Aged 35, the former double winner of Wimbledon Petra Kvitova announced Thursday that she would retire after the US Open, just over a year after the birth of her first child.
On Wednesday, Petra Kvitova learned that she received a Wild-Card from the organizers of Wimbledon to compete in the prestigious tournament in ten days. But it will be the last time that the Czech will tread the London lawn. The 35 -year -old tenniswoman announced that she would retire after the US Open, in September. At the judgment of October 2023 to March 2025 in order to give birth to his first child, Petr, born July 7, 2024, Petra Kvitova is struggling to regain his level and prefers to say Stop. She has indeed won only one match since her return from maternity, on the clay of Rome, and points to 572nd in the world. In a few months, she will therefore put her snowshoes, as she explained in a long message published on her social networks.
“I had the privilege of reaching incredible heights during the 19 years that have passed since I became a professional tennis player,” writes the Czech player. I accomplished more than I could never have imagined and I am very grateful for everything that tennis brought me during all these years. He taught me countless lessons, not only on the court or in the gym, but also in life. I would never be what I am today without this magnificent sport and everything he brought to me on and outside the court. As in all phases of life, it comes a day when it is time to turn the page, and this moment has arrived for me. So I wanted to share with you the fact that 2025 is my last season on the circuit as a professional. Although such a decision is never easy to make, it’s for me a moment of happiness! I will leave this sport with the greatest smiles, the same as the one you saw on the court and outside throughout my career. »»
31 tournaments won, despite an assault in 2016
A professional in 2016, Petra Kvitova won 31 tournaments during his career, including the 2011 and 2014 editions of Wimbledon (opposite Maria Sharapova and Eugenie Bouchard), but also the 2011 Masters (against Victoria Azarenka), nine WTA 1000 (or equivalent), the Olympic bronze medal in Rio in 2016, and five Fed Cup with the team Czech (including one against France in 2016 in Strasbourg).
Petra Kvitova also reached the place of world n ° 2 in October 2011 (behind Caroline Wozniacki at the time).
But this brilliant career could have stopped in December 2016, when it was attacked on the knife by a burglar at her home. Seriously injured in the left hand, she returned to the circuit during the following Roland-Garros, and returned to a tournament in June 2017, on the Birmingham lawn.
