There, she saw off third seed Garbie Muguruza to sail into her tenth Grand Slam tournament quarterfinal where she was stopped by ninth seed Venus Williams in three sets. 18. She initially gained recognition when she signed with Jive Records in 1997, and dropped her two first albums, Baby. [147] After the US Open, Kvitov announced that she and coach ermk have gone separate ways. [71], Kvitov kicked off the grass-court season in Eastbourne, losing to Yanina Wickmayer in the second round. 8 and defending champion, Venus Williams in the first round in Memphis. The Czech tennis . [343] The following month, following good progress in her recovery, she provisionally put her name down for the French Open. [258] Kvitov was the 20th seed at the Australian Open, her first seeding in the 1724 range at the Grand Slams, but took another early loss to Romania's Sorana Crstea for the second year running, this time in the first round. SINGLES HISTORY. [211] She returned to action in Cincinnati where she fell in her opener to Sakkari in three sets. [172], Kvitov started 2018 in Sydney, unseeded at a Premier event for the first time since the 2010 Kremlin Cup, having been forced to withdraw from Brisbane the week before due to a viral illness. [270] However, she bounced back from her third losing streak of the season by lifting her first title in Eastbourne the following week. She advanced to the semifinals for the first time in her career, after defeating Ashleigh Barty, Urszula Radwaska, Nina Bratchikova, Varvara Lepchenko, and Yaroslava Shvedova. There, she took down fifth seed Kristina Mladenovic to reach the last four, where she moved past Lucie afov. [66] This was followed by a loss to Kirsten Flipkens in the third round of Miami. [293][294], However, due to her high-risk game and aggressive style of play she is known to produce a high number of unforced errors in matches. The following year, Barty levelled the rivalry once more, with a three-set victory in the Madrid Open quarterfinals, the pair's first meeting on clay after nearly nine years, and their third in the last eight of a 1000-level event which would also prove to be their final encounter. [10] Furthermore, she was awarded the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award for the seventh year running, her eighth overall, and ties Kim Clijsters for most Sportsmanship Award wins. After that, Kvitov won their next four meetings in a row, all on hard courts the New Haven semifinals in 2015, second round of the Rio Olympics in 2016, third round of Beijing in 2017 and the semifinals of Doha in 2018, the latter where Wozniacki served for the match twice. [276] The following week in Cincinnati, however, her form improved as she exacted revenge against the likes of Teichmann, Cirstea and fifth seed Jabeur to reach the last eight, the latter win made 2022 the first season since 2019 where she recorded multiple wins over an opponent ranked inside the top 10. At the Sydney International, Kvitov lost in the last four to Li Na. Later that month, in the fourth round of the French Open, Li exacted revenge by coming back from a set down to beat Kvitov, and would go on to win the title. [268] However, she lost in the next round to Daria Saville in straight sets.[269]. 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[95] In Cincinnati, third-seeded Kvitov received a first round bye and faced Elina Svitolina in her opener but was upset by the Ukrainian in straight sets. In the slice department, she has the ability to keep the ball low and performs the shot better on her backhand wing. [170] The loss meant that for the first time since 2010, Kvitov did not win a Premier Mandatory or Premier 5 title during a season. [213] However, she bounced back with strong results during the Asian swing. [21] Once again, Kvitov's ranking rose to a new high of world No. [45] In Miami, she exited in the second round after falling to Venus Williams in three sets. 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There, she beat Grges in straight sets for her 50th main draw win on grass. Blacklist user Reply. She finished 2008 ranked world No. The loss meant that for the first time since 2017, Kvitov failed to reach a final in the Middle East, and she also exited the top 30 for the first time since her top-30 debut in January 2011. There, she lost to incoming world No. There, however, she conceded a walkover to Alexandrova due to illness. 34, and was also named WTA Newcomer of the Year. Petra Kvitova of The Czech Republic celebrates in her Semi-Final singles match against Jessica Pegula of The United States during Day Five of the. Her win over Bencic saw her through to the second week here for the first time since 2012, and for the first time at a Grand Slam outside the US Open since the 2015 French Open. 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