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Honestly it was such a big fight. A rollercoaster, up and down. In 10 seconds you had match point and then match point against you. There was no time to think.


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The first all-Czech women's final in Wimbledon history
On 9 July 2026, Karolina Muchova beat Coco Gauff 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (12-10) after saving a match point in an epic deciding tiebreak. Linda Noskova beat Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 6-4 in the day's second semifinal. Both are Czech. The result set up the first all-Czech women's final in the 139-year history of the Championships, and the first final between two players of the same nationality at Wimbledon since Serena Williams beat Venus Williams in 2009. A first-time Grand Slam champion is guaranteed on Saturday. Wimbledon has had a different women's champion for nine consecutive years. That run continues regardless of the result.


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2026-06-22 | Wimbledon 2026 draw announced. Both Noskova (No. 9) and Muchova (No. 10) land in the same half, raising the possibility of a Czech semifinal that never materialises: Muchova's half keeps them apart until a potential final.
2026-06-30 | First round. Noskova beats Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 6-3 in under 70 minutes, carrying her Berlin grass form. Muchova opens with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Marie Bouzkova in an all-Czech pairing that draws polite cheers and some confusion.
2026-07-02 | Third round. Muchova defeats defending champion Barbora Krejcikova 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 in a battle of Czech champions. It is her first major scalp of the fortnight and signals she is playing the best tennis of her Wimbledon career.
2026-07-04 | Noskova takes down Elise Mertens in the fourth round in straight sets. On the same day Muchova eliminates Naomi Osaka 7-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals, becoming the first player this fortnight to beat three Grand Slam champions at a single WTA event.
2026-07-08 | Quarterfinals. Noskova beats Elise Mertens to reach her first major semifinal. Her grass record entering the final week: 10-1, without dropping a set. A different player to the one who ran hot and cold on hard courts this season.
2026-07-09 | Semifinals. Muchova beats Gauff 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (12-10), saving a match point before taking six straight points, in three hours and two minutes. Noskova then eliminates Kostyuk 6-4, 6-4. The draw is set: Czech vs Czech.
2026-07-12 | Women's singles final. Centre Court, Wimbledon. Not before 2pm BST. Live on ESPN (USA) and BBC One (UK). Guaranteed: a new Grand Slam champion.

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Czech tennis has produced more Wimbledon women's champions than any nation except the United States. Martina Navratilova won nine singles titles here. Jana Novotna won in 1998. Petra Kvitova won in 2011 and 2014. Barbora Krejcikova won in 2024. A Czech champion on Saturday would be the sixth Wimbledon title for Czech-born women in the Open Era and would extend a lineage that stretches back to the game's most dominant serve-and-volley era. Noskova, at 21, would be the youngest champion since Kvit

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Noskova is 11-1 on grass entering the final. She won the Berlin Open two weeks before Wimbledon, the same grass warmup Muchova also won (at Bad Homburg). Both players arrived at the All England Club as grass-court champions from different events. Noskova has not dropped a set in the tournament. Muchova has fought back from a set down twice and saved a match point in the semifinal. The contrast in styles is as sharp as the contrast in ages: Noskova pounds flat groundstrokes from the baseline; Muc

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Official Wimbledon 2026 scores and results
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