[124][125] Nevertheless, she qualified for the WTA Finals on 14 October. She also won her seventh and most recent ITF singles title that same month. Seeded eighth, Kvitov reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. [356] She is represented by IMG, following a signed agreement in August 2014. [10], Kvitov began her grass court season at Wimbledon, after withdrawing from Eastbourne the week before with an illness. Serena Williams takes her baby bump to the red carpet for the first time, alongside fianc Alexis Ohanian (May 2017) Embed from Getty Images. Dec. 20, 2016. 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. Kvitov trails the head-to-head 34. In singles, eighth-seeded Kvitov advanced to the round of 16, after beating Jocelyn Rae and Malena Gordo before losing to eventual semifinalist Katarzyna Piter in straight sets. This is the story of her survival, her return to tennis, and how it changed her. [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. [50] There, for the third time this year, she lost to Sharapova, this time allowing the Russian to reclaim the No. [239] Then, as the defending champion in Stuttgart, she saw off the likes of top-20 oppositions in Jennifer Brady and Maria Sakkari to reach the quarterfinals where she was stopped by Svitolina despite having led by a set, once again, and having two match points this time around. [290] The following month, Kvitov suffered consecutive exits in the last 16 of Doha and Dubai the first time since 2016 where she failed to reach a quarterfinal in the Middle East. Kvitov and Maria Sharapova met 11 times. 27 on 9 July 2007. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended. [174] However, she bounced back by winning the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy. [102] Nevertheless, Kvitov ended the year as world No. [13] She concluded 2009 as world No. The pair's next clash came more than five years later, in 2017, in the final of Birmingham where Kvitov came back from a set down to claim the title, before replicating a similar victory in the Sydney final in 2019 to lift the title. 8,471 talking about this. Kvitov and Caroline Wozniacki met 14 times. [240] She then advanced past Marie Bouzkov, Angelique Kerber and Veronika Kudermetova to make her sixth quarterfinal in Madrid where she lost to world No. [300] Then, in the semifinals of the Fed Cup in 2018, Kvitov saw off Kerber in straight sets, her first such win over the German since their first meeting, only for Kerber to exact revenge in their opening-round clash in Stuttgart a few days later. In the final, she beat Svitolina in straight sets to win the tournament on debut, thus lifting her 19th career title and her first title indoors since winning the WTA Finals in 2011. [237] Later that month, Kvitov made the fourth round at the Miami Open after seeing off Aliz Cornet and 17th seed Johanna Konta before succumbing to fifth seed Elina Svitolina from a set up. The man who stabbed tennis champion Petra Kvitova in her home in the Czech Republic has been sentenced to eight years in jail. Petra Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon singles champion, was attacked by a man with a knife on Tuesday morning in her apartment in Prostejov, Czech Republic, sustaining severe injuries . [140], Kvitov suffered a dire grass court season as she failed to produce a winning record on the surface, falling early to Jeena Ostapenko and Johanna Konta in Birmingham and Eastbourne respectively. You can buy a baby T. rex skeleton on eBay for $3 million. [53][54], Kvitov kickstarted her US Open Series campaign by winning the Canadian Open, the eighth title of her career. She won her first two matches easily against compatriot Andrea Hlavkov and German Mona Barthel. Kvitov first gained notice by defeating then-world No. The following week, because Jelena Jankovi failed to defend her points in Rome, Kvitov moved one place up to No. The athlete & tennis player (f) is dating Radek Stepanek, her starsign is Pisces and she is now 32 years of age. [259] Her season start struggles continued into February with a loss to another Romanian in Irina-Camelia Begu, also her first ever defeat to the latter, in the second round of St. Petersburg, a rematch of their second-round encounter here four years ago. V rmci okruhu ITF zvtzila na sedmi singlovch udlostech.. Na nejvy grandslamov rovni zskala dva tituly. [118], In August, it was revealed that Kvitov was diagnosed with mononucleosis (also known as glandular fever) and that she contracted the virus during spring earlier in the year but nevertheless, was cleared to compete. [260] She then reached the quarterfinals in Dubai after seeing off Camila Giorgi and world No. This time, Kerber exacted revenge by coming back from a set and a break deficit to prevail over Kvitov. Petra Kvitov, Official Site - oficiln facebookov strnky @petra_kvitova Against such opponents, she has been shown to break down physically due to her opponent's use of court craft, consistency and patience on court. [289] Seeded 15th at the Australian Open, Kvitov exited in the second round to Anhelina Kalinina in a tight straight-setter, making it the 10th time in her career where she failed to reach the second week here. Pisces. There, she came back from a set down to defeat Ashleigh Barty, winning her 26th career title. She made her 82 million dollar fortune with Highest ranking No. But . There, she lost to Agnieszka Radwaska in straight sets. Had she won the tournament, she would have been the new 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. [18] Kvitov was the 25th seed at the Australian Open, and made her first quarterfinal here, having defeated Sally Peers, Anna Chakvetadze, fifth seed Samantha Stosur and 22nd seed Flavia Pennetta en route, where she lost to second seed Vera Zvonareva in straight sets. 9. 9:26. She has 2 elder brothers named Jiri (an engineer) and Libor (a school teacher). The athlete & tennis player (f) is dating Radek Stepanek, her starsign is Pisces and she is now 32 years of age. The loss marked the first time since 2013 where Kvitov lost back-to-back finals. She currently uses the Wilson Pro Staff 97 racquet, a similar version to Roger Federer's. She defeated Aryna Sabalenka and Hsieh Su-wei to reach her first quarterfinal on Australian soil since winning here in 2015. [128] That year, Kvitov also won the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award for the third year running. -) olimpiai bronzrmes, ktszeres Grand Slam-tornagyztes cseh hivatsos teniszezn. Kvitova used to be the World No.2 player around 2011. [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. 1999 ta, amikor Jana Novotn . En route to her second final here, 14th-seeded Kvitov saw off Donna Vekic and Katie Boulter in her first two matches,[271] before dispatching Harriet Dart to return to the last four here for the first time since 2011. There, however, she conceded a walkover to Alexandrova due to illness. Petra Kvitova was attacked in her home in December 2016. At the end of the season, she won the WTA Championships on her debut. [311] Radwaska then retired at the end of 2018. [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. [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. This came as a surprise to many, as the couple had only been together for a little over a year. [11] After suffering consecutive winless appearances at the Australian Open, the Open GdF Suez and the Dubai Championships, she reached the third round in Indian Wells, losing to eventual champion Vera Zvonareva. [243][244], She would return to action three weeks later at the inaugural Bad Homburg Open, her first tournament on grass courts since Wimbledon two years ago. February 28, 2023. [ January 18, 2022 ] AUSTRALIAN OPEN. 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. . There, she was upset by Kirilenko in straight sets. [170] The loss meant that for the first time since 2010, Kvitov did not win a Premier Mandatory or Premier 5 title during a season. 68 kg. 34, and was also named WTA Newcomer of the Year. Petra Kvitova is a Czech professional tennis player. Sharapova then went on a five-match winning streak in the semifinals of the Australian Open, the Women's Stuttgart Open and the French Open, all in 2012, and then in 2014, in the quarterfinals of Miami and the final of Beijing. [21] Once again, Kvitov's ranking rose to a new high of world No. [183] She then breezed through to her second crown in two weeks by winning her third title in Madrid, becoming the first woman to do so, by seeing off Lesia Tsurenko, Monica Puig, Anett Kontaveit, Daria Kasatkina and Karolna Plkov to make the final, where she fought through a tough three-setter to see off Kiki Bertens for her 24th career title. [59], Kvitov began 2013 at the Brisbane International. 22 Jan, 2019 06:46 PM 5 minutes to read. There, she lost to 19th seed Johanna Konta in three sets. [77] She moved back into the top 10 by virtue of that result. [141] Seeded 10th at Wimbledon, she easily defeated Sorana Crstea in the first round. Seeded eighth, she defeated Alexa Glatch, Anne Keothavong, Roberta Vinci and Wickmayer en route to the quarterfinals. Tuesday, September 6. In addition, she also won the WTA Sportsmanship Award. Advertisement. [108] Kvitov then lost in Dubai and Doha, in the third round and quarterfinals, respectively, both at the hands of Carla Surez Navarro. [357] Her other sponsors include UniCredit Bank and esk pota, a Czech postal service operator. Their first meeting came in 2009 in the second round of the Swedish Open with Wozniacki winning comfortably. [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. She advanced through the first round after defeating Danielle Collins in a match that lasted over three hours, before losing to Anett Kontaveit in the second round. [8] In April, she played her first ever Fed Cup singles match where she faced Israeli Shahar Pe'er, which she won in three sets. She also won a bronze medal in singles while representing the Czech Republic at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Wimbledonsk vtzka 2011 Petra Kvitov s msou Venus Rosewater. [177][10] In Indian Wells, ninth-seeded Kvitov scrapped past Kazakh Yulia Putintseva in the opener in three sets to record the equal-longest winning streak of her career, 14 wins, dating back to her title run in St. Petersburg a month before. [37][38] She stated that attaining the position "would be nice", but that her priority was to improve her game. [144] Thus, she became the first Czech player of either gender to win an Olympic medal in the singles discipline since Jana Novotn in 1996. 1. 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. [114] The following week in Rome, Kvitov cruised into her second quarterfinal here but lost to Surez Navarro for the third time this year. Vsledky. [10] Nevertheless, Kvitov was awarded the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award once again, her fifth in succession and sixth in the last seven seasons. [66] This was followed by a loss to Kirsten Flipkens in the third round of Miami. [109] She subsequently withdrew from Indian Wells and Miami due to exhaustion. Kvitov then sailed to her first title of the year, and a milestone 10th of her career, in Dubai, despite having never won a match at the tournament before. [245] At Wimbledon, however, Kvitov was sent packing in the opening round by fellow Grand Slam champion Sloane Stephens in straight sets, and it marked the 10th occasion in her career where she fell at the first hurdle 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. Alastair Grant/AP. [26], Kvitov played a warm-up tournament for Wimbledon at Eastbourne and reached the final where she lost to Marion Bartoli in three sets. [231] She matched her best result at the French Open after that, defeating Ocane Dodin, Jasmine Paolini, Leylah Annie Fernandez, Zhang Shuai and Laura Siegemund, all in straight sets, to reach the last four where she fell to Sofia Kenin in straight sets. 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. [189] The following week in Cincinnati, her form improved, beating Serena Williams, Mladenovic and 15th seed Elise Mertens to sail into her first semifinal of the tournament since 2012, where she was stopped by Bertens once more, this time in three sets. Tuesday, September 6. extended highlights. She also won all of her singles matches at the event, defeating Tsvetana Pironkova, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Caroline Wozniacki, and Marion Bartoli. [57], During the Asian swing, Kvitov did not enjoy much success as she suffered early losses in Tokyo and Beijing. Blacklist user Reply. [344], On 23 May 2017, Kvitov announced that she would play the Wimbledon Championships the following month, and would make a last-minute decision, later in the week, on whether to compete at the French Open. There, she took down fifth seed Kristina Mladenovic to reach the last four, where she moved past Lucie afov. [153] Kvitov ended the season as world No. As of February 2023, Britney Spears' net worth is estimated to be $70 Million and she is currently signed to Jive Records, RCA, and Legacy. "Definitely yes," says the fan, adding that "She was wearing a large sweater and looked really cute!" Is Petra back on the market? 1 ranking. [256] She then saved two match points to beat Arantxa Rus in the first round of Sydney,[257] but then lost to Ons Jabeur in straight sets. 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