Kveta Peschke

• Residence: Prague, Czech Republic
• DOB: July 9, 1975
• Birthplace: Bilovec, Czech Republic
• Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
• Weight: 128 lbs. (58 kg)
• Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Biography

Kveta Peschke plays mostly on the baseline, with her best shot being the forehand. Her favourite surfaces are hard court and carpet.

Peschke's doubles career has been more successful than playing solo, including her top 10 debut in the doubles ranking in September 2006. In 2005 she won 2 WTA tour doubles titles in Paris (Tier II) and in Linz (Tier II), reached the finals of 4 WTA tour doubles events and various other hugely successful achievements. 2006 saw an even greater rise to her doubles career, winning a further 2 WTA tour doubles titles, defending her 2005 title at Paris and winning in Dubai (Tier II). Her main successes in doubles have come at three of the four grand slams, reaching the quarter-finals of the French Open, the quarter-finals of Wimbledon and, more recently, the semi-finals of the 2006 U.S. Open, her partner being Francesca Schiavone each time, and lost in the 2006 U.S. Open mixed doubles final aside Martin Damm to Bob Bryan and Martina Navratilova.

Career History