Jul 13, 2024

Barbora Krejčíková Wins Women's Wimbledon Title!

Prague Morning

Barbora Krejcikova secures the second major singles title of her career and becomes a Wimbledon champion for the very first time!

The 28-year-old Czech and No. 31 seed became the eighth different woman to win Wimbledon in the last eight years when she beat No. 7 Jasmine Paolini, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, in the ladies final.

It was the second major singles title for Krejčíková, who also won Roland Garros in 2021. She has been primarily a doubles specialist in her career and owns 10 Grand Slam titles in women’s and mixed doubles. She is now 12-3 in all Grand Slam finals.

The winner gets £2.7 million, or just over $3.4 million, while the runner-up receives £1.4 million, or close to $1.8 million.

After getting an early break in the first game, Krejčíková earned a second for 4-1 when Paolini netted a two-hand backhand.

Krejčíková took the first set in 35 minutes, capturing it with a forehand winner that Paolini returned into the net. She only missed two first serves in the set.

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With the crowd rooting the Italian on, Paolini became more assertive to start the second set and broke for a 2-0 lead when Krejčíková netted a backhand on double-break point.

Paolini broke to take the second set when Krejčíková hit a forehand wide on break point.

But Krejčíková righted the ship in the third and broke Paolini for 4-3 when the Italian double-faulted.

Serving on her third championship point, Krejčíková banged a service winner to become Wimbledon champion.