Kvitova ended three years of underachievement as she powered to her second Grand Slam title with a ruthless 6-3, 6-0 thrashing of Canada's Eugenie Bouchard in yesterday's final.
The 24-year-old had endured a difficult time since her first major triumph at Wimbledon in 2011, with the expectations created by that breakthrough victory against Maria Sharapova proving a huge burden for the shy Czech.
She had failed to make it back to a Grand Slam final until this weekend, but all her pent up anger and frustration was taken out on 13th seed Bouchard in the quickest Wimbledon women's final for 31 years.
"I was pretty close to No. 1 before and I feel this is something more special, to have this Grand Slam, especially Wimbledon," she said.
"Of course the No. 1 means a lot to everyone. We'll see what the future holds. For me, I'm just glad that I have this Grand Slam.
"It was certainly a great journey for me here."
When Kvitova last won Wimbledon she seems posed to dominate the women's tour with her potent power game.
But instead she felt uncomfortable in the spotlight and regularly crashed out of the Grand Slams in the early stages.
Those barren years made this emphatic victory even more memorable than her first Wimbledon and Kvitova was reduced to tears as the magnitude of her achievement sunk in.
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