Linda Noskova gets revenge over 'ex-friend' and 2024 Olympics partner Karolina Muchova in Wimbledon women's singles final

Linda Noskova wins first all-Czech Wimbledon final over 2024 Olympics partner Karolina Muchova

With the win, Noskova became the youngest Wimbledon champion since another Czech, Petra Kvitova, who won at 21 years, 116 days (2011), per Wimbledon.com. According to OptaAce, she's the fourth-youngest player to win her first career women's singles grand slam at Wimbledon in the Open Era, 27 days younger than all-time great Martina Navratilova, who holds dual U.S.-Czech citizenship.

Noskova, No. 12 in the WTA rankings entering the tournament, is the third Czech-born Wimbledon winner in the past four years, joining Marketa Vondrousova (2023) and Barbora Krejcikova (2024). 

"It's a tradition at this point," Noskova said before the match, adding, "we are all kind of brought up in the same way in Czechia, in our game styles, in our tennis.

"We have all these sides that we can use, that grass allows us, and it's showing," she added.

Following her Wimbledon championship, Noskova spoke directly to Muchova, telling her Olympics doubles partner, "I'm so glad I could play my first grand slam final with you. We made history today."

Noskova was a long shot at +5000 entering this year's tournament, tying her with Maria Sharapova (2004) for the fifth-longest odds by an eventual Wimbledon champion since 1974, despite claiming her first career grass court title on June 21 in Berlin. (h/t Covers.com)

Vondrousova and 2022 winner Elena Rybakina were +10000 before the first round, while Krejcikova became the greatest underdog to claim the Rosewater Dish during the span at +12500 two years ago.

Noskova joins a growing list of Czech Wimbledon winners, and at her young age, she might be in the strongest position of recent champs to repeat. But if not Noskova, someone else from Czechia probably will.