Karolína Muchová biography: 13 things about tennis player born in Olomouc, Czech Republic

Karolína Muchová is a Czech professional tennis player. She was born in Olomouc, Czech Republic to Josef Muchov, a former footballer, and Hana Muchová.

As a tennis player, Karolína turned professional in 2013. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is sponsored by Adidas for her attire and by Head for her rackets.
2. Her tennis idol growing up was Roger Federer.
3. She plays the guitar.
4. She has one brother. They did many sports when they were kid.
5. She is 5’11” tall and right-handed.
6. In 2003, her father introduced her to tennis.
7. In 2008, she chose tennis over handball.
8. In October 2013, she started playing on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women’s Circuit.
9. In July 2014, she won her first ITF title in Michalovce, Slovakia.
10. In March 2016, she won her second singles ITF title in Sharm El Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt.
11. She made her Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Korea Open.
12. From 2017 to 2019, she was coached by Emil Miške.
13. In 2019, she moved to Prague, Czech Republic to train tennis.

TIMELINE

2019

• In July 2019, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships women’s singles after losing to Elina Svitolina.

2020

• In March 2020, David Kotyza started coaching her.

2021

• In February 2021, she finished in the semifinals of the 2021 Australian Open women’s singles after losing to Jennifer Brady.
• In July 2021, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships women’s singles after losing to Angelique Kerber.

2022

• In August 2022, she and Kotyza parted ways.
• In September 2022, Jan Blecha started coaching her.

2023

• In February 2023, Kirsten Flipkens started coaching her.
• In April 2023, Miške started coaching her again while she and Blecha parted ways.
• In June 2023, she became runner-up to 2023 French Open women’s singles champion Iga Swiatek.
• In September 2023, she finished in the semifinals of the 2023 US Open women’s singles after losing to Coco Gauff.