Markéta Šimková Vondroušová is the current 2023 Wimbledon champion, and the first unseeded female player to win the singles title.
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Marketa was born on June 28, 1999, in Prague, Czech Republic, to her mother, who was a volleyball player and her father, who was a pentathlon champion.
While growing up, she had tried her hands on different sports including skiing, football, table tennis, and floorball, until she chose to focus on tennis.
Marketa currently ranks world number 42 on the singles ranking and world number 48 in doubles.
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In 2019, Marketa became the first teenage major to finish runner-up at the French Open.
At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, she was matched against Peyton Stearns, Veronika Kudermetova and Donna Vekić. She ended up reaching the fourth round at all Grand Slam tournaments.
She had beaten Ons Jabeur in the finals to become “the first unseeded ladies’ singles Wimbledon champion in the Open Era.”
Marketa has additionally won two singles titles out of six finals on the WTA Tour and an Olympic medal.
The left-handed player has a career record of 242–102, and two career titles.
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