At Wimbledon, Karolína Muchová and Linda Nosková build on a Czech tennis legacy

At Wimbledon 2025, Czech players Karolína Muchová and Linda Nosková are continuing a storied Czech tennis tradition that traces back to Martina Navratilova, who won nine Wimbledon singles titles after defecting from Czechoslovakia to the US in 1975. The lineage includes Grand Slam champions and world No. 1s such as Hana Mandlíková, Jana Novotná, Petra Kvitová, Barbora Krejčíková, and Markéta Vondroušová, among others. Muchová and Nosková are described as drawing on this rich heritage while forging their own individual paths to success.