The 20-year-old had refused to play in the tournament since she was knocked out in the first round in 2001.
The 16-year-old backed his aggressive backhand throughout the contest and went on to win 17 of his 23 points at the net to seal victory in 61 minutes.
Sports stars around the world joined in the celebrations of the New Year and took to social media to wish their fans and followers a Happy New Year.
Pliskova will be guaranteed toppling Germany's Angelique Kerber if she prevails against Halep who would need to go on and take the title to seize the top ranking.
Seventh seed Conchita Martinez went down to German Anca Barna in the first round of the WTA Qatar Open.
Sania Mirza and Liezel Huber upset second seeds Wynn Prakusya and Angelique Widjaja to enter the semi-finals in the WTA Hyderabad Open.
The top seed overpowered Maria Sanchez Lorenzo 6-1, 6-0 in the Paris Open.
Lindsay Davenport claimed her first title of the year beating Jelena Jankovic in the final.
The 30-year-old is the first German woman to win Wimbledon since Steffi Graf in 1996.
Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka advanced to the Rogers Cup quarter-finals on Thursday to set up their first meeting since the American's infamous row with an umpire overshadowed last year's US Open final.
Marion Bartoli overcame an injury which reduced her to tears to beat American Jill Craybas in the second round of the Auckland WTA Classic.
Coco Vandeweghe was in two minds whether to answer the call when an unknown number with a strange international dialling code popped up on her telephone last year.
The Belgian thumped Yugoslav Jelena Dokic 6-0, 6-4 in the final of the Swisscom Challenge on Sunday
"Right now I am mentally and physically tired," said Clijsters after being beaten in the Swisscom Challenge semi-finals by Jelena Dokic.
Halep became the first Romanian to reach the summit of the women's rankings when she beat French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in the semi-finals of the China Open in Beijing, a feat she feels is the high point of her career to date.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza stormed into the mixed doubles semifinals besides reaching the doubles quarterfinals, but compatriot Leander Paes exited the US Open with unexpected defeats in both his events.
The tenth seed was beaten by Slovenia's Tina Pisnik in the second round at the French Open.
The Indo-French pair lost their doubles quarter-final in the WTA Indian Open.
Dokic, who skipped the Australian Open, got her year off to a winning start beating Indonesian star Angelique Widjaja at the Pan Pacific Open.
No wonder Caroline Wozniacki could not stop hugging the trophy she referred to affectionately as 'Daphne' on Saturday after outlasting Simona Halep to win the Australian Open title.
Images from Sunday's action at the Australian Open, in Melbourne.
Caroline Wozniacki moved a step closer to erasing an unwanted footnote from the list of her tennis achievements with victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova in the French Open fourth round on Sunday.
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It was the Russian's first competitive match since she withdrew from the St Petersburg Open in January.
Despite a dismal year, Dokic ranked 25th in the world did enough to defeat American Rubin, ranked 10th in the world.
Under the lights on the stadium court, Williams smashed 39 winners to defeat Azarenka 7-5, 6-3 in a rematch of the 2016 final, which the Belarusian won.
However, Jelena Dokic was upset by qualifier Maria Vento-Kabchi in the Bank of the West Classic.
'Getting married and becoming a father in the last six months was definitely something that gave me a new energy, something that I never felt before. And right now everything has been going in such a positive direction in my life'
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Novak Djokovic claimed a fourth Wimbledon title in ruthless fashion as he beat giant South African Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(3) on a sweltering Centre Court.
As another Grand Slam crown looks set to be snaffled by a man in his thirties this weekend, tennis fans lamenting a dearth of dynamic up-and-comers need not worry, says former world number one Mats Wilander.
Nadal, playing his first match since losing to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon semi-finals, fell behind 5-2 in the tiebreak before roaring back to prevail in his first career meeting with world number 53 Evans.
PHOTOS from day seven of the Wimbledon championships at the All England Lawn Tennis in London on Tuesday.
Williams, a record 23-times Grand Slam champion, will be returning to the All England Club for the first time since giving birth to her daughter last September.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic will face Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro, the player who denied him a medal in London, in the opening round of the Rio Olympics after the draw was made on Thursday.
Venus Williams gained revenge for her Wimbledon final defeat by Garbine Muguruza when the American advanced to the last four of the WTA Finals with a gutsy 7-5 6-4 victory over the Spanish world number two on Thursday.
Jelena Ostapenko became only the sixth female Grand Slam champion to lose in the opening round of their title defence on Sunday when she lost to Kateryna Kozlova at the French Open.
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