Petra Cetkovska

Petra Cetkovská is a retired Czech tennis player who turned professional in 2000 and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 25 in June 2012.

Throughout her career, she captured 23 ITF singles titles and 2 WTA doubles titles and claimed victories over numerous top-10 players including Marion Bartoli, Elena Dementieva, Angelique Kerber, Li Na, Agnieszka Radwańska, Caroline Wozniacki, and Vera Zvonareva.

Player Profile and Personal Life

Petra Cetkovská was born on February 8, 1985, in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia.

She grew up in a tennis family: her father Petr works at a pro shop in a local tennis club, her mother Alena is a nurse, and she has one younger brother, Matěj. Her father has Macedonian ancestry.

Petra began playing tennis at the age of five. Overcoming major challenges in her youth, Cetkovská had brain surgery at age sixteen following a sports accident, later suffered from glandular fever, and also broke her foot while playing a junior doubles final at the Australian Open.

Cetkovská speaks fluent French and English. She has resided in Paris, France, and was once in a relationship with ATP player Marcos Baghdatis.

Career

Cetkovská turned professional in 2000 and spent her early years primarily on the ITF Circuit, capturing 23 singles and 25 doubles titles at that level. Her WTA breakthrough came in 2007 when she, alongside Andrea Hlaváčková, won her first WTA doubles title at the Prague Open.

Cetkovská reached her only WTA singles final at the New Haven Open in 2011.

Her best Grand Slam singles results included reaching the fourth round at the French Open in 2008, the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2011, and the third round at the US Open in 2015. In doubles, she won two WTA titles and achieved a career-high ranking of No. 91 in June 2011. She was also twice a member of the Czech Fed Cup team and represented her country at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Injuries, most notably hip and back issues, limited her playing schedule in the latter stages of her career. Cetkovská retired from professional tennis in 2020.

Career Record

Singles

• Career record: 423–227
• Career titles: 0 WTA, 23 ITF
• Highest ranking: No. 25 (18 June 2012)
• Current/Final ranking: N/A

Best Grand Slam Singles Performances

• Australian Open – Second Round (2012)
• French Open – Fourth Round (2008)
• Wimbledon – Fourth Round (2011)
• US Open – Third Round (2015)

Other tournaments

• Fed Cup – Czech Republic team member (2008)

Doubles

• Career record: 194–107
• Career titles: 2 WTA, 25 ITF
• Highest ranking: No. 91 (13 June 2011)
• Current/Final ranking: N/A

Best Grand Slam Doubles Performances

• Australian Open – Second Round (2012)
• French Open – First Round (2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015)
• Wimbledon – First Round (2007, 2008, 2012, 2014)
• US Open – Second Round (2013, 2014)

Other tournaments

• Czech Fed Cup Team – Member (2008)
• Czech Olympic Team – London 2012