Petra Kvitova will Retire Following the US Open

Petra Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion, has declared that she will retire from tennis when the US Open concludes later this year.

Kvitova, who has won 634 games since becoming a professional in 2006, fell to Naomi Osaka in the 2019 Australian Open final.

Her best grand slam result since then was in 2020, when she advanced to the semi-finals of the French Open, and the 35-year-old has since dropped in the women’s rankings.

After giving birth to her first child, she missed the entire 2024 season. She returned to play in February, however she has only won one of her seven games.

“I’ve been privileged to reach incredible heights over the past 19 years and accomplished more than I could have ever imagined.”

Kvitova defeated Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 in the 2011 Wimbledon final to win her first grand slam title at the age of just 21. She was the first player to win a major who was born in the 1990s.

Her victory over Eugenie Bouchard three years later made her the first Czech player to win the grass-court major since Jana Novotna in 1998.

At the Queen’s Club, Kvitova fell to Beatriz Haddad Maia in three sets to begin her 2025 grass-court season.

After receiving a wildcard, it was revealed on Wednesday that she would play in the All England Club’s main draw for the sixteenth time.

Kvitova won 31 WTA titles overall, including two Wimbledon trophies and an Olympic Bronze medal from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

In 2011, she also held a career-high ranking of number two for 27 weeks.