Petra Cetkovská (; born 8 February 1985) is a retired Czech
tennis
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player. Having turned professional in 2000, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 18 June 2012. Over her career, Cetkovská defeated top-ten players
Marion Bartoli,
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (, ; born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No. 3 in women's singles and world No. 5 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Dem ...
,
Angelique Kerber,
Li Na,
Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (; born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player and current coach. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), in July 2012. Radwańska won 20 WTA Tour sing ...
,
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is an inactive Danish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, hold ...
, and
Vera Zvonareva.
Personal life
Cetkovská has been playing tennis since she was five. Her father Petr works at a pro shop in a local tennis club, while her mother Alena is a
nurse
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. She has one younger brother, Matěj. Petra's father is of
Macedonian origin.
When she was 14, Cetkovská was involved in an incident with a friend while playing sport when her friend had accidentally pushed her against a wall. Two years later, she had brain surgery due to the swelling caused by the incident. A year later, she had contracted glandular fever, further hampering her tennis career prospects and the third obstacle had come when she broke her foot playing the junior doubles final at the Australian Open.
Cetkovská speaks fluent French and English. She was involved in a relationship with ATP player
Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis (Greek language, Greek: Μάρκος Παγδατής, Arabic language, Arabic: ماركوس بغداتيس); born 17 June 1985 is a Greek Cypriot former professional tennis player and coach. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Aus ...
when she was 19.
Career
2000–2006: mainly on ITF tournaments
In 2000, Cetkovská played the first events on the
ITF Circuit, winning one doubles title. The following year, she won two singles titles and one doubles title.
In 2002, when she competed in her first
WTA Tour qualifying at Palermo, Cetkovská won two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
She won another singles title in 2003, and three ITF doubles titles in 2004. The following year, Cetkovská fell in WTA qualifying twice; but she won six singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In 2006, she lost in Grand Slam qualifyings three times, at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open; however, she won one singles title and three doubles titles on ITF events.
2007
In 2007, she made a breakthrough in her
WTA ranking. She won three ITF titles, and her first WTA doubles title with compatriot
Andrea Hlaváčková
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Origin of the name
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at the
Prague Open defeating Chinese pair
Ji Chunmei/
Sun Shengnan in the final.
As the 22nd seed in qualifying at the
US Open, Cetkovská qualified for the main draw defeating
Abigail Spears,
Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 2012. She w ...
, and
Anne Keothavong. She made her Grand-Slam debut beating American
Jill Craybas in the first round but ended up losing in the second round to 14th seed
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (, ; born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No. 3 in women's singles and world No. 5 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Dem ...
.
Cetkovská ended the season ranked 99.
2008
Cetkovská began her season by playing qualifying at the
Hobart International where she lost in the second round to third seed
Ashley Harkleroad. At the
Australian Open, she was defeated in the first round by world No. 34,
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player.
As a player she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in 2009, and won 11 singles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 ...
.
At the
French Open
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, Cetkovská reached the fourth round, only to be beaten by eventual champion
Ana Ivanovic without winning a game.
2014
Cetkovská began the season during the last week of January at the
Open GdF Suez. She lost in the final round of qualifying to
Anna-Lena Friedsam. The week of 10 February saw Cetkovská compete at the
Qatar Open. As the 13th seed for qualifying, she advanced to the main draw defeating wildcard
Michaela Hončová and
Anastasia Rodionova. She had a good run reaching the quarterfinals beating 14th seed Sloane Stephens,
Zhang Shuai
Zhang Shuai ( zh , s = 张帅 , p = Zhāng Shuài ; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high doubles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022 and a singles ranking of No. 22 re ...
, and top seed and world No. 3,
Li Na. Cetkovská ended up losing in the quarterfinals to sixth seed and eventual finalist
Angelique Kerber. She was only able to win one game during the match.
In March, Cetkovská traveled to Indian Wells, California to compete at the
Indian Wells Masters. She was defeated in the first round by American wildcard
Shelby Rogers. Next week, Cetkovská played at the
Miami Masters where she lost in the final round of qualifying to 20th seed
Estrella Cabeza Candela. After Miami, Cetkovská stayed in Florida and competed at the
Oaks Club Challenger. As the seventh seed, she beat American
Melanie Oudin in the first round. Her campaign at the tournament ended as she withdrew from her second-round match versus
Kiki Bertens.
Cetkovská started off her clay-court season in Charleston at the
Family Circle Cup. She won her first round match over American
Varvara Lepchenko. She then lost in the second round to 13th seed
Elena Vesnina. During the week of 21 April, Cetkovská competed at the
Morocco Open in Marrakesh. She was defeated in the first round by third seed
Yvonne Meusburger. Cetkovská qualified for the
Madrid Open beating
Monica Puig and
Mona Barthel. In the main draw, she won her first-round match dispatching
Stefanie Vögele. She suffered a three-set loss in the second round to 16th seed Sloane Stephens.
2015
Cetkovská withdrew from the
Australian Open due to a hip injury. Cetkovská returned from injury in March at the
Indian Wells Open. She lost in the first round to American
Christina McHale. At the
Miami Open, Cetkovská was defeated in the first round by wildcard
Paula Badosa Gibert.
She suffered a first-round loss at the
French Open
The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ...
to
Misaki Doi.
Cetkovská began her grass-court season seeded third at the
Surbiton Trophy. After a first-round win over British wildcard Laura Deigman, she faced another British player,
Naomi Broady
Naomi Broady ( ; born 28 February 1990) is a British former tennis player.
She won one WTA Tour doubles title, as well as nine singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 March 2016, she reached her best singles ranki ...
. Cetkovská ended up losing in the second round to Broady. She had another first-round loss, this time at the
Birmingham Classic, to qualifier
Marina Erakovic. Cetkovská qualified for
Wimbledon defeating
Renata Voráčová, 15th seed
Donna Vekić, and
Elise Mertens
Elise Mertens (; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She became List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles on 10 May 2021, the third Belgian to hold the top ranking in either singles or ...
. In the main draw, she lost in the first round to
Tímea Babos.
Two weeks later, Cetkovská competed at the
ITS Cup in her home country where she was the third seed and the defending champion. She advanced to the final with wins over
Rebecca Šramková,
Irina Ramialison, sixth seed
Akgul Amanmuradova, and
Ekaterina Alexandrova. Cetkovská ended up losing in the final to top seed and compatriot
Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles by the Wome ...
. During the week of 27 July, Cetkovská traveled to Poland to play at the
Powiat Poznański Open. She would go on to win the title defeating
Sofia Shapatava, seventh seed
Romina Oprandi, third seed
Richèl Hogenkamp, qualifier and compatriot Martina Borecká, and fourth seed
Jeļena Ostapenko. The week of 10 August saw Cetkovská playing a minor league tournament in Prague, the
Prague Open, which was a brand new tournament. Playing as a wildcard, she lost in the semifinals to seventh seed
María Teresa Torró Flor.
Cetkovská had a great run at the
US Open. She started off the tournament by beating Christina McHale in the first round in three sets. In the second round, Cetkovská had a huge win, upsetting fourth seed and last year finalist,
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is an inactive Danish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, hold ...
. She saved four match points to complete the upset. In the third round, she lost to 26th seed and eventual champion
Flavia Pennetta. Nevertheless, this was her best performance at the US Open.
After the US Open, Cetkovská played at the
Open de Saint-Malo. After winning her first-round match, she retired during her match against
Laura Pous Tió. This ended up being her last tournament of the year.
Cetkovská ended the season ranked 131.
2016
Cetkovská was supposed to start her season at the
Hobart International, but she withdrew before the tournament started due to a lower back injury. She returned to action by competing at the
Australian Open. This had been the first time since 2012 that Cetkovská played this tournament. She lost in the first round to thirtieth seed Sabine Lisicki.
In March, Cetkovská played at the
Indian Wells Open. She was crushed in the first round by Denisa Allertová. The week after Indian Wells, she flew to Miami to play at the
Miami Open. Cetkovská was again crushed in the first round, this time by British wildcard Heather Watson.
Cetkovská was going to begin her clay-court season at the
Charleston Open, but she withdrew from the tournament due to a right thigh injury. She returned in May to play at the
French Open
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. Due to having a low ranking (136), she played qualifying in order to make it into the main draw. She retired in the first round of qualifying to
Kristína Kučová
Kristína Kučová (; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings.
She has won one singles title on ...
.
During the week of 11 July, Cetkovská competed at the
ITS Cup. Despite being the second seed and last year finalist, she lost in the second round to compatriot Gabriela Pantůčková.
Two weeks later, Cetkovská played another tournament in her country, the
Prague Open. There, she was defeated in the first round by
Rebecca Peterson.
Cetkovská did not play anymore tournaments for the rest of the season. She ended the year ranked 581.
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 36 (23 titles, 13 runner-ups)
Doubles: 40 (25 titles, 15 runner-ups)
Head-to-head record
Record against top-10 players
*
Marion Bartoli 2–0
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Elena Dementieva
Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (, ; born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No. 3 in women's singles and world No. 5 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Dem ...
1–1
*
Sara Errani
Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. Errani is one of only seven women who have completed a career Grand Slam (tennis)#Golden Slam, Golden Slam in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, a former ...
2–1
*
Ana Ivanovic 2–1
*
Angelique Kerber 2–3
*
Li Na 2–1
*
Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (; born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player and current coach. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), in July 2012. Radwańska won 20 WTA Tour sing ...
4–0
*
Sloane Stephens 1–3
*
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is an inactive Danish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, hold ...
2–2
*
Vera Zvonareva 1–0
Top-10 wins
Notes
References
External links
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Czech female tennis players
Sportspeople from Prostějov
Tennis players from the Olomouc Region
1985 births
Living people
Czech people of Macedonian descent
Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Olympic tennis players for the Czech Republic
French Open junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles