Markéta Vondroušová charged with refusing doping test after ‘acute stress reaction’

Both sides are currently submitting evidence ahead of a hearing, with Vondroušová’s lawyer, Jan Exner, saying via text message on Friday that he and his client were “certain that once the full context is understood, her name will be cleared. ” Vondroušová is free to play while under investigation, but the maximum punishment is a four-year suspension under the Tennis Anti-Doping Protocol (TADP). Earlier on Friday afternoon, Vondroušová, who won Wimbledon in 2023 but hasn’t played a WTA Tour match since January because of injury, issued a statement on Instagram detailing how a random visit from a doping control official caused an “acute stress reaction” which, she said, prevented her from thinking clearly.

“The recent doping control incident happened because I reached a breaking point after months of physical and mental stress,” she said. She added that “when someone rang my door late at night without properly identifying themselves or following protocol — I reacted as a person who felt scared. In that moment, it was about feeling safe, not about avoiding anything.

“Experts confirmed I suffered an Acute Stress Reaction (F43. O) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (F41. 1).

In that moment, fear clouded my judgment and i just couldn’t process the situation rationally. After what happened to Petra (Kvitová, the fellow Czech Wimbledon champion who was stabbed in her own home 10 years ago), we don’t take strangers at our door lightly. ” Vondroušová, who in another social media post at the time described the incident as a “serious intrusion into my privacy,” said Friday that she was “still working to clear my name.