| Fullname: | Petra Kvitová |
| Singlesrecord: | 60-13 (82.19%) |
| Singlestitles: | 6 |
| Yearendsinglesranking: | No. 2 |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 2 |
| Singlesrankingchange: | 32 |
| Australianopenresult: | QF |
| Frenchopenresult: | 4R |
| Wimbledonresult: | W |
| Usopenresult: | 1R |
| Masterscupresult: | W |
See main article: Petra Kvitová. The 2011 Petra Kvitová tennis season officially began at the 2011 Brisbane International, the first of two simultaneous events which opened the official 2011 season.
Kvitová began her season at the 2011 Brisbane International, as an unseeded player. She upset third seed Nadia Petrova in the first round, then followed it up with wins over Ksenia Pervak, Dominika Cibulková and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach her first final since 2009, where she faced Andrea Petkovic of Germany. Kvitová won in straight sets to win only her second career title and first in almost two years.[1]
As a result of reaching the final in Brisbane, Kvitová had to withdraw from the qualifying draw for the Medibank International Sydney.
Kvitová's next tournament was the 2011 Australian Open, where she was the 25th seed. She defeated Sally Peers, Anna Chakvetadze, fifth seed Samantha Stosur and Flavia Pennetta, the latter in three sets, to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the first time. There, she lost to World No. 2 Vera Zvonareva in straight sets.[2] Following the run in Australia, Kvitová entered the world's top 20 for the first time.
Following the Australian Open, Kvitová was named in the Czech Republic Fed Cup team for its quarter-final against Slovakia. Kvitová won both of her rubbers against Dominika Cibulková and Daniela Hantuchová; her victory over the latter ensured the Czech Republic would progress through to the semi-finals.
Following the Fed Cup quarter-finals, Kvitová participated at the 2011 Open GDF Suez, where she was seeded fourth. After surviving three-setters against fellow Czech Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová and Yanina Wickmayer in earlier rounds, she reached the final, upsetting soon-to-be World No. 1 Kim Clijsters in straight sets to win her second title for the year.[3]
Kvitová then made an early exit from her next tournament, losing in the first round of the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships to Ayumi Morita of Japan.[4]
The next stop for Kvitová following the Middle East swing was the Premier Mandatory Indian Wells tournament in March. After receiving a bye in the opening round, Kvitová was upset by fellow Czech Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, whom she had beaten in Paris the previous month, in the second round.[5]
Kvitová then received a wildcard into the Bahamas Women's Open, but she was upset in the first round by Kristina Barrois in three sets, marking a third consecutive defeat.[6]
The Sony Ericsson Open saw somewhat of a brief return to form for Kvitová; after receiving a first round bye, she defeated Varvara Lepchenko for her first match victory in almost six weeks, but was then upset in three sets by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the third round.[7]
Following her disappointing North American hard court season, Kvitová next represented the Czech Republic in its semi-final against Belgium. Kvitová won both of her singles rubbers against Kirsten Flipkens and Yanina Wickmayer, as the Czechs progressed to the final.[8]
Kvitová kicked off her clay court season at the Mutua Madrid Open, where she was seeded 16th. After defeating Alexandra Dulgheru and Chanelle Scheepers in the first two rounds, she defeated second seed Vera Zvonareva in straight sets in the Round of 16 to progress to the quarter-finals.[9] She then went on to defeat Dominika Cibulková (who had upset Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova in earlier rounds) and Li Na to reach her third final for the year, where she would meet Victoria Azarenka. In the final, Kvitová survived a first set tiebreak and went on to win in straight sets, claiming her first career Tier I/Premier Mandatory title in the process.[10] By winning this title, Kvitová entered the Top 10 for the first time in her career.
Rather than participate in Rome, Kvitová decided to travel home to participate at her home ITF event, the Sparta Prague Open. Seeded first, Kvitová reached her fourth final of the year, but would end up losing to Slovak Magdaléna Rybáriková.[11] During the tournament, she suffered a hip injury, which would force her to withdraw from the Brussels Open the following week.
Kvitová's next tournament was the 2011 French Open, where she was seeded ninth. She defeated Gréta Arn, Zheng Jie and Vania King to reach the fourth round, where she was defeated by the eventual champion, Li Na, in three sets, having led by a break in the final set.[12]
Following a modest clay court campaign, Kvitová made the transition to grass by participating in the AEGON International event in Eastbourne. She defeated Anastasija Sevastova, Ekaterina Makarova, Agnieszka Radwańska and Daniela Hantuchová (the latter retiring) to reach the final, but found Marion Bartoli too good for her in the championship match, losing in three sets.[13]
Wimbledon was next for Kvitová, where she had reached the semi-finals in 2010. Intent on going one better, Kvitová won her first four matches without conceding more than three games in a single set, before surviving three-set thrillers against Tsvetana Pironkova and Victoria Azarenka, to reach her first Grand Slam final. There, she met Maria Sharapova, who was seen as a favourite to win her second title after previously triumphing in 2004. However, Kvitová would win in straight sets to win her first Grand Slam title at the expense of the Russian.[14]
Kvitová's form dropped off following her successful grass court campaign. She suffered a pair of losses to Andrea Petkovic in Toronto and Cincinnati (both in the third round and both after receiving a first round bye), then became the first reigning Wimbledon champion to lose in the first round of the US Open when she lost her first match to Alexandra Dulgheru.[15] She finished the US Open series with a paltry 2–3 win-loss record from five matches.
Following her unsuccessful US Open series campaign, Kvitová rebounded at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, defeating Mandy Minella, Vania King and Maria Sharapova (retired) before losing to Vera Zvonareva in the semi-finals.[16]
Kvitová then received a first round bye at the China Open, but was defeated in her first match by Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden.[17] That would be the last time that Kvitová was beaten in 2011.
Following the Asian hard court swing, Kvitová received a wildcard into the Generali Ladies Linz, thus making her the top seed. With the exception of her semi-final victory over Jelena Janković, Kvitová won all of her matches in straight sets, including in the final, where she defeated Dominika Cibulková to win her fifth title of the year.
As a result of Kvitová's excellent results this year, she qualified for the 2011 WTA Tour Championships for the first time in her career. She drew Vera Zvonareva, Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwańska in her group in the round robin stage. She went through this stage without dropping a set, thus qualifying for the semi-finals. She then defeated Samantha Stosur in three sets to advance to the final, where she would meet Victoria Azarenka for the third time in the year. Kvitová would win in three sets, to claim her sixth title of the year, go through the entire championships undefeated and become the first woman since Maria Sharapova in 2004 to win the title on her first attempt.[18]
To round out the season, Kvitová took part in the Czech Republic's Fed Cup championship match against Russia. She won both of her singles rubbers, against Maria Kirilenko and Svetlana Kuznetsova, as the Czechs claimed their sixth Fed Cup title.[19] Her two singles rubbers saw her finish 2011 on a twelve-match winning streak, which she would unofficially extend to eighteen in the early part of 2012.
| Tournament | Match | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | ||
| Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA International Hard, outdoor 2–8 January 2011 | |||||||
| 1 |  Nadia Petrova | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | |||||
| 2 | Ksenia Pervak | 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 | |||||
| 3 |  Dominika Cibulková | 6–0, 6–4 | |||||
| 4 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | |||||
| 5 | bgcolor=lime | Andrea Petkovic | 6–1, 6–3 | ||||
| Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 17–30 January 2011 | |||||||
| 6 |  Sally Peers | 6–2, 6–4 | |||||
| 7 | Anna Chakvetadze | 6–3, 6–4 | |||||
| 8 | Samantha Stosur | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 | |||||
| 9 |  Flavia Pennetta | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |||||
| 10 | Vera Zvonareva | 6–2, 6–4 | |||||
| Fed Cup WG 1st Round Hard, indoor 5–6 February 2011 | 11 | Dominika Cibulková | 6–2, 6–3 | ||||
| 12 | Daniela Hantuchová | 6–4, 6–2 | |||||
| Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 7–13 February 2011 | |||||||
| 13 | Vesna Manasieva | 7–5, 6–4 | |||||
| 14 |  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(11–9) | |||||
| 15 |  Yanina Wickmayer | 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) | |||||
| 16 |  Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 6–2, 6–0 | |||||
| 17 | Kim Clijsters | 6–4, 6–3 | |||||
| Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 14–20 February 2011 | 18 |  Ayumi Morita | 6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7) | ||||
| Indian Wells Indian Wells, United States of America WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 7–20 March 2011 | Bye | ||||||
| 19 | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6–3, 2–6, 5–7 | |||||
| The Bahamas Women's Open Nassau, Bahamas ITF Circuit ($100,000) Hard, outdoor 14–20 March 2011 | 20 | Kristina Barrois | 6–1, 5–7, 3–6 | ||||
| Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States of America WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 21 March–3 April 2011 | Bye | ||||||
| 21 | Varvara Lepchenko | 6–1, 6–2 | |||||
| 22 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 0–6 | |||||
| Fed Cup WG Semifinals Hard, indoor 16–17 April 2011 | 23 | Kirsten Flipkens | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) | ||||
| 24 | Yanina Wickmayer | 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 | |||||
| Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay, outdoor 2–8 May 2011 | 25 |  Alexandra Dulgheru | 6–4, 6–1 | ||||
| 26 | Chanelle Scheepers | 6–3, 6–3 | |||||
| 27 | Vera Zvonareva | 6–1, 6–4 | |||||
| 28 | Dominika Cibulková | 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 | |||||
| 29 |  Li Na | 6–3, 6–1 | |||||
| 30 |  Victoria Azarenka | 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | |||||
| Sparta Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic ITF Circuit ($100,000) Clay, outdoor 9–15 May 2011 | 31 |  Anne Keothavong | 7–6(7–1), 6–3 | ||||
| 32 | Elena Baltacha | 6–2, 6–3 | |||||
| 33 |  Mathilde Johansson | 6–1, 6–1 | |||||
| 34 |  Aleksandra Krunić | 6–4, 6–2 | |||||
| 35 | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 3–6, 4–6 | |||||
| French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 22 May–5 June 2011 | 36 |  Gréta Arn | 6–2, 6–1 | ||||
| 37 | Zheng Jie | 6–4, 6–1 | |||||
| 38 | Vania King | 6–4, 6–2 | |||||
| 39 | Li Na | 6–2, 1–6, 3–6 | |||||
| AEGON International Eastbourne, United Kingdom WTA Premier Grass, outdoor 13–19 June 2011 | 40 | Anastasija Sevastova | 5–7, 6–1, 6–3 | ||||
| 41 | Ekaterina Makarova | 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–4) | |||||
| 42 |  Agnieszka Radwańska | 1–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–2) | |||||
| 43 | Daniela Hantuchová | 7–6(11–9), 4–2 ret. | |||||
| 44 | Marion Bartoli | 1–6, 6–4, 5–7 | |||||
| The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 20 June–3 July 2011 | 45 | Alexa Glatch | 6–2, 6–2 | ||||
| 46 | Anne Keothavong | 6–2, 6–1 | |||||
| 47 | Roberta Vinci | 6–3, 6–3 | |||||
| 48 | Yanina Wickmayer | 6–0, 6–2 | |||||
| 49 | Tsvetana Pironkova | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2 | |||||
| 50 | Victoria Azarenka | 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 | |||||
| 51 | Maria Sharapova | 6–3, 6–4 | |||||
| Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 8–14 August 2011 | Bye | ||||||
| 52 |  Anabel Medina Garrigues | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | |||||
| 53 | Andrea Petkovic | 1–6, 2–6 | |||||
| Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, United States of America WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 15–21 August 2011 | Bye | ||||||
| 54 | Chanelle Scheepers | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | |||||
| 55 | Andrea Petkovic | 3–6, 3–6 | |||||
| US Open New York City, United States of America Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 29 August–12 September 2011 | 56 | Alexandra Dulgheru | 6–7(3–7), 3–6 | ||||
| Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 26 September–1 October 2011 | Bye | ||||||
| 57 |  Mandy Minella | 6–2, 6–3 | |||||
| 58 | Vania King | 6–1, 7–6(7–4) | |||||
| 59 | Maria Sharapova | 4–3 ret. | |||||
| 60 | Vera Zvonareva | 6–7(2–7), 0–6 | |||||
| China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 1–9 October 2011 | Bye | ||||||
| 61 |  Sofia Arvidsson | 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 3–6 | |||||
| Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria WTA International Hard, indoor 10–16 October 2011 | |||||||
| 62 |  Rebecca Marino | 6–2, 6–2 | |||||
| 63 |  Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | 6–2, 6–3 | |||||
| 64 | Daniela Hantuchová | 6–2, 6–2 | |||||
| 65 | Jelena Janković | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |||||
| 66 | bgcolor=lime | Dominika Cibulková | 6–4, 6–1 | ||||
| WTA Tour Championships Istanbul, Turkey WTA Tour Championships Hard, indoor 24–30 October 2011 | |||||||
| 67 | Vera Zvonareva | 6–2, 6–4 | |||||
| 68 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 | |||||
| 69 | Caroline Wozniacki | 6–4, 6–2 | |||||
| 70 | Samantha Stosur | 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 | |||||
| 71 | bgcolor=lime | Victoria Azarenka | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 | ||||
| Fed Cup Final Hard, indoor 4–6 November 2011 | 72 | Maria Kirilenko | 6–2, 6–2 | ||||
| 73 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 | |||||
| width=135 | Date | width=225 | Championship | width=150 | Location | width=190 | Category | width=50 | Surface | width=40 | Prev. result | width=40 | New result | width=225 | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 January 2011– 8 January 2011 | Brisbane (AUS) | WTA International | Hard | DNP | W | Won in the final against Andrea Petkovic | |||||||||
| 17 January 2011– 30 January 2011 | Melbourne (AUS) | Hard | 2R | QF | Lost in the quarter-finals against Vera Zvonareva | ||||||||||
| 5 February 2011– 6 February 2011 | Bratislava (SVK) | Hard (i) | N/A | N/A | Czech Republic progressed to semi-finals (against Belgium) | ||||||||||
| 7 February 2011– 13 February 2011 | Paris (FRA) | Hard (i) | DNP | W | Won in the final against Kim Clijsters | ||||||||||
| 14 February 2011– 21 February 2011 | Dubai (UAE) | Hard | DNP | 1R | Lost in the first round against Ayumi Morita | ||||||||||
| 7 March 2011– 20 March 2011 | Indian Wells (USA) | Hard | 2R | 2R | Lost in the second round against Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | ||||||||||
| 14 March 2011– 20 March 2011 | The Bahamas Women's Open | Nassau (BAH) | ITF Women's Circuit ($100,000) | Hard | DNP | 1R | Lost in the first round against Kristina Barrois | ||||||||
| 21 March 2011– 2 April 2011 | Miami (USA) | Hard | 2R | 3R | Lost in the third round against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | ||||||||||
| 16 April 2011– 17 April 2011 | Charleroi (BEL) | Hard (i) | N/A | N/A | Czech Republic progressed to final (against Russia) | ||||||||||
| 2 May 2011– 8 May 2011 | Madrid (ESP) | Clay | 1R | W | Won in the final against Victoria Azarenka | ||||||||||
| 9 May 2011– 15 May 2011 | Prague (CZE) | ITF Women's Circuit ($100,000) | Clay | DNP | F | Lost in the final against Magdaléna Rybáriková | |||||||||
| 22 May 2011– 5 June 2011 | Paris (FRA) | Clay | 1R | 4R | Lost in the fourth round against Li Na | ||||||||||
| 13 June 2011– 19 June 2011 | Eastbourne (GBR) | WTA Premier | Grass | DNP | F | Lost in the final against Marion Bartoli | |||||||||
| 20 June 2011– 3 July 2011 | London (GBR) | Grass | SF | W | Won in the final against Maria Sharapova | ||||||||||
| 8 August 2011– 14 August 2011 | Toronto (CAN) | Hard | 1R | 3R | Lost in the third round against Andrea Petkovic | ||||||||||
| 15 August 2011– 21 August 2011 | Cincinnati (USA) | Hard | DNP | 3R | Lost in the third round against Andrea Petkovic | ||||||||||
| 29 August 2011– 12 September 2011 | New York (USA) | Hard | 3R | 1R | Lost in the first round against Alexandra Dulgheru | ||||||||||
| 26 September 2011– 1 October 2011 | Tokyo (JPN) | Hard | 1R | SF | Lost in the semi-finals against Vera Zvonareva | ||||||||||
| 1 October 2011– 9 October 2011 | Beijing (CHN) | Hard | 3R | 2R | Lost in the second round against Sofia Arvidsson | ||||||||||
| 10 October 2011– 16 October 2011 | Linz (AUT) | WTA International | Hard (i) | 2R | W | Won in the final against Dominika Cibulková | |||||||||
| 24 October 2011– 30 October 2011 | Istanbul (TUR) | Hard (i) | DNQ | W | Won in the final against Victoria Azarenka | ||||||||||
| 4 November 2011– 6 November 2011 | Moscow (RUS) | Hard (i) | N/A | N/A | Czech Republic crowned 2011 Fed Cup champions |
Ordered by percentage, number of victories to number of losses, then in alphabetical order
Dominika Cibulková 4–0 Victoria Azarenka 3–0 Daniela Hantuchová 3–0 Yanina Wickmayer 3–0 Anne Keothavong 2–0 Vania King 2–0 Agnieszka Radwańska 2–0 Maria Sharapova 2–0 Samantha Stosur 2–0 Vera Zvonareva 2–2 Alexandra Dulgheru 1–1 Li Na 1–1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1–1 Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 1–1 Gréta Arn 1–0 Elena Baltacha 1–0 Anna Chakvetadze 1–0 Kim Clijsters 1–0 Kirsten Flipkens 1–0 Alexa Glatch 1–0 Jelena Janković 1–0 Zheng Jie 1–0 Mathilde Johansson 1–0 Maria Kirilenko 1–0 Aleksandra Krunić 1–0 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1–0 Varvara Lepchenko 1–0 Ekaterina Makarova 1–0 Vesna Manasieva 1–0 Rebecca Marino 1–0 Bethanie Mattek-Sands 1–0 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 1–0 Anabel Medina Garrigues 1–0 Mandy Minella 1–0 Sally Peers 1–0 Flavia Pennetta 1–0 Ksenia Pervak 1–0 Nadia Petrova 1–0 Roberta Vinci 1–0 Sofia Arvidsson 0–1 Marion Bartoli 0–1 Ayumi Morita 0–1 Magdaléna Rybáriková 0–1| valign=top |
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| Surface | Win–loss | Win% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hard | 36–10 | ||
| Clay | 13–2 | ||
| Grass | 11–1 | ||
| Overall | 60–13 |
| width=75 | Outcome! | width=35 | No.! | width=110 | Date! | width=305 | Championship! | width=60 | Surface! | width=180 | Opponent in the final! | width=230 | Score in the final |
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| Winner | 2. | January 8, 2011 | Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia | Hard | Andrea Petkovic | 6–1, 6–3 | |||||||
| Winner | 3. | February 13, 2011 | Open GDF Suez, Paris, France | Hard (i) | Kim Clijsters | 6–4, 6–3 | |||||||
| Winner | 4. | May 8, 2011 | Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain | Clay | Victoria Azarenka | 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | |||||||
| Runner-up | 2. | May 15, 2011 | Sparta Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 3–6, 4–6 | |||||||
| Runner-up | 3. | June 19, 2011 | Grass | Marion Bartoli | 3–6, 4–6 | ||||||||
| Winner | 5. | July 2, 2011 | Grass | Maria Sharapova | 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||||
| Winner | 6. | October 16, 2011 | Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria | Hard (i) | Dominika Cibulková | 6–4, 6–1 | |||||||
| Winner | 7. | October 30, 2011 |  WTA Tour Championships, Istanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | Victoria Azarenka | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
| width=75 | Outcome! | width=35 | No.! | width=125 | Date! | width=230 | Tournament! | width=60 | Surface! | width=180 | Team! | width=210 | Opponents in the final! | width=100 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 6. | November 4–6, 2011 | Fed Cup, Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) | Lucie Hradecká Květa Peschke Lucie Šafářová | Maria Kirilenko Svetlana Kuznetsova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Elena Vesnina | 3–2 |