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Petra Kvitova

Cze
Residence: Fulnek, Czech Republic
DOB: March 8, 1990
Birthplace: Bilovec, Czech Republic
Height: 6' (1.82 m)
Weight: 154 lbs. (70 kg)
Plays: Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (2006)
JANUARY - Reached SF at Sydney (l. to Li); reached SF at Australian Open (l. to Sharapova).

FEBRUARY - Withdrew from Doha w/right Achilles injury; withdrew from Dubai w/illness.

MARCH - Reached 3r at Indian Wells (l. to McHale); dropped opener at Miami (after 1r bye, l. to V.Williams in 2r).

APRIL - Reached SF at Stuttgart (l. to Sharapova).

MAY - Reached 2r at Madrid (l. to Hradecka).
2006 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit, winning two singles titles.

2007 - Played first WTA main draw at Stockholm, falling 1r (l. to Domachowska); fell in qualifying twice (incl. US Open); won four singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - First Top 50 season; QF twice, at Budapest and Zürich; reached 4r once (in first Grand Slam main draw at Roland Garros) and 2r six times; fell 1r five times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open); fell in qualifying three times (incl. Australian Open); made Top 100 debut on April 14 (rose from No.123 to No.98) and Top 50 debut on October 20 (rose from No.57 to No.44).

2009 - Another Top 100 season; won first WTA title at Hobart (d. Benesova in final); runner-up at Linz (l. to Wickmayer in final); reached 4r once (US Open), 3r once and 2r four times; fell 1r nine times (incl. Australian Open, Wimbledon) and in qualifying twice; withdrew from Roland Garros w/right ankle injury.

2010 - Another Top 50 season; SF twice, at Memphis (l. to Sharapova) and Wimbledon (l. to S.Williams; first Grand Slam SF); reached 3r twice (incl. US Open) and 2r five times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r 11 times (incl. Roland Garros) and in qualifying once.

2011 - Breakthrough season, finishing No.2 (behind Wozniacki); won six WTA titles, most notably first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon (d. Sharapova in final; was first player born in 1990s, male or female, to win a Grand Slam title) and WTA Championships (went 3-0 in RR, then d. Stosur in SF and Azarenka in final); other four WTA titles were Brisbane (d. Petkovic in final), Paris [Indoors] (d. Clijsters in final), Madrid (d. Azarenka in final) and Linz (d. Cibulkova in final); runner-up at Eastbourne (l. to Bartoli in final); SF at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Zvonareva); QF at Australian Open (l. to Zvonareva); reached 4r once (Roland Garros), 3r three times and 2r twice; fell 1r twice (incl. US Open); having started season at No.34, made Top 20 debut on January 31 (after Australian Open; rose from No.28 to No.18), Top 10 debut on May 9 (after Madrid; rose from No.18 to No.10), Top 5 debut on October 3 (after Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; rose from No.6 to No.5), Top 3 debut on October 24 (after Linz; rose rom No.4 to No.3) and set career-high No.2 on October 31 (after WTA Championships; rose from No.3 to No.2); member of Fed Cup-winning Czech team, going 6-0 during season (2-0 against Slovakia in 1r, 2-0 against Belgium in SF and 2-0 against Russia in final); withdrew from Doha w/abdominal injury, Stuttgart w/low back injury, Brussels w/hip injury and Bad Gastein and Carlsbad w/adductor injury.
SINGLES
Winner (7): 2011 - Brisbane, Paris [Indoors], Madrid, Wimbledon, Linz, WTA Championships; 2009 - Hobart; 2008 - ITF/Monzon-ESP; 2007 - ITF/Stuttgart 1-GER, ITF/Prague Pruhonice-CZE, ITF/Prerov 2-CZE, ITF/Valasske Mezirici-CZE; 2006 - ITF/Szeged-HUN, ITF/Valasske Mezirici-CZE.
Finalist (2): 2011 - Eastbourne; 2009 - Linz.

ADDITIONAL
Czech Fed Cup Team, 2007-12.
Coached by David Kotyza; fitness coach is Jozef Ivanko; trains at same club as Tomas Berdych and Lucie Safarova ... Father is Jiri (teacher); mother is Pavla; brothers are Jiri (engineer) and Libor (teacher) ... Introduced to tennis by father ... Baseliner whose favorite shots are serve, forehand and backhand ... Speaks Czech and English ... Favorite type of movie is comedy ... Favorite types of music are pop and rock ... Favorite foods are sushi and Italian ... Also enjoys basketball and volleyball ... Favorite city to visit is Melbourne; favorite tournament is Wimbledon ... Self-described as friendly, happy ... Person most admired is Roger Federer; tennis idol growing up was Martina Navratilova (because she's left-handed like her).
- Third Czech player ever in Top 2 (after Navratilova and Novotna).
- Has received five WTA Player Awards: Newcomer Of The Year (2010) and Player Of The Year, Most Improved Player Of The Year, Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship and Fan Favorite Breakthrough Player (2011).
- Other awards include ITF World Champion (2011).