Karolína Plíšková is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles, reaching the top of the Women’s Tennis Association rankings on 17 July 2017 and holding the position for eight weeks. On October 31, 2016, she peaked at world No. 11 in the doubles rankings.

Karolína Plíšková was born March 21 1992, in Louny, Czechia. As a professional tennis player, Karolina has won 16 singles and five doubles titles on the WTA tour, 10 singles, and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Karolina Pliskova has a twin sister, Krystina Pliskova, who was born two minutes earlier than her. Krystina is also a professional tennis player who reached the best ranking of No 35 in 2017. Krystina won their sole meeting on the WTA Tour.

Karolina’s father is Radek Plíšek and her mother is Martina Plíšková. She currently lives in Monte Carlo. She is married in 2018, and her husband is called Michal Hrdlička. As she decided to take his last name, her present official name is Karolína Hrdličková

She has reached two Grand Slam singles finals at the 2016 US Open and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. As a junior, Karolina won the girls’ singles event at the 2010 Australian Open. She has also played for the Czech Republic in the Fed Cup competition.

Karolina has had several coaches guiding her throughout her career. She has been coached by Jiří Vaněk from 2014 to 2016, David Kotyza in 2017, and Tomáš Krupa from 2017 to 2018. Currently, she is being coached by David Kotyza. David is best known for his work with dual Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová and the Czech Republic Fed Cup team.

Karolina has been endorsed by Fila for clothing and footwear since 2016, and uses Babolat racquets, specifically endorsing the Pure Drive range of racquets.

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