Had she won the tournament, she would have been the new world No. 562562. [163], During the US Open Series, Kvitov posted a quarterfinal appearance in Stanford,[164] but then lost early in Toronto and Cincinnati, both at the hands of the resurgent Sloane Stephens,[165][166] before bowing out in the opening round of New Haven to Zhang Shuai. [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. Kvitov began 2008 by upsetting Anabel Medina Garrigues in her opening match in Paris for her first ever WTA main-draw victory before falling to fourth seed Elena Dementieva. [42] She scored those wins over the likes of Germans Julia Grges and Sabine Lisicki,[43] and Italians Francesca Schiavone and Errani. [40] Nevertheless, her run to the semifinals there saw her extend the longest winning streak of her career to date, 14 wins, that dates back to her title run in Linz last October. There, she fell short to 26th seed and eventual champion Flavia Pennetta in three sets. Kvitov and Agnieszka Radwaska met 13 times. [293][294], However, due to her high-risk game and aggressive style of play she is known to produce a high number of unforced errors in matches. She defeated Peng Shuai in the second round and then beat Jarmila Gajdoov in the last eight. There, however, she succumbed to fourth seed Paula Badosa in a tight straight-set defeat making it the third edition of Wimbledon consecutively where she lost on Centre Court. There, she was stunned by qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets. [86], At the Fed Cup semifinal tie against Italy, Kvitov dispatched both Camila Giorgi and Roberta Vinci in straight sets, thus sending the Czech team into their third final in the last four years. 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. She finished 2008 ranked world No. [201] Nevertheless, Kvitov returned to the world No. This came as a surprise to many, as the couple had only been together for a little over a year. But she won bronze in the Rio Olympics, losing in three . [10] She then helped the Czech team to defend its Fed Cup title, going 11 in singles matches against Serbia in the final before the Czech Republic won 31 in the tie through afov. . [10] Furthermore, Kvitov was awarded the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award for the second time. Kvitov was ranked 71 places lower than Safina at the time. Kvitov won both her rubbers in straight sets, defeating Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia. Kvitov was scheduled to play the Open GdF Suez, but withdrew prior to her opening match because of a respiratory illness. Then, the following week at the China Open, Kvitov carried on her good form by reaching her fourth final of the year but lost to Sharapova in three sets. In 2014, she won her second major title at Wimbledon, defeating Eugenie Bouchard in the final. [141] Seeded 10th at Wimbledon, she easily defeated Sorana Crstea in the first round. 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. There, she defeated compatriot Iveta Beneov to lift her maiden career title. [146] As the 14th seed at the US Open, where for the first time since the 2011 Australian Open, Kvitov was not a top 10 seed at a Grand Slam tournament, she reached the fourth round but lost to eventual champion Kerber in straight sets. She also possesses notable amount of variety in her game. [333] In December 2015, it was officially announced by the Czech media that the couple were engaged. 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. At the US Open, Kvitov was the fifth seed and reached the fourth round after defeating Laura Siegemund, wildcard Nicole Gibbs and 32nd seed Anna Karolna Schmiedlov, all in straight sets. As a result, she dropped out of the top 10 for the first time since September 2013, at world No. Watch highlights of the opening rubber of the 2015 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final between Petra Kvitova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.Fed Cup was launched in 19. SINGLES HISTORY. 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. [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. She also helped lead the Czech Republic to victory in the Fed Cup that same year, making it the Czech Republic's first such title as an independent nation. 3 Min Read. Petra Kvitov was born to Ji Kvita, a mayor and former school teacher, and Pavla Kvitov in Blovec, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). 0. It also meant that for the first time since 2015, she has made a Grand Slam quarterfinal in a season in consecutive years. [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. After dismissing Peng Shuai in the fourth round, she beat two more Czechs in the form of Barbora Zhlavov-Strcov and afov to reach the final. 27 on 9 July 2007. Along the way, she defeated Polona Hercog, Aliz Cornet, and Pauline Parmentier. She lost to Camila Giorgi in the second round. [323] In their most recent encounter, in the second round of the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic, Kvitov exacted revenge by clinching the maiden straight-set win in their head-to-head. 8:30. After that, Kvitov won their next four meetings in a row, all on hard courts the New Haven semifinals in 2015, second round of the Rio Olympics in 2016, third round of Beijing in 2017 and the semifinals of Doha in 2018, the latter where Wozniacki served for the match twice. [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. [10] She participated in the Fed Cup final, going 11 in her singles matches, with the Czechs defending their title in the end by winning the decisive doubles rubber. [84] Next, Kvitov competed in Indian Wells where she was the eighth seed. [316], The following year, they clashed in the semifinals of Sydney where Li, once more, beat Kvitov despite being a set down, this time denying Kvitov the No. [265][266] Her losing streak was extended to four, her first such since end of 2019, when she crashed out in the opening round of Madrid to Jil Teichmann, her earliest exit here since 2010. Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic returns a shot against Monica Puig of Puerto Rico during the Women's Singles Semifinal on Day 7 of the Rio 2016. [268] However, she lost in the next round to Daria Saville in straight sets.[269]. She then saw off Tsvetana Pironkova and fourth seed Azarenka to reach her first Grand Slam final, where she beat fifth seed Maria Sharapova in straight sets. [338] The knife-wielding attacker left with $190 worth of cash and is suspected to be a male in his mid-thirties. [13] She concluded 2009 as world No. Kvitova used to be the World No.2 player around 2011. Her career-high ranking of world No. [155], During the off-season in 2016, going into 2017, Kvitov announced Ji Vank as her new coach. [10], Kvitov began her grass court season at Wimbledon, after withdrawing from Eastbourne the week before with an illness. [349] More than five months later, a Czech state prosecutor revealed that an unnamed 33-year-old man (later identified as criminal recidivist Radim ondra[350][351]) had been charged with assault over a knife attack on a woman in Prostjov on 20 December 2016, which matched the date and location of Kvitov's attack. [359] Three months later, it was announced that Kvitov had signed a multi-year contract with Beverly Hills-based watchmaker, Ritmo Mundo. During the North American summer stretch, an unseeded Kvitov exited the Canadian Open at the first hurdle, her earliest defeat here since 2010, in the hands of Alison Riske-Amritraj. [360] In June 2016, Czech jewelry manufacturer ALO Diamonds entered Kvitov's list of endorsements after both parties signed a one-year deal. [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. [355], Kvitov endorses Nike apparel and footwear. There, she beat Grges in straight sets for her 50th main draw win on grass. [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. [153] Kvitov ended the season as world No. acebag Member since 06/2016. Three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber gave birth to her first child, a baby girl named Liana. 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. In the wake of parting ways with his ex-fiance, a new perspective on his sentiment began to restore the Talking Factories. 9. 2 and Wimbledon champion in 2011 and 2014, Kvitova had fallen out of the Women's Tennis Association top 10 this year. [98], The following month at the inaugural Wuhan Open, third-seeded Kvitov cruised into the third round on an upset-filled day by defeating Karin Knapp in her opening match in straight sets. [147] After the US Open, Kvitov announced that she and coach ermk have gone separate ways. The athlete & tennis player (f) is dating Radek Stepanek, her starsign is Pisces and she is now 32 years of age. Their final encounter came in the 2015 Fed Cup final, where Sharapova edged past Kvitov in three sets. [246] On home soil, at the Prague Open, Kvitov rode a three-match losing streak for the first time since the tour suspension was lifted last summer, when she tumbled out in the opening round to Slovak Rebecca ramkov in three sets. wimbledon. [334] The couple split in May 2016. He first gained notice upon defeating then-world No.1 Dinara Safina at the US Open in 2009. 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Their first meeting came in 2008 in the opening round at Memphis where Kvitov shocked then-eighth-ranked Williams for her maiden top-10 career win. [71], Kvitov kicked off the grass-court season in Eastbourne, losing to Yanina Wickmayer in the second round. Wimbledon 2019 - Kristina Mladenovic et son "challenge Petra Kvitova" Tennis Actu TV. Her next opponent was Stosur, whom she beat to reach the final, a match against Azarenka for the world No. 4. In the second round, however, she struggled against Laura Robson and eventually succumbed to the Brit in three sets. [162] However, she then suffered a second consecutive loss in the second round of Wimbledon, this time to Madison Brengle in three sets. [324], Kvitov and Ashleigh Barty have met ten times, with the head-to-head levelled at 55,[325] in what was described in February 2020 as "the best rivalry at the moment on the WTA Tour". Their next two encounters came in 2011, the first in quarterfinals of Eastbourne where Kvitov came back from a set down to beat Radwaska, and then in the round-robin stage of the WTA Tour Championships which Kvitov won in straight sets. As a left-handed player, she executes the shot well by serving out wide away from her opponent, especially on the advantage-side of the court to her opponent's backhand, and then coming forward to finish off the point with a winner down the line. Petra Kvitova vividly remembers the moment she realised her life would never be the same again. [345] Kvitov subsequently confirmed her participation at the latter event, thus marking her return to competition where she defeated American Julia Boserup in her opening match. [356] She is represented by IMG, following a signed agreement in August 2014. Kvitov was the defending champion in New Haven and made the final once more but was defeated by the rising Simona Halep. Their first meeting came in 2009 in the second round of the Swedish Open with Wozniacki winning comfortably. She is also known to attack weak second serves by producing powerful winners. At the Sydney International, Kvitov lost in the last four to Li Na. Petra Kvitova is currently in action in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where her next match is versus Barbora Krejcikova in the round of 16. In the semifinals of the 2020 Qatar Open, Kvitov snapped the losing streak, recording her fifth win over Barty in the process, also her sixth win over a reigning world No. 8 and defending champion, Venus Williams in the first round in Memphis. She was then forced to withdraw from the French Open due to an ankle injury, and bowed out in the first round of Wimbledon. Looking at the title odds at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, Kvitova is +2500. [73] She was the defending champion at the Canadian Open and defeated Eugenie Bouchard and Stosur to reach the quarterfinals but failed to defend her title when she lost to eventual finalist Sorana Crstea in three sets. [53][54], Kvitov kickstarted her US Open Series campaign by winning the Canadian Open, the eighth title of her career. [242] At the French Open, 11th-seeded Kvitov saved a match point in the first round against Greet Minnen en route to a win from a set down but then was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to an ankle injury sustained during media duties there. 2016-09-08 05:37:32. Petr Kvitova is a world-renowned tennis player, and has won numerous Grand Slam titles.Radek Meidl is a Czech hockey player. [74] At the Cincinnati Open, she lost to Wozniacki in the third round. [295], However, when Kvitov is at her best, she is extremely dangerous, as seen in the final of the 2015 Madrid Open against Svetlana Kuznetsova where she hit 33 winners in the 66-minute contest, an average of a winner every two minutes, which is more than double her unforced error count of 14 too. [200], As the eighth seed at the Australian Open, Kvitov cruised into the quarterfinals without dropping a set, recording wins over Magdalna Rybrikov, Irina-Camelia Begu, Belinda Bencic and Amanda Anisimova. A former world No. Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova says she is "shaken, but fortunate to be alive" after being severely injured by a knife-wielding robber in her apartment Tuesday. There, she was upset by 24th seed Bacsinszky in three sets. The Czechs then advanced to the semifinals with a 40 scoreline.[63]. Dec. 20, 2016. [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. V rmci okruhu ITF zvtzila na sedmi singlovch udlostech.. Na nejvy grandslamov rovni zskala dva tituly. There, she defeated Lucie Hradeck and Elena Baltacha, before losing to defending and eventual champion Kim Clijsters in the third round, having led 30 in the first set before going on lost the next twelve games in a row. There, she lost to incoming world No. In the post-match presentation, the player admitted that she was not thinking about any possible retirement and wanted to enjoy the game of tennis as long as possible. This meant that Kvitov has now won titles across three decades, dating back to her maiden career title at Hobart in January 2009, also becoming the first player male or female born in the 1990s to achieve that feat. Nevertheless, the Czech star also won the bronze medal for her country in the 2016 Olympics. [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. Her birth sign is Pisces and her life path number is 3. [136] Seeded fifth in Stuttgart, she made her first semifinal at the tournament since 2012 but there, she lost to eventual champion Angelique Kerber. [184] The winning streak ended at the French Open, when she crashed out in the third round to 25th seed Kontaveit in straight sets. [81] It was the first time Kvitov exited a Grand Slam tournament in the opening round since the 2011 US Open. [214] The following week in Beijing, she recorded her fifth quarterfinal appearance at the tournament, after defeating Mladenovic and ninth seed Bencic, both in straight sets, where she succumbed to world No. Defeated Polona Hercog, Aliz Cornet, and has won numerous Grand Slam quarterfinal in a in... 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