In 2018 Pliskova married her boyfriend Michal Hrdlička. Michal Hrdlicka is a Czech TV presenter and sports analyst.
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Karolina Pliskova is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles, reaching the top of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings on 17 July 2017 and holding the position for eight weeks. On 31 October 2016, she peaked at world No. 11 in the doubles rankings. Known for her powerful serve and forehand, Plíšková has won 16 singles and five doubles titles on the WTA tour, 10 singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, and over $20 million in prize money. She has reached two Grand Slam singles finals at the 2016 US Open and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.
Plíšková played her first senior Grand Slam tournament main draw at the 2012 French Open. To qualify, she defeated Dia Evtimova, Tamaryn Hendler and Laura Robson. She lost in the first round to world No. 8, Marion Bartoli, in straight sets. 2014 was a breakthrough year for Plíšková. After consecutive second-round finishes in Auckland and at the Australian Open, she reached her second career WTA tour final in Pattaya City, defeating top-50 players Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sorana Cîrstea before losing to Ekaterina Makarova in the final. She then reached the third round of Indian Wells, the quarterfinals of the Monterrey Open and the semifinals in Kuala Lumpur between March and April. In May, she reached her third career final in Nuremberg, losing to second seed Eugenie Bouchard in three sets.
In 2018 Karolina Pliskova married her boyfriend Michal Hrdlička. Michal Hrdlicka is a Czech TV presenter and sports analyst. He also serves as Pliskova’s manager. He currently appears on O2 TV Sports in the Czech Republic, though has a bit of a bad boy reputation which saw him sacked from his previous role with TV Nova. Hrdlicka and Pliskova first met on a night out in 2015 after the Czech Republic’s victory in the Fed Cup.
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Born on 21 March 1992 in Louny, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), 30-year-old Pliskova is the daughter of Radek Plíšek and Martina Plíšková. She currently lives in Monte Carlo. Furthermore, Pliskova has a twin sister named Kristýna Plíšková. Notably, Kristýna is also a professional tennis player and is two minutes older than Karolina. She didn’t have much interest in tennis and hence credits her parents for getting herself and her sister hooked to tennis.
