Marketa Vondrousova

Tennis Player

Marketa Vondrousova was born in Sokolov, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic on June 28th, 1999 and is the Tennis Player. At the age of 24, Marketa Vondrousova biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Markéta
Date of Birth
June 28, 1999
Nationality
Czech Republic
Place of Birth
Sokolov, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Age
24 years old
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Networth
$3 Million
Profession
Tennis Player
Marketa Vondrousova Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 24 years old, Marketa Vondrousova has this physical status:

Height
173cm
Weight
62kg
Hair Color
Light Brown
Eye Color
Green
Build
Athletic
Measurements
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Marketa Vondrousova Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Hobbies
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Marketa Vondrousova Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
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Children
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Dating / Affair
Štěpán Šimek
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Marketa Vondrousova Life

Markéta Vondrouová (born 28 June 1999) is a Czech professional tennis player. Vondrouová has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She reached her best singles ranking of the world No. 1 on July 1, 2019. She is the youngest player in the top 20 in the country and is the youngest player.

She debuted at No. 29 on April 29, 2019. In the doubles rankings, the 91nd in the rankings. Vondrouová won the Australian Open girls' doubles with fellow Czech Miriam Kolodziejová in 2015, defeating Katharina Hobgarski and Greet Minnen in the final.

They won the girls' doubles event at the French Open last year, beating Caroline Dolehide and Katerina Stewart in the final. Vondrouová's career progressed in 2019 after a string of difficult injuries.

She was the finalist of the French Open, where she lost in straight sets to Ashleigh Barty.

Early life and background

Markéta Vondrouová was born in Sokolov, a small town in the Czech Republic near the country's western border with Germany, on June 28, 1999, to David Vondrou and Jindrová. Since being active recreationally, her father introduced her to tennis at the age of four. In the top-flight Extraliga, her mother competed for SK Slavia Prague. Despite the fact that her parents divorced when Vondrouová was three, her mother and father, as well as her stepfather, stayed involved in her life and encouraged her growth as a tennis player. When Vondrouová was a child, she tried a number of sports, including skiing, football, table tennis, and floorball, with a flair for all three sports. She began to concentrate on tennis early on, winning a national mini-tennis tournament on tvanice island in Prague in 2006. She earned qualification to an international tournament in Umag, Croatia, where she failed in the first round but lifted the consolation bracket against mostly nine-year-old participants at this tournament.

Vondrouová had to go back and train there after the national tournament in tvanice. She trained for five days a week, two of which were in tvanice, a few hours from her hometown, during this period. She won the Nike Junior Tour International Masters in the United States, marking her second major international success at the age of 12, which was also known as an unofficial 12-and-under world championship. She migrated to Prague to train more often in Prague at the age of 15.

Vondrouová has a strong athletic history from her mother's side of the family. Frantiek Frk, her grandfather, was the Czech national champion in the pentathlon in 1935.

Personal life

Vondrouvá's longtime companion, t'pán imek, was married on July 16th, 2022. They've been participating in Tokyo's 2021 Olympic Games, where Vondrouová received the silver medal.

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Marketa Vondrousova Career

Junior career

Vondrouová, the former world No. 1, is a former top flighter. 1 junior. She made her ITF Junior Circuit debut at the age of 13 and won both the singles and doubles competitions at her first tournament, the Grade 5 San Michel International Tournament in Malta in April 2013. She won a high-level Grade 4 singles tournament in Poland as well as a separate Grade 2 doubles tournament in the Czech Republic later this year. Vondrouová made her Grade 1 debut in January 2014 with a singles semifinal, which she followed with a second round defeat in her debut at the highest-level Grade A tournaments in May. She competed in her first junior Grand Slam events in May and was immediately successful, reaching the semifinals at both the French Open and Wimbledon. She lost in both tournaments to eventual champions Daria Kasatkina and Jeena Ostapenko respectively. In doubles at the French Open, Vondrouová did better, finishing runners-up to Ioana Ducu and Ioana Roşca alongside American CiCi Bellis in a match tiebreak. Despite losing her first two Grade A tournaments of the year, the US Open and the Orange Bowl, Vondrouová finished 2014 by winning the Orange Bowl doubles title with Bellis.

Vondrouová had more success in doubles in 2015, most notable for winning her only two junior Grand Slam titles and three Grade-A doubles events in total. Despite losing her first round match at the Australian Open, Miriam Kolodziejová won the doubles competition without losing a single set. Vondrouová did not participate in another junior tournament until late May, instead choosing to compete on the professional circuit. She won both the singles and doubles events at the Grade-A Trofeo Bonfiglio in her return, as she continued to collaborate with Kolodziejová. Charlotte Robillard-Millette won the singles final for her first-ever Grade-A singles title. Vondrouová became the No. 2 in these categories. For the first time, 1 was ranked junior in the world. Although she failed in the semifinals at the French Open for the second year in a row, Kolodziejová won her second Grand Slam doubles title, without losing a single point. The semifinal was her best Grand Slam singles performance of the year. Vondrougy and Kolodziejová won their fourth straight title at the Grade-1 Junior International Roehampton tournament, where they were defeated by the Hungarian team of Dalma Gálfi and Fanny Stollár in the Wimbledon semifinals.

Vondrouvá, a Czech Republic player, competed against the Czech Republic in the Junior Fed Cup with Monika Kilnarová and Anna Slováková until the end of the 2015 season. She won all eight of her rubbers and led the Czech team to victory over the US team of Kayla Day and Claire Liu in the final, 2–1. Vondrouová also lost in singles at the French Open in 2016 in the third round.

Professional career

Vondrouová started playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in May 2014 at the age of 14, and she qualified for her first main draw later this year. In March 2015, she reached her first singles final at Sharm El Sheikh, where she won the doubles tournament for her first professional title. Both her first and second singles titles came in May and June. Vondrouová made her WTA Tour main-draw doubles debut at the Prague Open in April 2015, losing her opening match against Kate Vazková. She made her WTA Tour singles debut a year earlier, winning her first match against Océane Dodin and then losing to eventual runner-up Samantha Stosur. Due to a left elbow injury, Vondrouová did not attend any more functions after May.

Vondrouová returned to the tour in January 2017 and claimed her first two ITF singles titles as well as two more runner-up finishes in her third and fifth events. For the first time by the end of February, this achievement helped her climb to the top of the charts for the first time. Vondrouová had her first big breakthrough at the Ladies Open Biel Bienne in April. In just her second WTA singles tournament, she captured her second WTA Tour title at the age of 17. She upset top seed and world No. 2 after qualifying for the main draw in qualifying. Barbora Strcová, 18, is in the semifinals. She then defeated Anett Kontaveit in the final, beating him in the final. With the honor, she soared to the No. 1 in the world. The world's 117th ranked 117th. Having started the tournament at No. 2 was no. 11. She was also the lowest-ranked finalist on the WTA Tour after Justine Henin in 2010.

Vondrouová claimed a $100K title at the Slovak Open on the ITF Circuit the next month, putting him in the top 100 for the first time. This also made her the youngest player in the top 100 at the time. Vondrouová made her Grand Slam debut at the French Open in 2010. She made it through qualifying and defeated Amandine Hesse in her first main draw match before losing to Daria Kasatkina. Vondrouová was actually accepted into the main draw at Wimbledon, despite losing her first match. She won another ITF title, the $80K Prague Open, later that month, bringing her to No. 1 in the world. The world's 68th largest city. Despite being pushed to the No. 1, she lost her first match at the US Open this year. Svetlana Kuznetsova ties for the third time in a tiebreak. She came to an end in September after her season came to an end.

Vondrouová had a slow start to the 2018 season, losing multiple main draw matches at any of her first five tournaments of the year, including the Australian Open. Despite this, the singer remained to rise in the ranks to the top of the charts, aiming for the No. 1 position. She reached the fourth round of the Indian Wells Open in which she defeated No. 4 in the national championships. In the second round, Johanna Konta defeated 11 others in the second round. Vondrouová's ranking began to decrease as she did not defend the first ranking points from her first appearance in the clay court season. She won only two matches on clay and dropped out on her first round match at the French Open, causing her to fall outside the top 100. In the first round at Wimbledon, she also lost. Vondrouová reached her first semifinal of the year at the Ladies Championship Gstaad two weeks later this year. Despite this, she remained outside the top 100 by late August. Vondrouová's best result of the season came as the first direct admission into the main draw of the US Open. She shocked No. 1 by defeating her at No. 59. In the third round of a third-set tiebreak, 13 Kiki Bertens was defeated in her next match. This brought her right back to No. 1. The world's highest 71 percent ranked the world. She came in second place for the second year in a row. She turned 67 after ending her season in September.

Vondrouová had a good start to the 2019 season. Despite losing in the second round of the Australian Open in singles, Barbora Strcová and Sam Stosur and Zhang Shuai advanced to the semifinals in doubles, where they lost a close match to Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai. Vondrouová's most recent singles tournaments placed her in the quarterfinals or better. Alison Van Uytvanck, the current champion of the Hungarian Open, had three final appearances and started with a runner-up finish to defending champion Alison Van Uytvanck at the Hungarian Open. Vondrouová defeated No. 6 at the Indian Wells Open in the first round of the Indian Wells Open. 2 Simona Halep, the highest-ranked opponent she has ever defeated. For the first time in a little over a year, she returned to the top 50 for quarterfinal appearances and at the Miami Open. Vondrouová defeated her in the stanbul Cup for the second time, defeating her to No. 58. Petra Marti, 40. During her quarterfinal run at the Italian Open, she defeated Halep once more.

Vondrouová's best showing of the season came at the French Open, where she advanced to the final without losing a single set. She defeated four seeded opponents, including No. 1, as an unseeded player. In the fourth round, Anastasija Sevastova was No. 12, and No. 125 was placed in the No. Johanna Konta, 26, has qualified for the semifinals. She also defeated No. 1 in the No. 5 race. For the first time since losing all four of their previous matches, 31 Marti is in the quarterfinals. She lost to No. 1 in the final. Ashleigh Barty is only winning four games out of eight. Despite this, she was the first teen to compete in the French Open final since Ana Ivanovic in 2007 and the first to play in a Grand Slam final since Caroline Wozniacki at the 2009 US Open. For the first time, she has risen to the top 20 for the first time. Despite this triumph, she lost in the first round of Wimbledon to Madison Brengle, her last match of the year. Vondrouová underwent surgery in September and stayed out for the remainder of the season after missing the next few months due to a left wrist injury sustained during the match. She debuted at No. 1 in the world's highest ranking. During the season, the country's 14th best-ranked individuals were on the year's best and spent the year at No. 1. 16.

Vondrouková and partner Kristina Mladenovic reached the final in the quarterfinals and wildcard pairing Sara Errani and Irina Begu's debut at the WTA 1000-level in doubles at the Italian Open, defeating second-seeded pairing Barbora Krejá and Kate Siniaková in the semifinals and wildcard pairing Sara Errani and Irina Begu in the semifinals, defeating second-seeded They lost their final to Giuliana Olmos and Sharon Fichman, the alternate pair and WTA 1000-level first time winners.

Vondrouová defeated 16th seed Kiki Bertens in the latter's last singles match on tour, while Mihaela Buznernescu advanced to the third round. She defeated second seed and home favorite Naomi Osaka in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals. She won her second top-ten victory in the tournament by defeating Elina Svitolina to advance to the final and guarantee a medal. Paula Badosa (by retirement) qualified to the semifinals. She lost in three sets to Belinda Bencic and took the silver medal in three sets.

Career statistics

Source: WTA profile

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Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova reveals struggles with family heartache have pulled her away from tennis while she is getting divorced - and she's relying on her sister after husband moved out

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 24, 2024
Marketa Vondrousova has opened up on her difficult 'last few weeks', with her divorce from Stepan Simek (pictured together, left) following the death of her grandfather, Stanislav, (right) which saw her leave Indian Wells prematurely earlier this year.  Vondrousova set the tennis world alight last summer when she became the first unseeded woman to win Wimbledon, beating Ons Jabbeur 6-4 6-4 to lift her maiden grand slam title.  The 24-year-old added glory in SW19 to a runner-up finish at the French Open and Olympic silver from 2020. 

Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, 24, reveals she's getting divorced from husband of two years - and he's taking the cat he missed her run to the SW19 final to look after!

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 23, 2024
Reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has revealed she broke up with her husband of two years, just months after he celebrated her triumph on Centre Court. The 24-year-old married Stepan Simek, two years her senior a former junior tennis player, in July 2022 after a one-year engagement. Simek, whose promising tennis career was ended by an injury, and Vondrousova had known each since they were teenager.

As a tennis legend opens up on a traumatic Australian Open tragedy in which her coach believed she was going to die, Jabeur admits the baby was responsible for her Wimbledon tears

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 7, 2024
In the women's final, Jabeur, 29, lost in straight sets to Marketa Vondrousova, and Tunisian singer Tiara Marquettou explained why she cried during the trophy ceremony at All England Club. In her latest film, This Is Me, people believe I have this pressure because I want to do it for others, which isn't true.' 'There was a personal matter going on there.' If I win the Wimbledon final, I could have a baby right away. And then the dream faded. Fear had possessed me. After all I'm just a human being, what can I do more?