Two-time Wimbledon champion says she is ‘totally ready to retire’ ahead of the US Open

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The 2025 US Open is off to a great start, with the newly reimagined mixed doubles event proving to be a success.

Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori clinched the title in the revamped tournament after defeating Casper Ruud and Iga Swiatek in front of a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium.

With the conclusion of ‘Fan Week’, the singles tournaments are now set to get underway at Flushing Meadows following the men’s and women’s draws.

As defending champions, Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka look to go back-to-back in New York, the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year marks the end of the road for one WTA star.

Two-time Wimbledon champion speaks ahead of her retirement

Earlier this summer, two-time Grand Slam champion Petra Kvitova announced her retirement from professional tennis, stating the US Open would be her last tour-level event.

Speaking to the Guardian ahead of the tournament, Kvitova said: “You still remember how you played before, how everything was smooth, and I was hitting winners, and suddenly it’s not there.

“I’m totally ready [to retire]. I’m not regretting anything. I still love tennis, but everything else, waiting for the practices, waiting for the car, waiting for a match, it’s just tiring.

“And having a son, it’s a totally different life. I just want to spend more time with him as well.”

On regrets, the Czech star said: “I think I could [have won more]. But what can I do? I played in the final of the Australian Open [in 2019], I lost to Naomi Osaka when she played incredibly in the third set.

“There are always a few question marks in the number of grand slams. Being world No 1, that’s what I’m missing.

“Probably that’s the thing I would love to have. But if it’s not happened, it’s not happened. It would not give me a better life or make me happier.”

Petra Kvitova’s achievements during her career on the WTA Tour

During her career on the WTA Tour, Kvitova won 31 titles, two of which came on the biggest stage in tennis.

After bowing out in the semifinals the year before, Kvitova won the Wimbledon title for the first time in 2011, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final to hoist the trophy.

Three years later, she completed the feat again, overcoming recently retired Eugenie Bouchard in dominant fashion to secure her second crown at the All England Club.

Outside of her heroics in South West London, Kvitova won the 2011 WTA Finals and earned an Olympic bronze medal at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.