Wimbledon‘s all-white dress code only applies to the players. It is a rare occasion when three people in the Royal Box were wearing the same color, bright red.

Princess Kate, Martina Navratilova, and two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova were all in red. Princess Kate rarely wears bold colors to Wimbledon, usually going with pastels or green.

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Red is a color of Czechia, the flag has white and blue also. Were all three, two of which Czech-born and former Wimbledon champions, paying homage to the all-Czech final?

Linda Noskova kept her nerve to get the win over Karolina Muchova

Both Noskova and Muchova are so likeable that it was hard to cheer for one over the other.

The compatriots gave tennis fans a thrilling match that went the distance. Noskova, whose nerves faltered in the second set when she served for the match, got the job done in the third set.

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The speeches were as good as the tennis

After the match, the compatriots had funny and heartwarming words for each other.

Muchova opened by joking that Noskova is her “ex-friend.”

Noskova countered that they are still friends, and she believed they made their country proud. Noskova also said she was happy to share this Grand Slam final experience with Muchova, who she played women’s douibles with at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The normally even-keel Noskova broke down when thanking her late mother who passed away in 2024 from cancer.

Finally, the amount of former Wimbledon champions on hand to welcome a new one to the the club was amazing. Women supporting women is something we all love.

Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova will contest the first all-Czech women’s singles Wimbledon final in history on Saturday.

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The Czech Republic is guaranteed to crown a Wimbledon champion on Saturday as compatriots Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova go head-to-head in the women’s singles final. Few could argue that the WTA duo isn’t deserving of their spots in the Center Court crescendo, where a first-time Grand Slam-winner will emerge, no matter what.

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No. 10 seed Muchova hung on to defeat America’s last title hope, Coco Gauff, with an excruciating third-set tiebreak on Thursday. The only drawback of that result is that the 29-year-old appeared to be struggling with an injury in the match’s latter stages, though she has since confirmed all is fine heading into the final.

Whether that’s out of desperation to not show weakness to Noskova, only time will tell, as former French Open runner-up Muchova looks to get her hands on Grand Slam gold. Ninth seed Noskova, meanwhile, will become the youngest Wimbledon women’s finalist since an up-and-coming Eugenie Bouchard made it to the decider in 2014.

This will be the first time in history that two women from the Czech Republic have contested Wimbledon’s singles final, which is a major milestone for such a rich tennis nation. However, any allegiances will be temporarily put to one side, with Noskova seeking revenge after Muchova triumphed in their only previous matchup at last year’s U.S. Open.

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Czechia’s Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova will face off in the 2026 Wimbledon Championships women’s singles final on Saturday, July 11.

Czechian women won two of the past three Wimbledon titles with Marketa Vondrousova and Barbora Krejcikova crowned champions in 2023 and 2024 respectively.

This country with a 2025 population of 10.84 million has produced a lineage of women who know how to play high level grass court tennis at Wimbledon.

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Five Czech-born women won singles in the past 46 years

Martina Navratilova is the most successful Czech-born tennis player at Wimbledon, winning singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at Wimbledon multiple times from the late 1970s through 1990.

Following in her footsteps was Jana Novotna, a Wimbledon singles and doubles champion in the late 1980s through the 1990s.

Petra Kvitova was the first 21st century champion claiming titles in 2011 and 2014, followed by Vondrousova and Krejcikova.

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They were Wimbledon doubles champions also.

In addition to Navratilova and Novotna, Krejcikova won two doubles titles with her compatriot Katerina Siniakova.

Kvestoslava Peschke won in 2011 (with Katarina Srebotnik), and Barbora Strycova won two titles with Hsieh Su-wei.

The most recent Czechia doubles champion was Katerina Siniakova with American Taylor Townsend in 2024.

Who will be crowned the sixth Czech-born Wimbledon champion

Muchova and Noskova only played each other one time in WTA head-to-head action. That was at last year’s US Open where Muchova won in three sets.

Muchova, 29, who won the Wimbledon warmup Bad Homburg Open, will be considered the favorite as the WTA World No. 9 and a former Grand Slam finalist (2023 French Open). Noskova is 21 years old and has never been in this position before as World No. 12. Noskova handled Marta Kostyuk with relative ease in the semifinal, and she won the Wimbledon warmup Berlin Open in singles and doubles. Both players had outstanding grass court seasons, but the player who can contain and channel the inevitable nerves will most likely emerge the victor.

Watch the Wimbledon women’s singles final on Saturday, July 11 at 11 am EDT on ESPN.

Coco Gauff will headline this year’s Wimbledon ladies’ semifinals on Thursday as the American targets a first appearance in the London decider.

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• Date: Thursday, July 9, 2026
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Coco Gauff is just one more win from making the Wimbledon singles’ final for the first time in her career when she faces Karolina Muchova on Thursday. America’s last remaining contender at this year’s Championships will feature in the second of two semifinals after Marta Kostyuk faces Linda Noskova earlier in the day. 

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The women will take center stage at SW19 on Thursday now that the singles’ competitions are down to the very cream of the crop. Gauff, 23, is already enjoying her career-best run at the London Grand Slam after beating Jessica Pegula from a set down to make the final four and is now the highest remaining seed at No. 7.

However, a win for Muchova could set the stage for an all-Czech final if her compatriot and ninth seed Noskova manages to overcome Kostyuk. Wimbledon fans have become accustomed to Kostyuk’s trademark twirl following her wins at SW19, but she faces a huge task in earning her right to perform another on Thursday.

Each of these semifinalists has dropped just two sets en route to this stage, though Kostyuk and Noskova each powered past respective quarterfinal foes Jasmine Paolini and Elise Mertens in straight sets. It will be of particular interest to see which serving juggernaut can be thrown off their rhythm, with Ukraine’s Kostyuk looking all but unstoppable in her 6-3, 6-2 rout of former Wimbledon finalist Paolini.

Wimbledon 2026 Ladies’ Semifinals

Marta Kostyuk (12) vs Linda Noskova (9) – 8 a.m. ET

Karolina Muchova (10) vs Coco Gauff (7) – 8:30 a.m. ET

Visit theofficial Wimbledon website for the full schedule.

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