009 Barcelona Ladies Open
, and 2009 Estoril Open
. She then reached the second rounds of the 2009 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open
, 2009 Swedish Open
, 2009 ECM Prague Open
, and 2009 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
.
Kvitová withdrew from the 2009 French Open
due to an ankle injury and lost in the first round of Wimbledon. At the 2009 US Open
, she defeated then-World No. 1 Dinara Safina
in the third round in three sets, before losing to Yanina Wickmayer
6–4, 4–6, 5–7, the following round. Kvitová was ranked 71 places lower than Safina at the time. At the Generali Ladies Linz
, Kvitová reached her second final of the year. She defeated Andrea Petkovic
6–1, 6–4, in the first round, fifth seed Iveta Benešová
6–4, 7–5, fourth seed Carla Suárez Navarro
, in the quarterfinal 7–5, 6–4, and second seed Agnieszka Radwańska
6–3, 6–2. She faced Wickmayer in the final and lost 3–6, 4–6.
, she reached the second round, before losing to eventual champion Serena Williams
2–6, 1–6. At the 2010 Cellular South Cup, she reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion Maria Sharapova
4–6, 3–6. She then reached the second rounds of both the 2010 BNP Paribas Open
and the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open
.
At 2010 Wimbledon Championships
, Kvitová defeated Sorana Cîrstea
in the first round and then upset 23rd seed Zheng Jie
6–4, 2–6, 6–2, and 14th seed Victoria Azarenka
7–5, 6–0. She beat third seed Caroline Wozniacki
in the fourth round 6–2, 6–0, to advance to her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, where she beat Kaia Kanepi
4–6, 7–6, 8–6, after saving five match points and coming back from a double-break down (she was 4–0 down) in the third set. She lost her first Grand Slam semifinal to then-World No. 1 and defending champion Serena Williams in straight sets 6–7, 2–6. She was then guaranteed to reach the top 30 for the first time. She then lost five consecutive first rounds at the 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
, 2010 İstanbul Cup
, 2010 e-Boks Danish Open
, 2010 Rogers Cup
, and 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis
. She broke her six-match losing streak at the 2010 US Open
, when she defeated Lucie Hradecká
6–4, 7–5, and Elena Baltacha
7–6, 6–3, before losing to eventual champion Kim Clijsters
3–6, 0–6, in the third round.
by defeating Andrea Petkovic 6–1, 6–3, in the final and also earning wins over third seed Nadia Petrova
and fifth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
. With the win, she achieved the ranking of World No. 28.
Competing as the 25th seed at the singles of the 2011 Australian Open
, Kvitová defeated Sally Peers
6–2, 6–4, in the first round and Anna Chakvetadze
6–3, 6–4, in the second round. She then defeated fifth seed and hometown favorite Samantha Stosur
7–6, 6–3, to advance to the fourth round, where she defeated 22nd seed Flavia Pennetta
3–6, 6–3, 6–3, in a close three-setter. She then played World No. 2 Vera Zvonareva in the quarterfinals, where she lost 2–6, 4–6. Kvitová's strong run ensured that she would reach a new ranking of World No. 18.
In Paris
, Kvitová won her second title of the year by defeating newly crowned World No. 1 and 2011 Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters in straight sets 6–4, 6–3. Once again, Kvitová's ranking rose to a new high of World No. 14. She led the Czech Fed Cup team to the final round, with semifinal wins over Wickmayer and Flipkens. She won all of her matches in the earlier rounds.
Kvitová won the title at the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open
, after defeating Alexandra Dulgheru
, Chanelle Scheepers
, second seed Vera Zvonareva, Li Na
, and Victoria Azarenka. She made her top-10 debut after the tournament at World No. 10. The following week, by virtue of Jelena Janković
failing to defend her points in the 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
, Kvitová moved one place up to No. 9.
Kvitová was the ninth seed at the 2011 French Open
. She defeated Gréta Arn
, Zheng Jie
, and Vania King
in straight sets, before losing to eventual champion Li Na in the fourth round 6–2, 1–6, 3–6, despite leading 3–0 in the deciding set. At the 2011 AEGON International
in Eastbourne, Kvitová was seeded eighth and reached the final, losing to ninth seed Marion Bartoli
.
Kvitová won her first Grand Slam
title as the 8th seed at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
. She defeated Alexa Glatch
, Anne Keothavong
, 29th seed Roberta Vinci
, 19th seed Yanina Wickmayer
, 32nd seed Tsvetana Pironkova
, and fourth seed Victoria Azarenka on the way to the final, where she beat fifth seed Maria Sharapova
in straight sets 6–3, 6–4. She became the first left-handed player to win the title since Martina Navratilova in 1990, the first Czech player to win a Grand Slam singles title since Jana Novotna
won Wimbledon in 1998, and the first Grand Slam tournament winner of either gender to be born in the 1990s.
Following Wimbledon, Kvitova struggled during the US Open Series, falling to Andrea Petkovic in the 2011 Rogers Cup
and 2011 Western & Southern Open
.
Kvitova was the fifth seed at the 2011 US Open
, but fell in the first round to Alexandra Dulgheru, continuing her ongoing slump after Wimbledon and becoming the first Grand Slam Champion to lose in the first round of the following Grand Slam without winning a set.
Kvitova's form improved at the 2011 Toray Pan Pacific Open
, recording wins over Mandy Minella
and Vania King
to reach the quarterfinals. In a rematch of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships finals, she faced second-seeded Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals. She won, after Sharapova retired in the first set while down 3–4. Kvitova fell to Vera Zvonareva in the semifinals. By reaching the semifinals, she ascended to World No. 5 and received a bye into the second round at the China Open
.
In the second round of the China Open, Kvitova lost to Sofia Arvidsson
in a three-set battle 6–7, 6–4, 3–6. However, with 2010 finalist Vera Zvonareva failing to defend her points, Kvitova moved one spot higher in the rankings to No. 4.
At the 2011 Generali Ladies Linz
, she beat Canadian Rebecca Marino
in the first round 6–2, 6–2. In the second round, she beat Austrian Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in the second round 6–2, 6–3. Kvitova defeated Daniela Hantuchova
in the quarterfinals, Jelena Jankovic
in the semifinals 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, and beat Dominika Cibulkova
in the final 6–4, 6–1 to collect her fifth title of the season.
She won the 2011 WTA Tour Championships
in Istanbul
. During the Round Robin matches, she beat Vera Zvonareva, Caroline Wozniacki, and Agnieszka Radwańska in straight sets, putting her through to the semifinals. Her next opponent was Samantha Stosur, who she beat 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 to reach her first WTA Championships final, a match against Victoria Azarenka for the World No. 2 ranking that she won 7–5, 4–6, 6–3. She concluded 2011 by helping the Czech Republic team win the Fed Cup
, and was named WTA Player of the Year.
2011
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
professional tennis player. She has won seven WTA
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...
singles titles. As of 31 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 2.
Kvitová won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
2011 Wimbledon Championships
The 2011 Wimbledon Championships took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, from 20 June to 3 July 2011. It was the 125th edition of the championships, and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the...
and the 2011 WTA Tour Championships
2011 WTA Tour Championships
The 2011 WTA Tour Championships was a tennis tournament to be played at Istanbul, Turkey from October 25 to October 30, 2011. It was the first time Turkey hosted the WTA Tour Championships. It was the 41st edition of the singles event and the 36th edition of the doubles competition...
singles titles. By winning Wimbledon, she became the first Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
event winner born in the 1990s.
Early life
Petra Kvitová was born to Jiří Kvita and Pavla Kvitová in BílovecBilovec
Bílovec is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region, near Nový Jičín. It is situated on the slopes of the Nízký Jeseník mountains and on the banks of the Bílovka River....
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
(in 1990 still in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
). Her father Jiří introduced her to tennis. During her childhood, she liked Czech American
Czech American
Czech Americans are citizens of the United States who were born in, or who descended from, the territory of the historic Czech lands, , or succession states, now known as the Czech Republic...
player Martina Navratilova. Kvitová trained in her hometown until age 16, and was then encouraged by an instructor to pursue a professional career in tennis.
Playing style
Kvitová is known for her fast left-handed serve. At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships2011 Wimbledon Championships
The 2011 Wimbledon Championships took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, from 20 June to 3 July 2011. It was the 125th edition of the championships, and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the...
, she had 36 aces, the third-most of any woman. She is also noted for her very heavy and booming forehand, backhand, and timing, and is known to make up for her lack of speed by playing close to the baseline.
2008
In 2008, Kvitová played the 2008 Open Gaz de France2008 Open Gaz de France
The 2008 Open Gaz de France is the 2008 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Open Gaz de France tennis tournament. It was held from February 4–10, 2008....
, where she upset then World No. 30 Anabel Medina Garrigues
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual...
6–2, 6–3, thus earning her first top-50 victory before losing to Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...
in the second round. At the 2008 Cellular South Cup, as a qualifier Kvitová earned one of the biggest wins of her career by upsetting former World No. 1 Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
2–6, 6–4, 6–3, and earning her first top-10 victory, before losing in the following round. She then lost in the first rounds of the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open and 2008 ECM Prague Open
2008 ECM Prague Open
The 2008 ECM Prague Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 13th edition of the ECM Prague Open, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour and of the 2008 ATP Challenger Tretorn Serie+. It took place at the I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club in Prague, Czech...
and the second round of the 2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg
2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg
The 2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Centre Sportif de Hautepierre in Strasbourg, France, from May 19...
.
At the 2008 French Open
2008 French Open
The 2008 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 107th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 25 through June 8, 2008....
, playing in her first Grand Slam tournament, she defeated Akiko Morigami
Akiko Morigami
Akiko Morigami is a Japanese female tennis player. She turned professional in 1998. On August 15, 2005, Morigami reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 41....
in the first round, Samantha Stosur
Samantha Stosur
Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...
in the second round, and Ágnes Szávay
Ágnes Szávay
Ágnes Szávay is a professional tennis player from Hungary. She is the country's highest ranked tennis player. She was the WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2007. She achieved her career high ranking of World No. 13 on April 14, 2008.- Background :...
in the third. She lost to Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....
in three sets during the fourth round. Next, at the DFS Classic
DFS Classic
The AEGON Classic, formerly known as the DFS Classic, is an International series tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts...
, she was beaten by Sunitha Rao
Sunitha Rao
Sunitha Manohar Rao is a former American professional tennis player of Indian background. She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Rao has 8 career titles on the ITF Women's Circuit and has reached many finals in singles.-Early life:...
in the first round. Between first-round losses at Wimbledon and the US Open, she was able to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinals in the 2008 Budapest Grand Prix
2008 Budapest Grand Prix
The 2008 Budapest Grand Prix was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 13th edition of the Budapest Grand Prix, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Budapest, Hungary, from July 7 through July 13, 2008.-Singles: Alizé Cornet def...
, losing to Andreja Klepač
Andreja Klepac
Andreja Klepač is a professional Slovenian tennis player. While she has not won a WTA title of any kind, she has won 3 ITF singles titles and 11 ITF doubles titles, and made one WTA Tour singles final and two WTA Tour doubles final. Klepač reached her career-high singles ranking on July 14, 2008,...
6–7, 0–6. She was also able to reach the second rounds of the 2008 East West Bank Classic
2008 East West Bank Classic
The 2008 East West Bank Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the East West Bank Classic, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Home Depot Center in Carson, near Los Angeles, California, United States, from...
and 2008 Rogers Cup. She then reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 Zurich Open
2008 Zurich Open
The 2008 TENNIS.com Zurich Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the event known that year as the TENNIS.com Zurich Open, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hallenstadion in Zürich, Switzerland, from October...
as a qualifier, losing to Ana Ivanović
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanović is a former world no. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of November 7, 2011, she is ranked 22th on the WTA rankings. She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open...
1–6, 4–6, thus placing her in the top 50 for the first time. She also reached the second round of 2008 Generali Ladies Linz
2008 Generali Ladies Linz
The 2008 Generali Ladies Linz was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Generali Ladies Linz, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Linz, Austria, from October 20 through October 26, 2008.-Singles: Ana Ivanović def...
, losing to Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
. In the ITF she was able to win in Monzón
Monzón
Monzón is a small town in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It has a population of 17,050. It is located in the northeast and adjoins the rivers Cinca and Sosa.-Historical overview:...
, Spain over Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world no. 22 and is the second-highest ranked female Belgian tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of world no. 12 on 19 April 2010...
.
2009
Kvitová started the year with a first-round loss in the 2009 Brisbane International2009 Brisbane International
The 2009 Brisbane International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the event known as the Brisbane International and resulted from the merger of the Next Generation Adelaide International on the men's tour with the Mondial Australian...
. However, she won her first career title in the 2009 Moorilla Hobart International
2009 Moorilla Hobart International
The 2009 Moorilla Hobart International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 12 through 18...
, defeating Alona Bondarenko, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Pavlyuchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player and a multiple junior Grand Slam champion. Her career-high rank of World No. 13 was achieved on 4 July 2011. From July 2007 to September 2009 she was coached at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France...
, Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano , is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 4. Razzano, who was born in Dijon, has won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007 in Guangzhou and Tokyo. Razzano reached her career high ranking of World No. 16 on September 14, 2009. As of May 2011, she is ranked...
, and Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová is a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of 7 and turned professional in 1998 in Prague. She has won two WTA Tour events and one Grand Slam in mixed doubles partnering with Jürgen Melzer at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.-2006–2008:In the 2006 Australian...
in the finals. She then suffered consecutive first-round losses in the 2009 Australian Open
2009 Australian Open
The 2009 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 97th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 19 January through 1 February 2009. The 2009 men's...
, the 2009 Open GDF Suez
2009 Open GDF Suez
The 2009 Open GDF Suez was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hardcourts. It was the 17th edition of the Open GDF Suez and was a Premier tournament on the 2009 WTA Tour...
, and the 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships
2009 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2009 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships was a 500 Series event on the 2009 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2009 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates...
. She then reached the third round of the 2009 BNP Paribas Open
2009 BNP Paribas Open
The 2009 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 33rd edition of the event, known that year as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2009 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2009 WTA Tour...
, losing to eventual champion Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...
3–6, 1–6. She again had consecutive first-round losses in the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open
2009 Sony Ericsson Open
The 2009 Sony Ericsson Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament held from March 23 to April 5, 2009. It was the 25th edition of the Miami Masters event and was played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, located near Miami...
, 2009 Barcelona Ladies Open
2009 Barcelona Ladies Open
The 2009 Barcelona Ladies Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Barcelona Ladies Open, and it was an International-level tournament on the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the David Lloyd Club Turó in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from April 13...
, and 2009 Estoril Open
2009 Estoril Open
The 2009 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the Estoril Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the International-level tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour...
. She then reached the second rounds of the 2009 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open
2009 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open
The 2009 Madrid Masters is a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the 8th edition of the event on the ATP and 1st on the WTA. It is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2009 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2009 WTA Tour...
, 2009 Swedish Open
2009 Swedish Open
The 2009 Collector Swedish Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the Collector Swedish Open. It took place in Båstad, Sweden, from July 4 through July 11, 2009 for Women's and from July 11 through July 19, 2009 for Men's.-Seeds:*Seedings are based on...
, 2009 ECM Prague Open
2009 ECM Prague Open
The 2009 ECM Prague Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 13th edition of the ECM Prague Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour...
, and 2009 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
2009 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
The 2009 Banka Koper Slovenia Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour...
.
Kvitová withdrew from the 2009 French Open
2009 French Open
The 2009 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 108th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
due to an ankle injury and lost in the first round of Wimbledon. At the 2009 US Open
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...
, she defeated then-World No. 1 Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....
in the third round in three sets, before losing to Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world no. 22 and is the second-highest ranked female Belgian tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of world no. 12 on 19 April 2010...
6–4, 4–6, 5–7, the following round. Kvitová was ranked 71 places lower than Safina at the time. At the Generali Ladies Linz
Generali Ladies Linz
The Generali Ladies Linz is a tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. Held since 1987, this WTA Tour event is a Tier II-tournament and is played on indoor hardcourts...
, Kvitová reached her second final of the year. She defeated Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic is a professional German tennis player of Serbian origin. She is the highest ranked German tennis player. She lives in Griesheim near Darmstadt, Germany....
6–1, 6–4, in the first round, fifth seed Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová is a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of 7 and turned professional in 1998 in Prague. She has won two WTA Tour events and one Grand Slam in mixed doubles partnering with Jürgen Melzer at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.-2006–2008:In the 2006 Australian...
6–4, 7–5, fourth seed Carla Suárez Navarro
Carla Suarez Navarro
Carla Suárez Navarro is a Spanish tennis player. She began playing for Spain in the 2008 Fed Cup. On May 18, 2009, she reached her career high ranking at World No. 22.-2008:...
, in the quarterfinal 7–5, 6–4, and second seed Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Radwanska
Agnieszka Radwańska is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.Her career high singles ranking is World No. 8, which she achieved on 22 February 2010. As of 24 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 8. In 2007, Radwańska became the first Polish player in history to claim a WTA Tour singles title when she...
6–3, 6–2. She faced Wickmayer in the final and lost 3–6, 4–6.
2010
At the 2010 Australian Open2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....
, she reached the second round, before losing to eventual champion Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
2–6, 1–6. At the 2010 Cellular South Cup, she reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...
4–6, 3–6. She then reached the second rounds of both the 2010 BNP Paribas Open
2010 BNP Paribas Open
The 2010 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2010. It was the 36th edition of the event, known this year as the BNP Paribas Open, and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on...
and the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open
2010 Sony Ericsson Open
The 2010 Sony Ericsson Open , was a tennis tournament for men and women held from March 22 to April 4, 2010. It was the 26th edition of the Miami Masters event and is played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, located near Miami...
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At 2010 Wimbledon Championships
2010 Wimbledon Championships
The 2010 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from Monday 21 June until Sunday 4 July 2010. It was the 124th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand...
, Kvitová defeated Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, is a Romanian tennis player. Her career high rank was World No. 23, achieved on 17 August 2009, after she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open and the semifinals of the 2009 Los Angeles Open.- Playing style :...
in the first round and then upset 23rd seed Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie is a Chinese professional tennis player. Her career high ranking is World No. 15 which she achieved on May 18, 2009. As of August 15, 2011, Zheng is ranked World No. 65 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles....
6–4, 2–6, 6–2, and 14th seed Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Her career high and current ranking is world no. 3, which she first achieved on 12 September 2011. She became the highest-ranked Belarusian player ever, surpassing Natasha Zvereva by two spots....
7–5, 6–0. She beat third seed Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
in the fourth round 6–2, 6–0, to advance to her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, where she beat Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....
4–6, 7–6, 8–6, after saving five match points and coming back from a double-break down (she was 4–0 down) in the third set. She lost her first Grand Slam semifinal to then-World No. 1 and defending champion Serena Williams in straight sets 6–7, 2–6. She was then guaranteed to reach the top 30 for the first time. She then lost five consecutive first rounds at the 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
The 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...
, 2010 İstanbul Cup
2010 İstanbul Cup
The 2010 İstanbul Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...
, 2010 e-Boks Danish Open
2010 e-Boks Danish Open
The 2010 e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open was the first edition of the tennis tournament e-Boks Danish Open, an International-level tournament on the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place on indoor hard courts in Farum, Denmark from August 2 to August 8, 2010...
, 2010 Rogers Cup
2010 Rogers Cup
The 2010 Canada Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Canada. It was the 121st edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2010 WTA Tour...
, and 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis
2010 Pilot Pen Tennis
The 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 42nd edition of the Pilot Pen Tennis, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis...
. She broke her six-match losing streak at the 2010 US Open
2010 US Open (tennis)
The 2010 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 30 to September 13, 2010 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States....
, when she defeated Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won ten WTA doubles titles. This total includes the 2011 French Open, in which she won her first Grand Slam title.-Career:...
6–4, 7–5, and Elena Baltacha
Elena Baltacha
Elena Baltacha is a British professional tennis player of Ukrainian background. Being a four-time winner of the AEGON Award, she is also the long standing British number 1, a position she has held intermittently since 2002. As of 24 November 2011 she holds a current world ranking of No. 50. Her...
7–6, 6–3, before losing to eventual champion Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. As of 7 November 2011, Clijsters is ranked No. 13 in singles. Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles....
3–6, 0–6, in the third round.
2011
Kvitová started 2011 by winning her second career title at the 2011 Brisbane International2011 Brisbane International
The 2011 Brisbane International was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson, Brisbane. It was held from 2 to 9 January...
by defeating Andrea Petkovic 6–1, 6–3, in the final and also earning wins over third seed Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player.Overall, she has won 28 WTA Titles, ten in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005...
and fifth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Pavlyuchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player and a multiple junior Grand Slam champion. Her career-high rank of World No. 13 was achieved on 4 July 2011. From July 2007 to September 2009 she was coached at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France...
. With the win, she achieved the ranking of World No. 28.
Competing as the 25th seed at the singles of the 2011 Australian Open
2011 Australian Open
The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament featuring six different competitions, and part of the 2011 ATP World Tour, the 2011 WTA Tour, ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour, as tournaments for professional, junior and wheelchair players were held...
, Kvitová defeated Sally Peers
Sally Peers
Sally Peers is an Australian professional tennis player. She plays right-handed, with a double-handed backhand. Her career high WTA singles ranking is world no. 153, which she reached on 20 September 2010 & her career high doubles ranking is world no. 89 which she reached on 8 November 2010, while...
6–2, 6–4, in the first round and Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Djambulilovna Chakvetadze is a Russian professional tennis player . On September 10, 2007, she reached her career-high professional singles ranking of World No. 5. She has won eight WTA Singles Titles and appeared in the 2007 US Open semifinals. As of July 4, 2011, Chakvetadze is ranked World...
6–3, 6–4, in the second round. She then defeated fifth seed and hometown favorite Samantha Stosur
Samantha Stosur
Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...
7–6, 6–3, to advance to the fourth round, where she defeated 22nd seed Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and...
3–6, 6–3, 6–3, in a close three-setter. She then played World No. 2 Vera Zvonareva in the quarterfinals, where she lost 2–6, 4–6. Kvitová's strong run ensured that she would reach a new ranking of World No. 18.
In Paris
2011 Open GDF Suez – Singles
Elena Dementieva was the defending champion after beating Lucie Šafářová in the 2010 final, but she retired from the sport at the end of the 2010 season.Petra Kvitová defeated Kim Clijsters, 6–4, 6–3, in the final.-Seeds:...
, Kvitová won her second title of the year by defeating newly crowned World No. 1 and 2011 Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters in straight sets 6–4, 6–3. Once again, Kvitová's ranking rose to a new high of World No. 14. She led the Czech Fed Cup team to the final round, with semifinal wins over Wickmayer and Flipkens. She won all of her matches in the earlier rounds.
Kvitová won the title at the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open
2011 Mutua Madrid Open
The 2011 Madrid Masters was played on outdoor clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from April 30 – May 8. It was the 10th edition of the event on the ATP and 3rd on the WTA...
, after defeating Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru is a Romanian professional tennis player. She achieved a singles career high of World No. 26 on April 11, 2011. Her career high in doubles was World No. 47 on March 21, 2011.She is coached by Gabriel Urpi.-Biography:...
, Chanelle Scheepers
Chanelle Scheepers
Chanelle Scheepers is a South African professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is No. 37, which she reached on 10 October 2011. Her career high doubles ranking is 91, set at 30 August 2010....
, second seed Vera Zvonareva, Li Na
Li Na (tennis)
Li Na , goes first before the equivalent of a first name in some other nations. Her name off court in China is Li Na. When listed on the , she is known as Na Li. However, in the match, the commentators call her Li Na, and when her full name is listed in text on court, it is also written as Li Na.;...
, and Victoria Azarenka. She made her top-10 debut after the tournament at World No. 10. The following week, by virtue of Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
failing to defend her points in the 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
The 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia was a tennis tournament, being played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 68th edition of the event and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour...
, Kvitová moved one place up to No. 9.
Kvitová was the ninth seed at the 2011 French Open
2011 French Open
The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 110th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
. She defeated Gréta Arn
Gréta Arn
Gréta Arn is a professional tennis player from Hungary, and the current Hungarian No. 1. Arn turned professional in 1997....
, Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie is a Chinese professional tennis player. Her career high ranking is World No. 15 which she achieved on May 18, 2009. As of August 15, 2011, Zheng is ranked World No. 65 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles....
, and Vania King
Vania King
Vania King is a Taiwanese American female tennis player. King won both the 2010 Wimbledon Women's Doubles and 2010 US Open Women's Doubles titles with Kazakh partner Yaroslava Shvedova....
in straight sets, before losing to eventual champion Li Na in the fourth round 6–2, 1–6, 3–6, despite leading 3–0 in the deciding set. At the 2011 AEGON International
2011 AEGON International
The 2011 AEGON International was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 36th edition of the event for the women and the 3rd edition for the men. It was classified as a WTA Premier tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour and as an ATP World Tour 250 series...
in Eastbourne, Kvitová was seeded eighth and reached the final, losing to ninth seed Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
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Kvitová won her first Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
title as the 8th seed at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
2011 Wimbledon Championships
The 2011 Wimbledon Championships took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, from 20 June to 3 July 2011. It was the 125th edition of the championships, and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the...
. She defeated Alexa Glatch
Alexa Glatch
-Junior career:She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls 14s and Girls 18s divisions and the Orange Bowl in the Girls 16s division in 2004. She achieved a World Junior Ranking of #5 in 2005, advancing to the 2005 US...
, Anne Keothavong
Anne Keothavong
Anne Viensouk Keothavong is a British professional tennis player. She is a former long-standing British number 1, however she is the current British number 2, behind Elena Baltacha and is ranked 71st in the world...
, 29th seed Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci is an Italian tennis player. As of 29 August 2011, Vinci is ranked World No. 20, on the WTA Tour Rankings. Vinci has won thirteen WTA Tour titles, six in singles and seven in doubles....
, 19th seed Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world no. 22 and is the second-highest ranked female Belgian tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of world no. 12 on 19 April 2010...
, 32nd seed Tsvetana Pironkova
Tsvetana Pironkova
Tsvetana Kirilova Pironkova is a female Bulgarian tennis player. She was born and lives in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Pironkova is right-handed and plays with a two-handed backhand....
, and fourth seed Victoria Azarenka on the way to the final, where she beat fifth seed Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...
in straight sets 6–3, 6–4. She became the first left-handed player to win the title since Martina Navratilova in 1990, the first Czech player to win a Grand Slam singles title since Jana Novotna
Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...
won Wimbledon in 1998, and the first Grand Slam tournament winner of either gender to be born in the 1990s.
Following Wimbledon, Kvitova struggled during the US Open Series, falling to Andrea Petkovic in the 2011 Rogers Cup
2011 Rogers Cup
The 2011 Canada Masters was a tennis tournament to be played on outdoor hard courts in Canada. It was the 122nd edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2011 WTA Tour...
and 2011 Western & Southern Open
2011 Western & Southern Open
The 2011 Cincinnati Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, near Cincinnati, United States. The tournament was a joint men's and women's event, with six new courts being built for the tournament...
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Kvitova was the fifth seed at the 2011 US Open
2011 US Open (tennis)
The 2011 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States...
, but fell in the first round to Alexandra Dulgheru, continuing her ongoing slump after Wimbledon and becoming the first Grand Slam Champion to lose in the first round of the following Grand Slam without winning a set.
Kvitova's form improved at the 2011 Toray Pan Pacific Open
2011 Toray Pan Pacific Open
The 2011 Toray Pan Pacific Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 28th edition of the Toray Pan Pacific Open, and was part of the Premier Series of the 2011 WTA Tour...
, recording wins over Mandy Minella
Mandy Minella
Mandy Minella is a professional Luxembourgian tennis player. Her highest singles ranking to date is World Number 125 on July 25, 2011, and World Number 250 for doubles on July 17, 2006...
and Vania King
Vania King
Vania King is a Taiwanese American female tennis player. King won both the 2010 Wimbledon Women's Doubles and 2010 US Open Women's Doubles titles with Kazakh partner Yaroslava Shvedova....
to reach the quarterfinals. In a rematch of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships finals, she faced second-seeded Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals. She won, after Sharapova retired in the first set while down 3–4. Kvitova fell to Vera Zvonareva in the semifinals. By reaching the semifinals, she ascended to World No. 5 and received a bye into the second round at the China Open
2011 China Open (tennis)
The 2011 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the China Open, and was part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2011 WTA Tour...
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In the second round of the China Open, Kvitova lost to Sofia Arvidsson
Sofia Arvidsson
Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson is a Swedish tennis player. As of May 9, 2011, she is ranked World No. 77. Her highest career ranking is World No. 29.-Biography:...
in a three-set battle 6–7, 6–4, 3–6. However, with 2010 finalist Vera Zvonareva failing to defend her points, Kvitova moved one spot higher in the rankings to No. 4.
At the 2011 Generali Ladies Linz
2011 Generali Ladies Linz
The 2011 Generali Ladies Linz is a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the 25th edition of the Generali Ladies Linz, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour...
, she beat Canadian Rebecca Marino
Rebecca Marino
Rebecca Marino is a Canadian professional tennis player. On July 11, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38...
in the first round 6–2, 6–2. In the second round, she beat Austrian Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in the second round 6–2, 6–3. Kvitova defeated Daniela Hantuchova
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
in the quarterfinals, Jelena Jankovic
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
in the semifinals 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, and beat Dominika Cibulkova
Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009...
in the final 6–4, 6–1 to collect her fifth title of the season.
She won the 2011 WTA Tour Championships
2011 WTA Tour Championships
The 2011 WTA Tour Championships was a tennis tournament to be played at Istanbul, Turkey from October 25 to October 30, 2011. It was the first time Turkey hosted the WTA Tour Championships. It was the 41st edition of the singles event and the 36th edition of the doubles competition...
in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
. During the Round Robin matches, she beat Vera Zvonareva, Caroline Wozniacki, and Agnieszka Radwańska in straight sets, putting her through to the semifinals. Her next opponent was Samantha Stosur, who she beat 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 to reach her first WTA Championships final, a match against Victoria Azarenka for the World No. 2 ranking that she won 7–5, 4–6, 6–3. She concluded 2011 by helping the Czech Republic team win the Fed Cup
Fed Cup
Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...
, and was named WTA Player of the Year.
Singles: 1 (1–0)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 2011 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but lost to 2007 finalist Marion Bartoli in the fourth round.For the first time since 1913, all eight quarter-finalists were European.... |
Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... |
Grass |  Maria SharapovaMaria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open... |
6–3, 6–4 |
Singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 2007 WTA Tour The 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 35th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 1, 2007, and concluded on November 11, 2007 after 61 events. Two new events were added to the schedule for the 2007 season: the Barcelona KIA and Gastein Ladies. It also... | 2008 2008 WTA Tour The 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 36th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on December 31, 2007, and concluded on November 9, 2008 after 59 events.The season was characterised by its frequent changes in the No... | 2009 2009 WTA Tour The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events.... | 2010 2010 WTA Tour The Women's Tennis Association Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the WTA. The 2010 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments , the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , and the year-end... | 2011 2011 WTA Tour The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association . The 2011 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, and the WTA... | 2012 2012 WTA Tour The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association . The 2012 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Summer Olympics, the Fed Cup , the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of... | SR | W–L | ||||||||||||
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
A | A | LQ | 1R | 2R 2010 Australian Open – Women's Singles Serena Williams defended her title after winning 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 against Justine Henin in the final.-Seeds:# Serena Williams # Dinara Safina ... |
QF 2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the defending champion, but could not defend her title due to a foot injury sustained in the middle of the 2010 season.Kim Clijsters won her first Australian Open title and fourth Grand Slam overall by beating Li Na 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the final match... |
0 / 3 | 5–3 | |||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | 4R | A | 1R 2010 French Open – Women's Singles Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Maria Kirilenko.Francesca Schiavone defeated Samantha Stosur 6–4, 7–6 in the final and became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Seeds:... |
4R 2011 French Open – Women's Singles Francesca Schiavone was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Li Na, 6–4, 7–6, making Li the first Asian and Chinese Grand Slam singles champion.-Seeds:# Caroline Wozniacki # Kim Clijsters ... |
0 / 3 | 6–3 | |||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 1R | SF 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles The Women's Singles event at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships saw defending champion and top seed Serena Williams successfully defend her title with a 6–3, 6–2 win over Vera Zvonareva in the final, whilst failing to lose a set throughout the entire tournament... |
W 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but lost to 2007 finalist Marion Bartoli in the fourth round.For the first time since 1913, all eight quarter-finalists were European.... |
1 / 4 | 12–3 | |||||||||||||
| US Open | A | LQ | 1R | 4R | 3R 2010 US Open – Women's Singles Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, and successfully defended her 2009 title, after she won 6–2, 6–1, against Vera Zvonareva in the final. This match lasted only one hour.-Seeds:# Caroline Wozniacki # Kim Clijsters ... |
1R 2011 US Open – Women's Singles Kim Clijsters was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew due to an abdominal injury.Ninth seed Samantha Stosur won her first Grand Slam championship, defeating the favourite Serena Williams, a three-time US Open champion and the 28th seed, 6–2, 6–3 in the final... |
0 / 4 | 5–4 | |||||||||||||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 8–4 | 14–3 | 1 / 14 | 28–13 | |||||||||||||
Awards
2010- WTA Newcomer of the Year
2011
- WTA Player of the Year
- WTA Most Improved Player
- Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award
- Fan Favorite Breakthrough Player