| Kristýna Plíšková | |
| Residence: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Birth Date: | 21 March 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Louny, Czechoslovakia |
| Height: | 1.84 m |
| Turnedpro: | 2009 |
| Plays: | Left (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$ 3,517,903 |
| Website: | pliskova.net |
| Singlestitles: | 1 |
| Coach: | Jaroslav Levinský |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 35 (31 July 2017) |
| Australianopenresult: | 3R (2017) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (2020) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 3R (2015) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (2012, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Doublestitles: | 5 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 44 (14 June 2021) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | 3R (2017) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | QF (2021) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (2014, 2017) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 1R (2012, 2014, 2017) |
| Team: | yes |
Kristýna Plíšková (in Czech pronounced as /ˈkrɪstiːna ˈpliːʃkovaː/; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech former professional tennis player. In her career, she won one singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, with nine singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 July 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 14 June 2021, she peaked at No. 44 in the doubles rankings. Plíšková won the 2010 Wimbledon Championships junior tournament, beating Sachie Ishizu in straight sets.[1] 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.
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. On 6 December 2021, Plíšková posted on her Instagram that she was excited to be expecting a baby with footballer Dávid Hancko.,[2] on May 31, 2022, they announced on their social accounts the birth of their son, who was named Adam.[3]
Plíšková began competing professionally in 2005. She played her first ITF Junior Circuit 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.[4] At the 2010 French Open, Kristýna was defeated by Danka Kovinić in the first round. She then went on to win the Eastbourne International junior tournament, beating Tara Moore. Plíšková eventually won the Wimbledon girls' singles, defeating Sachie Ishizu.[1]
Plíšková played her first WTA Tour qualifying at the 2006 Prague Open, losing to Kirsten Flipkens. She proceeded with competing on the ITF Circuit.
In 2007, Plíšková was awarded a wildcard at the 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 wildcard 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.
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 event at the US Open. She defeated Lauren Albanese and Arantxa Rus, but then lost to Lourdes Domínguez Lino in the final qualifying round.
Plíšková was given a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of Wimbledon. She defeated all three of her opponents to qualify for her first career senior Grand Slam tournament.
Plíšková qualified for the Wimbledon Championships and won her first Grand Slam main-draw match against Polona Hercog. 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 Mandy Minella.[5]
Plíšková began her season at the Brisbane International. She lost in the final round of qualifying to Australian wildcard Bojana Bobusic.[6] At the Sydney International, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Andrea Hlaváčková. In Melbourne, Plíšková won her first-round match over Australian wildcard Sacha Jones.[7] In the second round, she lost to 27th seed Sorana Cîrstea.
Playing in Paris at the WTA indoor event, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Lara Arruabarrena Vecino. Next, Plíšková played at a $25k tournament in Grenoble, France. She lost in the quarterfinals to Sandra Záhlavová. At the Dubai Championships, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying to Kurumi Nara. Seeded eighth at the Malaysian Open, she lost in the first round to qualifier Zarina Diyas.[8] In Indian Wells, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying by American wildcard Grace Min.[9] At the Miami Open, she lost in the final round of qualifying to Jana Čepelová. After that, Plíšková stayed in Florida to compete at the Oaks Club Challenger where she was beaten in her quarterfinal match by eventual finalist Estrella Cabeza Candela.
Plíšková began the clay-court season at the Charleston Open. She lost in the final round of qualifying to Caroline Garcia. Playing at the first edition of the Katowice Open, she 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 Slovak Open, she lost in the second round to Kateřina Siniaková.
Plíšková won another two titles on the WTA Tour with her sister Karolína in doubles.
She upset Svetlana Kuznetsova in Wimbledon to reach the third round of a Grand Slam championship for the first time in her career.[10] However, she went on to lose to Monica Niculescu in the next round.
Plíšková defeated Samantha Stosur in the first round of the Australian Open, but lost to Monica Puig after setting a new WTA Tour record for the most aces (31) in a match, but failed to convert five match points. At the Tashkent Open, she went on to win her maiden WTA-level title, defeating defending champion Nao Hibino.[11]
Plíšková 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 Indian Wells 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. Plíšková then reached the final of the Prague Open, falling to Mona Barthel there. Then she won two matches in her other two WTA clay-court events but lost in the first round to Chloé Paquet at the French Open.
She had a decent grass-court season, amassing four wins in the Rosmalen Open, Mallorca Open, Eastbourne International and the Wimbledon Championships. Plíšková then proceeded to reach the final of an $80k event back home in Prague, but then cut her finger on an electric fan at the Jiangxi International 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. At the US Open, she lost to Magdaléna Rybáriková in the second round.
At the Birmingham Classic, she and her sister Karolína became the first identical twins in WTA Tour history to play each other in a main-draw match. Kristýna beat her sister, who was ranked over 100 places above her.[12]
Plíšková started her 2021 season at the first edition of the Yarra Valley Classic where she lost in the first round to Vera Zvonareva, in three sets.[13] At the Australian Open, she was defeated in the first round by Heather Watson.[14]
Getting past qualifying at the Qatar Ladies Open, Plíšková was eliminated in the first round by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.[15] In Dubai, she was beaten in the first round by qualifier Tereza Martincová.[16] At the Miami Open, she fell in the first round to Katie Boulter.[17]
Plíšková began her clay-court season at the first edition of the Serbia Open. She lost in the first round to Océane Dodin.[18] Competing in Strasbourg, she was defeated in the first round by Alizé Cornet.[19] At the French Open, she was eliminated in the first round by eventual champion Barbora Krejčíková. In doubles, she partnered with her twin sister, Karolína. They reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam in doubles for the first time in their career. As a result, Kristýna reached a career-high ranking of 44 in doubles.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[20]
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Win % | ||||||||||||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| style=text-align:left | Australian Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | |||||
| style=text-align:left | French Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 1–7 | |||||
| style=text-align:left | Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=color:#767676 | NH | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | A | 0 / 10 | 5–10 | |
| style=text-align:left | US Open | A | A | A | Q3 | Q3 | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | Q2 | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | A | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | |||||
| style=text-align:left | 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 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 31 | 15–31 | ||||||||||||
| WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open | style=color:#767676 | NMS | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | A | Q1 | Q1 | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | Q1 | NH | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | ||||||||||
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | NH | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | |||||||||
| Madrid Open | style=color:#767676 colspan=2 | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | NH | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | ||||||||||
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||
| Cincinnati Open | NMS | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | A | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–1 | |||||||||||||
| China Open | style=color:#767676 colspan=2 | NMS | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | A | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 0 | Career total: 140 | ||||||||||||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 9–8 | 5–15 | 0–0 | 1 / 140 | 91–139 | |||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 861 | 753 | 506 | 227 | 179 | 110 | 121 | 123 | 113 | 61 | 61 | 97 | 66 | 69 | 146 | $3,517,903 | |||||||||||||||
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| Win | 1–0 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard |  Nao Hibino | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | International | Clay | Mona Barthel | 6–2, 5–7, 2–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Palermo Ladies Open, Italy | International | Clay |  Karolína Plíšková |  Kristina Mladenovic  Katarzyna Piter | 1–6, 7–5, [8–10] | ||
| Win | 1–1 | Linz Open, Austria | International | Hard (i) | Karolína Plíšková |  Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Austrian Open, Austria | International | Clay | Karolína Plíšková | Andreja Klepač  María Teresa Torró Flor | 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] | ||
| Win | 3–1 | Hong Kong Open | International | Hard | Karolína Plíšková |  Patricia Mayr-Achleitner  Arina Rodionova | 6–2, 2–6, [12–10] | ||
| Win | 4–1 | Bucharest Open, Romania | International | Clay |  Viktória Kužmová |  Jaqueline Cristian Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) | ||
| Win | 5–1 | Aug 2020 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | International | Clay | Lucie Hradecká | Monica Niculescu Raluca Olaru | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | WTA 125 Chicago, United States | Hard | Mona Barthel |  Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 2–0 | WTA 125 Indian Wells, United States | Hard |  Evgeniya Rodina | Taylor Townsend  Yanina Wickmayer | 7–6(7), 6–4 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| 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 | Open de l'Isère, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Karolína Plíšková | 6–7(11), 6–7(6) | |
| 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 | GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK | 75,000 | Hard (i) | Marta Sirotkina | 7–6(5), 3–6, 6–7(6) | |
| Win | 4–4 | Mar 2014 | ITF Preston, UK | 25,000 | Hard (i) |  Çağla Büyükakçay | 6–3, 7–6(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 | Nottingham Trophy, UK | 75,000 | Grass |  Zarina Diyas | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 | |
| Win | 6–5 | Feb 2015 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Ana Bogdan | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| Win | 7–5 | Apr 2015 | GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK | 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), 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(4), 7–6(3) | |
| Loss | 9–8 | Jul 2017 | ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic | 80,000 | Clay | Bernarda Pera | 5–7, 6–4, 3–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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| 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), 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 | Taipei Open, Taiwan | 100,000 | Hard (i) | Karolína Plíšková | Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie | 6–7(5), 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 | Open de l'Isère, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Karolína Plíšková | Valentyna Ivakhnenko Maryna Zanevska | 6–1, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 4–4 | Sep 2012 | GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK | 75,000 | Hard (i) | Karolína Plíšková |  Vesna Dolonc Stefanie Vögele | 1–6, 7–6(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 | GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK | 75,000 | Hard (i) | Naomi Broady | Raluca Olaru Tamira Paszek | 6–3, 3–6, [10–5] | |
| Loss | 6–5 | Apr 2014 | Seoul Open Challenger, 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 |
| Result | Year | width=150 | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 2010 | Wimbledon | Grass | Sachie Ishizu | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Score | ||||
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| align=center colspan="8" | 2016 | |||||||
| 1. | Belinda Bencic | No. 10 | Miami Open, United States | Hard | 2R | 4–1, ret. | 101 | |
| 2018 | ||||||||
| 2. | Jeļena Ostapenko | No. 7 | Shenzhen Open, China | Hard | 1R | 6–1, 6–4 | 61 | |
| 3. | Petra Kvitová | No. 10 | Charleston Open, United States | Clay | 2R | 1–6, 6–1, 6–3 | 77 | |
| 2019 | ||||||||
| 4. | Karolína Plíšková | No. 3 | Birmingham Classic, UK | Grass | 2R | 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(9–7) | 112 | |