91 Facts About Dominika Cibulkova

Dominika Cibulkova is a Slovak former professional tennis player.

Dominika Cibulkova won eight WTA Tour singles titles and two on the ITF Circuit.

Dominika Cibulkova won the WTA Finals in 2016, becoming the fourth player to win the tournament on debut.

Dominika Cibulkova was introduced to tennis at the age of eight in Piestany.

Dominika Cibulkova's mother is the Slovak lawyer and politician Katarina Cibulkova.

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Early in her career, Dominika Cibulkova predominantly competed on the ITF Women's Circuit, and managed to win two tournaments: the Amarante, Portugal event in 2005, and the Bratislava event in 2006.

Dominika Cibulkova started the season with a win over Tara Iyer in the first round of the Bangalore Open, but lost to No 4 seed Jelena Kostanic Tosic in the second round.

Dominika Cibulkova reached the third round in Amelia Island, beating Anabel Medina Garrigues but losing to her countrywoman Daniela Hantuchova and the quarterfinals of the ECM Prague Open, beating Gisela Dulko before falling to Victoria Azarenka.

At the Qatar Open, Dominika Cibulkova reached her first-ever Tier-I quarterfinal, defeating former world No 1, Venus Williams, in the third round, before losing to Agnieszka Radwanska in the quarterfinals.

Dominika Cibulkova was seeded 30th in singles at Wimbledon but lost in the first round to unseeded wildcard and eventual semifinalist, Zheng Jie of China.

Dominika Cibulkova reached the third round of the women's singles at the 2008 Olympics.

At the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Dominika Cibulkova defeated second-seeded Jelena Jankovic in the quarterfinals and Marion Bartoli in the semifinals, but lost to seventh-seeded Dinara Safina in the final.

Dominika Cibulkova began the clay-court season at the MPS Group Championships and Family Circle Cup, losing to Elena Vesnina and Elena Dementieva respectively.

Dominika Cibulkova then defeated Maria Sharapova in straight sets, but lost to Dinara Safina in the semifinal.

Dominika Cibulkova then competed at the Swedish Open where she lost to Gisela Dulko in the quarterfinals.

Dominika Cibulkova withdrew from the US Open and several of the following hard-court tournaments due to a rib injury.

Dominika Cibulkova started 2010 by reaching the quarterfinals of the Auckland Open where she lost to top seed Flavia Pennetta.

Dominika Cibulkova came from a set down to beat No 5 seed Agnes Szavay in the quarterfinals.

Dominika Cibulkova fell to fellow Slovak and No 2 seed, Daniela Hantuchova, in three sets.

Dominika Cibulkova then played at the UNICEF Open, losing to Kirsten Flipkens in the quarterfinals.

Dominika Cibulkova lost to the top seed Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals.

Dominika Cibulkova reached the quarterfinals defeating Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci.

Dominika Cibulkova defeated Maria Kirilenko in the first round, in two sets.

Dominika Cibulkova won her second- and third-round matches over wildcard Sania Mirza and third seed Vera Zvonareva.

Dominika Cibulkova was defeated in the third round by eighth seed and eventual champion Victoria Azarenka.

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Dominika Cibulkova began her clay-court season at the Porsche Grand Prix.

Dominika Cibulkova lost in the first round to German wildcard Sabine Lisicki in two narrow sets.

At Wimbledon, Dominika Cibulkova repeated the upset from Sydney by beating Wozniacki in three sets, losing in the quarterfinals to Maria Sharapova.

Dominika Cibulkova won her first WTA title, the Kremlin Cup, edging Kaia Kanepi in three sets.

Dominika Cibulkova's win represents the first time a player has captured their maiden title at the Kremlin Cup.

Dominika Cibulkova then reached the finals of the Barcelona Open, losing to Sara Errani.

Dominika Cibulkova subsequently reached the quarterfinals for the second time, but lost to Samantha Stosur.

Dominika Cibulkova reached the quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion Nadia Petrova.

Dominika Cibulkova lost in the first round at the Wimbledon Championships to Klara Zakopalova.

Dominika Cibulkova defeated Marion Bartoli in straight sets to win the Carlsbad Open in California, picking up the second title of her career.

Dominika Cibulkova reached the third round of the US Open, losing to Roberta Vinci.

Dominika Cibulkova reached the final after wins over fifth seed Petra Kvitova, Ekaterina Makarova, third seed Sara Errani, and second seed Angelique Kerber.

Dominika Cibulkova kicked off her US Open series at the Bank of the West Classic.

At the Canadian Open, Dominika Cibulkova made it to the quarterfinal where she was defeated by fourth seed Li Na.

Dominika Cibulkova played her final tournament of the season at the Kremlin Cup.

Dominika Cibulkova began the season at the Brisbane International, where she dropped a quarterfinal match to Serena Williams.

Dominika Cibulkova then defeated Simona Halep in the quarterfinal to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal since the 2009 French Open.

Dominika Cibulkova faced Li Na in her first Grand Slam final, losing the first set in a tie-break and the second set without winning a game.

Dominika Cibulkova lost both her matches, against Andrea Petkovic and Angelique Kerber.

Dominika Cibulkova won the Mexican Open in Acapulco with a victory over Christina McHale.

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Dominika Cibulkova reached the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Open, losing to Li Na.

Dominika Cibulkova exited the tournament in the semifinals, losing to Li Na in three sets.

Dominika Cibulkova then reached the final of the Malaysian Open, which she lost to Donna Vekic.

Dominika Cibulkova exited in the first round of the US Open, losing to CiCi Bellis in three sets.

Dominika Cibulkova returned for the grass-court season at the Eastbourne International.

At the Istanbul Cup, Dominika Cibulkova lost in the first round to fifth seed Camila Giorgi.

In New York at the US Open, Dominika Cibulkova stunned seventh seed and former world No 1, Ana Ivanovic, in the first round.

Dominika Cibulkova was defeated in the third round by 25th seed Eugenie Bouchard.

In Tokyo at the Pan Pacific Open, Dominika Cibulkova reached the semifinal where she lost to seventh seed and eventual champion, Agnieszka Radwanska.

At the Wuhan Open, Dominika Cibulkova was defeated in the first round by Madison Brengle.

Dominika Cibulkova competed in her final tournament of the season at the Kremlin Cup.

Dominika Cibulkova was defeated in the second round by fifth seed Carla Suarez Navarro.

Dominika Cibulkova reached the semifinals by beating Johanna Konta, Australian wildcard Kimberly Birrell and qualifier Kiki Bertens.

Dominika Cibulkova reached the final in Acapulco, where she lost to the second seed Sloane Stephens.

Dominika Cibulkova won the Katowice Open by defeating Camila Giorgi in the final.

Dominika Cibulkova then reached the final of the Madrid Open, but was runner-up to Simona Halep.

Dominika Cibulkova won her first grass-court title at the Eastbourne International, defeating Karolina Pliskova in the final.

Dominika Cibulkova then reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships where she was defeated by Elena Vesnina.

Dominika Cibulkova won the Generali Ladies Linz with a straight-sets victory over Viktorija Golubic, earning her third WTA title of the year and seventh overall.

Dominika Cibulkova then defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets, advancing to the championship round.

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Dominika Cibulkova beat world No 1, Angelique Kerber, in straight sets to claim the WTA Finals title in her first appearance at the tournament.

Dominika Cibulkova ended the year with four titles and a career-high ranking of world No 5.

Dominika Cibulkova was due to play in Stuttgart at the Porsche Grand Prix but withdrew at the last minute due to a wrist injury she sustained in practice.

Dominika Cibulkova then defeated Jennifer Brady in the second round; she lost in her third-round match to 27th seed Ana Konjuh.

Dominika Cibulkova withdrew from the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, the tournament she won last year, due to injury.

Dominika Cibulkova reached the quarterfinal where she lost to eventual champion Angelique Kerber.

At the St Petersburg Trophy, Dominika Cibulkova lost in the second round to fourth seed, defending champion, and eventual finalist Kristina Mladenovic.

At the Qatar Open, Dominika Cibulkova defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round before losing to seventh seed Caroline Garcia in the second round.

At the Madrid Open, Dominika Cibulkova was defeated in the first round by seventh seed Caroline Garcia.

In Rome at the Italian Open, Dominika Cibulkova lost in the second round to three-time champion Maria Sharapova.

Dominika Cibulkova was defeated in the first round by Daria Gavrilova.

In Eastbourne at the Eastbourne International, Dominika Cibulkova lost in the second round to fourth seed Angelique Kerber.

At the Wimbledon Championships, Dominika Cibulkova reached the quarterfinal after wins over Alize Cornet, twenty-second seed Johanna Konta, fifteenth seed Elise Mertens, and Hsieh Su-wei.

Dominika Cibulkova was defeated in her quarterfinal match by 12th seed Jelena Ostapenko.

Dominika Cibulkova returned to action at the Connecticut Open where she had reached the final the year before.

Dominika Cibulkova lost in the first round to fifth seed Julia Gorges.

Dominika Cibulkova started her 2019 season in Sydney with a first-round loss to Samantha Stosur.

At the Dubai Championships, Dominika Cibulkova defeated qualifier Lara Arruabarrena in the first round, before falling in the second round to fourth seed Karolina Pliskova.

At the Miami Open, Dominika Cibulkova was defeated in the first round by Victoria Azarenka.

In Paris at the French Open, Dominika Cibulkova was defeated in the first round by eleventh seed Aryna Sabalenka.

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Dominika Cibulkova did not play another singles match, and by the end of the season, she had sunk to No 315 on the WTA rankings.

Dominika Cibulkova retired from professional tennis at the end of the season.

Self-described as a player with "a lot of energy", Dominika Cibulkova employed an aggressive style that was largely founded on speed and power.

Dominika Cibulkova was known for her remarkable racquet-head speed, which enabled her to produce deep groundstrokes with her forehand and powerful shots with her backhand.

Dominika Cibulkova was known for approaching the net and finishing points with swing volleys.

Dominika Cibulkova typically employed a high ball toss and a hard serve.