Karolína Plíšková

Karolína Plíšková

Ka.Plíšková at the 2015 French Open
Full name	Karolína Plíšková
Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Born	(1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 Louny, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	$ 3,116,561
Singles
Career record	335–210
Career titles	4 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 7 (17 August 2015)
Current ranking	No. 13 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2015, 2016)
French Open	2R (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2013, 2014, 2015)
US Open	3R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	128–108
Career titles	4 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 35 (1 February 2016)
Current ranking	No. 35 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2016)
French Open	2R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2013, 2014, 2015)
US Open	1R (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (2015)
Hopman Cup	RR (2016)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Karolína Plíšková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkaroliːna ˈpliːʃkovaː], born 21 March 1992) is a Czech tennis player.

Plíšková has won four singles and four doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as ten singles and six doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 17 August 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 7. On 18 May 2015, she peaked at world number 38 in the doubles rankings.

As a junior, Plíšková won the girls' singles event at the 2010 Australian Open, defeating Laura Robson in the final. Playing for the Czech Republic at the Fed Cup, Plíšková has a win–loss record of 9–2, including two won matches in the 2015 Fed Cup World Group final.

Plíšková and her sister Kristýna became the first twin sisters to win a doubles title in WTA history in 2013.

Personal life

Plíšková twin sisters in 2012

Plíšková was born in Louny to Radek Plíšek and Martina Plíšková, and has an identical twin sister, Kristýna, who is also a tennis player and won junior Wimbledon in 2010. She is currently coached by Jiří Vaněkand lives in Monte Carlo.

Career

2012

Plíšková played her first senior Grand Slam tournament main draw at the 2012 French Open. To qualify, she defeated Dia Evtimova, Tamaryn Hendler and Laura Robson. She lost in the first round to world number 8 Marion Bartoli in straight sets.

2013: First WTA title

Plíšková started the year in Brisbane International. She however lost to Olga Puchkova in the first round in two sets. Then in her next tournament in Sydney she qualified, beating Alexandra Panova, Irina Falconi and Estrella Cabeza Candela. In the first round she lost to the third seed, Sara Errani.

Plíšková won her maiden WTA title at the 2013 Malaysian Open. She defeated several seeded players to reach the final against the American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, defeating her in three sets.

At the Generali Ladies Linz in October, Plíšková won her first WTA title in doubles alongside sister Kristýna, becoming the first set of twins in history to win a doubles title together on the tour.

2014: Breakthrough

Plíšková at the 2014 China Open

2014 was a breakthrough year for Plíšková. After consecutive second-round finishes in Auckland and at the Australian Open, she reached her second career WTA tour final in Pattaya City, defeating top-50 players Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sorana Cîrstea before losing to Ekaterina Makarova in the final. She then reached the third round of Indian Wells, the quarterfinals of the Monterrey Open and the semifinals in Kuala Lumpur between March and April. In May, she reached her third career final in Nuremberg, losing to second seed Eugenie Bouchard in three sets. She broke into the top-50 in July and defeated world number 9 Ana Ivanovic in the second round of the US Open. After playing in America, she reached two finals in two consecutive weeks – in Hong Kong, where she lost to Sabine Lisicki, and in Seoul, which she won, defeating Varvara Lepchenko in the final to take her second career title. A third overall title (and second of the year) in Linz ensured Plíšková finished the year in the top-25, ranked world number 24.

As an alternate, Plíšková made a round-robin appearance at the season-closing Tournament of Champions, in lieu of top seed Ekaterina Makarova, losing her sole match against Flavia Pennetta of Italy.

After reaching five finals and winning two of them, racing from world number 67 to 24 after a whole year, and appearing to broader public at the US Open with big win over a former world number one and eighth seed at the tournament to reach third round at Grand Slam for the first time, 2014 was a breakthrough year for Plíšková.

2015: Climb Toward the World's Elite, debut in Top 10

Plíšková at the 2015 Apia International Sydney

Plíšková began her year at the 2015 Brisbane International where she defeated former world number 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka in the first round before losing in the second. She reached her first WTA Premier-level final at the 2015 Apia International Sydney, defeating Carla Suárez Navarro and Angelique Kerber before losing to fellow Czech Petra Kvitová in two tie-breaking sets. As a consequence of this run, she broke into the world's top-20 for the first time in her career.

At the first Grand Slam of the year in Australia, Plíšková reached the third round before losing to Russia's Ekaterina Makarova.

Plíšková made her debut for the Czech Republic Fed Cup team in the first round of the 2015 Fed Cup World Group in February, winning both of her rubbers against Françoise Abanda and Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada to help the Czechs to a 4–0 win in Quebec.

As the 8th seed, Plíšková reached semifinal at Diamond Games Antwerp, before losing to eventual runner-up Carla Suárez Navarro. She then played at the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Championships and reached the final as the 17th seed, along the way beating number 4 seed Ana Ivanovic, fellow Czech Lucie Šafářová, and the rising Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza. She lost in the final against the top seed Simona Halep.

Plíšková then played in Indian Wells, where she won a rematch with Muguruza in the third round before losing again to Halep. In Miami, Plíšková reached the quarterfinals where she lost to Andrea Petkovic.

Plíšková was the top seed in her home tournament in Prague. She reached the final by defeating Annika Beck, Tsvetana Pironkova, Denisa Allertová and Yanina Wickmayer, going to a third set in three of her four matches. In the final she defeated fellow Czech Lucie Hradecká in another three-set battle to claim her fourth WTA title.

At the Madrid Open she beat Sílvia Soler Espinosa in the first round, but lost to Caroline Garcia in the second. At the Rome Open she lost in the first round to Timea Bacsinszky in straight sets.

She lost in the second round of French Open as 12th seed to unseeded Andreea Mitu in straight sets after beating Shuai Zhang in the first round.

She reached another final at Aegon Classic, losing to Angelique Kerber 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-7(4). She lost to Agnieszka Radwańska at Aegon International in the third round. At Wimbledon, Pliskova defeated Irina Falconi in three sets before losing to Coco Vandeweghe in the second round.

She made another final at Stanford Classic, losing once again to Angelique Kerber 3-6, 7-5, 4-6.

She lost in the first round at Rogers Cup to Mirjana Lučić-Baroni and in the third round of the Western & Southern Open to Jelena Janković. Plísková then reached the quarterfinals of the Connecticut Open, losing to Lesia Tsurenko. Seeded 8th at the US Open, Pliskova suffered a shock loss to Anna Tatishvili in the first round.

She made another two quarterfinals at Toray Pan Pacific Open and Wuhan Open, losing to Agnieszka Radwańska and Roberta Vinci respectively, but lost in the first round of China Open to Sloane Stephens in straight sets. Her next tournament was the Tianjin Open where she reached the semifinals, losing to Radwańska for the third time in 2015. She lost in second round of the Kremlin Cup to Anastasija Sevastova.

She reached a tour-leading sixth final at the WTA Elite Trophy but lost to Venus Williams in straight sets. She ended the year ranked No. 11 in singles and was the 13th most popular player of the year according to the WTA's website.

She played as Czech No.2 in the Fed Cup Final, losing to Maria Sharapova on Saturday. The following day, she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in singles and won the deciding doubles rubber with Barbora Strýcová, against Pavlyuchenkova and Elena Vesnina, to win her first Fed Cup title.

2016

Plíšková began her season at the 2016 Hopman Cup, where she partnered with Jiří Veselý to represent the Czech Republic. She recorded singles wins over Jarmila Wolfe and Victoria Duval.

She reached quarterfinals in Sydney by defeating Ana Ivanovic and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, both in straight sets, but lost to World no.2 Simona Halep 4-6,5-7.

At 2016 Australian Open, Plíšková defeated Kimberly Birrell 6-4, 6-4 and Julia Görges 7-6 (5), 6-1 in the first two rounds. However, her quest to qualify for the round of 16 of a Grand Slam for the first time was halted again as she lost to Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-2. After the tournament, she competed at Fed Cup and earned important wins over Simona Halep and Monica Niculescu in Czech Republic's tie against Romania.

Her next tournament was the Dubai Tennis Championships, where she was defending last year's points as a finalist; however, she fell to Coco Vandeweghe in straight sets. Struggles continued as she lost to Margarita Gasparyan in the first round of the Qatar Open.

After receiving a first round bye in Indian Wells, Pliskova defeated Shelby Rogers and Ana Ivanovic, both in straight sets. She then defeated Johanna Konta in three sets and earned another straight sets win over rising star Daria Kasatkina, before losing in three sets to eventual champion Victoria Azarenka. Despite her good campaign in Indian Wells, Pliskova lost in the second round of the Miami Open to Timea Babos after another first round bye.

Significant finals

WTA Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2015	Dubai Tennis Championships	Hard	Simona Halep	4–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2016	BNP Paribas Open	Hard	Julia Görges	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Coco Vandeweghe

WTA career finals

Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runners-up)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) WTA Elite Trophy (0–1) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1) Premier (0–3) International (4–3)

Titles by Surface Hard (3–6) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	3 March 2013	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	2 February 2014	PTT Pattaya Open, Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Ekaterina Makarova	3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Runner-up	2.	24 May 2014	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Nuremberg, Germany	Clay	Eugenie Bouchard	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	14 September 2014	Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong	Hard	Sabine Lisicki	5–7, 3–6
Winner	2.	21 September 2014	Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
Winner	3.	12 October 2014	Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Camila Giorgi	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	4.	15 January 2015	Sydney International, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Petra Kvitová	6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up	5.	21 February 2015	Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, UAE	Hard	Simona Halep	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	4.	2 May 2015	Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	21 June 2015	Aegon Classic, Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Angelique Kerber	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	7.	9 August 2015	Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States	Hard	Angelique Kerber	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	November 8, 2015	WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China	Hard (i)	Venus Williams	5–7, 6–7(6–8)

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1) Premier (0–0) International (4–1)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 July 2013	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy	Clay	Kristýna Plíšková	Kristina Mladenovic Katarzyna Piter	1–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner	1.	13 October 2013	Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Kristýna Plíšková	Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Winner	2.	24 May 2014	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Nuremberg, Germany	Clay	Michaëlla Krajicek	Raluca Olaru Shahar Pe'er	6–0, 4–6, [10–6]
Winner	3.	13 July 2014	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Kristýna Plíšková	Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	4.	14 September 2014	Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong	Hard	Kristýna Plíšková	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Arina Rodionova	6–2, 2–6, [12–10]
Runner-up	2.	19 March 2016	BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Julia Görges	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Coco Vandeweghe	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]

ITF finals

Singles: 16 (10 titles, 6 runners-up)

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

Finals by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (3–3) Grass (0–1) Carpet (4–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	14 April 2008	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Florence Haring	6–4, 7–5
Winner	2.	25 May 2009	Grado, Italy	Clay	Julia Schruff	7–6(7–2), 7–5
Winner	3.	7 September 2009	Noto, Japan	Carpet	Shiho Hisamatsu	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(11–9)
Winner	4.	26 April 2010	Gifu, Japan	Clay	Sun Shengnan	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	10 May 2010	Kurume, Japan	Clay	Kristýna Plíšková	7–5, 2–6, 0–6
Winner	5.	18 October 2010	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Eirini Georgatou	3–6, 6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	30 May 2011	Přerov, Czech Republic	Clay	Réka-Luca Jani	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	11 July 2011	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Mandy Minella	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Winner	6.	17 October 2011	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–0
Winner	7.	24 October 2011	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	4.	14 November 2011	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Lesia Tsurenko	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	28 November 2011	Vendryně, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Amra Sadiković	7–5, 1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	8.	30 January 2012	Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Kristýna Plíšková	7–6(13–11), 7–6(8–6)
Winner	9.	12 November 2012	Zawada, Poland	Carpet (i)	Ana Vrljić	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	3 June 2013	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Petra Martić	3–6, 3–6
Winner	10.	9 September 2013	Sanya, China	Hard	Zheng Saisai	6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

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

Finals by surface Hard (4–4) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 May 2010	Kurume, Japan	Clay	Kristýna Plíšková	Sun Shengnan Xu Yifan	0–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	13 February 2011	Rancho Mirage, United States	Hard	Kristýna Plíšková	Nadejda Guskova Sandra Zaniewska	6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	30 May 2011	Přerov, Czech Republic	Clay	Kateřina Kramperová	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	11 July 2011	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Hana Birnerová	Natela Dzalamidze Anna Zaja	5–7, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner	3.	1 August 2011	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Kristýna Plíšková	Jamie Hampton Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	6 November 2011	Taipei, Taiwan	Hard (i)	Kristýna Plíšková	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	6–7(5–7), 7–5, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	20 November 2011	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Kristýna Plíšková	Naomi Broady Kristina Mladenovic	7–5, 4–6, [2–10]
Winner	4.	23 January 2012	Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	Hard (i)	Kristýna Plíšková	Julie Coin Eva Hrdinová	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Winner	5.	30 January 2012	Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Kristýna Plíšková	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Maryna Zanevska	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	17 September 2012	Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Kristýna Plíšková	Vesna Dolonc Stefanie Vögele	1–6, 7–6(7–3), [13–15]
Winner	6.	12 November 2012	Zawada, Poland	Carpet (i)	Kristýna Plíšková	Kristina Barrois Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	26 November 2012	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	Maria Elena Camerin Vera Dushevina	5–7, 3–6

Team competition finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partners	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	14–15 November 2015	Fed Cup, Prague, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Petra Kvitová Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová	Maria Sharapova Ekaterina Makarova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Elena Vesnina	3–2

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	Absent				Q1	Q1	1R	2R	3R	3R	0 / 4	5–4	56%
French Open	Absent				Q2	1R	1R	2R	2R		0 / 4	2–4	33%
Wimbledon	Absent			Q1	A	1R	2R	2R	2R		0 / 4	3–4	43%
US Open	Absent			Q1	Q1	Q2	1R	3R	1R		0 / 3	2–3	40%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–4	5–4	4–3	2–1	0 / 15	12–15	44%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	A	Not Held			A	Not Held				0 / 0	0–0	0%
Year-End Championships
WTA Tour Championships	Absent										0 / 0	0–0	0%
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	Absent					Q1	Q1	3R	4R	SF	0 / 3	8–3	73%
Miami	Absent						2R	1R	QF		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Madrid	Not Held		Absent				Q1	1R	2R		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Beijing	Not Tier I		Absent				Q2	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Not P5		Absent			Not P5			F	NP5	0 / 1	5–1	0%
Doha	NP5	A	Not Held		NP5	Absent		2R	NP5	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Rome	Absent								1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canada	Absent						Q1	2R	1R		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Cincinnati	NP5		Absent			Q2	Q2	Q1	3R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Tokyo	Absent							NP5			0 / 0	0–0	0%
Wuhan	Not Held							3R	QF		0 / 2	4–2	66%
Career Statistics
Tournaments Played	1	1	1	1	3	6	17	27	15	5	77
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	4
Finals Reached	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	0	10
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–6	10–16	44–24	34–14	10–5	322–201
Win %	0%	66%	0%	0%	0%	14%	38%	65%	71%	67%	61%
Year-End Ranking	860	427	228	203	159	120	67	24	11		–

Doubles

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R		0–2
French Open	A	1R	1R	2R		1–3
Wimbledon	Q2	1R	1R	1R		0–3
US Open	1R	1R	1R	1R		0–4
Win–Loss	0–1	0–3	0–4	1–4	1–12

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2010	Australian Open	Hard	Laura Robson	6–1, 7–6(7–5)

Wins over Top 10's per season

Season	2014	2015	2016	Total
Wins	2	3	1	6

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2014
1.	Angelique Kerber	No. 9	Nuremberg, Germany	Hard	Quarterfinals	7–6(7–5), 6–4
2.	Ana Ivanovic	No. 9	US Open, New York City, United States	Hard	2nd Round	7–5, 6–4
2015
3.	Angelique Kerber	No. 9	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Semifinals	6–3, 6–2
4.	Ana Ivanovic	No. 6	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	3rd Round	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
5.	Carla Suárez Navarro	No. 9	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Quarterfinals	6–2, 6–2
2016
6.	Simona Halep	No. 3	Fed Cup, Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Hard (i)	Quarterfinals	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2

External links

• Official website
• Karolína Plíšková at the Women's Tennis Association
• Karolína Plíšková at the Billie Jean King Cup