Kristýna Plíšková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkrɪstiːna ˈpliːʃkovaː]; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech former professional tennis player. In her career, she won one singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, with nine singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 July 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 14 June 2021, she peaked at No. 44 in the doubles rankings. Plíšková won the 2010 Wimbledon Championships junior tournament, beating Sachie Ishizu in straight sets.[1] She currently holds the record for the most aces (31) in a match on the WTA Tour, which she set in a second-round match against Monica Puig at the 2016 Australian Open.

Kristýna Plíšková
Plíšková at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidencePrague, Czech Republic
Born (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 32)
Louny, Czechoslovakia
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2009
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
CoachJaroslav Levinský
Prize moneyUS$ 3,517,903
Official websitepliskova.net
Singles
Career record409–345 (54.2%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 35 (31 July 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2017)
French Open2R (2020)
Wimbledon3R (2015)
US Open2R (2012, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Doubles
Career record167–137 (54.9%)
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 44 (14 June 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2017)
French OpenQF (2021)
Wimbledon1R (2014, 2017)
US Open1R (2012, 2014, 2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup0–1 (0%)

Personal life edit

Plíšková was born to Radek Plíšek and Martina Plíšková in Louny, and has an identical twin sister, Karolína, who is also a tennis player, and a former world No. 1.[2] On 6 December 2021, Plíšková posted on her Instagram that she was excited to be expecting a baby with footballer Dávid Hancko.,[3] on May 31, 2022, they announced on their social accounts the birth of their son, who was named Adam.[4]

Junior career edit

Plíšková began competing professionally in 2005. She played her first ITF Junior Circuit final at the Malta ITF Junior Tournament in 2006, losing to Cristina Sánchez Quintanar. Plíšková made her Grand Slam debut at the 2010 Australian Open and reached the semifinals. She defeated the first seed Tímea Babos in the quarterfinals, but then lost to Laura Robson. Robson was eventually beaten in the final by Plíšková's twin sister Karolína.[5] At the 2010 French Open, Kristýna was defeated by Danka Kovinić in the first round. She then went on to win the Eastbourne International junior tournament, beating Tara Moore. Plíšková eventually won the Wimbledon girls' singles, defeating Sachie Ishizu.[1]

Professional career edit

2006–2009 edit

Plíšková played her first WTA Tour qualifying at the 2006 Prague Open, losing to Kirsten Flipkens. She proceeded with competing on the ITF Circuit.

In 2007, Plíšková was awarded a wildcard at the Prague Open but lost to the first seed Marion Bartoli. She also competed in the doubles event with her sister Karolína, but they lost to fellow Czechs Lucie Hradecká and Renata Voráčová in the first round.

In 2008, she won a wildcard for the Prague Open in both singles and doubles. In singles, Plíšková fell to Roberta Vinci in straight sets.

In 2009, she reached her first ITF singles final in Pesaro, but was defeated by Anastasia Grymalska.

2010 edit

Plíšková won her first ITF title in May at Kurume, beating her sister in the final. At the Prague Open, she lost to the fifth seed Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round. In doubles, she and her sister lost to Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska in the opening round. She then played her first senior Grand Slam event at the US Open. She defeated Lauren Albanese and Arantxa Rus, but then lost to Lourdes Domínguez Lino in the final qualifying round.

2011 edit

Plíšková was given a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of Wimbledon. She defeated all three of her opponents to qualify for her first career senior Grand Slam tournament.

2012 edit

 
Plíšková at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships

Plíšková qualified for the Wimbledon Championships and won her first Grand Slam main-draw match against Polona Hercog. However, in round two, she lost to 24th seed Francesca Schiavone, in straight sets. She then qualified for the US Open where she upset 18th seed Julia Görges in the first round; but again, failed to make it past the second round, losing to Mandy Minella.[6]

2013 edit

Plíšková began her season at the Brisbane International. She lost in the final round of qualifying to Australian wildcard Bojana Bobusic.[7] At the Sydney International, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Andrea Hlaváčková. In Melbourne, Plíšková won her first-round match over Australian wildcard Sacha Jones.[8] In the second round, she lost to 27th seed Sorana Cîrstea.

Playing in Paris at the WTA indoor event, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Lara Arruabarrena Vecino. Next, Plíšková played at a $25k tournament in Grenoble, France. She lost in the quarterfinals to Sandra Záhlavová. At the Dubai Championships, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying to Kurumi Nara. Seeded eighth at the Malaysian Open, she lost in the first round to qualifier Zarina Diyas.[9] In Indian Wells, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying by American wildcard Grace Min.[10] At the Miami Open, she lost in the final round of qualifying to Jana Čepelová. After that, Plíšková stayed in Florida to compete at the Oaks Club Challenger where she was beaten in her quarterfinal match by eventual finalist Estrella Cabeza Candela.

Plíšková began the clay-court season at the Charleston Open. She lost in the final round of qualifying to Caroline Garcia. Playing at the first edition of the Katowice Open, she was defeated in the first round by third seed Klára Zakopalová. Seeded second at the first edition of the Lale Cup, Plíšková fell in her quarterfinal match to Ana Vrljić. Seeded fifth at the Slovak Open, she lost in the second round to Kateřina Siniaková.

2014 edit

Plíšková won another two titles on the WTA Tour with her sister Karolína in doubles.

2015 edit

She upset Svetlana Kuznetsova in Wimbledon to reach the third round of a Grand Slam championship for the first time in her career.[11] However, she went on to lose to Monica Niculescu in the next round.

2016: First WTA Tour title edit

Plíšková defeated Samantha Stosur in the first round of the Australian Open, but lost to Monica Puig after setting a new WTA Tour record for the most aces (31) in a match, but failed to convert five match points. At the Tashkent Open, she went on to win her maiden WTA-level title, defeating defending champion Nao Hibino.[12]

2017: Second WTA final at home edit

Plíšková started the season at Shenzhen, where she lost to Johanna Konta in three sets in the quarterfinals. In the Australian Open, she went on to lose to world No. 1 and defending champion, Angelique Kerber, in the third round.

She went on to defeat Roberta Vinci in the first round of Dubai Tennis Championships before losing to Lauren Davis in the second round in three sets.

In the Indian Wells Open, she reached the third round, where she faced Dominika Cibulková dominated the first set 6–2, before losing the last two sets in tiebreaks and having a match point at 5–4 in the deciding set. She lost her opener at the Miami Open to Mandy Minella, also in three sets. At the new WTA event Ladies Open Biel Bienne, she reached the quarterfinals where she lost to her compatriot and later tournament champion, Markéta Vondroušová, in two sets. Plíšková then reached the final of the Prague Open, falling to Mona Barthel there. Then she won two matches in her other two WTA clay-court events but lost in the first round to Chloé Paquet at the French Open.

She had a decent grass-court season, amassing four wins in the Rosmalen Open, Mallorca Open, Eastbourne International and the Wimbledon Championships. Plíšková then proceeded to reach the final of an $80k event back home in Prague, but then cut her finger on an electric fan at the Jiangxi International Open, which resulted in her having to withdraw from her next two events. She returned to action in the Connecticut Open, losing to eventual champion Daria Gavrilova. At the US Open, she lost to Magdaléna Rybáriková in the second round.

2019 edit

At the Birmingham Classic, she and her sister Karolína became the first identical twins in WTA Tour history to play each other in a main-draw match. Kristýna beat her sister, who was ranked over 100 places above her.[13]

2021: First major quarterfinal in doubles edit

Plíšková started her 2021 season at the first edition of the Yarra Valley Classic where she lost in the first round to Vera Zvonareva, in three sets.[14] At the Australian Open, she was defeated in the first round by Heather Watson.[15]

Getting past qualifying at the Qatar Ladies Open, Plíšková was eliminated in the first round by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.[16] In Dubai, she was beaten in the first round by qualifier Tereza Martincová.[17] At the Miami Open, she fell in the first round to Katie Boulter.[18]

Plíšková began her clay-court season at the first edition of the Serbia Open. She lost in the first round to Océane Dodin.[19] Competing in Strasbourg, she was defeated in the first round by Alizé Cornet.[20] At the French Open, she was eliminated in the first round by eventual champion Barbora Krejčíková. In doubles, she partnered with her twin sister, Karolína. They reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam in doubles for the first time in their career. As a result, Kristýna reached a career-high ranking of 44 in doubles.

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[21]

Singles edit

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q1 Q1 2R Q2 Q1 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 7 5–7 42%
French Open A A A A Q1 Q1 1R Q1 Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 7 1–7 13%
Wimbledon A A A A 1R 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R NH 2R A 0 / 10 5–10 33%
US Open A A A Q3 Q3 2R Q2 1R Q1 Q2 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R A 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–3 4–4 0–4 2–4 1–3 2–4 0–0 0 / 31 15–31 33%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] NMS A A A A A A Q2 A A 2R A Q1 Q1 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Indian Wells Open A A A A A A Q1 A A 1R 3R 2R Q1 NH A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Miami Open A A A A A A Q2 A A 3R 1R 1R 1R NH 1R A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Madrid Open NH A A A A A A A Q1 1R 3R 2R NH A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A A A A Q1 A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open NMS A A A A A Q1 Q1 A A A Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[b] A A A A 1R A Q2 Q2 A A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–1 0%
China Open NMS A A A A A A A A 1R A A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 0 2 5 3 10 10 4 15 23 22 21 8 15 0 Career total: 140
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 2
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–5 3–3 3–10 3–10 2–4 10–14 22–23 14–22 18–21 9–8 5–15 0–0 1 / 140 91–139 40%
Year-end ranking 861 753 506 227 179 110 121 123 113 61 61 97 66 69 146 $3,517,903

WTA career finals edit

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250[c](1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2016 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard   Nao Hibino 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 1–1 May 2017 Prague Open, Czech Republic International Clay   Mona Barthel 6–2, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner–up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (5–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2013 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy International Clay   Karolína Plíšková   Kristina Mladenovic
  Katarzyna Piter
1–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win 1–1 Oct 2013 Linz Open, Austria International Hard (i)   Karolína Plíšková   Gabriela Dabrowski
  Alicja Rosolska
7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win 2–1 Jul 2014 Austrian Open, Austria International Clay   Karolína Plíšková   Andreja Klepač
  María Teresa Torró Flor
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 3–1 Sep 2014 Hong Kong Open International Hard   Karolína Plíšková   Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
  Arina Rodionova
6–2, 2–6, [12–10]
Win 4–1 Jul 2019 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay   Viktória Kužmová   Jaqueline Cristian
  Elena-Gabriela Ruse
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 5–1 Aug 2020 Prague Open, Czech Republic International Clay   Lucie Hradecká   Monica Niculescu
  Raluca Olaru
6–2, 6–2

WTA Challenger finals edit

Singles: 1 (title) edit

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2016 WTA 125 Dalian, China Hard   Misa Eguchi 7–5, 4–6, 2–5 ret.

Doubles: 2 (2 titles) edit

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2018 WTA 125 Chicago, United States Hard   Mona Barthel   Asia Muhammad
  Maria Sanchez
6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Mar 2019 WTA 125 Indian Wells, United States Hard   Evgeniya Rodina   Taylor Townsend
  Yanina Wickmayer
7–6(7), 6–4

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$75/80,000 tournaments (1–2)
$50,000 tournaments (4–3)
$25,000 tournaments (4–2)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (3–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2009 ITF Pesaro, Italy 10,000 Clay   Anastasia Grymalska 6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 2010 Kurume Cup, Japan 50,000 Grass   Karolína Plíšková 5–7, 6–2, 6–0
Loss 1–2 Feb 2011 ITF Rancho Mirage, United States 25,000 Hard   Ashley Weinhold 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 2–2 Jan 2012 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Anna Remondina 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Feb 2012 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Karolína Plíšková 6–7(11), 6–7(6)
Win 3–3 Oct 2013 Open de Limoges, France 50,000 Hard (i)   Tamira Paszek 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 3–4 Nov 2013 GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK 75,000 Hard (i)   Marta Sirotkina 7–6(5), 3–6, 6–7(6)
Win 4–4 Mar 2014 ITF Preston, UK 25,000 Hard (i)   Çağla Büyükakçay 6–3, 7–6(4)
Loss 4–5 May 2014 Fukuoka International, Japan 50,000 Grass   Naomi Broady 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win 5–5 Jun 2014 Nottingham Trophy, UK 75,000 Grass   Zarina Diyas 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Win 6–5 Feb 2015 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK 25,000 Hard (i)   Ana Bogdan 6–2, 6–2
Win 7–5 Apr 2015 GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK 25,000 Hard (i)   Nina Zander 6–3, 6–2
Loss 7–6 Apr 2015 Lale Cup, Turkey 50,000 Hard   Shahar Pe'er 6–1, 6–7(4), 5–7
Win 8–6 May 2015 Fukuoka International, Japan 50,000 Grass   Nao Hibino 7–5, 6–4
Loss 8–7 Oct 2015 Open de Touraine, France 50,000 Hard (i)   Olga Fridman 2–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win 9–7 Feb 2016 ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland 50,000 Carpet (i)   Amra Sadiković 7–6(4), 7–6(3)
Loss 9–8 Jul 2017 ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic 80,000 Clay   Bernarda Pera 5–7, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$75,000 tournaments (1–1)
$50,000 tournaments (2–2)
$25,000 tournaments (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2010 Kurume Cup, Japan 50,000 Grass   Karolína Plíšková   Sun Shengnan
  Xu Yifan
0–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2011 ITF Rancho Mirage, United States 25,000 Hard   Karolína Plíšková   Nadejda Guskova
  Sandra Zaniewska
6–7(6), 6–1, 6–4
Win 2–1 Aug 2011 Vancouver Open, Canada 100,000 Hard   Karolína Plíšková   Jamie Hampton
  Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Nov 2011 Taipei Open, Taiwan 100,000 Hard (i)   Karolína Plíšková   Chan Yung-jan
  Zheng Jie
6–7(5), 7–5, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Nov 2011 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia 25,000 Hard (i)   Karolína Plíšková   Naomi Broady
  Kristina Mladenovic
7–5, 4–6, [2–10]
Win 3–3 Jan 2012 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Karolína Plíšková   Julie Coin
  Eva Hrdinová
6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Win 4–3 Jan 2012 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Karolína Plíšková   Valentyna Ivakhnenko
  Maryna Zanevska
6–1, 6–3
Loss 4–4 Sep 2012 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK 75,000 Hard (i)   Karolína Plíšková   Vesna Dolonc
  Stefanie Vögele
1–6, 7–6(3), [13–15]
Win 5–4 Nov 2012 ITF Zawada, Poland 25,000 Carpet (i)   Karolína Plíšková   Kristina Barrois
  Sandra Klemenschits
6–3, 6–1
Win 6–4 Nov 2013 GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK 75,000 Hard (i)   Naomi Broady   Raluca Olaru
  Tamira Paszek
6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss 6–5 Apr 2014 Seoul Open Challenger, South Korea 50,000 Hard   Irena Pavlovic   Chan Chin-wei
  Chuang Chia-jung
4–6, 3–6
Win 7–5 May 2015 Fukuoka International, Japan 50,000 Grass   Naomi Broady   Eri Hozumi
  Junri Namigata
6–3, 6–4
Win 8–5 Jul 2016 Stockton Challenger, United States 50,000 Hard   Alison Van Uytvanck   Robin Anderson
  Maegan Manasse
6–2, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Girls' singles: 1 (title) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2010 Wimbledon Grass   Sachie Ishizu 6–3, 4–6, 6–4

Record against other players edit

Top 10 wins edit

  • She has a 4–9 (30.8%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season 2016 2017 2018 2019 Total
Wins 1 0 2 1 4
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score KPR
2016
1.   Belinda Bencic No. 10 Miami Open, United States Hard 2R 4–1, ret. 101
2018
2.   Jeļena Ostapenko No. 7 Shenzhen Open, China Hard 1R 6–1, 6–4 61
3.   Petra Kvitová No. 10 Charleston Open, United States Clay 2R 1–6, 6–1, 6–3 77
2019
4.   Karolína Plíšková No. 3 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass 2R 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(9–7) 112

Notes edit

  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  3. ^ The International were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

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