"Petra Feriancova Petra Feriancova (born 1977) is a Slovak contemporary artist. She was born in Bratislava, former Czechoslovakia. In 2003 she graduated from Fine Art at the Accademia delle Belle Arti at Rome. She lives and works in Bratislava. She holds a PhD since 2016 from the Department of Intermedia and Multimedia at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, SK. In 2013, she represented Slovakia and the Czech Republic at the 55th Biennial of Venice with the project titled An Order of Things. In 2011 she was a resident at ISCP, New York, US, and in 2010, she was"
"came from Europe. Caroline Wozniacki ""(Fourth round)"" 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but she was defeated in the fourth round by 2007 finalist, Marion Bartoli. Petra Kvitová defeated 2004 champion Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. It was her first Grand Slam final and title of her career. She became the first Czech woman to win the title since Jana Novotná in 1998 and the first female left-handed player to win Wimbledon since Martina Navratilova in 1990. For the"
"won her second and most recent Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon Championships, defeating Eugenie Bouchard in the final. In 2015, Kvitová achieved the feat of making the quarterfinals at all four Grand Slams after advancing to her first quarterfinal at the US Open, where she lost to eventual champion Flavia Pennetta. In 2016, she won the WTA Elite Trophy in her first appearance at the tournament, thus becoming the first player ever to win both categories of year-ending championships on debut. Petra Kvitová was born to Jiří Kvita, a school teacher and Pavla Kvitová in Bílovec, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czechoslovakia"
"2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but she was defeated in the fourth round by 2007 finalist, Marion Bartoli. Petra Kvitová defeated 2004 champion Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. It was her first Grand Slam final and title of her career. She became the first Czech woman to win the title since Jana Novotná in 1998 and the first female left-handed player to win Wimbledon since Martina Navratilova in 1990. For the first time since 1913, all eight quarterfinalists"
"title in Wuhan. She also won the WTA Elite Trophy on debut, thus becoming the first player to win both categories of year-ending championships on debut, having won the WTA Finals in 2011 on debut. She ended 2016 as world No. 11. Highlights of Kvitová's 2017 season include winning the title in Birmingham, her first title on grass outside of Wimbledon, and a quarterfinal appearance at the US Open. She finished 2017 as world No. 29. In 2018, Kvitová won titles in back-to-back tournament appearances, namely the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy and the Qatar Total Open. On clay, she won"
"the Czech Republic Fed Cup team for its quarter-final against Slovakia. Kvitová won both of her rubbers against Dominika Cibulková and Daniela Hantuchová; her victory over the latter ensured the Czech Republic would progress through to the semi-finals. Following the Fed Cup quarter-finals, Kvitová participated at the 2011 Open GDF Suez, where she was seeded fourth. After surviving three-setters against fellow Czech Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová and Yanina Wickmayer in earlier rounds, she reached the final, upsetting soon-to-be World No. 1 Kim Clijsters in straight sets to win her second title for the year. Kvitová then made an early exit from her"
"2011 Petra Kvitová tennis season The 2011 Petra Kvitová tennis season officially began at the 2011 Brisbane International, the first of two simultaneous events which opened the official 2011 season. Kvitová began her season at the 2011 Brisbane International, as an unseeded player. She upset third seed Nadia Petrova in the first round, then followed it up with wins over Ksenia Pervak, Dominika Cibulková and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach her first final since 2009, where she faced Andrea Petkovic of Germany. Kvitová won in straight sets to win only her second career title and first in almost two years. As"
"the final of the $100.000 ITF event in Torhout, losing to Croatia's Karolina Šprem in straight-sets. Viktoriya has suffered some shoulder problems throughout her young career which have stalled her progression on the main WTA tour. After having over a year off-tour, Kutuzova used her protected ranking to enter her first big event, the 2011 Sparta Prague Open, where she lost to Katarzyna Piter in round one. She also entered Roland Garros using her protected ranking, but was beaten by Chanelle Scheepers in the first round. Viktoriya Kutuzova Viktoriya Kutuzova (, born 19 August 1988) is a former female tennis"
"ten for the first time, by virtue of winning the Mutua Madrid Open. This was followed by a breakthrough first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, where she defeated Maria Sharapova in the final to become the first Czech player since Jana Novotná to win a title at this level, and the prestigious 2011 WTA Tour Championships at the end of the season. In twelve months, Kvitová had gone from World No. 34 at the end of 2010 to achieving a career high rank of No. 2 at the end of 2011. Kotyza has overseen all but one of Kvitová's seventeen"
"the Prague Open for her first title on home soil and then went on to claim her third title in Madrid the week after. This was followed by a successful title defence in Birmingham, thus winning titles on all surfaces in a season for the first time since 2011. She concluded 2018 as world No. 7. ""Currently through the 2018 WTA Finals."" Note <nowiki>*</nowiki>As of 5 November 2018 The tournaments won by Kvitová are in boldface, and advanced into finals by Kvitová are in italics. Kvitová's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, active players are"
"won the WTA Tour Championships, thus becoming the third player to win the tournament on debut, the others being Williams and Sharapova. She also helped lead the Czech Republic to victory in the Fed Cup final that same year. It was the Czech Republic's first Fed Cup title as an independent nation. In 2012, Kvitová made the semifinals of the Australian Open and French Open, and was also crowned US Open Series champion. That same year, she also won the Hopman Cup alongside Tomáš Berdych, which was the Czech Republic's second and most recent Hopman Cup title. In 2014, she"
"competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was defeated by Russian Natalia Vorobieva. Zlateva won the first period by a score of 1:0, but her opponent managed to pin her during the second one, which secured Vorobieva's title. Zlateva was her country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony of the games. After the 2012 Summer Olympics, Zlateva took a break from wrestling which lasted until April 2014, when she switched to the 75 kg category. In 2013, Zlateva won the Bulgarian version of VIP Brother. <br> Stanka Zlateva Stanka Zlateva Hristova (; born 1 March 1983 in Krushare, Sliven Province) is"
"That would be the last time that Kvitová was beaten in 2011. Following the Asian hard court swing, Kvitová received a wildcard into the Generali Ladies Linz, thus making her the top seed. With the exception of her semi-final victory over Jelena Janković, Kvitová won all of her matches in straight sets, including in the final, where she defeated Dominika Cibulková to win her fifth title of the year. As a result of Kvitová's excellent results this year, she qualified for the 2011 WTA Tour Championships for the first time in her career. She drew Vera Zvonareva, Caroline Wozniacki and"
"in 2011. The following week in Madrid, 10th-seeded Kvitová breezed through to her second crown in two weeks and the 24th of her career. En route to the final, she defeated Lesia Tsurenko, Monica Puig, Anett Kontaveit, Daria Kasatkina and Karolína Plíšková. She then fought through a tough three-setter to see off Kiki Bertens to lift the trophy for the third time in her career, becoming the first woman to do so. At the French Open, Kvitová crashed out in the third round, falling to 25th seed Kontaveit in straight sets. Starting the grass court season in Birmingham where she"
"Top 10 for the first time in her career. Rather than participate in Rome, Kvitová decided to travel home to participate at her home ITF event, the Sparta Prague Open. Seeded first, Kvitová reached her fourth final of the year, but would end up losing to Slovak Magdaléna Rybáriková. During the tournament, she suffered a hip injury, which would force her to withdraw from the Brussels Open the following week. Kvitová's next tournament was the 2011 French Open, where she was seeded ninth. She defeated Gréta Arn, Zheng Jie and Vania King to reach the fourth round, where she was"
"Finals, Kvitová successfully qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy. As the third seed, she was drawn into the same group as Roberta Vinci and Strýcová, defeating both players in straight sets to advance to the semifinals where she sailed past wildcard Zhang Shuai. In the final, she beat Svitolina in straight sets to win the tournament on debut, thus lifting her 19th career title and her first title indoors since winning the WTA Finals in 2011. Kvitová ended the season as world No. 11. She then represented her nation in the Fed Cup final where they took on France. Despite"
"(now Czech Republic). She has two elder brothers, Jiří, an engineer, and Libor, a school teacher. Her father Jiří introduced her to tennis. During her childhood, she admired Czech American player Martina Navratilova. Kvitová trained in her hometown Fulnek until the age of 16, and was then encouraged by an instructor to pursue a professional career in tennis. She was coached by David Kotyza, also a Czech, from November 2008 till January 2016. As a junior, Kvitová achieved a career high ranking of world No. 27 on 9 July 2007. She also amassed a 35–7 and 20–9 record in the"
"player and the second highest-ranked left-handed player, behind Angelique Kerber. Kvitová first gained notice upon defeating then-world No. 1 Dinara Safina in the third round of the 2009 US Open. This was followed by her first Grand Slam semifinal appearance at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships where she came up short to eventual champion Serena Williams. Then, during her breakthrough season in 2011, Kvitová won her first Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon Championships, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final, thus becoming the first player of either gender born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam tournament title. She also"
"and is currently coached by Martin Zathurecký. Jana Čepelová and Chantal Škamlová won girls' doubles at 2010 Australian Open. They also won silver medal in doubles at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. At the same event, Čepelová won bronze medal in singles. Čepelová spent most of her 2012-year on the ITF Tour. Her best achievement on the WTA Tour was at the Wimbledon Championships. She qualified for the main draw by defeating Alla Kudryavtseva, Chanel Simmonds and Ekaterina Bychkova in qualifying. In round one, she beat fellow qualifier Kristina Mladenovic in three sets. In the second round, she upset 26th seed"
"She was also named WTA Player of the Year, WTA Most Improved Player of the Year and ITF Women's World Champion in 2011. In addition, she also won the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award. At the beginning of 2012, Kvitová was widely expected to reach the world No. 1 ranking. She stated that attaining the position ""would be nice"", but that her priority was to improve her game. Kvitová opted not to defend her title in Brisbane, choosing instead to participate in the Hopman Cup with Tomáš Berdych where they went on to win the title, defeating France in the final."
"Kristina Mladenovic Kristina ""Kiki"" Mladenovic (; , Кристина Младеновић, ; born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player of Serbian origin. Mladenovic has won one singles and nineteen doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 23 October 2017, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 10. On 24 October 2016, she peaked at world No. 2 in the WTA doubles rankings. Although Mladenovic has enjoyed success in singles, including two Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances at the 2015 US Open and the"
"Her next major success came at the UNICEF Open where she was the 7th seed. After wins over 3rd seed Yanina Wickmayer and 5th seed Dominika Cibulková in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively, she beat Jelena Dokić in the final 6–7(7), 6–3, 7–5. This was her second title of 2011 and her first title on grass. As the 29th seed at the Wimbledon Championships she reached the third round where she lost to 8th seed and eventual champion Petra Kvitová 3–6, 3–6. Her first post Wimbledon event was at Budapest where she was the No. 1 seed. She beat 3rd"
"net to finish off points. She uses her volleys, along with her backhand slice, and drop shots to create a lot of variety in her game. Her movement around the court is very good, considering her height and her footwork, but this can be exposed as a weakness when she needs to recover. Mladenovic wears Adidas clothing and uses Wilson rackets. Kristina Mladenovic Kristina ""Kiki"" Mladenovic (; , Кристина Младеновић, ; born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player of Serbian origin. Mladenovic has won one singles and nineteen doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as"
"of third seed Nadia Petrova and fifth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova en route to the final, where she beat Andrea Petkovic for the title. With the win, she achieved the ranking of world No. 28. Kvitová was the 25th seed at the Australian Open, and she reached the quarterfinals where she lost to Vera Zvonareva. Her strong run there ensured her a top 20 debut in the rankings, at world No. 18. Kvitová then beat Slovaks Dominika Cibulková and Daniela Hantuchová in the Fed Cup opening round to put the Czech team in the semifinals. At the Open GDF Suez, Kvitová"
"for the first time. However, after Wimbledon, she suffered five consecutive first round defeats before breaking the losing streak at the US Open. There, she defeated Lucie Hradecká and Elena Baltacha, before losing to defending and eventual champion Kim Clijsters in the third round, having led 3–0 in the first set before going on lost the next twelve games in a row. Kvitová recorded her first top 40 finish in 2010, at world No. 34, and was also named WTA Newcomer of the Year. Kvitová started 2011 by winning her second career title at the Brisbane International, defeating the likes"
"Květa Peschke Květoslava Peschke, (née Hrdličková; born 9 July 1975) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Peschke plays mostly on the baseline, with her best shot being the forehand. Her favourite surfaces are hard court and carpet. At 2011 Wimbledon, Peschke claimed her first Grand Slam doubles title with Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik. Peschke became the first Czech player to win the Wimbledon women's doubles title since Jana Novotná in 1998. Peschke and Srebotnik also took over world No. 1 ranking in doubles and they won a WTA Award as 'Doubles Team of the Year' in November 2011."
"the Rio Olympics in 2016, third round of Beijing in 2017 and most recently, the semifinals of Doha in 2018, where Wozniacki served for the match twice. Kvitová began dating Czech hockey player Radek Meidl in June 2014. In December 2015, it was officially announced by the Czech media that the couple was engaged. The news was subsequently confirmed by both Meidl and Kvitová. The couple split in May 2016. On 20 December 2016, Kvitová was robbed at her apartment in Prostějov, Czech Republic, suffering multiple lacerations to the tendons and nerves on her left hand and fingers while trying"
"the two. Source: Petra Martić Petra Martić (; born 19 January 1991) is a professional tennis player from Croatia. Her highest career ranking is World No. 34, achieved on 21 May 2018. Her best result in her junior career was the quarter-finals in 2006 US Open. In 2008, she won the first tournament in her senior career, the Zagreb Ladies Open. She qualified for the 2009 French Open. She lost there in the second round to 21-year-old Canadian world No. 24 Aleksandra Wozniak, 6–3, 6–3. Martić was on the defensive from the start, and gave up 27 winners. Martić then"
"2011 began with a title in Brisbane and her first quarterfinal appearance at the Australian Open, where she lost in straight sets to Vera Zvonareva. In February, she won her maiden Premier-level title at the Open GDF Suez, prevailing over Kim Clijsters in the final. In May, Kvitová won her first Premier Mandatory title at the Mutua Madrid Open, defeating Victoria Azarenka in the final. As a result, she cracked the top ten rankings for the first time in her career, rising to world No. 10. In July, Kvitová won her first Grand Slam singles title at the Wimbledon Championships,"
"she moved past Caroline Garcia. In the semifinals, Kvitová avenged her loss to Svitolina by defeating the Ukrainian in straight sets to reach the final. There, she beat Bouchard in straight sets to claim her 14th career title. With this victory, Kvitová became the fourth player to qualify for the WTA Finals in Singapore. It was also the first time since 2011 where she had won more than two titles in a season. Then, the following week at the China Open, Kvitová carried on her good form by reaching her fourth final of the year but lost to Sharapova in"
"of qualifying to Sandra Klösel. She also lost in the first round of qualifying at the 2008 Australian Open to Nika Ožegović. Her most significant result before 2011 came at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, where Kvitová, then ranked world No. 62, reached the semifinals, having never previously won a professional match on grass. She defeated, in order, Sorana Cîrstea, 2008 semi-finalist Zheng Jie, 2009 quarter-finalist Victoria Azarenka, Caroline Wozniacki and qualifier Kaia Kanepi before being defeated by world number one, defending and eventual champion Serena Williams in the semi-finals. Kvitová started to regularly participate on the WTA Tour in 2008."
"Petra Kvitová were unsuccessful in their 2011 title defences, both being defeated by the eventual champions: Djokovic was defeated by Roger Federer in the semifinals, and Kvitová lost to Serena Williams in the quarterfinals. In four sets, Federer defeated Andy Murray to win a record-equalling seven Wimbledon titles, while Murray became the first British male player to reach a Wimbledon singles final in the Open era. Williams defeated first-time Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets to equal her sister Venus in winning five Wimbledon titles. Both Federer and Williams were more than 30 years old at the time of"
"3–6, 6–3, [13–11] Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis def. Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná, 6–4, 6–4 Pat Cash / Mark Woodforde def. Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd, 6–3, 5–7, [10–5] Maikel Scheffers / Ronald Vink def. Stéphane Houdet / Michaël Jeremiasz, 7–5, 6–2 Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven def. Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 The 2011 tournament was broadcast in 185 countries. The BBC was the host broadcaster and, since the All England Club had made a deal with Sony, some of the tournament was broadcast in 3D for the first time. To mark the 125th"