Karolina Pliskova 

Karolna Plková defeated Laura Robson in the girls’ final to claim the Australian Open junior championship. Plková won the girls’ singles competition as a junior at the 2010 Australian Open. She has also competed in Fed Cup matches for the Czech Republic.

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.

Plíšková won her maiden WTA Tour title at the Malaysian Open. She defeated several seeded players to reach the final against the American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, defeating her in three sets. At the Generali Ladies Linz in October, Plíšková won her first WTA title in doubles alongside sister Kristýna, becoming the first set of twins in history to win a doubles title together on the tour.

At the 2017 French Open, she won a close fourth-round match against Verónica Cepede Royg. She then defeated Caroline Garcia to set up a semifinal encounter with Simona Halep. Plíšková’s fortunes turned around at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. She reached the quarterfinals and semifinals for the first time at this Major. With her quarterfinal victory, Plíšková had reached the semifinal stage or better of all 4 Grand Slams. She went on to reach her first Wimbledon final and second ever Grand Slam final since the 2016 US Open. She was later defeated by Ashleigh Barty in the final, but by being runner-up, she returned to the top 10. At the 2016 US Open She beat the Croatian in straight sets and reached her first Major semifinal, where she beat Serena Williams in straight sets to reach the final, where Serena Williams was attempting to vie her seventh US Open title. In the final, she lost to incoming No. 1, Angelique Kerber.

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.