Petra
Kvitová

Petra Kvitová (born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová turned professional in 2006 and has won 27 career singles titles, two of which are Grand Slam titles, the Wimbledon Championships in 2011 and in 2014. She also won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her career-high ranking of world No. 2 was reached on 31 October 2011 and as of 1 July 2019, she is ranked world No. 6 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). As such, Kvitová is currently the second highest-ranked left-handed player in the world and the second highest-ranked Czech, behind Angelique Kerber and Karolína Plíšková, respectively.