Kristina Penickova

Biography

Kristina Penickova was born on September 11, 2009, in Campbell (California, USA) into the family of former Czech tennis players Tomas Penicka and Olga Hostakova. Right-handed. She began playing at the Los Gatos tennis club and now lives and trains at the USTA National Campus in Orlando (Florida). Her father coaches her. She has an identical twin sister, Annika, who is also a tennis player and with whom she often plays doubles.

In juniors, Penickova achieved notable success: in January 2025, she reached the girls' singles final at the Australian Open, losing to Wakana Sonobe, and won the doubles title there together with her sister. Later in 2025, she won the junior Wimbledon doubles title with Vendula Valdmannova. In the junior rankings, she rose to as high as third in the world (January 2025).

She made her debut on the professional tour in August 2024, receiving a wild card into the qualifying draw of the US Open, but lost in the first round. In May 2025, at the ITF W15 tournament in Monastir, she reached her first professional singles final and won her first doubles title together with her sister. Since then, she has added several more ITF doubles titles, including at tournaments in Florence and Santa Fe in 2026, also partnering her sister.

Her career-high singles ranking is 815th (November 24, 2025).

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