Kristýna Plíšková

Krístyna Plíšková

Plíšková at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic
Born	(1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 Louny, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand), born right-handed
Prize money	US$ 2,844,938
Official website	pliskova.net
Singles
Career record	391–324
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 35 (31 July 2017)
Current ranking	No. 69 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2017)
French Open	1R (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	2R (2012, 2017, 2019)
Doubles
Career record	156–130
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 50 (24 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 58 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2017)
French Open	2R (2015, 2017)
Wimbledon	1R (2014, 2017)
US Open	1R (2012, 2014, 2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–1
Last updated on: 31 March 2020.

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 24 February 2020, she peaked at No. 50 in the doubles rankings.

Plíšková won the 2010 Wimbledon Championships Junior Girls 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 world No. 1.

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

2006–2009

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.

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 wild card 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 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 wild card into the qualifying rounds of the Wimbledon Championships. She defeated all three of her opponents to qualify for her first career senior Grand Slam.

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 of Slovenia. 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 Luxembourg's Mandy Minella.

2013

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

Playing in Paris at the Open GDF Suez, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Lara Arruabarrena Vecino. Next, Plíšková played at a $25,000 ITF 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, Plíšková lost in the first round to qualifier Zarina Diyas. In Indian Wells at the BNP Paribas Open, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying to American wildcard Grace Min. At the Sony Open Tennis, Plíšková lost in the final round of qualifying to Jana Čepelová. After failing to qualify in Miami, Plíšková stayed in Florida to compete at The Oaks Club Challenger. She was defeated in her quarterfinal match by eventual finalist Estrella Cabeza Candela.

Plíšková began her clay-court season at the Family Circle Cup. She lost in the final round of qualifying to Caroline Garcia. Playing at the first edition of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open, Plíšková 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 Empire Slovak Open, Plíšková lost in the second round to Kateřina Siniaková.

2014

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

2015

She upset 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 Dubai Tennis Championships before losing to Lauren Davis in the second round in three sets.

In the BNP Paribas 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. Pliskova then reached the final of the 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 Chloé Paquet in the French Open.

Pliskova had a decent grass court season, amassing four wins in the Ricoh Open, Mallorca Open, Aegon International and the 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 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis 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. In the US Open, she lost to Magdaléna Rybáriková in the second round.

2019

At the 2019 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.

Performance timelines

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 and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

Singles

Current after the 2020 Palermo International.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	2R	Q2	Q1	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 6	5–6	45%
French Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	1R	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	1R	1R		0 / 5	0–5	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	NH	0 / 9	4–9	31%
US Open	A	A	A	Q3	Q3	2R	Q2	1R	Q1	Q2	2R	1R	2R		0 / 5	3–5	38%
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	0–1	0 / 25	12–25	32%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	1R	3R	2R	Q1	NH	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	NH	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Madrid Open	Not Held		A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	3R	2R	NH	0 / 3	3–3	50%
China Open	Not Tier I		A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	NH	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open[2]	NT1	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	2R	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2		0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	NH	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	Not Tier I		A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	Q2		0 / 0	0–0	–
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[3]	A	A	A	A	1R	A	Q2	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	NH	0 / 0	0–1	0%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	1	0	2	5	3	10	10	4	15	23	22	21	4	Career total: 121
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	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	5–4	1 / 121	82–120	41%
Year-end Ranking	861	753	506	227	179	110	121	123	113	61	61	97			$2,844,937

Notes

• ¹ WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
• ² The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 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 two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
• ³ In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.

WTA finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Legend Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (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 (4 titles, 1 runner–up, 1 pending)

Legend Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (4–1)

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

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)
Pending		Aug 2020	Prague Open, Czech Republic	International	Clay	Lucie Hradecká

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 Oracle Challenger, United States	Hard	Mona Barthel	Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	Mar 2019	Indian Wells Oracle Challenger, United States	Hard	Evgeniya Rodina	Taylor Townsend Yanina Wickmayer	7–6(9–7), 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000/$80,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

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	ITF Grenoble, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Karolína Plíšková	6–7(11–13), 6–7(6–8)
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	Pro-Series Barnstaple, United Kingdom	75,000	Hard (i)	Marta Sirotkina	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	4–4	Mar 2014	ITF Preston, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Çağla Büyükakçay	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	4–5	May 2014	Fukuoka International, Japan	50,000	Grass	Naomi Broady	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win	5–5	Jun 2014	Aegon Trophy, United Kingdom	75,000	Grass	Zarina Diyas	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Win	6–5	Feb 2015	Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Ana Bogdan	6–2, 6–2
Win	7–5	Apr 2015	ITF Barnstaple, United Kingdom	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(4–7), 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(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	9–8	Jul 2017	ITS Cup, Czech Republic	80,000	Clay	Bernarda Pera	5–7, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

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(6–8), 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), 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	Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	75,000	Hard (i)	Karolína Plíšková	Vesna Dolonc Stefanie Vögele	1–6, 7–6(7–3), [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	Pro-Series Barnstaple, United Kingdom	75,000	Hard (i)	Naomi Broady	Raluca Olaru Tamira Paszek	6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss	6–5	Apr 2014	Seoul Open, 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

Season	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Total
Wins	1	0	2	1	0	4

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2016
1.	Belinda Bencic	No. 10	Miami Open, United States	Hard	2R	4–1 ret.
2018
2.	Jeļena Ostapenko	No. 7	Shenzhen Open, China	Hard	1R	6–1, 6–4
3.	Petra Kvitová	No. 10	Charleston Open, United States	Clay	2R	1–6, 6–1, 6–3
2019
4.	Karolína Plíšková	No. 3	Birmingham Classic, United Kingdom	Grass	2R	6–2, 3–6, 7–6(9–7)

External links

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