US EditionPetra Kvitova’s Tennis Career Comes to an End After First-Round US Open Loss
Petra Kvitova ends a 19-year career with 31 WTA titles, including two Wimbledon wins, after a final match loss at the U.S. Open.
- Petra Kvitova, the 35-year-old Czech two-time Wimbledon winner, concluded her professional tennis career following a 6-1, 6-0 defeat to French player Diane Parry during her opening match at the 2025 US Open in New York on Monday.
- Kvitova had announced before Wimbledon that she planned the US Open as her final tournament despite a recent Covid-19 infection and initial consideration of withdrawal.
- Her career highlights include 31 WTA singles titles, winning Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014, a 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medal, a 17-month absence after a 2016 stabbing, and a return in February of that year.
- Kvitova said she will miss “the tennis itself” and expressed pride in handling pressure and multiple top 10 rankings, while WTA CEO Portia Archer praised her humility and resilience.
- Kvitova’s retirement marks the end of a respected career celebrated by peers and the tennis community, who anticipate she will be greatly missed worldwide.
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Former Wimbledon champ emotional as she retires after US Open loss
In her first-round morning match, Petra Kvitova retired from professional tennis after losing 6-1, 6-0 to Frenchwoman Dianne Parry at the Grandstand on day two of the year's Grand Slam finale in Flushing.
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