The 21st century
Czech Republic · born BÃlovec, 1990 · left-handed · twice Wimbledon champion
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2
Wimbledon singles titles, 2011 and 2014
6
Grass singles titles, 2011 to 2023
55
Minutes taken by the 2014 Wimbledon final
38-14
Wimbledon singles match record
No. 2
Career-high ranking, October 2011
Born in BÃlovec, Czechoslovakia, in 1990, Kvitova turned professional in 2006 and reached the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2010. In 2011 she won Wimbledon and, on her debut, the WTA Championships in Istanbul, and rose to No. 2 in the world. She won Wimbledon again in 2014, took Olympic singles bronze at Rio in 2016, reached the 2019 Australian Open final and helped the Czech Republic to six Fed Cup titles. In December 2016 an intruder at her home injured her left hand with a knife; she returned in 2017 a month ahead of schedule and won Birmingham on grass that summer. After the birth of her son during Wimbledon 2024 she came back in 2025, played a last Wimbledon, and retired after losing in the first round of the US Open that August.
| Wimbledon singles | Champion 2011 and 2014. Semi-final 2010; quarter-finals 2012 and 2013; match record 38-14 |
|---|---|
| Finals to remember | 2011: beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4. 2014: beat Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-0 in 55 minutes, the quickest Wimbledon women's final since 1983 |
| Other grass titles | Birmingham 2017 and 2018; Eastbourne 2022, beat Jeļena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-2; Berlin 2023, beat Donna Vekić 6-2, 7-6 |
| Grass final lost | Eastbourne 2011, to Marion Bartoli 1-6, 6-4, 5-7 |
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Women's singles | |
| 2014 | Women's singles | |
| Birmingham | ||
| 2017 | Women's singles | |
| 2018 | Women's singles | |
| Eastbourne | ||
| 2022 | Women's singles | |
| Berlin | ||
| 2023 | Women's singles | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
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Wimbledon 2011 · Final
Weeks after losing the Eastbourne final to Marion Bartoli, she beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 on Centre Court for her first major title. She was the first player of either sex born in the 1990s to win a major, and the first left-handed woman to take a major singles title since Martina Navratilova in 1990.
Source: WikipediaWimbledon 2014 · Final
She beat Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-0 in 55 minutes, the most one-sided Wimbledon women's final since 1992 and the quickest since 1983. The princess after whom Bouchard was named watched from the Royal Box. "After three years to be back here with the trophy is so special," Kvitova said, crediting her coach's tactics.
Source: Bangor Daily NewsBirmingham 2017
Shortly before Christmas 2016 an intruder attacked her at home, cutting her left hand, and she was expected to be out for about six months. She returned at the French Open a month early and lost in the second round. Weeks later, on grass at Birmingham, she beat Ashleigh Barty 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 for the 20th title of her career.
Source: WikipediaWimbledon 2024
She missed Wimbledon in 2024 on maternity leave, and her son was born while the tournament was being played. She returned to the tour in February 2025 at Austin, Texas, after 17 months away, and in June, a day after Wimbledon gave her a wild card, announced that she would retire after the US Open.
Source: Associated Press, via WSLSWimbledon 2025 · No. 1 Court
Her last Wimbledon match was a 6-3, 6-1 defeat by Emma Navarro on No. 1 Court. She was given the on-court interview usually reserved for the winner and called Wimbledon "the best tournament in the world". Navarro paid her own tribute: Kvitova, she said, "had a kid and came back."
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