Kristýna Plíšková

Kristýna Plíšková

Plíšková at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic
Born	(1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 29) Louny, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Left (born right), two-handed backhand
Coach	Jaroslav Levinský
Prize money	US$3,400,229
Official website	pliskova.net
Singles
Career record	399–337 (54.2%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 35 (31 July 2017)
Current ranking	No. 132 (26 July 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2017)
French Open	2R (2020)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	2R (2012, 2017, 2019)
Doubles
Career record	167–137 (54.9%)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 44 (14 June 2021)
Current ranking	No. 62 (26 July 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2017)
French Open	QF (2021)
Wimbledon	1R (2014, 2017)
US Open	1R (2012, 2014, 2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–1 (0%)
Last updated on: 29 July 2021.

Kristýna Plíšková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkrɪstiːna ˈpliːʃkovaː]; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player.

Plíšková has won one singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's 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.

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 world No. 1.^[2]

Junior career[]

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.^[3] At the 2010 French Open, Plíšková 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[]

2006–2009[]

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

In 2007, Plíšková was awarded a wild card at the 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.

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[]

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[]

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[]

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.^[4]

2013[]

Plíšková began her season at the Brisbane International. She lost in the final round of qualifying to Australian wildcard Bojana Bobusic.^[5] 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.^[6] In the second round, she lost to 27th seed Sorana Cîrstea.

Playing in Paris at the Indoor Open, 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 Tennis 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.^[7] In Indian Wells, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying by American wildcard Grace Min.^[8] 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 clay-court season at the Charleston Cup. 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[]

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

2015[]

She upset Svetlana Kuznetsova in Wimbledon to reach the third round of a Grand Slam championship for the first time in her career.^[9] However, 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. At the Tashkent Open, she went on to win her maiden WTA-level title defeating defending champion Nao Hibino.^[10]

2017: Second WTA final at home[]

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. Plíšková 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[]

At the Birmingham Classic, she and her sister Karolína became the first identical twins in WTA history to play each other in a main-draw match. Kristýna beat her sister, who was ranked over 100 places above her.^[11]

2021: First Grand Slam quarterfinal in doubles[]

At the 2021 French Open Plíšková partnering with her twin sister Karolína Plíšková reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam in doubles for the first time in her career. As a result Kristýna reached a career-high ranking of No. 44 in doubles.

Performance timelines[]

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.^[12]

Singles[]

Current after the 2021 Winners Open.

Notes

WTA finals[]

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)[]

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)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2013	Palermo International, 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	Gastein Ladies, 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, China	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 125K series finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 title)[]

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

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)[]

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

ITF Circuit finals[]

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

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	ITF Grenoble, 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	ITF 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	ITF Olomouc, Czech Republic	80,000	Clay	Bernarda Pera	5–7, 6–4, 3–6

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

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	ITF Taipei, 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	ITF Grenoble, 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[]

Girls' singles: 1 (1 title)[]

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

Wins over top 10 players[]

• She has a 4–9 (30.8%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	KP Rank
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(7)	112

* As of 19 April 2021

References[]

External links[]

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• Kristýna Plíšková at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kristýna Plíšková at the International Tennis Federation
• Kristýna Plíšková at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Official website (in Czech)