Karolína Plíšková

Karolína Plíšková

Plíšková at the 2013 US Open
Full name	Karolína Plíšková
Country	Czech Republic
Residence	Louny, Czech Republic
Born	(1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 Louny, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Prize money	$606,582
Singles
Career record	228–156
Career titles	1 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	53 (3 February 2014)
Current ranking	53 (3 February 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2014)
French Open	1R (2012, 2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2013)
US Open	1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	87–76
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	75 (14 October 2013)
Current ranking	75 (3 February 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
French Open	1R (2013)
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
US Open	1R (2012, 2013)
Last updated on: 3 February 2014.

Karolína Plíšková (born 21 March 1992) is a professional Czech tennis player. She has won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA tour as well as ten singles and six doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 3 February 2014, Plíšková reached her best singles ranking of world number 53. On 14 October 2013, she peaked at world number 75 in the doubles rankings. As a junior, she won the girls' singles event at the 2010 Australian Open, defeating Laura Robson in the final. Her twin sister Kristýna is also a tennis player.

Personal life

Plíšková was born to Radek and Martina Plíšková, and has a twin sister Kristýna, who is also a tennis player.^[1] She is currently coached by Jan Bedan.^[2]

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

Plíšková started the year in 2013 Brisbane International. She however lost to Olga Puchkova in the first round in two sets. Then in her next tournament 2013 Apia International 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.^[3]

WTA finals

Singles (1–1)

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)

Doubles (1–1)

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

ITF finals

Singles (10–6)

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 2, 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 (6–6)

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 N. Lertcheewakarn	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	6 November 2011	Taipei 5, 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

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles (1–0)

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

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

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