Kristýna Plíšková
Kristýna Plíšková is a Czech professional tennis player.
Plíšková has won one singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 31 July 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 24 February 2020, she peaked at No. 50 in the doubles rankings.
Plíšková won the 2010 Wimbledon Championships Junior Girls tournament, beating Sachie Ishizu in straight sets.
She currently holds the record for the most aces in a match on the WTA Tour, which she set in a second-round match against Monica Puig at the 2016 Australian Open.
Personal life
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.Junior career
Plíšková began competing professionally in 2005. She played her first ITF junior 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. At the 2010 French Open, Plíšková was defeated by Danka Kovinić in the first round. She then went on to win the 2010 Aegon International junior tournament, beating Tara Moore. Plíšková eventually won the 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, defeating Sachie Ishizu.Professional career
2006–2009
Plíšková played her first WTA Tour qualifications at the 2006 ECM Prague Open, losing to Kirsten Flipkens. She proceeded with competing on the ITF Circuit.In 2007, Plíšková was awarded a wild card at the ECM 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 wild card 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.
2010
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 at the US Open. She defeated Lauren Albanese and Arantxa Rus, but then lost to Lourdes Domínguez Lino in the final qualifying round.2011
Plíšková was given a wild card into the qualifying rounds of the Wimbledon Championships. She defeated all three of her opponents to qualify for her first career senior Grand Slam.2012
Plíšková qualified for the Wimbledon Championships and won her first grand slam main draw match against Polona Hercog of Slovenia. 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 Luxembourg's Mandy Minella.2013
Plíšková began her season at the Brisbane International. She lost in the final round of qualifying to Australian wildcard Bojana Bobusic. At the Apia International Sydney, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Andrea Hlaváčková. In Melbourne at the Australian Open, Plíšková won her first-round match over Australian wildcard Sacha Jones. In the second round, she lost to twenty-seventh seed Sorana Cîrstea.Playing in Paris at the Open GDF Suez, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Lara Arruabarrena Vecino. Next, Plíšková played at a $25,000 ITF tournament in Grenoble, France. She lost in the quarterfinals to Sandra Záhlavová. At the Dubai Tennis Championships, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying to Kurumi Nara. Seeded eighth at the Malaysian Open, Plíšková lost in the first round to qualifier Zarina Diyas. In Indian Wells at the BNP Paribas Open, Plíšková was defeated in the first round of qualifying to American wildcard Grace Min. At the Sony Open Tennis, Plíšková lost in the final round of qualifying to Jana Čepelová. After failing to qualify in Miami, Plíšková stayed in Florida to compete at The Oaks Club Challenger. She was defeated in her quarterfinal match by eventual finalist Estrella Cabeza Candela.
Plíšková began her clay-court season at the Family Circle Cup. She lost in the final round of qualifying to Caroline Garcia. Playing at the first edition of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open, Plíšková 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 Empire Slovak Open, Plíšková lost in the second round to Kateřina Siniaková.
2014
Plíšková won another two titles on WTA Tour with her sister Karolína in doubles.2015
She upset Svetlana Kuznetsova in Wimbledon to reach the third round of a grand slam for the first time in her career. She went on to lose to Monica Niculescu in the next round.2016: First WTA title
Plíšková defeated Samantha Stosur in the first round of the Australian Open, but lost to Monica Puig after setting a new WTA record for the most aces in a match, but failed to convert five match points. In Tashkent Open later, she went on to win her maiden WTA level title defeating defending champion Nao Hibino.2017: Second WTA final at home
Pliskova 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 BNP Paribas 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. Pliskova then reached the final of the J&T Banka Prague Open, falling to Mona Barthel there. Pliskova won two matches in her other two WTA clay events but lost in the first round to Chloé Paquet in the French Open.
Pliskova had a decent grass court season, amassing four wins in the Ricoh Open, Mallorca Open, Aegon International and the Wimbledon Championships. She then proceeded to reach the final of an ITF 80K event back home in Prague, but then cut her finger on an electric fan at the Jiangxi International Women's Tennis 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. In the US Open, she lost to Magdaléna Rybáriková in the second round.
2019
At the 2019 Birmingham Classic, she and her sister Karolína became the first identical twins in WTA history to play each other in a main draw match. Kristýna beat her sister, who was ranked over 100 places above her.Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.Singles
Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.Notes
- WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
- In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.
WTA finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | 2016 Tashkent Open – Singles| | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard |  Nao Hibino | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | 2017 J&T Banka Prague Open – Singles| | Prague Open, Czech Republic | International | Clay |  Mona Barthel | 6–2, 5–7, 2–6 |
Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner–up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | 2013 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Doubles| | Palermo International, Italy | International | Clay |  Karolína Plíšková |  Kristina Mladenovic  Katarzyna Piter | 1–6, 7–5, |
| Win | 1–1 | 2013 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles| | Linz Open, Austria | International | Hard | Karolína Plíšková |  Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | 2014 Gastein Ladies – Doubles| | Gastein Ladies, Austria | International | Clay | Karolína Plíšková |  Andreja Klepač  María Teresa Torró Flor | 4–6, 6–3, |
| Win | 3–1 | 2014 Hong Kong Tennis Open – Doubles| | Hong Kong Open, China | International | Hard | Karolína Plíšková |  Patricia Mayr-Achleitner  Arina Rodionova | 6–2, 2–6, |
| Win | 4–1 | 2019 Bucharest Open – Doubles| | Bucharest Open, Romania | International | Clay |  Viktória Kužmová |  Jaqueline Cristian Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 6–4, 7–6 |
WTA 125K series finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner–ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2009 | ITF Pesaro, Italy | 10,000 | Clay |  Anastasia Grymalska | 6–2, 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | May 2010 | ITF Kurume, 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 | ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | 25,000 | Hard | Anna Remondina | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Feb 2012 | ITF Grenoble, France | 25,000 | Hard | Karolína Plíšková | 6–7, 6–7 |
| Win | 3–3 | Oct 2013 | ITF Limoges, France | 50,000 | Hard | Tamira Paszek | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Nov 2013 | ITF Barnstaple, United Kingdom | 75,000 | Hard |  Marta Sirotkina | 7–6, 3–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 4–4 | Mar 2014 | ITF Preston, United Kingdom | 25,000 | Hard |  Çağla Büyükakçay | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 4–5 | May 2014 | ITF Fukuoka, Japan | 50,000 | Grass |  Naomi Broady | 7–5, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–5 | Jun 2014 | ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom | 75,000 | Grass |  Zarina Diyas | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–5 | Feb 2015 | ITF Glasgow, United Kingdom | 25,000 | Hard | Ana Bogdan | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–5 | Apr 2015 | ITF Barnstaple, United Kingdom | 25,000 | Hard | Nina Zander | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 7–6 | Apr 2015 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 50,000 | Hard |  Shahar Pe'er | 6–1, 6–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 8–6 | May 2015 | ITF Fukuoka, Japan | 50,000 | Grass | Nao Hibino | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8–7 | Oct 2015 | ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France | 50,000 | Hard |  Olga Fridman | 2–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Win | 9–7 | Feb 2016 | ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland | 50,000 | Carpet |  Amra Sadiković | 7–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 9–8 | Jul 2017 | ITF Olomouc, Czech Republic | 80,000 | Clay | Bernarda Pera | 5–7, 6–4, 3–6 |
Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner–ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2010 | ITF Kurume, 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, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2011 | ITF Vancouver, Canada | 100,000 | Hard | Karolína Plíšková | Jamie Hampton  Noppawan Lertcheewakarn | 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Nov 2011 | ITF Taipei, Taiwan | 100,000 | Hard | Karolína Plíšková |  Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie | 6–7, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2011 | ITF Bratislava, Slovakia | 25,000 | Hard | Karolína Plíšková | Naomi Broady Kristina Mladenovic | 7–5, 4–6, |
| Win | 3–3 | Jan 2012 | ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | 25,000 | Hard | Karolína Plíšková | Julie Coin Eva Hrdinová | 6–4, 4–6, |
| Win | 4–3 | Jan 2012 | ITF Grenoble, France | 25,000 | Hard | Karolína Plíšková | Valentyna Ivakhnenko Maryna Zanevska | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Sep 2012 | ITF Shrewsbury, United Kingdom | 75,000 | Hard | Karolína Plíšková |  Vesna Dolonc Stefanie Vögele | 1–6, 7–6, |
| Win | 5–4 | Nov 2012 | ITF Zawada, Poland | 25,000 | Carpet | Karolína Plíšková | Kristina Barrois Sandra Klemenschits | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–4 | Nov 2013 | ITF Barnstaple, United Kingdom | 75,000 | Hard | Naomi Broady | Raluca Olaru Tamira Paszek | 6–3, 3–6, |
| Loss | 6–5 | Apr 2014 | ITF Seoul, South Korea | 50,000 | Hard | Irena Pavlovic | Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-jung | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 7–5 | May 2015 | ITF Fukuoka, Japan | 50,000 | Grass | Naomi Broady | Eri Hozumi Junri Namigata | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 8–5 | Jul 2016 | ITF Stockton, United States | 50,000 | Hard |  Alison Van Uytvanck | Robin Anderson Maegan Manasse | 6–2, 6–3 |