Barbora Krejcikova defeated Jasmine Paolini 6-2 2-6 6-4 to secure the 2024 Wimbledon women’s singles title on Saturday as she made tennis history for Czechia.
The 31st-seed was an underdog going into the final – against a player ranked 25 places above her – but has now become the first player from the Czech Republic to secure women’s singles titles at different Grand Slams in the Open Era.
It continues Czechia’s dominance in SW19 with Krejcikova securing back-to-back women’s singles titles for the country after Marketa Vondrousova’s sensational unseeded triumph in 2023.
It also marks considerable pain for world No.7 Paolini – who missed the chance to become Italy’s first-ever title winner in singles at the Championships – and has now brutally lost the French Open and Wimbledon finals back-to-back in 2024.
Krejcikova, meanwhile, has become the latest Czech woman to win Wimbledon following Vondrousova, Petra Kvitova and her late mentor Jana Novotna.
Krejcikova, who has recorded the second major singles title of her career after her 2021 French Open triumph, paid an emotional tribute to Novotna following her semi-final win over Elena Rybakina after her ex-coach died of cancer back in 2017.