32 Facts About Karolina Pliskova

1. Karolina Pliskova is married to her TV show presenter and sports commentator boyfriend, Michal Hrdlicka.

2. Karolina Pliskova kept up her performances in 2016, notably beating the Williams sisters en route to the final of the US Open where she was defeated by Angelique Kerber.

3. In 2015, Karolina Pliskova set her eyes on attaining a top 10 rank.

4. Karolina Pliskova is the daughter of Radek and Martina Pliskova.

5. Karolina Pliskova is a former world number 1 tennis player who became the first person to ever reach that ranking without ever winning a Grand Slam tournament.

6. Karolina Pliskova defeated qualifier Karolina Pliskova Muchova, Madison Brengle, 27th seed Camila Giorgi, and 18th seed Garbine Muguruza to reach her third consecutive quarterfinal at the tournament.

7. Karolina Pliskova serves an ace to win the first set over Serena Williams.

8. Karolina Pliskova announced her engagement during a press conference at the 2017 US Open.

9. Karolina Pliskova was beaten by Venus Williams in the WTA Elite Trophy finals, but ended the year on a high note.

10. Karolina Pliskova ended the year on a positive note, ranking at world number 24.

11. In 2012 Karolina Pliskova qualified for her first ever senior Grand Slam tournament main draw, at the French Open.

12. Karolina Pliskova is a professional tennis player from Czech Republic currently ranked world No 1 in Women's singles.

13. Karolina Pliskova said flying out to Doha was done in a hurried manner with little rest after her match on Sunday.

14. Karolina Pliskova opened her season at the Brisbane International, seeded fifth.

15. Karolina Pliskova has won twelve singles and five doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as 10 singles and six doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career.

16. At the Wuhan Open, Karolina Pliskova reached the quarterfinal stage before losing to Ashleigh Barty in three sets.

17. Karolina Pliskova participated in the 2017 US Open, where she was the top seed for the first time in a major.

18. Karolina Pliskova lost in the second round to Kristina Mladenovic in Dubai.

19. In 2017 Karolina Pliskova started the season by playing in Brisbane, where she beat Yulia Putintseva and qualifier Asia Muhammad in two sets and then Roberta Vinci in three sets.

20. Karolina Pliskova played her final matches of 2016 in the Fed Cup Final in France.

21. Karolina Pliskova began her hardcourt season at the Rogers Cup, where she beat Kateryna Bondarenko and Sara Errani before losing in straight sets to eventual champion Simona Halep.

22. Karolina Pliskova won her first title of the year at the 2016 Aegon Open.

23. Karolina Pliskova opened her clay court season at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.

24. At the 2016 Australian Open, Karolina Pliskova defeated Kimberly Birrell and Julia Gorges in the first two rounds.

25. Karolina Pliskova began her season at the 2016 Hopman Cup, where she partnered with Jiri Vesely to represent the Czech Republic.

26. At Wimbledon, Karolina Pliskova defeated Irina Falconi in three sets before losing to CoCo Vandeweghe in the second round.

27. Karolina Pliskova was the top seed in her home tournament in Prague.

28. Karolina Pliskova played her first senior Grand Slam tournament main draw at the 2012 French Open.

29. Karolina Pliskova won 2010 Australian Open junior title, defeating Laura Robson in the girls' final.

30. Karolina Pliskova was born in Louny to Radek Plisek and Martina Pliskova, and has an identical twin sister, Kristyna, who is two minutes older and is a tennis player.

31. Karolina Pliskova has won eleven singles and five doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as 10 singles and six doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career.

32. Karolina Pliskova is a Czech professional tennis player.