The 21 & Under Club: Marketa Vondrousova

How do you follow the Greatest Generation? It’s a question tennis has tried to answer for at least a decade. Serena, Roger, Novak, Rafa: all of them are over 30, and they’ve combined to win 75 Grand Slam singles titles—but none of them are going away quietly. When they do, who will fill their very large shoes?

As you’ll see in The 21 & Under Club, the future of tennis is still coming, and coming soon. While it may not produce a 20-Slam winner, it’s clear that the game will be in good hands. Interesting hands, too: one thing we know for sure is that this new generation of players will infuse the tours with a wide and refreshing range of styles, personalities and backgrounds. When the Greatest Generation says goodbye, we can feel good about welcoming this cast of players to the courts.

The youngest member of the Czech Republic’s next wave of talent (she turns 20 on June 28), Vondrousova mixes elegant craft and changes in speed with pockets of power to keep her opponents in check. Already the winner of 28 matches in 2019, highlighted by a stellar run to the Roland Garros final, Vondrousova's stock is rapidly rising. With time on her side, coupled with heaps of invaluable experience on the singles and doubles courts, the sky is truly the limit for Vondrousova, as she ventures to follow in the footsteps of fellow left-handed compatriot Petra Kvitova.

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