2011 Petra Kvitová tennis season 2011 Petra Kvitová tennis season The 2011 Petra Kvitová tennis season officially began at the 2011 Brisbane International, the first of two simultaneous events which opened the official 2011 season. Kvitová began her season at the 2011 Brisbane International, as an unseeded player. She upset third seed Nadia Petrova in the first round, then followed it up with wins over Ksenia Pervak, Dominika Cibulková and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach her first final since 2009, where she faced Andrea Petkovic of Germany. Kvitová won in straight sets to win only her second career title and first in almost two years. As
Astrid Suurbeek and lost in straight sets, 1–6, 3–6. Australia won the final 3–0. In the same year, she reached the women's singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open which she lost to eventual champion Billie Jean King. Suurbeek played in the ladies' singles competition at Wimbledon in 1967, 1968 and 1969 but did not make it past the second round. In 1980, she was voted Female Player of the Year by the USA Tennis Florida Adult Competitive Tennis Council. In 1983 she won the USTA National Indoor Women`s 35 Championships in St. Louis and was ranked first in the USTA women`s 35s.