Karolina Plishkova is a Czech tennis player and former first racket of the world. She was born in 1992 in Loney. Karolina Plishkova started playing tennis in 2009, but she managed to achieve great success only in 2016.
Singles
As of July 2017, Carolina held 668 meetings, 422 of which ended in victories for the Czech tennis player. She has never managed to win Grand Slam tournaments, but a girl can add 9 WTA titles and 10 triumphs at ITF tournaments.
Carolina began to show her best performance in 2016. The success of the tennis player continued in the next season. 2016 for Plishkova ended with participation in the final tournament, which was traditionally held in Singapore. Czechs were not allowed to leave the group Svetlana Kuznetsova and Agnieszka Radwanska, whom Carolina lost in the group stage.
Doubles
In a pair, the Czech played 281 matches, in which she won 157 victories. She has won 5 WTA tournaments and 6 ITF titles. As of October 31, 2016, Plishkova in the doubles ranked 11th. She could not rise higher in the rating.
In 2016, the Plishkov sisters twice played in the semi-finals of the Grand Slam tournaments. For the first time, the girls reached this peak at the Australian Open, and then repeated it at Wimbledon. At Roland Garros and the US Open, tennis players finished their performances in the 3rd round.
2017 year
The year began successfully for Carolina Plishkova. In the first 16 fights, she was able to get 15 victories. The girl managed to win the tournament in Brisbane in early January. At the end of the month, Czech lost in the quarterfinals of the Australian Championship, having risen significantly in the WTA ranking.
The French Open ended in the semifinals for the athlete. One of the most important tournaments, Wimbledon, Czech failed. She finished the fight for the trophy in the second round. At this stage, she flew out of the tournament every year.
As of July 17, 2017, Carolina Plishkova was the leader in the WTA ranking, but lost the title of the first racket of the world due to a series of low results. Czech can return to the top at the end of October 2017. Before the tournament in Singapore, she took third place, having 5105 points in the asset and 500 points behind Romanian Simone Halep and Spanish Garbinier Mugurusi.
The Czech tennis player started the final tournament right off the bat. In the first game of the group, she easily beat the American Venus Williams, and in the second match Carolina easily defeated one of her rivals for the title of the first racket of the world Garbinier Mugurusu. The victory over the Spanish tennis player allowed Carolina Plishkova ahead of schedule to enter the semi-finals of the tournament, where her opponent would be Svitolina, Halep, Garcia or Wozniacki.