Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic is a French professional tennis player and a former world No 1 in doubles.
98 Facts About Kristina Mladenovic
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Kristina Mladenovic is a nine-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2016 and 2022 French Open women's doubles titles partnering Caroline Garcia, and the 2018 Australian Open, 2019 and 2020 French Opens and 2020 Australian Open with Timea Babos.
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In mixed doubles, Mladenovic won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships and 2014 Australian Open alongside Daniel Nestor, and the 2022 Australian Open with Ivan Dodig.
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Kristina Mladenovic has reached a further six Grand Slam finals across women's and mixed doubles.
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Kristina Mladenovic became world No 1 in doubles for the first time in June 2019, and has held the top ranking for a total of 12 weeks.
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Kristina Mladenovic has won 28 career doubles titles, including the 2018 and 2019 WTA Finals and four at WTA 1000 level.
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Kristina Mladenovic has enjoyed success in singles, and reached her career-high ranking of world No 10 in October 2017.
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Kristina Mladenovic has won one WTA Tour singles title, at the 2017 St Petersburg Trophy, and finished runner-up on seven occasions.
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Kristina Mladenovic has represented France in the Fed Cup and Billie Jean King Cup since 2012, and was part of the team which won the competition in 2019.
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Kristina Mladenovic has competed at the Olympic Games on three occasions.
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Kristina Mladenovic was born in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, in the Nord department of France.
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Kristina Mladenovic's father is Dragan Mladenovic, a former Yugoslav handball player of Kosovo Serb origin, and her mother Dzenita Helic is a Serbian former volleyball player of Bosniak origin.
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Kristina Mladenovic dated Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem from the middle of 2017 until the couple split up in November 2019.
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Kristina Mladenovic began playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in September 2007.
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Kristina Mladenovic turned professional in 2009, making her Grand Slam debut at that year's Australian Open.
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Kristina Mladenovic played for France at the 2011 Hopman Cup, partnering with Nicolas Mahut.
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Kristina Mladenovic beat Francesca Schiavone and Laura Robson while losing to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the singles matches.
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At the start of the year, Kristina Mladenovic linked up with Biljana Veselinovic but they split just before Wimbledon and since then she had been coached by Thierry Ascione.
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Kristina Mladenovic claimed her first WTA Tour title of any type in Montreal when she and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik won the doubles title at the Rogers Cup.
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Kristina Mladenovic made it through to the third round of the US Open by defeating Pavlyuchenkova.
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Kristina Mladenovic won the first ever WTA 125 event, the Taipei Ladies Open, and took the doubles crown as well.
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At the Open GdF Suez, a Premier tournament, Kristina Mladenovic made the semifinals, including defeating Petra Kvitova.
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Kristina Mladenovic partnered up with Daniel Nestor to reach the semifinals of the mixed doubles, where they were defeated by the seventh-seeded team of Max Mirnyi and Andrea Hlavackova in a close three-setter.
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Kristina Mladenovic started 2014 off strong, capturing her second mixed-doubles title at the Australian Open partnering again with Nestor.
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Kristina Mladenovic continued her strong performance with a three-set win over Alison Riske in the second round.
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Kristina Mladenovic opened her grass-court season in Birmingham, but lost her opening match to Shahar Pe'er.
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Kristina Mladenovic then competed in 's-Hertogenbosch qualifying, managing to win a round but ultimately falling to CoCo Vandeweghe, who would go on to qualify and win the entire tournament.
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Kristina Mladenovic then stunned at the Istanbul Cup the third seed Klara Koukalova, but lost in the semifinals to No 1 seed Caroline Wozniacki.
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Kristina Mladenovic's strong run returned her to the top 100, at No 81.
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Kristina Mladenovic next competed at the Washington Open, where she stunned top seeded Lucie Safarova, before defeating qualifier Taylor Townsend.
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Kristina Mladenovic played doubles in Montreal, losing in the first round with partner Timea Babos.
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Kristina Mladenovic began the year losing in the second round of the Australian Open to Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
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Kristina Mladenovic lost in the second round of the Diamond Games in Antwerp to Lucie Safarova.
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Kristina Mladenovic reached the semifinals of Marrakesh, losing to her doubles partner Timea Babos.
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Kristina Mladenovic reached the singles final in Strasbourg, her first ever WTA Tour singles final, where she lost to Samantha Stosur.
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Kristina Mladenovic's strong showing at both tournaments ensured her entry into the top 50 of the WTA singles rankings.
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At the French Open, Kristina Mladenovic stunned a top-10 player in her opening match by defeating world No 6, Eugenie Bouchard.
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At the Rosmalen Open, Kristina Mladenovic lost to eventual finalist and good friend Belinda Bencic, despite having match point opportunities.
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At the French Open, Kristina Mladenovic won her first round match against the 2010 French Open singles champion Francesca Schiavone, and defeated her former doubles partner Timea Babos in the second.
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Kristina Mladenovic won the doubles event partnering Caroline Garcia, beating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final.
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Kristina Mladenovic participated in the singles, doubles and mixed-doubles events of the London Olympics.
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Kristina Mladenovic lost in the first round of the mixed-doubles event.
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At the US Open singles event, Kristina Mladenovic cleared the first round before falling to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second.
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In doubles, Kristina Mladenovic reached the final, where the French team was defeated by Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova.
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Kristina Mladenovic moved on to the Asian swing, starting at the Korea Open.
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Kerber won the match, although Kristina Mladenovic captured the first set.
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In doubles, Kristina Mladenovic partnered with Garcia again, and the team was seeded No 1.
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In Beijing, Kristina Mladenovic defeated Jelena Jankovic in the first round, before facing eighth seed Madison Keys.
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Kristina Mladenovic had success in singles at the Hong Kong Open.
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Kristina Mladenovic passed No 8 seed Daria Gavrilova to reach her second singles final of the year.
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Kristina Mladenovic was defeated by former No 1, Wozniacki, in the final.
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In December, Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic were named the doubles ITF World Champions of 2016.
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Kristina Mladenovic ended the year ranked No 42 in singles, and tied No 2 in doubles.
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Kristina Mladenovic began the year by playing at the Hopman Cup alongside Richard Gasquet.
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Kristina Mladenovic had a disappointing run at the Australian Open in singles, losing in the first round to Ana Konjuh.
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However, in doubles, Kristina Mladenovic, reuniting with partner Caroline Garcia, reached the semifinals of the event, where they lost to Andrea Hlavackova and Peng Shuai.
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At the St Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Kristina Mladenovic won her first round match against Elise Mertens before upsetting reigning Australian Open finalist Venus Williams to reach the quarterfinals.
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Kristina Mladenovic continued her fabulous form against No 6 seed and defending champion Roberta Vinci, defeating the Italian veteran in straight sets.
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Kristina Mladenovic became the first Frenchwoman to win a WTA Premier singles title since Marion Bartoli in June 2011.
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Kristina Mladenovic then lost to Wang Qiang in the third round.
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Kristina Mladenovic then won her semifinal encounter with Christina McHale, reaching her second WTA Tour singles final of 2017.
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Kristina Mladenovic instead competed with Svetlana Kuznetsova in the doubles draw of Indian Wells.
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Kristina Mladenovic had a strong opening, defeating Annika Beck of Germany.
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Kristina Mladenovic had success with Kuznetsova in the doubles, knocking out the fifth-seeded pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Peng Shuai in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals.
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At the Miami Open, Kristina Mladenovic lost her opening singles match to the Romanian qualifier Patricia Maria Tig.
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At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Kristina Mladenovic defeated top-seed Angelique Kerber in the second round and three-time champion Maria Sharapova in the semifinals to reach her third WTA Tour singles final of the year.
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Kristina Mladenovic, seeded No 14, reached her first career Premier Mandatory singles final at the Madrid Open by defeating her doubles partner Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals.
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Kristina Mladenovic defeated the defending champion Garbine Muguruza in three sets to advance to her second quarterfinal of a Grand Slam tournament in her career.
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Kristina Mladenovic's form declined in the second half of the season.
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However, due to a consistent first half of the season which saw Kristina Mladenovic being constantly in the top eight of the Race to Singapore, she eventually broke into the top ten of the singles rankings for the first time in her career on 23 October 2017, at the start of the WTA Finals.
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Kristina Mladenovic started her season at the Brisbane International, where she lost in the first round to the eventual singles finalist Aliaksandra Sasnovich in three sets.
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Opening up about the loss, Kristina Mladenovic stated that it was not about injury anymore, that it was just a bad day and that it could not continue like that.
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Kristina Mladenovic turned things around when she won the Australian Open women's doubles with Timea Babos, thus winning her second career Grand Slam women's doubles title.
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Kristina Mladenovic next played in St Petersburg as the defending singles champion.
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Kristina Mladenovic then followed up her second round win by beating Katerina Siniakova in the quarterfinals and Daria Kasatkina in the semifinals, to advance to her first WTA Tour singles final since the Madrid Open the previous year.
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Kristina Mladenovic lost her singles second round and first round matches in Doha and Dubai, respectively.
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Kristina Mladenovic reached her second WTA singles quarterfinal of the year in Acapulco, where she lost to the defending champion Lesia Tsurenko.
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Kristina Mladenovic lost her opening singles match in Miami to Petra Martic.
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Kristina Mladenovic lost her first-round matches in three of her next five tournaments, winning a total of three singles matches in the other two.
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At the French Open, the 29th seeded Kristina Mladenovic lost in the singles first round to Andrea Petkovic.
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Kristina Mladenovic played her first grass-court tournament of the year in Birmingham, where she lost in the singles second round to the unseeded Magdalena Rybarikova.
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The unseeded Kristina Mladenovic was defeated in the third round of Wimbledon by Serena Williams in two sets, and the top-seeded pair of Kristina Mladenovic and Babos were defeated in the women's doubles quarterfinals.
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Kristina Mladenovic lost her opening singles matches in her next two tournaments, to Timea Babos and Victoria Azarenka in San Jose and Montreal respectively.
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Kristina Mladenovic registered her first top-10 singles win of 2018 in Cincinnati when Julia Gorges retired in the first round because of a calf injury.
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In Dubai, Kristina Mladenovic defeated world No 1, Naomi Osaka, in the second round.
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Kristina Mladenovic then lost her next match to Carla Suarez Navarro.
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Kristina Mladenovic reached the second round of the Wimbledon singles, but lost to Petra Kvitova.
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Kristina Mladenovic won two more Grand Slam doubles titles with Babos, at the 2020 Australian Open and the 2020 French Open, where they were the defending champions.
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At the 2021 Australian Open, Kristina Mladenovic reached the third round in singles only for the second time at this major.
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Kristina Mladenovic ended her 2021 season in early October citing physical and mental struggles.
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Kristina Mladenovic, partnering Ivan Dodig, won the mixed doubles event at the Australian Open.
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Kristina Mladenovic teamed up with Katerina Siniakova at the 2022 Jasmin Open to win her 28th doubles title in October 2022.
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Kristina Mladenovic employs an all-court playing style, using variety along with her baseline play to win points.
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Kristina Mladenovic's forehand is her strongest wing, and she is capable of hitting this shot both flat, and with topspin.
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Kristina Mladenovic's backhand is a solid shot, and she is capable of hitting her two-hander consistently and can hit backhand winners frequently; she does tend to utilise her sliced backhand more frequently to change the pace of the rally.
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However, her second serve is much weaker, and she can serve many double faults in a match; during her first round loss to Ekaterina Alexandrova at 2020 Palermo, Kristina Mladenovic served 20 double faults.
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Kristina Mladenovic uses her volleys, along with her backhand slice and drop shots, to create a lot of variety in her game.
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Kristina Mladenovic wears Adidas clothing and uses Wilson rackets, specifically endorsing the Wilson Ultra range of racquets.