Markéta Šimková biography: 13 things about tennis player born in Sokolov, Czech Republic

Markéta Šimková is a Czech professional tennis player. She was born Markéta Vondroušová in Sokolov, Czech Republic to David Vondrouš and Jindřiška Anderlová.

Vondrouš played tennis recreationally. Anderlová played volleyball for SK Slavia Prague in the top-flight Extraliga.

Šimková and her husband Štěpán Šimek, a visual effects artist, live in Prague, Czech Republic with their sphinx cat named Frankie. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. Aside from tennis, she is also into fashion and art and she enjoys buying shoes.
2. She has multiple tattoos on her body including the words “No rain, no flowers” on her right elbow.
3. Her stepfather Tomáš Anderle, a hockey coach, served as her physical fitness trainer.
4. When she was young, she excelled in table tennis, football, floorball and skiing.
5. Her signature shot as a tennis player is the drop shot.
6. She is 5’8″ tall.
7. In 1935, her maternal grandfather František Frk was the Czechoslovak national pentathlon champion.
8. In 2002, her parents divorced.
9. In 2003, her father introduced her to tennis.
10. In 2011, Jan Fuchs started coaching her.
11. From 2012 to 2015, Zdeněk Kubík coached her.
12. In 2015, she had her first tattoo and Jiří Hřebec and Dušan Karol started coaching her.
13. In 2017, she and Šimek started dating.

TIMELINE

2017

• In July 2017, she and Catherine Bellis finished in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships women’s doubles after losing to Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu.

2018

• In April 2018, Martin Fassati started coaching her.

2019

• In January 2019, she and Barbora Strýcová finished in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Australian Open women’s doubles after losing to Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai.
• In June 2019, she became runner-up to 2019 French Open women’s singles champion Ashleigh Barty.
• In November 2019, she and Šimek visited the Maldives.

2020

• In March 2020, she and Šimek went to Los Angeles, California, United States to watch a game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers, the first National Basketball Association game they watched together.

2021

• In July 2021, she represented the Czech Republic and became runner-up to 2020 Summer Olympics tennis women’s singles champion Belinda Bencic of Switzerland.
• In August 2021, she and Šimek got engaged.

2022

• On July 16, 2022, she and Šimek got married at Chateau Mcely in Mcely, Nymburk District, Czech Republic.

2023

• In July 2023, she won the 2023 Wimbledon Championships women’s singles champion after beating Ons Jabeur in the final, making her the first unseeded player to win the title.
• In August 2023, she became a J. Lindeberg brand ambassador.
• In September 2023, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2023 U.S. Open women’s singles after losing to Madison Keys.