Petra Kvitov is a skilled tennis player from Czech, known for her exceptional left-hand strokes. [296] Another similar illustration was witnessed in the final of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships against Eugenie Bouchard where Kvitov fired 28 winners in 55 minutes, against just 12 unforced errors, to lift her second Grand Slam title.[297]. Petra Kvitov is a Czech professional tennis player. [357] Her other sponsors include UniCredit Bank and esk pota, a Czech postal service operator. 0. [10] After that, she suffered an early loss to Ayumi Morita in Dubai. Their final encounter came in the 2015 Fed Cup final, where Sharapova edged past Kvitov in three sets. [10] She then represented her nation in the Fed Cup final where they took on France. [10] Nevertheless, Kvitov was awarded the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award once again, her fifth in succession and sixth in the last seven seasons. 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As the fifth seed, she defeated Olga Govortsova, Lesia Tsurenko and Klara Zakopalov before coming up short to Maria Kirilenko in three sets. [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. Like many other tennis players in the Czech Republic, she was a big fan of Martina Navratilova.Petra trained in Fulnek until the age of 16. [95] In Cincinnati, third-seeded Kvitov received a first round bye and faced Elina Svitolina in her opener but was upset by the Ukrainian in straight sets. In 2012, Kvitov reached the semifinals of the Australian and French Opens, and was crowned the US Open Series champion. [185], Starting the grass-court season in Birmingham where she was the defending champion, Kvitov saw off the likes of Johanna Konta and Daria Gavrilova to record her fifth quarterfinal appearance of 2018. She then recorded a straight-set victory over Sharapova, ending a five-match losing streak against her, but then lost her bid to qualify for the semifinals when she succumbed to Caroline Wozniacki in her last round-robin match. Kvitov and Agnieszka Radwaska met 13 times. However, she succumbed to ninth seed Aryna Sabalenka in the championship match in straight sets, making it the tenth runner-up finish of her career, and the first time she lost consecutive finals at the Premier Mandatory/5 level. As of 2023, Petra Kvitova's net worth is estimated to be $24 million. [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. [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. 7, tying Caroline Wozniacki and Serena Williams for most top-10 season finishes this decade, seven seasons. [107] At the Australian Open, fourth-seeded Kvitov was upset by Madison Keys in the third round in straight sets. [153] Kvitov ended the season as world No. She has won the Wimbledon title in 2011 and 2014, and is also an Olympic medallist, winning the bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics. [55] At the Cincinnati Open, she reached the semifinals, falling to Kerber once again. She beat Coco Vandeweghe and 27th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova before losing to 12th seed Dominika Cibulkov in the round of 16. At the end of the season, she won the WTA Championships on her debut. As the defending champion, she dropped her first round-robin match to Agnieszka Radwaska in straight sets and was then forced to withdraw with a virus. [135], Entering the clay court swing, Kvitov announced Czech doubles specialist Frantiek ermk as her new coach. Along the way, she defeated Polona Hercog, Aliz Cornet, and Pauline Parmentier. In August, she confessed to having a real responsibility to her mentor Jiri Janek. Kvitov leads the head-to-head 85. 1 ranking as a result.[306]. [16] Kvitov recorded her first top 40 finish in 2010, at world No. That same year, she also won the Hopman Cup alongside Tom Berdych. [205], Kvitov began her clay court season in Stuttgart where she became the first player to win two titles in 2019. In the slice department, she has the ability to keep the ball low and performs the shot better on her backhand wing. Kenin defeated the Czech player in straight sets with the final scoreline of 6-4, 7-5. In the quarterfinals, she beat Konta and then in the last four, she went on to score her first win over Simona Halep to reach her first final of the year. [258] Kvitov was the 20th seed at the Australian Open, her first seeding in the 1724 range at the Grand Slams, but took another early loss to Romania's Sorana Crstea for the second year running, this time in the first round. The tie also marked the first time since the 2015 final against Russia where Kvitov won a Fed Cup match. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE . [10] Furthermore, she was awarded the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award for the seventh year running, her eighth overall, and ties Kim Clijsters for most Sportsmanship Award wins. 6. [186] She then beat Kateryna Bondarenko in her opener in Eastbourne before withdrawing due to a hamstring injury. [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. [156] However, her plans were jeopardized when she was attacked during a break-in at her home in the Czech Republic by a knife-wielding robber shortly before Christmas. Kvitov subsequently went on a three-match winning streak in the Tokyo semifinals in 2013, the second round of Doha and the third round of the Wimbledon Championships,[321] the latter two in 2014. The unseeded Czech knocked out four top 10 players in a week to win the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday. [305] At the end of the year, the two met in the third round of the China Open where Wozniacki beat Kvitov comfortably once more and ensured herself the world No. But she won bronze in the Rio Olympics, losing in three . [210], During the summer, Kvitov was forced to withdraw from the Canadian Open to recover from the arm injury that had been plaguing her the past two months. [232] Nevertheless, that run saw Kvitov reach multiple Grand Slam quarterfinals in a season for the first time since 2012, and it also guaranteed her return to the top 10 for the first time in nine months. Kvitov started her clay-court season by reaching the final in Katowice where she was upset by Roberta Vinci in straight sets. Updated. In the last four, she edged past Hsieh to reach the final where she succumbed to Bencic in three sets. 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[159] She kicked off her Paris comeback with a win against American Julia Boserup in the first round. 1 Barty in three sets. [64] This was followed by a quarterfinal appearance at the Qatar Open where she lost to Serena Williams in three sets, thus allowing Williams to regain the world No. [33] During the round-robin stage, she defeated Zvonareva, Wozniacki, and Agnieszka Radwaska in straight sets, putting her through to the semifinals. According to the report, a source close to the couple confirmed they were expecting a child. [56] At the US Open, she reached the fourth round for the first time since 2009. 1 ranking. K Vishwanaths Death News Hrithik Roshan Honey Ginger Bollywood Couples Baby Names Rakhi Sawant Sachin Shroff Wedding Vastu Tips Rakesh . 1 Barty, ending a four-match losing streak against the latter. [149] At the Wuhan Open, she sailed past Ostapenko and Svitolina in straight sets for a place in the third round. The win also ended Williams' 27-match winning streak dating back to the WTA Finals the previous year. A bit like saying is mine bigger than yours? She overcame CoCo Vandeweghe in the first round in three sets before receiving a walkover from Yaroslava Shvedova. 34 in the rankings after Madrid, which is also her equal-lowest ranking since the year-end rankings of 2010. She also amassed a 357 and 209 record in the singles and doubles disciplines respectively. There, she came back from a set down to defeat Ashleigh Barty, winning her 26th career title. 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. In Wuhan, she sailed to the last four by scoring wins over Polona Hercog, Sloane Stephens and Dayana Yastremska, all in straight sets, but was then stopped by Alison Riske. However, she managed to secure a spot in the semifinals where she defeated Maria Sharapova in straight sets to advance to her second final at the tournament. 18. Kvitov was the ninth seed at the French Open. [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. [145] Kvitov was the two-time defending champion in New Haven but saw her title defence come to an end in the semifinals in the hands of Radwaska. Petra Kvitov. 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[116] Nevertheless, following the tournament's conclusion, Kvitov returned to the world No. [22] She then lost her next two opening matches to Barbora Zhlavov-Strcov in Indian Wells,[23] and to Kristina Barrois at an ITF tournament in Nassau. Her last presence in a final act in a tournament was in March 2021, in the Doha Open, where she lost to Gabrine Muguruza. [102] Nevertheless, Kvitov ended the year as world No. Then, at the Australian Open, where second-seeded Kvitov was the favourite for the title, she defeated Vera Dushevina, Carla Surez Navarro, Maria Kirilenko and Ana Ivanovic to reach her second consecutive quarterfinal of the tournament. Blue. [223] Further suspensions to the 2020 season followed, the latest one lasting till end of July. She then beat Kristina Mladenovic in the final in a dominating performance to win her 21st career title, thus becoming the first left-handed player to win a singles title in Russia. Moreover, her local tennis club offered a reward amounting $3850 for information leading to the whereabouts of her attacker. [151] At the Luxembourg Open, top-seeded Kvitov reached the final but lost to Monica Niculescu in straight sets. 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. 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. 1, Ashleigh Barty, in straight sets, her fourth consecutive defeat to the Aussie, which also handed the top-ranked player her first win over a top-10 opponent at the Grand Slams. [248] In tennis competition, she saw off Italy's Jasmine Paolini in her opener before taking her earliest loss at the event, in the hands of Belgian Alison van Uytvanck in the second round, besides being inflicted her first bagel set at the Games in the process. 9:26. Date of Birth. She made her 82 million dollar fortune with Highest ranking No. Most Expensive. [272] There, she avenged her Birmingham defeat to 15th seed Haddad Maia and in the championship round, denied the eighth seed and defending champion Ostapenko a completed title defence, winning the final in straight sets, to collect her fifth title on the surface and 29th of her career. She then won her second title of the year and the ninth of her career in New Haven, defeating Nicole Gibbs, Lucie afov, Errani and Kirilenko along the way. Petra Kvitova vividly remembers the moment she realised her life would never be the same again. [278] In the semifinals, she defeated former champion Madison Keys, in their ninth meeting in total and a rematch of their opening-round clash here last year, to move to her 40th career final and her first in North America since New Haven seven years ago. The following week at the Cincinnati Open, she lost to Petkovic in the same round once more. [69] In Rome, she struggled past Sabine Lisicki in her opener but then lost to Stosur. [354] On 8 January 2020, an appeals court raised the sentence to 11 years, the verdict final. [19] Her strong run there ensured her a top 20 debut in the rankings, at world No. 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. 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