Kristýna Plíšková
Quick Facts
Biography
Kristýna Plíšková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkrɪstiːna ˈpliːʃkovaː]; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player.
Plíšková has won one singles and three doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 31 July 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 35. On 15 September 2014, she peaked at world number 51 in the doubles rankings.
Plíšková won the 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles tournament, beating Sachie Ishizu in straight sets;
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.
Personal life
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 WTA world number 1.She is currently coached by Martin Fassate.
Junior career
Plíšková began competing professionally in 2005. She played her first ITF junior 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. At the 2010 French Open, Plíšková was defeated by Danka Kovinić in the first round. She then went on to win the 2010 Aegon International junior tournament, beating Tara Moore. Plíšková eventually won the 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, defeating Sachie Ishizu.
Professional career
2006
Plíšková played her first WTA Tour qualifications at the 2006 ECM Prague Open, losing to Kirsten Flipkens. She proceeded with competing on the ITF circuit.
2007
In 2007, Plíšková was awarded a wild card at the 2007 ECM 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.
2008
In 2008, Plíšková won a wild card for the 2008 ECM Prague Open in both singles and doubles. In singles, Plíšková fell to Roberta Vinci in straight sets.
2009
In 2009, Plíšková reached her first ITF circuit singles final in Pesaro, but was defeated by Anastasia Grymalska.
2010
Plíšková won her first ITF title in May 2010 in Kurume, beating her sister in the final. At the 2010 ECM 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 at the US Open. She defeated Lauren Albanese and Arantxa Rus, but she then she lost to Lourdes Domínguez Lino in the final qualifying round.
2011
Plíšková was given a wild card into the qualifying rounds of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. She defeated all three of her opponents to qualify for her first career senior grand slam.
2012
Plíšková qualified for the 2012 Wimbledon Championships and won her first grand slam main draw match against Polona Hercog of Slovenia. However, in round two, she lost to 24th seed Francesca Schiavone in straight sets. She then qualified for the 2012 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 Luxembourg's Mandy Minella.
2013
At the Generali Ladies Linz in October, Plíšková won her maiden WTA title in doubles alongside sister Karolína, becoming the first set of twins in history to win a doubles title together on the tour.
2014
Plíšková won another two titles on WTA tour with her sister Karolína in doubles.
2015
Plíšková upsets Svetlana Kuznetsova in Wimbledon to reach the third round of a grand slam for the first time in her career. She went on to lose to Monica Niculescu in the next round.
2016: First WTA Title
Plíšková defeated Samantha Stosur in the first round of the Australian Open, but lost to Monica Puig after setting a new WTA record for the most aces (31) in a match, but failed to convert five match points. In Tashkent Open later, she went on to win her maiden WTA level title defeating defending champion Nao Hibino.
2017: Second WTA Final at home
Pliskova 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 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships before losing to Lauren Davis in the second round in three sets.
In the 2017 BNP Paribas Open, she reached the third round, where she faced Dominika Cibulkova 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 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne she reached the quarterfinals where she lost to her compatriot and later tournament champion Markéta Vondroušová in two sets. Pliskova then reached the final of the 2017 J&T Banka Prague Open, falling to Mona Barthel there. Pliskova won two matches in her other two WTA clay events but lost in the first round to Chloe Paquet in the 2017 French Open.
Pliskova had a decent grass court season, amassing four wins in the 2017 Ricoh Open, 2017 Mallorca Open, 2017 Aegon International and the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. She then proceeded to reach the final of an ITF 80K event back home in Prague, but then cut her finger on an electric fan at the 2017 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open, which resulted in her having to withdraw from her next two events. She returned to action in the 2017 Connecticut Open, losing to eventual champion Daria Gavrilova. In the 2017 US Open, she lost to Magdalena Rybarikova in the second round.
WTA finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
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Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 1 October 2016 | Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Nao Hibino | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1. | 6 May 2017 | Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | Mona Barthel | 6–2, 5–7, 2–6 |
Doubles (3–1)
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Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 14 July 2013 | Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy | Clay | Karolína Plíšková | Kristina Mladenovic Katarzyna Piter | 1–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
Winner | 1. | 13 October 2013 | Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria | Hard (i) | Karolína Plíšková | Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 13 July 2014 | Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria | Clay | Karolína Plíšková | Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor | 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
Winner | 3. | 14 September 2014 | Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong | Hard | Karolína Plíšková | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Arina Rodionova | 6–2, 2–6, [12–10] |
WTA 125K series finals
Singles (1–0)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 11 September 2016 | Dalian, China | Hard | Misa Eguchi | 7–5, 4–6, 2–5, ret. |
ITF finals
Singles (9–8)
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Result | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 10 August 2009 | $10,000 | Pesaro, Italy | Clay | Anastasia Grymalska | 6–2, 1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 1. | 10 May 2010 | $50,000 | Kurume, Japan | Clay | Karolína Plíšková | 5–7, 6–2, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 2. | 7 February 2011 | $25,000 | Rancho Mirage, United States | Hard | Ashley Weinhold | 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Winner | 2. | 23 January 2012 | $25,000 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | Hard (i) | Anna Remondina | 6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 3. | 30 January 2012 | $25,000 | Grenoble, France | Hard (i) | Karolína Plíšková | 6–7(11–13), 6–7(6–8) |
Winner | 3. | 14 October 2013 | $50,000 | Limoges, France | Hard (i) | Tamira Paszek | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 28 October 2013 | $75,000 | Barnstaple, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Marta Sirotkina | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Winner | 4. | 3 March 2014 | $25,000 | Preston, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Çağla Büyükakçay | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Runner-up | 5. | 5 May 2014 | $50,000 | Fukuoka, Japan | Grass | Naomi Broady | 7–5, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 2 June 2014 | $75,000 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Grass | Zarina Diyas | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 6. | 2 February 2015 | $25,000 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Ana Bogdan | 6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 7. | 6 April 2015 | $25,000 | Barnstaple, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Nina Zander | 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 6. | 20 April 2015 | $50,000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Shahar Pe'er | 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 5–7 |
Winner | 8. | 4 May 2015 | $50,000 | Fukuoka, Japan | Grass | Nao Hibino | 7–5, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 7. | 19 October 2015 | $50,000 | Joué-lès-Tours, France | Hard (i) | Olga Fridman | 2–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Winner | 9. | 22 February 2016 | $50,000 | Kreuzlingen, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | Amra Sadiković | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3) |
Runner-up | 8. | 17 July 2017 | $80,000+H | Olomouc, Czech Republic | Clay | Bernarda Pera | 5–7, 6–4, 3–6 |
Doubles (8–5)
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Result | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 16 May 2010 | $50,000 | Kurume, Japan | Clay | Karolína Plíšková | Sun Shengnan Xu Yifan | 0–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 7 February 2011 | $25,000 | Rancho Mirage, United States | Hard | Karolína Plíšková | Nadejda Guskova Sandra Zaniewska | 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 1 August 2011 | $100,000 | Vancouver, Canada | Hard | Karolína Plíšková | Jamie Hampton Noppawan Lertcheewakarn | 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 31 October 2011 | $100,000+H | Taipei, Taiwan | Hard (i) | Karolína Plíšková | Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie | 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 14 November 2011 | $25,000 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard (i) | Karolína Plíšková | Naomi Broady Kristina Mladenovic | 7–5, 4–6, [2–10] |
Winner | 3. | 23 January 2012 | $25,000 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | Hard (i) | Karolína Plíšková | Julie Coin Eva Hrdinová | 6–4, 4–6, [10–5] |
Winner | 4. | 30 January 2012 | $25,000 | Grenoble, France | Hard (i) | Karolína Plíšková | Valentyna Ivakhnenko Maryna Zanevska | 6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 4. | 17 September 2012 | $75,000 | Shrewsbury, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Karolína Plíšková | Vesna Dolonc Stefanie Vögele | 1–6, 7–6(7–3), [13–15] |
Winner | 5. | 12 November 2012 | $25,000 | Zawada, Poland | Carpet (i) | Karolína Plíšková | Kristina Barrois Sandra Klemenschits | 6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 6. | 28 October 2013 | $75,000 | Barnstaple, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Naomi Broady | Raluca Olaru Tamira Paszek | 6–3, 3–6, [10–5] |
Runner-up | 5. | 21 April 2014 | $50,000 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Irena Pavlovic | Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-jung | 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 7. | 4 May 2015 | $50,000 | Fukuoka, Japan | Grass | Naomi Broady | Eri Hozumi Junri Namigata | 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 11 July 2016 | $50,000 | Stockton, United States | Hard | Alison Van Uytvanck | Robin Anderson Maegan Manasse | 6–2, 6–3 |
Singles performance timeline
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | 2R | 3R | 4–3 |
French Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 0–3 |
Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 4–7 |
US Open | Q3 | Q3 | 2R | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | 2–3 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 10–16 |
Wins over top 10 players
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
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1. | Belinda Bencic | No. 10 | Miami, United States | Hard | 2R | 4–1, ret. |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' Singles
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 2010 | Wimbledon | Grass | Sachie Ishizu | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |