The two-time Wimbledon champion spent five months on the sidelines as she recovered from the attack.
She returned at the French Open and claimed her first title of the season at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham soon after.
Kvitova suffered an early exit at the All England Club, but was a quarter-finalist at the US Open - where she was beaten by Venus Williams - and is hoping to take momentum into the Australian swing of the tour early next year.
“I know that I have no points to defend in the first half of the year so I’m seeing 2018 as a fresh start and a chance to embrace my ‘second career’, if I can call it that,” she said.
“The conditions in Australia are always great and suit my game so hopefully I can find my best tennis early in the season.”
Kvitova has been named in the Sydney International draw by Venus, Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko and US Open winner Sloane Stephens.
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