Petra Kvitová is a Czech professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. Born on October 16, 1990, in Prague, she turned pro in 2006 and has been ranked as high as no. 1 in the world. She reached her first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon in 2011 and has won 11 WTA singles titles, including two Premier Mandatory events: Indian Wells (2012) and Cincinnati (2013). Petra is also an Olympic silver medalist from London 2012; however, she was unable to defend her title at Rio 2016 due to an injury
Biography: Petra Kvitová was born on October 16, 1990, in Prague, Czech Republic. Her mother introduced her to tennis when she was four years old with plastic balls in a living room. She rose to prominence in her teens, playing her first senior Grand Slam at 17 years old and winning the Wimbledon junior girls’ doubles title with Katerina Koukalová. In 2005, she became the no. The 1-ranked junior player in the world after winning the Australian Open juniors title and ended the year as World No. 25 on ITF Junior Circuit, earning $68,125 dollars.
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