The 2023 PNC Championship marked the appearance of Team Korda for the 3rd time. Although the ex-tennis pro, Petr Korda, and the LPGA Tour cover girl, Nelly Korda, could not win the event, they surely created some memorable moments on the Floridian greens.
After taking in the defeat at the family event, Team Korda decided to increase the familial feeling and go back to their roots. Amidst the intense competition, Korda and her father dug deep into their ancestry by collaborating with a special partner.
Nelly Korda’s parents relocated from the Czech Republic to America, Florida, for the sake of their children’s better future. The then-professional tennis stars left everything that belonged to them — their ancestry and history in the Crownlands of Bohemia.
Now, after many decades, the Korda family decided to research and know more about what they had left. In one of her Instagram videos, Korda shared her collaboration with Ancestry, an organization that reveals the history and traditions of a family.
The 1x major champ and the 1998 tennis slam winner sat together and shared the experience of finding the hidden truth about their roots. Petr Korda said, “Since we bringing the family tree across the pond, wouldn’t it be nice to know what we left behind?”
The 8x LPGA Tour winner added, “I’d love to know what like they did in the past, like their job.” Team Korda went on to do just that and found that their great-grandfather was a steel merchant and was excited to share the full history with their families. Korda expressed her pleasure with Ancestry and felt “it was super cool” and more like watching “a little movie.” The Korda family might have changed their abode but their athletic and sports genes passed down to their children.
Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova are former tennis players, who retired from the sport and came to America in search of a better future. The couple has three children and they are all successful athletes. The oldest, Jessica Korda, is the 6x LPGA Tour winner, and it was she who inspired Nelly Korda to take up golf as well.
Their middle child, Nelly Korda, is an 8-time LPGA winner with one major victory, while their son, Sebastian Korda, is following the path of tennis. He is ranked 24th (singles) in the world. In total, the Korda Family has 27 titles and is doing it like no other family.
In 2021, Nelly Korda also expressed her gratitude after winning the major and stated that what they are doing with an athletic family is “really cool” and they don’t realize it until someone tells them. With many titles in the family and many to come in the future, we wish the Korda Family all the very best for their future endeavors.
